Index Ventures
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Index Ventures is a venture capital
investment firm based in Geneva, Switzerland, with offices in London, Jersey, and starting in 2011, Silcon Valley. The firm was founded in 1996 by Neil Rimer and Giuseppe Zocco. Since its 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.
Among the firm's most notable investments are Skype
, MySQL
, Betfair
and Lovefilm
. More recently, the firm invested in Flipboard, Factual, Swipely and Cloud.com.
Although based in Europe, Index invests in a number of geographies including Europe, Eastern Europe and Russia, Israel, as well as New York City and Silicon Valley. The firm is considered 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
. Index partner, Saul Klein is among the most active in the European entrepreneur community. Klein founded Seedcamp to help European entrepreneurs successfully build technology businesses, and also started The Accelerator Group (TAG) as a vehicle for investing in early-stage internet services, e-commerce and digital media businesses.
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. Before that, in January 2008, Index announced the closing of a €400 million growth capital
fund, Index Ventures Growth I, which was the firm's first dedicated growth stage fund.
The firm's partners include Ben Holmes, Bernard Dalle, Danny Rimer, David Rimer, Dominique Vidal, Francesco de Rubertis, Giuseppe Zocco, Michele Ollier, Mike Volpi, Neil Rimer and Saul Klein.
Venture capital
Venture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...
investment firm based in Geneva, Switzerland, with offices in London, Jersey, and starting in 2011, Silcon Valley. The firm was founded in 1996 by Neil Rimer and Giuseppe Zocco. Since its inception, the firm has raised four main venture funds and a growth capital
Growth capital
Growth capital is a type of private equity investment, most often a minority investment, in relatively mature companies that are looking for capital to expand or restructure operations, enter new markets or finance a significant acquisition without a change of control of the business.Companies...
fund with in excess of €1.5 billion of investor commitments. Index invest primarily in the Information Technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
and Life Sciences
Life sciences
The life sciences comprise the fields of science that involve the scientific study of living organisms, like plants, animals, and human beings. While biology remains the centerpiece of the life sciences, technological advances in molecular biology and biotechnology have led to a burgeoning of...
sectors.
Among the firm's most notable investments are Skype
Skype
Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice and video calls and chat over the Internet. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free, while calls to both traditional landline telephones and mobile phones can be made for a fee using a debit-based user account system...
, MySQL
MySQL
MySQL officially, but also commonly "My Sequel") is a relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It is named after developer Michael Widenius' daughter, My...
, Betfair
Betfair
Betfair is the world's largest Internet betting exchange. The company is based in Hammersmith in West London, England. Since Betfair was launched in June 2000 it has become the largest online betting company in the UK and the largest betting exchange in the world. Betfair claim to have over 3...
and Lovefilm
LoveFilm
LoveFilm is a UK-based provider of home video and video game rental through DVD-by-mail and streaming video on demand in the UK, Germany and Scandinavia...
. More recently, the firm invested in Flipboard, Factual, Swipely and Cloud.com.
Although based in Europe, Index invests in a number of geographies including Europe, Eastern Europe and Russia, Israel, as well as New York City and Silicon Valley. The firm is considered to have the investment philosophy of a typical Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is a term which refers to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home to many of the world's largest technology corporations...
venture capitalist and to have unusually strong business relations in Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is a term which refers to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home to many of the world's largest technology corporations...
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
Venture capital
Venture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...
. Index partner, Saul Klein is among the most active in the European entrepreneur community. Klein founded Seedcamp to help European entrepreneurs successfully build technology businesses, and also started The Accelerator Group (TAG) as a vehicle for investing in early-stage internet services, e-commerce and digital media businesses.
In January 2008, Index Ventures announced the closing of a €400 million growth capital
Growth capital
Growth capital is a type of private equity investment, most often a minority investment, in relatively mature companies that are looking for capital to expand or restructure operations, enter new markets or finance a significant acquisition without a change of control of the business.Companies...
