Forbes Midas List Europe 2025

Forbes Midas List Europe 2025 by Forbes: 25 investors ranked, led by Danny Rimer. Full list with movement since the last edition and method notes.

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The ninth annual list. Danny Rimer (Index Ventures) returned to No. 1 after Figma's IPO, ahead of Gili Raanan (Cyberstarts) and Pawel Chudzinski (Point Nine). Forbes cited exits such as Klarna's IPO and the $5 billion sale of Dream Games.

The full list

Rank	Name	Since 2024
1	Danny RimerAffiliation: Index Ventures	Up 5
2	Gili RaananAffiliation: Cyberstarts	Up 7
3	Pawel ChudzinskiAffiliation: Point Nine Capital	Down 2
4	Tom StaffordAffiliation: DST Global	Up 1
5	Avi EyalAffiliation: Entrée Capital	Down 2
6	Luciana LixandruAffiliation: Sequoia	Up 1
7	Jan HammerAffiliation: Index Ventures	Down 3
8	Jeannette zu FürstenbergAffiliation: General Catalyst	Up 7
9	Philippe BotteriAffiliation: Accel	Down 7
10	Carlos Eduardo EspinalAffiliation: Seedcamp	Up 1
11	Rahul MehtaAffiliation: DST Global	Down 3
12	Harry NelisAffiliation: Accel	Up 4
13	Barend Van den BrandeAffiliation: Hummingbird Ventures	New
14	Eileen BurbidgeAffiliation: NFG Ventures	No change
15	Laurel BowdenAffiliation: 83North	Down 5
16	Johan BrennerAffiliation: Creandum	New
17	John DoranAffiliation: TCV	New
18	Michael EisenbergAffiliation: Aleph	Up 3
19	Christoph JanzAffiliation: Point Nine	New
20	Florian HeinemannAffiliation: Project A	New
21	Dan LupuAffiliation: Earlybird	New
22	Firat IleriAffiliation: Hummingbird Ventures	New
23	Florian SchweitzerAffiliation: b2venture	No change
24	Eric LiawAffiliation: Institutional Venture Partners	Down 4
25	Denis BarrierAffiliation: Cathay Innovation	New

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