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Stephane Kurgan

Investor

Venture Partner at Index Ventures

London

About

Stephane Kurgan joined Index Ventures in 2020 as a venture partner after three decades as an operator in European tech, focusing on supporting purpose-driven founders. He was previously COO of King Digital Entertainment (maker of Candy Crush Saga), where he was involved in its $7B IPO and subsequent acquisition by Activision Blizzard, and earlier was a consultant at McKinsey.

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Experience

  1. S&WBoard Membercurrent2026 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  2. Scope AIBoard Membercurrent2026 — present
  3. AronditeBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
  4. Index VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2020 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
  5. BirdieBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
  6. CodatBoard Membercurrent2020 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
  7. FonoaBoard Observercurrent2020 — presentDublin, County Dublin, Ireland
  8. OmioBoard Observercurrent2019 — presentBerlin, Germany
  9. TCVExecutive Advisorcurrent2021 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
  10. Kurgan van Hentenryk ChairMember of the Scientific Committeecurrent2015 — presentBrussels Region, Belgium
  11. Queen Digital Entertainment LtdCo-Founder & Chair2022 — 2026Dublin
  12. Dream GamesBoard Member2021 — 2023
  13. AlanAdvisor2019 — 2021Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  14. KingChief Operating Officer & Member of the Board of Directors2011 — 2019London, United Kingdom
  15. Gladstone Capital Management LLPNon-executive Director2004 — 2012
  16. Tideway Systems Ltd. Acq. By BMC Inc.Chief Financial Officer2005 — 2010
  17. Digital Reserve LtdFounder and CEO2004 — 2005
  18. Capital Z Financial Services Partners2002 — 2004
  19. enba plcSenior Vice President1999 — 2002Dublin, Ireland
  20. McKinsey & CompanyConsultant1997 — 1999

Education

  1. INSEADMBA1995 — 1996
  2. The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)Diploma, International Relations1989 — 1990
  3. Université libre de BruxellesBSc, Economics1985 — 1989

Skills & more

Entrepreneurship25Business Strategy31Venture Capital17E-commerce15Leadership30

From Stephane's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended INSEAD713

Patrick ClaessenPartner at Cottonwood Technology FundChris BischoffInvestment Team at General CatalystJan HammerInvestor at Index VenturesSandra SchwarzerInvestor at Index VenturesMahesha SubramaniamHead of Client Relations at Golden Gate VenturesElena PantaziPartner & Head of Platform at Northzone

+ 707 more

Also attended Université libre de Bruxelles36

Kristina ChvilovaInvestor at Aglae VenturesAnne DeGheestMentor Capitalist, Investor & Corporate Advisor at Joyance PartnersAnne PrignonInvestor at Inventures Investment PartnersGuillaume DeferMarketing Director at HeadlineDaniel GrossmannManaging Partner & Co-Founder at Kharis CapitalClaire MunckManaging Partner at ScaleFund

+ 30 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Scope AI2

Wayne HuPartner at SignalFireAlex BangashManaging Director and General Partner at Transpose Platform Management

Also worked at Arondite3

Hannah SealInvestor at Index VenturesOliver KicksGeneral Partner at Concept VenturesMarek ChalupnikPrincipal at IQ Capital

Also worked at Birdie3

Julia AndreInvestor at Index VenturesHarry BriggsPartner at Astanor VenturesMax ParmentierCo-founder and CEO, Birdie at Syndicate One

Also worked at Codat2

Julia AndreInvestor at Index VenturesNick CheethamGTM and Culture Expert at Notion Capital

Colleagues at Index Ventures

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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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