Index Ventures
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| Private | |
| Industry | Venture capital |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Geneva, Switzerland, London, San Francisco and Jersey |
| Products | Venture capital, growth capital |
| Total assets | €2 billion |
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Number of employees
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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. Since its founding in 1996, the firm has invested in businesses in 24 countries.
Index Ventures has its origins in a Swiss bond-trading firm called Index Securities, founded by Gerald Rimer in 1976. 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. Index Ventures was officially founded in 1996 by Neil Rimer, his brother David and Giuseppe Zocco, when they raised a pilot fund of $17 million, followed by a $180 million fund in 1998. That year the firm also launched its life sciences practice, when Francesco De Rubertis joined as a partner. Headquartered in Geneva and Jersey, the firm opened an office in London in 2002 and in San Francisco in 2011.
The firm's partners include Ben Holmes, Bernard Dalle, Ilya Fushman, Jan Hammer,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.
Index Ventures partner Danny Rimer has been named in Fortune’s “40 under 40” list of the top rising stars in business and Forbes' Midas List of the top 25 deal makers in venture capital.
Index Ventures has raised a number of venture funds, including Index Ventures I through VI; Index Growth 1 and 2; and a $200 million life sciences fund with backing from GlaxoSmithKline and Johnson & Johnson.
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