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. Before that, in January 2008, Index announced the closing of a €400 million growth capital
Growth capital
Growth capital is a type of private equity investment, most often a minority investment, in relatively mature companies that are looking for capital to expand or restructure operations, enter new markets or finance a significant acquisition without a change of control of the business.Companies...
fund, Index Ventures Growth I, which was the firm's first dedicated growth stage fund.
The firm's partners include Ben Holmes, Bernard Dalle, Danny Rimer, David Rimer, Dominique Vidal, Francesco de Rubertis, Giuseppe Zocco, Michele Ollier, Mike Volpi, Neil Rimer and Saul Klein.
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Among the firm's most notable investments are the following:- Abes Market
- Adconion
- Aegerion
- AlertMeAlertMeAlertMe is a UK company that provides energy and home monitoring hardware and services. AlertMe produces hardware and software to enable users to monitor and control their home energy use....
- Assistly
- ASOSASOS.comASOS.com is the UK's largest online-only fashion and beauty store. Primarily aimed at 16-34 year old men and women, it offers over 35,000 own-label and branded fashion goods. Sales for the financial year ending 31 March 2011 were £339.7 million....
- Astley ClarkeAstley ClarkeAstleyClarke.com is an online boutique selling precious and semi-precious jewellery from exclusive designers in New York, London, California and Paris.- History :...
- Be2Be2The online matchmaking company be2 is one of the leading matchmakers worldwide. Internationally, be2 is represented in 37 countries..-History:...
- BestofMedia Group
- BetfairBetfairBetfair is the world's largest Internet betting exchange. The company is based in Hammersmith in West London, England. Since Betfair was launched in June 2000 it has become the largest online betting company in the UK and the largest betting exchange in the world. Betfair claim to have over 3...
- BokuBokuBoku may refer to:*The Cuban name for the Ashiko, a type of drum*Boku , a juice carton drink.*Bōku, a board game.*BOKU, the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, in Austria....
- Catchfree
- Cloud.comCloud.comCloud.com is a venture-backed startup based out of Cupertino that develops an open source cloud orchestration software product for the implementation of public and private cloud computing environments. Their software, CloudStack, is designed to make it easier for Service Providers and Enterprises...
- CriteoCriteoCriteo describes itself as a 'personalized retargeting company' that works with Internet retailers to serve personalized online display advertisements to consumers that have previously visited the advertiser's website. The company currently operates in several countries around the world and is...
- doubleTwistDoubleTwistdoubleTwist Corporation is a digital media company founded by Monique Farantzos and Jon Lech Johansen. It is backed by Index Ventures and Northzone Ventures....
- Erply
- FlipboardFlipboardFlipboard is a social magazine application and company founded in 2010 by Mike McCue and Evan Doll, based out of Palo Alto, California in the United States for Apple's iPad tablet computer. The application is designed to collect the content of social networks and other websites and present them in...
- FONFONFon is a company that operates a system of dual access wireless networks. Fon is the largest Wi-Fi network in the world, with over 4 million hotspots....
- Fontself
- Foodily
- Funxional Therapeutics
- Geckoboard
- GlassesdirectGlassesdirectGlasses Direct is an online retailer based in the United Kingdom that supplies discount-priced spectacles.It was founded by James Murray Wells in 2004 joining the small existing sector of online retailers...
- GlycoVaxyn
- GroupSpacesGroupSpacesGroupSpaces is a London-based online company that provides technology to help real-world clubs, societies, associations and other groups manage their membership and activities, and promote themselves online...
- Gruppo MutuiOnline
- Imbera Electronics
- Just-eatJust-eatJust-Eat is a UK headquartered service for ordering takeaway food online. UK, Denmark, Canada, Ireland, The Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Spain, India and Switzerland. As of 4 September 2011, Just-Eat has 15 867 restaurants across its worldwide network, with 8842 in the UK...
