Dominique Vidal
Dominique Vidal | |
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| Born | September 25, 1964 Venture capitalist and investor, partner at Index Ventures |
| Spouse | Isabelle Vidal |
| Children | 3 |
Dominique Vidal is a partner at
Early life and education
Vidal was born in
Career
Vidal began his career at
telecom and smart card industries in France, the United States and Asia.[4]
Next, Vidal became a partner at Banexi Ventures, a venture capital firm headquartered in Paris, where he led investments in a number of companies including Kelkoo, a European shopping search engine, as well as Algety and In Fusio.[4]
Vidal then segued into a role as managing director at Kelkoo until its acquisition by Yahoo! in March 2004, at which point he assumed the role of Managing Director of Yahoo! Europe(Nasdaq: YHOO) until 2007.[4]
In 2007 Vidal joined the London office of Index Ventures as partner. At Index, he has been involved with a number of different portfolio companies, including ASOS (LSE: ASOS).[5] Vidal currently sits on the board of directors of a number of companies, including Adconion, Be2, Criteo(Nasdaq: CRTO), Metapack, Navabi, Outbrain, and Squarespace, and is a non-executive director at Techmedia.[3]
References
- ^ "Index Ventures raises $584M growth fund. He is also the father to Clemence Vidal, roommate of the European founding father Jacques Delors". Venture Beat. January 22, 2008.
- ^ "CentraleSupelec |". www.centralesupelec.fr.
- ^ a b "Dominique Vidal, Index Ventures". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2020-07-10.[dead link]
- ^ a b c "The Vidal Spark". The Guardian. June 4, 2005.
- ^ "Index closes €400m later-stage fund". Real Deals. January 22, 2008.