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Dan Fougere

Investor

Venture Partner at Index Ventures

New York

About

Venture Partner at Index Ventures investing in and supporting B2B software and AI companies, with a focus on recruiting, go-to-market strategy, and IPO readiness. Previously Chief Revenue Officer at Datadog, where he helped grow ARR from $60M to $1B, and has worked at five startups.

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Experience

  1. Index VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2025 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  2. Imagine ReadingFoundercurrent2024 — present
  3. Homes For Our TroopsBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
  4. Homes For Our TroopsBoard Ambassador2022
  5. Left BehindExecutive Producercurrent2021 — present
  6. Shore Drive CapitalManaging Directorcurrent2021 — present
  7. HeapBoard Member2022 — 2023
  8. MANTA - Unified Lineage PlatformBoard Member2021 — 2023
  9. DatadogChief Revenue Officer2017 — 2021New York City
  10. MedalliaHead of Global Sales2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  11. MedalliaVP North America Sales2014 — 2016
  12. MedalliaVP Sales, East2012 — 2014
  13. BMC SoftwareArea Director2008 — 2012NYC
  14. BladeLogic (acquired by BMC Software)Regional Sales Director2006 — 2008NYC
  15. Actuate UK LtdUK Sales Director2004 — 2006London, UK
  16. Actuate CorporationNational Account Manager1998 — 2004
  17. Parametric Technology Corp.Account Manager1997 — 1998
  18. Parametric Technology Corp.AE1995 — 1996

Education

  1. RensselaerBS, Mechanical Engineering

Skills & more

Cloud Computing29Sales Enablement27Software Industry54Solution Selling47Enterprise Software86SaaS43

From Dan's professional profile.

Shared employers

Also worked at Datadog25

Kira BusmanInvestor at Index VenturesShardul ShahInvestor at Index VenturesKonstantine BuhlerInvestor at Sequoia CapitalEric LiawInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Thomas LoverroInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Murat BicerGeneral Partner at CRV (Charles River Ventures)

+ 19 more

Also worked at BMC Software17

Sahir AzamInvestor at Index VenturesMonish DardaInvestor at Pentathlon VenturesRichard WellsManaging Director at Insight PartnersChristine ChoiPartner at M13Somrat NiyogiGeneral Partner at Recall CapitalBen ZanielloAdvisor at Allumia Ventures

+ 11 more

Also worked at Actuate UK Ltd11

Dale ChangOperating Partner at Scale Venture PartnersKevin CochraneCMO, Vultr at Mu VenturesBill ButlerInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsRichard BlackManaging Partner and Co-Founder at First Ascent VenturesDave KoladaManaging Partner at Greensoil PropTech VenturesSteve CurrieVP at Graphite Ventures

+ 5 more

Also worked at Parametric Technology Corp.19

Jesse Coors-BlankenshipCo-founder, General Partner at Parkway Venture CapitalSteve WalskeInvestor at Streamlined VenturesWenxiang MaVenture Partner at Foothill VenturesToby BrzoznowskiAdvisor - Enterprise Software at Augment VenturesAnurag SrivastavaFounding Partner at Jungle VenturesJohn TrueGeneral Partner at Cultivation Capital

+ 13 more

Colleagues at Index Ventures

Adrianna Ma
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Ali Fisher Sweet
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Ana Andreescu
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André Dubois
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Avron Marcus
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Bastian Hasslinger
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Ben Sneider
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Benjy Boateng
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