Venture veteran Danny Rimer has shot to the top of the Midas List Europe thanks to writing the first check for $20 billion design startup Figma. Here’s how the Index Ventures partner landed the deal of the year.
. “Danny understood what we were doing right away — perhaps better than me even. He called me hours after our first meeting with a term sheet,” says Field.
Now Rimer’s new base in London’s affluent Mayfair district overlooks another shrine to design, the Royal Academy of Arts. A statue of Archimedes peers into the windows of Index’s gallery-like office, which is lined with paintings from British abstract painter Jeremy Moon. Rimer, who’s also a keen art collector, and now a trustee of the, has a curated take on venture investing. “Lots of VC’s understand numbers, but Danny is the rare investor who also has taste,” says Field.
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