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Index Ventures

Company nameIndex Ventures
Company typePrivate
IndustryPrivate equity
Founded1996
HeadquartersGeneva, Switzerland
ProductsVenture capital, Growth capital
Total assets-1.5 billion
Employees25+

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Index Ventures is a venture capital investment firm based in Geneva, Switzerland founded in 1996. Since inception, the firm has raised four main venture funds and a growth capital fund with in excess of -1.5 billion of investor commitments. Index invest primarily in the Information Technology and Life Sciences sectors.

The fund's most famous investments have been in Skype, MySQL, and Betfair.

Although based in Europe and focused mainly (but not exclusively) on investing there, Index is considered whomdate=March 2010 to have the investment philosophy of a typical Silicon Valley venture capitalist and to have unusually strong business relations in Silicon Valley for a European investor.

In 2007 Daniel Rimer, a partner at Index, was named to Forbes Magazine's Midas List of the world's 25 best deal makers in venture capital.

In January 2008, Index Ventures announced the closing of a -400 million growth capital fund, Index Ventures Growth I, which represents the firm's first dedicated growth stage fund.

In March 2009, Index Ventures announced the closing of a -350 million early stage find, Index Ventures V.

In September 2009, Index Ventures becomes involved in the lawsuit led by ex Skype founders.

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Skype Filing Points To Healthier Ipo Market - Portfolio.com (blog) Tweet this news
Portfolio.com (blog)--The company sold by eBay back in 2009 to an investor group led by Silver Lake and including -Index Ventures-, Andreessen Horowitz and the Canada Pension Plan ... - Date : Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:36:10 GMT+00:00
Notonthehighstreet.com raises £7.5m - Real Business Tweet this news
Real Business--The funding from -Index Ventures- (backers of ASOS) and Greylock Partners (backers of Facebook and LinkedIn) will be used to expand the team and the ... - Date : Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:11:08 GMT+00:00
Thoughts on the London Tech Scene - The Faster Times Tweet this news
The Faster Times--I'd like to thank the people at -Index Ventures- who provided me an office, wifi, and a few lunches too. I enjoyed doing meetings at VC hangouts like The ... - Date : Mon, 09 Aug 2010 03:52:06 GMT+00:00
Venture investors move upmarket to avoid risk - Financial News Tweet this news
Financial News--This month venture capital firms -Index Ventures- and rival Accel Partners led a $38.5m investment in web publishing company Squarespace, while Balderton ... - Date : Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:22:25 GMT+00:00
The Boku Founders Talk About Mobile Payments, Competitors and More! - All Things Digital (blog) Tweet this news
All Things Digital (blog)--Case in point: Mobile payments start-up Boku, a heavily funded (upwards of $38 million) start-up with some high-profile investors, such as -Index Ventures-, ... - Date : Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:32:49 GMT+00:00
Luxury online: The chic learn to click - Minneapolis Star Tribune Tweet this news
Minneapolis Star Tribune--Net-a-Porter's appeal is not price, says Danny Rimer of -Index Ventures-, a venture-capital fund which backed the firm, but the convenience of getting items ... - Date : Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:32:40 GMT+00:00
Accel Partners and Index Ventures Lead $38.5 Million Investment in Squarespace ... - VentureLoop (blog) Tweet this news
VentureLoop (blog)--The large sum will allow the company to greatly expand operations and will see Dominique Vidal of -Index Ventures-, Andrew Braccia of Accel, and Jonathan ... - Date : Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:00:38 GMT+00:00
Accel Leads Investments of $100 Million in Software Companies - BusinessWeek Tweet this news
BusinessWeek--Accel was joined by -Index Ventures-, another investor in Playfish, in leading the round. Accel's Andrew Braccia and Index's Dom Vidal are joining the ... - Date : Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:47:34 GMT+00:00
Squarespace Gets $38 Million in Funding - NY Convergence (blog) Tweet this news
NY Convergence (blog)--Squarespace, a NY based blog and contest hosting service, has closed a $38 million financing round from Accel Partners and -Index Ventures-, providing support ... - Date : Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:03:10 GMT+00:00
TweetUp Signs Four New Publishers - socalTech.com Tweet this news
socalTech.com--TweetUp is venture backed by -Index Ventures-, betaworks, Revolution LLC, First Round Capital, Jason Calacanis and Jeff Jarvis.--- - Date : Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:49:56 GMT+00:00

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