- Keynoir
- King.comKing.comKing.com is an online skill-based games company. King.com is available in nine languages and in 10 countries. King.com is an international company with 85 employees and offices in London, Los Angeles, Rome, Hamburg and Stockholm.-Operations:...
- Last.fmLast.fmLast.fm is a music website, founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. It has claimed 30 million active users in March 2009. On 30 May 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for UK£140m ....
- Lehigh Technologies
- LovefilmLoveFilmLoveFilm is a UK-based provider of home video and video game rental through DVD-by-mail and streaming video on demand in the UK, Germany and Scandinavia...
- Milestone SystemsMilestone SystemsMilestone Systems A/S is a software manufacturer of open platform IP video surveillance software marketed under the name of XProtect.Milestone has an installed base of more than 150,000 customer installations, with many reference stories available on the website as examples...
- MimecastMimecastMimecast is a software as a service company specialising in unified email management, which includes e-mail archiving, continuity, security, policy management, data leak prevention and marketing and attachment management. The company uses a massively-parallel grid infrastructure for email storage...
- Molecular Partners
- MOOMOOA MOO is a text-based online virtual reality system to which multiple users are connected at the same time.The term MOO is used in two distinct, but related, senses...
- MoleskineMoleskineMoleskine is a brand of notebooks, planners, diaries, sketchbooks and albums manufactured by Moleskine Srl, an Italian company based in Milan...
- Moshi MonstersMoshi MonstersMoshi Monsters is a social networking online game and virtual pet site targeted at children aged 7 to 12. The player adopts and cares for a pet monster, solving puzzles which lead to rewards called rox; these can be used as currency to buy items for the adopted monster, such as clothing, food, and...
- MyHeritageMyHeritageMyHeritage is a family-oriented social network service and genealogy website. It allows members to create their own family websites, share pictures and videos, organize family events, create family trees, and search for ancestors...
- MySQLMySQLMySQL officially, but also commonly "My Sequel") is a relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It is named after developer Michael Widenius' daughter, My...
- Net-a-Porter
- NetlogNetlogNetlog is a Belgian social networking website specifically targeted at the European youth demographic....
- NetvibesNetvibesNetvibes is a personalized dashboard publishing platform for the Web including digital life management, widget distribution services and brand observation rooms.-History:The company was founded by Tariq Krim and Florent Frémont in 2005.-Technology:...
- NormOxys
- Notonthehighstreet
- Novocure
- Oanda
- OpenXOpenXOpenX refers to:* OpenX - a company based in Pasadena, California* OpenX - an open-source software package...
- OptierOpTierOpTier is an information technology management company that provides software solutions for business transaction management and application performance management .OpTier's Business Transaction Management suite includes:...
- Ozon.ruOzon.ruOzon is one of the first online shops in Russia, established in 1998 by the Russian software house Reksoft. Its main goods are books, electronics, music, and movies. As of 2005, it is the largest online retailer in Russia...
- PanGenetics
- PentahoPentahoThe Pentaho BI Suite is open source Business Intelligence suite with integrated reporting, dashboard, data mining, workflow and ETL capabilities. Pentaho is headquartered in Orlando, USA.- Overview :...
- PathPathPath, pathway or PATH may refer to:-Path:* Course , the intended path of a vehicle over the surface of the Earth* Trail, hiking trail, footpath, or bridle path...
- Peopleperhour
- Photoways
- PlayfishPlayfishPlayfish, currently a property of Electronic Arts, is a developer of free-to-play social network games. Playfish was founded in 2007 by Kristian Segerstråle, Sebastien de Halleux, Sami Lababidi and Shukri Shammas. In October 2008, they secured USD$17 million in venture capital funding from Accel...
- Pulsic
- PrivaliaPrivaliaPrivalia is the trading name for Privalia Venta Directa, SA, an online private-sales club, with operations across Spain, Italy, Brazil and Mexico...
