capital founded 1996 ; 20 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 its founding in 1996 the firm has invested in businesses in 24 countries . 2 3 contents 1 history 2 partners 3 investments 4 references 5 external links history edit 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 edit 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 edit 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 in june 2014 deliveroo raised a 2.75 million series a investment round from index ventures . references edit index ventures danny rimer on how to spot tech trends . the guardian . september 20 2013 . index ventures a leading euro vc opens a valley office . techcrunch . january 14 2011 . index venture update new partners shardul shah & dick costolo added to team & eighth venture fund closes . crowdfund insider . what they re reading . new york times . september 5 1995 . a b c 25 rising stars . fortune . may 14 2001 . wall street journal fast forward speakers and guests . levie damelin rimer onur klein khan to speak at techcrunch disrupt europe . techcrunch . july 24 2013 . a venture capitalist s european mission . ft. april 24 2010 . veni vidi v.c. pdf . university of geneva student magazine . november 6 2009 . index ventures forth bridging silicon valley with silicon roundabout . november 30 2011 . index ventures raises 700m fund opens san francisco office but keeps focus on europe . november 8 2011 . index ventures hires dropbox exec ilya fushman as general partner . techcrunch . may 20 2015 . europe s biggest venture capital fund told us what it looks for in a company . business insider . november 28 2015 . index venture update new partners shardul shah & dick costolo added to team & eighth venture fund closes . crowdfund insider . 40 under 40 danny rimer . fortune . april 24 2010 . the midas list tech s top investors . forbes . march 26 2014 . the index ventures hits 350m for latest tech focused fund . altassets . 18 june 2012 . armed with new fund index ventures hunts for the next billion dollar tech firm . forbes.com . 11 november 2011 . index launches its first life sciences fund 200m and partnering with glaxo and johnson & johnson . techcrunch . march 20 2012 . index ventures raises 706m for new growth fund . venturebeat . index ventures amasses 1.25 billion to back tech startups . bloomberg . external links edit index ventures company website v t e private equity and venture capital basic investment types buyout venture mezzanine growth secondaries equity co investment history history of private equity and venture capital early history of private equity private equity in the 1980s private equity in the 1990s private equity in the 2000s terms and concepts buyout financial sponsor management buyout divisional buyout buy sell agreement leveraged recapitalization dividend recapitalization venture angel investor business incubator post money valuation pre money valuation seed money startup company venture capital financing venture debt venture round structure private equity firms and funds limited partnership limited liability company carried interest management fee publicly traded private equity business development company venture capital trust private investment in public equity pipe pledge fund investors corporations institutional investors pension funds insurance companies fund of funds endowments foundations investment banks merchant banks commercial banks high net worth individuals family offices sovereign wealth funds crowdfunding related financial terms aum cap table capital call capital commitment capital structure distribution waterfall ebitda envy ratio high yield debt ipo irr leverage liquidation preference m & a pme taxation of private equity and hedge funds undercapitalization vintage year private equity and venture capital investors private equity firms venture capital firms angel investors portfolio companies retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title index ventures & oldid 740520436 categories venture capital firmsventure capital firms of the united kingdom navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa olitalianosuomisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 21 september 2016 at 15 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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