Venture Capital · Profile from Venture Capital Research Companion
Index Ventures
The Geneva-born, London- and San Francisco-based firm that proved a European venture partnership could compete for the best deals on both sides of the Atlantic, through a run from Skype and King to Adyen, Datadog, Figma, Revolut and Wiz.
At a glance
- Founded
- 1996, Geneva, Switzerland
- Founders
- Neil Rimer, Giuseppe Zocco and David Rimer, growing out of the Rimer family's financial firm Index Securities
- Headquarters
- San Francisco and London (principal offices); New York; historical roots in Geneva and Jersey
- Ownership / structure
- Private partnership; separate venture, growth and seed (Index Origin) funds; life-sciences business spun out as Medicxi (2016)
- Leadership (2026)
- No single CEO; partners include Danny Rimer, Neil Rimer, Martin Mignot, Jan Hammer, Sarah Cannon, Mark Goldberg, Shardul Shah, Nina Achadjian, Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas, Damir Becirovic and Hannah Seal — roster indicative (verify)
- AUM / capital raised
- ~$15bn raised since founding (firm statement, July 2024); last disclosed raise ~$2.3bn in July 2024 (~$800m venture, ~$1.5bn growth)
- Stage focus
- Seed (Index Origin) through Series A/B and growth; sectors: software and infrastructure, security, fintech, consumer, gaming, AI
- Signature investments
- Skype, MySQL, Betfair, Last.fm, Net-a-Porter, King, Adyen, Dropbox, Etsy, Supercell, Slack, Datadog, Figma, Robinhood, Roblox, Revolut, Deliveroo, Plaid, Scale AI, Wiz; failures: Farfetch (equity wiped out 2023), Good Eggs and other consumer bets
10 deals and moves analysed
Each one gets a full strategy file in the companion: context, the decision, the financing, what happened, and the lesson.
2004
Skype
Series A
2005
King Digital
Venture Round
2011
Adyen
Series A
2011
Dropbox
Series B
2012
Datadog
Series A
2012
Farfetch
Venture Round
2013
Figma
Seed
2014
Robinhood
Series A
2017
Revolut
Series B
2020
Wiz
Series A