Index Ventures

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Index Ventures
Company typePrivate Company
Industry Private equity
Founded1996;28 years ago (1996)
Headquarters San Francisco, California, United States
London, United Kingdom
Key people
Jan Hammer
Martin Mignot
Danny Rimer
Shardul Shah
Nina Achadijan
Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas
Vlad Loktev
Products Venture capital, growth capital
Total assets €11.7 billion
Website www.indexventures.com
Footnotes /references
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Index Ventures is a European venture capital firm with headquarters in both San Francisco and London. It invests primarily in tech companies.

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History

Index Ventures has its origins in a Swiss bond-trading firm called Index Securities, founded by Gerald Rimer in 1976. [7] [8] In 1992, Rimer recruited his son Neil to join the firm, launching a technology investment arm that evolved into Index Ventures. [8] [9] [10]

Index Ventures was officially founded in 1996 by Neil Rimer, David Rimer and Giuseppe Zocco. [11] It began investing in Israel in 2003, and by 2005 raised €300 million for its third fund. Two years later, it raised an additional €350 million for its fourth found, which focused 15 to 20 percent on investing in Israeli companies. [12] The sixth fund raised €350 million from investors in 2012 and focused on investments in Europe, the U.S., and Israeli tech startups. [13]

In 2017, it raised €400 million for its seventh fund, focusing on companies in Europe, the U.S., and Israel. [14]

From early on, the firm launched a life sciences practice, which in 2016 it spun off as an independent venture capital firm, Medicxi Ventures. [15] [16] Index Ventures' dual headquarters in San Francisco and London were opened in 2011 and 2002, respectively. [17] [18]

Investments

Index Ventures invests mainly in tech companies, and have included investments in companies such as Figma, Revolut, Roblox, Sale AI, Notion and Wiz. [19]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Index Ventures closes $550M fund, promotes Shardul Shah to partner". PitchBook. February 4, 2016.
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  4. ↑ Botros, Alena (November 6, 2023). "Former Airbnb executive joins Index Ventures as its newest partner". Fortune. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  5. ↑ O'Hear, Steve (November 11, 2020). "Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas, angel investor and COO of GoCardless, is joining Index as partner". TechCrunch. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  6. ↑ Butcher, Mike (November 17, 2022). "Index Ventures thinks new startups will emerge in the downturn and is putting $300M behind that bet". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  7. ↑ "What They're Reading". The New York Times. September 5, 1995.
  8. 1 2 "25 Rising Stars". Fortune. May 14, 2001.
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  10. ↑ "Levie, Damelin, Rimer, Onur, Klein, Khan To Speak at TechCrunch Disrupt Europe". TechCrunch. July 24, 2013.
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  12. ↑ "Index Ventures, Open for Business". Haaretz.
  13. ↑ "Index Ventures raises €350 million for new fund | Fortune".
  14. ↑ "Index Ventures Raises New $550M Early-Stage Fund for Europe, the US and Israel". June 10, 2014.
  15. ↑ "How VC firm Index Ventures is hunting for the next Deliveroo". WIRED. October 17, 2017.
  16. ↑ "Veni, vidi, V.C." (PDF). University of Geneva student magazine. November 6, 2009.
  17. ↑ "Index Ventures forth, bridging Silicon Valley with Silicon Roundabout". November 30, 2011.
  18. ↑ "Index Ventures Raises $700M Fund, Opens San Francisco Office (But Keeps Focus on Europe)". November 8, 2011.
  19. ↑ Dillet, Romain (July 9, 2024). "Index Ventures raises $2.3B for new venture and growth funds". Tech Crunch. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
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