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Daniel Hoffer | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (AB) Columbia University (MBA) |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, Executive, Venture Capitalist |
| Known for | Co-founder and former CEO of CouchSurfing Managing Director of Autotech Ventures |
Daniel Hoffer is an American
Hoffer is currently Managing Director at Autotech Ventures, a California-based venture capital firm that invests in ground transportation startups.[4]
Background
Hoffer grew up in Brookline.[5] He started his first dot-com company at age 15,[2] and has been involved in internet-related communities and businesses since 1990.[6] During high school, he ran an online Bulletin Board System and an educational program that connected physically-challenged individuals with other students online.[6]
Hoffer graduated with an A.B. degree in Philosophy from Harvard University, then completed his M.B.A. at Columbia University.[2]
Career
Hoffer co-founded Fuxito Worldwide, a venture-backed soccer website. While working at Fuxito, he hired Casey Fenton and Sebastien Letuan in 1999.[6]
He worked as a strategist at
CouchSurfing
Daniel Hoffer and Sebastian Letuan assisted Casey Fenton as co-founders of CouchSurfing.[6] They registered the company as a non-profit in 2003.[9]
Hoffer was Couchsurfing's chief operating officer and head of revenue-generation while the company was operating as a non-profit.[5] He was later appointed chairman of the board.[10]
In 2010, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), denied the company's application for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. Hoffer then became CEO of CouchSurfing, joined Benchmark Capital as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence, and converted CouchSurfing to a for profit certified B corporation.[11][12]
In 2011, as CEO, Hoffer raised $7.6 million in Series A venture capital funding for CouchSurfing.[13] The funding was led by Benchmark Capital and Omidyar Network.[13][14]
In 2012, Hoffer resigned as CEO of Couchsurfing, and was replaced by Tony Espinoza.[11]
Other Ventures
In 2015, Hoffer was named a Partner at Tandem Capital, a Silicon Valley mobile-first seed venture capital fund.[7]
In 2018, he was named as a part-time General Partner in Austrian VC fund, SpeedInvest.[15]
As managing director at Autotech, Hoffer executed the company's investments in
In 2017, Hoffer was one of the Angel investors investors involved in the $30 million funding for online parking marketplace, SpotHero.[18]
In 2020, Hoffer was one of the angel investors involved in the $10 million funding for online learning platform, Preply.[19]
Daniel Hoffer has also been a guest lecturer at Harvard Business School, Columbia Business School and UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.[6]
Personal Life
Hoffer publishes in Forbes and TechCrunch.[20][21] Hoffer teaches martial arts in his spare time as he is a licensed martial arts instructor.[12] Hoffer lives in Menlo Park, California.
Board Positions, Past and Present
- CouchSurfing International[6]
- American Jewish Commitee[6]
- Trucklabs
References
- ^ a b c Bergman, Ben (2021-12-23). "A VC known as 'the Bus King' explains how he found an undiscovered industry and made a lot of money". businessinsider.com. Insider. Archived from the original on 2021-12-23 – via archive.today.
- ^ a b c Green, Penelope (2007-09-20). "Surfing the World Wide Couch". www.nytimes.com. New York Times.
- ^ Fedorov, Andrew (2021-09-15). "Paradise lost: The rise and ruin of Couchsurfing.com". inverse.com. Input.
- ^ Vartabedian, Marc (2019-09-26). "Autotech Ventures Navigates Quickly Evolving Transportation Sector". wsj.com. The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ a b c Latimore, Ashton. "Couch Agent". www.harvardmagazine.com. No. November-December 2007. Harvard Magazine.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Zittrain, Jonathan (2009-04-08). "CouchSurfing: What one website reveals about the future of the net". cyberharvard.edu. Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.
- ^ a b Taylor, Kate (2015-04-29). "This Mobile Seed Fund Just Added Two More Partners". entrepreneur.com.
- ^ "Concur Technologies, Inc. : TripIt Introduces an Easier Way to Communicate Travel Plans On the Go, By Making Specific Trip Plans and Flight Status Alerts Shareable | MarketScreener". www.marketscreener.com. 2014-01-06.
- ^ Moran, Gwen. "How CouchSurfing Got its Start, and Landed VC Millions". NBC News.
- ^ Baedeker, Rob (2010-06-21). "Building community, one couch at a time". SFGATE.
- ^ a b Lapowsky, Issie (2012-05-29). "Couchsurfing Dilemma: Going for Profit". inc.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-29 – via archive.today.
- ^ a b "Dan Hoffer | Managing Director - Autotech Ventures". Forbes Councils.
- ^ a b Lacy, Sarah (2011-08-05). "CouchSurfing Raises $7.6 M; Will Users Cry "Sell Out"?". techcrunch.com.
- ^ Moran, Gwen. "How CouchSurfing Got its Start, and Landed VC Millions". NBC News.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=requires|archive-url=(help) - ^ Ohr, Thomas (2018-01-31). "Speedinvest launches new €50 million fund "Speedinvest x" to invest in European marketplace technologies". eu-startups.com.
- ^ "SWVL debuts on Nasdaq, sets initial offer price at $9.95 per share". Wamda. 2022-03-31.
- ^ Czikk, Joseph (2019-06-27). "Bus.com raises $19.5 million, will hire lots of people". montrealintechnology.com.
- ^ "SpotHero Secures $30 Million to Accelerate Market Expansion, Business Partnerships and Product Innovation". www.businesswire.com. 2017-07-18.
- ^ "Preply Raises $10 million as Online Language Learning Comes Into Its Own". markets.businessinsider.com. 2020-03-30.
- ^ Hoffer, Dan (2023-02-07). "Council Post: Rightsizing The Capital Runway For Takeoff". Forbes.
- ^ Hoffer, Daniel (2022-09-28). "The unbearable lightness of being asset-light". TechCrunch.