Daniel Hoffer
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Daniel Hoffer is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist, known for his role as Co-Founder and previous Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the hospitality exchange service, CouchSurfing. Presently, Hoffer serves as Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Deep Venture Partners which is an early stage venture capital fund, and immediately prior to that role worked as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development at technology startup Hayden AI, a Series C stage startup backed by TPG.
Daniel Hoffer is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist, known for his role as Co-Founder and previous Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the hospitality exchange service, CouchSurfing. Presently, Hoffer serves as Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Deep Venture Partners which is an early stage venture capital fund, and immediately prior to that role worked as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development at technology startup Hayden AI, a Series C stage startup backed by TPG.
Background
Daniel Hoffer was raised in Brookline and started his first dot-com company at age 15. Since 1990 he has been actively involved in various Internet-related communities and businesses . While in high school, Hoffer managed an online Bulletin Board System and an educational program designed to connect physically-challenged individuals with their peers in a digital environment. Hoffer earned an A.B. degree in Philosophy from Harvard University and an MBA from Columbia University.
Career
Hoffer co-founded Fuxito Worldwide, a venture-backed soccer website, where he hired Casey Fenton and Sebastien Letuan in 19991. Representing the company, he was featured on the cover of Inc. Magazine in January 2000. Hoffer's professional experience includes roles as a strategist at NEC Corporation, in sales at Siebel Systems, and in product management at Symantec. He later served at Concur (prior to its acquisition by SAP for $8.3B) as Head of Product for TripIt (and its associated product lines) and Head of Product for ExpenseIt.
Board roles
BusUp (Director) Citian (Director) CouchSurfing International (Director) Drover (acquired by Cazoo) (Director) Klearnow.ai (Observer) Marti (IPO) (Observer) Masonhub (Director) Mode Mobile (Director) Mundimoto (Director) Pickup (acquired by PointPickup) (Observer) SWVL (IPO) (Observer) TripLingo (acquired by Travel and Transport) (Director) Trucklabs (acquired by ConMet) (Director)
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