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Daniel Hoffer

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Smart Money Rating: 83 out of 100

Partner Emeritus, Crux Capital

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Crux Capital
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Partner Emeritus
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Record updated 21 September 2026

About

Prior to co-founding Crux Capital, Daniel Hoffer was a Partner at Tandem Capital, Sr. Director in Concur’s venture fund team, co-founder and CEO of CouchSurfing, and EIR at Benchmark Capital. He also held executive product roles at Norton (Symantec) and TripIt (Concur/SAP). Daniel has appeared on the cover of Inc. Magazine and been featured on the front page of the Boston Globe, as well as on ABC Nightline, NBC News, National Public Radio, and in the New York Times and Time Magazine. He has also been a guest lecturer at Stanford GSB, Harvard Business School, Kellogg School of Management, and the Haas School of Business at U.C. Berkeley. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Columbia Business School.

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