- RebtelRebtelRebtel is a Mobile VoIP provider, founded in 2006 in Sweden by Hjalmar Winbladh and Jonas Lindroth. The Rebtel offices are located in Stockholm, Sweden and Luxembourg....
- RightscaleRightScaleRightScale is a web based cloud computing management platform for managing cloud infrastructure from multiple providers. The RightScale platform enables the management of public, private and hybrid clouds...
- RPX
- Sequenta
- ShapewaysShapewaysShapeways is a 3D printing service. Users upload design files and Shapeways prints the objects for them or others. Users can have objects printed from a variety of materials, including food safe ceramics....
- SkypeSkypeSkype is a software application that allows users to make voice and video calls and chat over the Internet. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free, while calls to both traditional landline telephones and mobile phones can be made for a fee using a debit-based user account system...
- SongkickSongkickSongkick is a website and service that provides personalized news about live music events. It allows users to track their favorite bands and receive email alerts when a tracked band plays a gig nearby. Songkick is one of the original high tech startups in London's Silicon Roundabout area.- Service...
- SonosSonosSonos is a consumer electronics company based in Santa Barbara, California. It was founded in 2002 by John MacFarlane, who previously founded Software.com. The company’s main product is the Sonos Multi-Room Music System.-History:...
- SoundCloudSoundCloudSoundCloud is an online audio distribution platform which allows collaboration, promotion and distribution of audio recordings.-History:SoundCloud was originally started in Stockholm, Sweden, but was established in Berlin, Germany in August, 2007 by sound designer Alex Ljung and artist Eric Wahlforss...
- SpinX Technologies
- SquareSpaceSquarespaceSquarespace is a web publishing company that sells a software publishing platform and file server service to individuals and businesses, providing them the tools and assistance to create and maintain well-designed websites...
- Spot RunnerSpot RunnerHeadquartered in Los Angeles, Spot Runner develops technology platforms and delivers services for video advertising, namely broadcast, cable and online video...
- StardollStardollStardoll is a browser game for girls and boys based around the paper doll concept. Launched in 2004, the website was attracting a reported 200 thousand unique users a month ; as of September 2011 there were over 124 million users worldwide...
- SwipelySwipelySwipely is an online service and social network where members can share purchases with friends. Users post and recommend purchases, see where their friends are spending and what their friends are buying...
- Telegent
- TrialpayTrialPayTrialPay is an alternative e-commerce payment system that works according to the “Get It Free” payment model, in which consumers get an item for free from a participating merchant by completing an offer – buying or trying out a product or service – from a TrialPay advertiser.The company...
- TrolltechTrolltechQt Development Frameworks is an Oslo, Norway-based software company best known for its Qt toolkit and application framework. Qt Development Frameworks is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nokia Corporation...
- Tweetup
- Versartis
- ViagogoViagogoviagogo is an online ticket exchange that that allows people to buy and sell live event tickets in a safe, secure and transparent environment free from fraud and illegitimate street touts....
- WeatherbillWeatherbillWeatherBill is an online service, launched in January 2007, that helps people and businesses adapt to climate change. The company’s technology platform enables the real-time pricing and purchasing of customizable weather insurance using proprietary global weather simulation modeling and local...
- Woo MediaWoo MediaWoo Media was an online chat and video social network which offered a variety of interactive sites that provided live social entertainment through a computer or mobile device....
- WorklightWorklightIn theater, a worklight is a high-intensity light fixture which is used to illuminate the stage for the benefit of technicians. Technicians use these lights rather than the stage lights for a number of reasons. Firstly, it take much less technical knowledge to turn on worklights, so even people...
- ZendZendZend can mean:*Zend, commentaries on the Avesta, the sacred texts of the Zoroastrian religion.**In older texts, Zend can refer to the Avestan language*Salla Zend, a character in Star Wars*Zend Technologies, a PHP-focused company...
External links
- Index Ventures (company website)