Giuseppe Zocco

Sectors:
Communications, Components, Ecommerce, Services
Contact:
, Skype: gpzocco
Location:
Switzerland
Assistant:
Nesrin Everett -
Giuseppe Zocco
Giuseppe Zocco

Giuseppe co-founded Index Ventures in 1996 and is a Partner. His investment focus currently includes ecommerce and online services, software and advanced communication components.

Giuseppe serves as a Director of several companies including Adconion, Imbera Electronics, Milestone Systems, Ozon.ru, Telegent Systems and VirtualLogix. He was involved with several prior investments, including Virata (acquired by Conexant, NASDAQ:CNXT), Ciao (acquired by  Microsoft, NASDAQ:MSFT), Numerical Technologies (acquired by Synopsys, NASDAQ: SNPS), and Digiquant (acquired by Intec, LSE:ITL.L).

Prior to founding Index Ventures, Giuseppe spent five years as a consultant with McKinsey & Company in several European offices. During his career at McKinsey, Giuseppe advised several major corporations on a number of strategic and organizational matters including European entry strategies, strategic positioning, marketing, and new product introductions.

Giuseppe holds a B.A. in Corporate Finance from Bocconi University in Milan and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Current focus

Sectors:
Communications, Components, Ecommerce, Services

Contact details

Email:
Skype:
gpzocco
Location:
Switzerland
Assistant:
Nesrin Everett -

Skype (eBay)

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Skype (eBay)

Skype is a global P2P telephony company that is changing voice communications by moving voice calling to the Internet. Acquired by eBay in October 2005.

Details

Contact:
Danny Rimer, Mike Volpi
Website:
www.skype.com
Status:
Exited
Sector(s):
Communications, Consumer
Stage(s)
Early stage
Geography:
US

News

Sep 12 2005
eBay to Acquire Skype
Mar 15 2005
SKYPE Closes 'B' Round Funding from Top Venture Capitalists
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