People
Dan Fougere
Dan is a Venture Partner at Index Ventures, where he invests and supports B2B software and AI companies.He is inspired and energized by working with founders, and aims to inspire and energize them in return. He is particularly talented at helping founders with recruiting and go-to-market strategy, facilitating collaboration across business units, aligning the C-suite, and proactively ensuring that promising companies get IPO-ready early on.Prior to joining Index, Dan served as Chief Revenue Officer at Datadog. He has worked at five startups, four of which had billion-dollar IPOs. He also serves on the board of Homes For Our Troops and founded Imagine Reading, which helps dyslexic students learn to read. Outside of Dan’s work and philanthropy, he continues to learn and challenge himself every day. He is an avid snowboarder and martial artist, and lives in Larchmont, NY with his wife and three kids.
Roles
Venture Partner