Index Ventures

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Index Ventures
Private
Industry Venture capital
Founded 1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Headquarters Geneva, Switzerland, London, San Francisco and Jersey
Products Venture capital, growth capital
Total assets €2 billion
Number of employees
 70+
Website www.indexventures.com

Index Ventures is a Europe- and San Francisco-based global venture capital firm, focused on making investments in information technology and life sciences companies.[1] Since it was founded in 1996, the firm has invested in businesses in 24 countries.[2][3]

History

Index Ventures has its origins in a Swiss bond-trading firm called Index Securities, founded by Gerald Rimer in 1976.[4][5] In 1992, Rimer recruited his son, Neil, to join the firm and together they launched its technology investment arm, which would evolve into an independent entity, Index Ventures.[5][6][7] Index Ventures was officially founded in 1996 by Neil Rimer, his brother David and Giuseppe Zocco, [8] when they raised a pilot fund of $17 million, followed by a $180 million fund in 1998.[5] That year the firm also launched its life sciences practice, when Francesco De Rubertis joined as a partner. [9] Headquartered in Geneva and Jersey, the firm opened an office in London in 2002[10] and in San Francisco in 2011.[11]

Partners

The firm's partners include Ben Holmes, Bernard Dalle, Ilya Fushman,[12] Jan Hammer,[13] Danny Rimer, David Rimer, Neil Rimer, Dominique Vidal, Mike Volpi, and Giuseppe Zocco.

In February 2016, the firm announced Dick Costolo and Shardul Shah as partners.[14]

Index Ventures partner Danny Rimer has been named in Fortune’s “40 under 40” list of the top rising stars in business[15] and Forbes' Midas List of the top 25 deal makers in venture capital.[16]

Investments

Index Ventures has raised a number of venture funds, including Index Ventures I through VI;[17] Index Growth 1 and 2;[18] and a $200 million life sciences fund with backing from GlaxoSmithKline and Johnson & Johnson.[19]

In April 2015, Index Ventures raised $706 million, and designated it as Index Ventures Growth III.[20]

In February 2016, Index Ventures raised $550 million in its eighth funding round.[21]

References

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