Index Ventures
Global venture capital firm investing in technology companies.
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“Raises $32M Series A Round from Index Ventures, Credo Ventures, Balderton Capital, Northzone Ventures”
“Sequoia came in very aggressively and said, 'We're going to make you a great offer. We're going to make you a fast offer. It's clean, it's simple... everyone has to waive their pro rata.'”
Source→“Hone raised a $60M Seed at a $285M valuation from Benchmark and Index Ventures”
“Hone, a five-month-old San Francisco startup that builds AI agents to handle long-running business tasks over weeks or months, raised a $60 million seed round at a $285 million post-money valuation. The deal was co-led by Benchmark and Index Ventures.”
Source→“Quantum computer builder Oratomic raised a $475 million Series B led by Arch Venture Partners, Spark Capital, Khosla Ventures, Index Ventures, General Catalyst and Bezos Expeditions, at a valuation of $5.4 billion.”
Source→“Oatomic, a Pasadena, Calif.-based quantum computing startup, raised $475m in Series A funding at a $5.4b valuation from Arch Venture Partners, Spark Capital, Khosla Ventures, Index Ventures, General Catalyst, and Bezos Expeditions.”
“Spiko, a Paris-based tokenized cash fund provider, raised $90m in Series B funding. NEA led, joined by Index Ventures, Speedinvest, and White Star Capital.”
“Index Ventures had invested in it and taking kind of a majority stake to help doing this because they had no idea of scaling this site.”
Source→“I think the average page load time at that time was like four minutes... So we basically re-architected the website. I hired an entirely new technical team and brought it down to under a second of load time. And obviously the traffic exploded, Sequoia invested.”
Source→“Sarah absolutely did the seed round at inception... at 50 million pre... 10 billion [later]. Those are four rounds in the same four-month period.”
Source→“Lexington Partners (Franklin Templeton) - US Fund of Funds, AUM ~$77B. Major institutional LP backing Lightspeed Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, and Index Ventures”
Source→“Grove Street Advisors - Wellesley, MA-based Fund of Funds, AUM ~$8B. Active LP with named VC affiliations including Lightspeed, New Enterprise Associates, and Index Ventures; 25+ ranked VC managers”
Source→“Town — One-year-old startup reportedly raising at a $1B valuation, backed by a16z and Forerunner, with Index Ventures leading the new round”
Source→“AI assistant developer Instinct secured a $250 million Series B led by Index Ventures and Benchmark at a $2.5 billion valuation.”
Source→“Instinct, the text-based consumer personal assistant run by the company Spear Street Technology, is raising round after round... investors valuing it at $2.5 billion.”
Source→“Town, the affable enterprise personal assistant, is in talks to raise at a $1 billion valuation in a round led by Index, sources tell us.”
Source→“Instinct, an AI assistant startup, is raising $250m in Series B funding at a $2.5b valuation led by Benchmark and Index Ventures.”
“We were surprised that Index is backing both startups at the heart of the personal agent frenzy — though as one investor pointed out to us — Greylock once invested in both Facebook and LinkedIn.”
Source→“The rankings favor firms that turn capital into realized outcomes, not those simply writing the most checks.”
Source→“Accel, Index Ventures and Sequoia are the top three firms in The Syndicate, a global ranking of venture capitalists based on the measurable outcomes of their investments from PitchBook data on each firm's deal and exit history.”
Source→“Index Ventures announced $2B in new venture capital funds to invest in startups from seed through growth stages across Europe, the U.S., and Israel.”
Source→“The rush we're seeing isn't a new technology discovery, it's the arrival of a buyer. — Bastian Hasslinger, Index Ventures”
Source→“Index Ventures has raised $3.5 billion for new funds across all stages.”
Source→“Raised $71M in seed funding led by Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital to develop physical AI technology for robotics.”
Source→“Simile has raised $300M total — $100M round ~five months ago, followed by a $200M round led by Green Oaks, with Index Ventures (Shardul Shah) as insider and lead of prior round.”
Source→“Index Ventures…announced $3.5 billion in new capital across a $400 million seed fund, a $900 million venture fund, and a $2.2 billion growth vehicle, with AI a central investment theme.”
“Shardul Shah is described by Harry as 'one of the best investors of the last decade' who has backed companies including Wiz. He has never seen traction and pull like Simile's.”
Source→“Raised $2b in new fund capital, including a $900m VC fund, a $400m seed fund, and $700m more for an existing growth fund.”
“Simile raised $200m in Series B funding at a $2b valuation. Greenoaks led, joined by Definition and insiders Index Ventures, Hanabi, Bain Capital Ventures, A*, Factory, and CVS Health Ventures.”
“Left Index Ventures after leading bets on Discord, Patreon, and Rec Room to focus full-time on consumer, marketplace, and creator-economy seed investing”
“Nebius, Index Ventures, QuantumBlack, Liquid AI, and Weekend are among the companies supporting the Cerebral Valley AI Summit this year.”
Source→“Robotics research startup Enigma emerged from stealth with a $71 million seed round led by Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital.”
Source→“Enigma, an AI research lab focused on robot engagement, raised $70m in seed funding. Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital led.”
“Glow raised $100M with Sequoia, Index, Lux, Greenoaks, Redpoint”
“Feathery raised $30M from a syndicate including Portage Ventures, Index Ventures, Allstate Strategic Ventures, and Bain Capital Ventures”
“BRINC: Develops specialized drones for public safety and emergency response — Raises $125M from Motorola Solutions, Index Ventures”
“Last year's exits including Figma's IPO and Google's purchase of the cybersecurity firm Wiz reportedly netted Index roughly $9 billion”
Source→“Neil Rimer said he has 'a strong sense that there will be some sort of a redistribution.' He continued on. 'It'll either be voluntary or it'll be involuntary, but it'll happen, and I hope it's voluntary'”
Source→“Fireworks, which helps enterprises train and serve custom AI models, raised a $1.5 billion Series D at a $17.5 billion valuation led by Atreides Management, Index Ventures and TCV.”
Source→“A very hot round got announced today, which was Chai Discovery. 400 million at a $3.8 billion valuation led by Index, Kleiner, Sequoia, Dimension.”
Source→“San Francisco-based Chai Discovery, which builds AI models for molecular drug design, raised a $400 million Series C led by Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia Capital at a $3.8 billion valuation.”
Source→“Brinc, "a Seattle-based 911 drone maker, raised $125m in funding" led by Motorola Solutions”
“Brinc...builds drones for police, fire, and other emergency-response agencies [raised] $125M led by Motorola Solutions...Dylan Field [participating as] an individual investor alongside Index Ventures”
Source→“Chai Discovery raised $400 million at a $3.8 billion valuation, led by Index Ventures and joined by Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia, Bain Capital Ventures, Thrive Capital, and notably OpenAI itself.”
“Raises $300M Series A Round from Bain Capital, Spark Capital, Lowercarbon Capital, Formation 8, Khosla Ventures, Index Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners, General Catalyst”
Source→“Oratomic raised $300 million Series A for quantum computing targeting Shor's algorithm.”
Source→“$100M Series B backed by Amazon and Index Ventures; rare video-understanding AI play at scale”
Source→“Fomo: $75M Series B led by Index Ventures, with participation from Union Square Ventures and Benchmark. Mainstream consumer investors are treating on-chain trading as a product design and distribution problem, not just crypto infrastructure.”
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