Index Ventures
{{Short description|European worldwide venture capital firm}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Index Ventures
| logo =File:Index Ventures Logo 3.jpg
| type = Private Company
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1996}}
| founder =
| location = San Francisco, California, United States
London, United Kingdom
| industry = Private equity
| products = Venture capital, growth capital
| assets = €11.7 billion
| key_people = Jan Hammer
Martin Mignot
Danny Rimer
Shardul Shah
Nina Achadijan
Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas
Vlad Loktev
| homepage = {{URL|www.indexventures.com}}
| num_employees =
|footnotes={{cite news |title= Europe's biggest venture capital fund told us what it looks for in a company|url= http://www.businessinsider.com/interview-with-index-ventures-jan-hammer-on-fintech-investment-philosophy-2015-11?r=UK&IR=T |work= Business Insider|date= November 28, 2015}}{{cite news|title=Index Ventures closes $550M fund, promotes Shardul Shah to partner|url=https://pitchbook.com/newsletter/index-ventures-closes-550m-fund-promotes-shardul-shah-to-partner|publisher=PitchBook|date=February 4, 2016}}{{cite news |last1=Williams-Grut |first1=Oscar |title=Europe's biggest venture capital fund told us what it looks for in a company |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/interview-with-index-ventures-jan-hammer-on-fintech-investment-philosophy-2015-11?r=UK&IR=T |access-date=22 August 2024 |date=28 November 2015}}{{Cite news| last = Botros| first = Alena| title = Former Airbnb executive joins Index Ventures as its newest partner| work = Fortune| access-date = June 4, 2024| date = November 6, 2023| url = https://fortune.com/2023/11/06/former-airbnb-executive-joins-index-ventures-vlad-loktev/}}{{Cite news| last = O'Hear| first = Steve| title = Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas, angel investor and COO of GoCardless, is joining Index as partner| work = TechCrunch| access-date = June 4, 2024| date = November 11, 2020| url = https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/11/carlos-gonzalez-cadenas-angel-investor-and-coo-of-gocardless-is-joining-index-as-partner/}}{{Cite news| last = Butcher| first = Mike| title = Index Ventures thinks new startups will emerge in the downturn and is putting $300M behind that bet| work = TechCrunch| access-date = April 9, 2024| date = November 17, 2022| url = https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/17/index-ventures-thinks-new-startups-will-emerge-in-the-downturn-and-is-putting-300m-behind-that-bet/}}
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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.
History
Index Ventures has its origins in a Swiss bond-trading firm called Index Securities, founded by Gerald Rimer in 1976.{{cite news |title= What They're Reading |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/05/opinion/05iht-rdtue.t.html |work= The New York Times|date= September 5, 1995}}{{cite news |title= 25 Rising Stars |url= https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/05/14/302982/ |work= Fortune |date= May 14, 2001}} In 1992, Rimer recruited his son Neil to join the firm, launching a technology investment arm that evolved into Index Ventures.{{cite web |title= Wall Street Journal Fast Forward: Speakers and Guests |url= http://europefastforward.wsj.com/?speakers=neil-rimer}}{{cite news |title= Levie, Damelin, Rimer, Onur, Klein, Khan To Speak at TechCrunch Disrupt Europe |url= https://techcrunch.com/2013/07/24/levie-damelin-rimer-onur-klein-khan-to-speak-at-techcrunch-disrupteurope/ |work= TechCrunch |date= July 24, 2013}}
Index Ventures was officially founded in 1996 by Neil Rimer, David Rimer and Giuseppe Zocco.{{cite news |title= A venture capitalist's European mission |url= http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/4b7adb9a-4c1e-11df-a217-00144feab49a.html|work= Financial Times|date= April 24, 2010}} 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.{{cite news | url=https://www.haaretz.com/misc/article-print-page/1.4806651 | title=Index Ventures, Open for Business | newspaper=Haaretz }} The sixth fund raised €350 million from investors in 2012 and focused on investments in Europe, the U.S., and Israeli tech startups.{{cite web| url = https://fortune.com/2012/06/17/index-ventures-raises-e350-million-for-new-fund/| title = Index Ventures raises €350 million for new fund {{!}} Fortune}}
In 2017, it raised €400 million for its seventh fund, focusing on companies in Europe, the U.S., and Israel.{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/06/10/index-ventures-raises-new-550m-early-stage-fund-for-europe-us-israel-aims-for-the-big-league/|title = Index Ventures Raises New $550M Early-Stage Fund for Europe, the US and Israel| date=June 10, 2014 }}
From early on, the firm launched a life sciences practice, which in 2016 it spun off as an independent venture capital firm, Medicxi Ventures.{{cite magazine |title= How VC firm Index Ventures is hunting for the next Deliveroo |url= https://www.wired.co.uk/article/index-ventures-decision-making-business-efficiency-team
|magazine= WIRED|date= October 17, 2017}}{{cite news |title= Veni, vidi, V.C.|url=http://www.unige.ch/presse/campus/pdf/c83/etudiantEs.pdf|work= University of Geneva student magazine|date= November 6, 2009}} Index Ventures' dual headquarters in San Francisco and London were opened in 2011 and 2002, respectively.{{cite news |title= Index Ventures forth, bridging Silicon Valley with Silicon Roundabout|url= https://techcrunch.com/2011/11/30/index-ventures-forth-bridging-silicon-valley-with-silicon-roundabout-2/|date= November 30, 2011}}{{cite news |title= Index Ventures Raises $700M Fund, Opens San Francisco Office (But Keeps Focus on Europe)|url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/11/08/index-ventures-raises-700m-fund-opens-san-francisco-office-but-keeps-focus-on-europe/|date= November 8, 2011}}
Investments
Index Ventures invests mainly in tech companies, and have included investments in companies such as Figma, Revolut, Roblox, Scale AI, Notion and Wiz.{{cite news |last1=Dillet |first1=Romain |title=Index Ventures raises $2.3B for new venture and growth funds |url=https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/09/index-ventures-raises-23-billion-for-new-venture-and-growth-funds/ |access-date=19 August 2024 |publisher=Tech Crunch |date=9 July 2024}}{{Cite web |title=Companies |url=https://www.indexventures.com/companies/ |access-date=December 22, 2024 |website=Index Ventures}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.indexventures.com Index Ventures] (company website)
{{Private equity and venture capital}}
Category:Financial services companies established in 1996
Category:Venture capital firms of the United States