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BlogConfluent’s meteoric rise
Our partner Mike Volpi shares his thoughts on Confluent, one of the fastest growing enterprise software companies we've seen, on the heels of their latest $125M Series D round.
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NewsAI-powered property valuation platform GeoPhy secures $33M to bring transparency to the real estate market
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Funding Circle's headquarters in LondonInsightBehind the scenes with Funding Circle
The inside story of how to solve the woes of small business borrowers – and transform the paradigm of financial services.
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Index's SF team on a video call with the firm's offices in London and GenevaBlogAnnouncing $1.65B in new funds to back entrepreneurs with global ambitions
$650 million for our ninth venture fund to support businesses in the earlier stages, and $1 billion for our fourth growth fund to help them scale. -
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CEO of Adyen Pieter van der Does and Index Ventures Partner Jan Hammer at an event in AmsterdamBlogAdyen: a global success born in Amsterdam
When Adyen launched back in 2006, its founders were convinced they had a powerful business not just for the Netherlands, but for the world.
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Revolut raises $250 million and increases valuation 5x in a year to $1.7 billion.NewsRevolut raises $250M at $1.7B valuation, targets 100M users in the next 5 years
London-based fintech increase its valuation 5x in less than a year to $1.7 billion. -
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Zuora founder and CEO Tien TzuoBlogFrom dream to IPO: How Zuora built the new subscription economy
On the day of Zuora's IPO, Index Ventures partner and Zuora's board member Mike Volpi shares his thoughts on the business.
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NewsIntercom announces $125 million Series D round
With its new funding, Intercom will invest aggressively in the development of its customer platform, which today is helping more than 25,000 paying customers replace dozens of point solutions for sales, marketing, and support teams.
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Dropbox at NasdaqNewsDropbox Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
Dropbox today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 36,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $21 per share. -
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Founded by three of the world’s leaders in the self-driving vehicle industry, Aurora works at the intersection of rigorous engineering and applied machine learning.BlogAurora: self-driving and beyond
Self-driving company Aurora raises Series A in a round co-led by Greylock Partners and Index Ventures, bringing the combined capital invested in the company to $90M. -
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NewsGOAT and Flight Club Merge to Become the World’s Largest Sneaker Marketplace
Index Ventures leads $60 million in funding to fuel growth of GOAT and Flight Club as a combined company.
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BlogIntroducing our guide to stock options for European entrepreneurs
For tech startups, the most critical ingredient to become the next global giant is access to talent. Without this, it is impossible to grow.
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iZettle offices in StockholmBlogTo build a tech giant, Europe must have a singular focus on talent
To build a tech giant, Europe must have a singular focus on talent
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Deliveroo has over 1000 employees and operates in twelve countries and over 130 cities.InsightBehind the scenes with Deliveroo
Deliveroo insiders share the story behind the world’s fastest growing food-tech business.
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Slack recently opened its London office. About 30 percent of the company’s users are in Europe.InsightWhy Europe is your first and most important international stop on the way to an IPO
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Neil Rimer at Funding Circle officesDan JonesNewsFinancial Times: Europe’s start-up backer looks to the next wave
The company has backed Skype, Supercell and Deliveroo — now it wants to grow a Google
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Figma's founders Dylan Field and Evan WallaceBlogFigma: setting the new standard for collaborative design software
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BlogWhy Aurora will win the self-driving market
On the heels of Aurora's impressive $530 mn Series B round, our partner Mike Volpi shares why he thinks Aurora is poised to win the self-driving market.
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The [R]Evolution of Open SourceBlogFrom Fringe to Mainstream: The (R)Evolution of Open Source Software
Five years ago, there was an ample dose of skepticism about the viability of open source as a business model. Fast forward to today, and open source has become the hot place to be. Our partner Mike Volpi shares his thoughts on the rapid ascent of open source.
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Elastic getting listed on NYSEBlogElastic -- The Evolution of Open Source
As unbelievable as the Elastic journey has been, we are still in the early days of this company’s potential.
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CEO and founder of Farfetch José NevesFTCHHigh fashion and tech turned Farfetch into a luxury powerhouse
As Farfetch begins its life as a public company after today's listing on the New York Stock Exchange, Index Ventures partner Danny Rimer shares his thoughts on working with the company over the last seven years.
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Index's SF team on a video call with the firm's offices in London and GenevaBlogAnnouncing $1.65B in new funds to back entrepreneurs with global ambitions
$650 million for our ninth venture fund to support businesses in the earlier stages, and $1 billion for our fourth growth fund to help them scale. -
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CEO of Adyen Pieter van der Does and Index Ventures Partner Jan Hammer at an event in AmsterdamBlogAdyen: a global success born in Amsterdam
When Adyen launched back in 2006, its founders were convinced they had a powerful business not just for the Netherlands, but for the world.
Castle wants everyone to feel safe on the Internet
Our partner Shardul Shah shares why he's excited to welcome Castle to the Index family.
Castle Raises $9.2 Million in Series A Funding Led by Index Ventures
Castle announced that it has raised $9.2M in Series A funding from Index Ventures. This round brings the company’s total funding to almost $12M. Shardul Shah, partner at Index Ventures will join the board of directors.
Why Aurora will win the self-driving market
On the heels of Aurora's impressive $530 mn Series B round, our partner Mike Volpi shares why he thinks Aurora is poised to win the self-driving market.
Raisin Announces $114M Funding Round and $11B in Deposits
Today Raisin, the pan-European fintech marketplace for savings and investment products, announced it closed a Series D funding round of $114 million, bringing the total amount raised to $200 million. Raisin also announced it has brokered more than $11 billion in deposits to 62 partner banks and earned savers $90 million in earned interest.
Signal Sciences Raises $35M to Accelerate Wide-Scale Market Expansion and Technology Innovation
The new funding will fuel continued explosive growth in $7 Billion Web Application Security market.
The product manager’s secret weapon -- productboard
Productboard raises $10M more for its product management system.
Anti-financial crime AI-platform Mimiro raises $30M to tackle terrorist funding, money-laundering and fraud
Mimiro (formerly ComplyAdvantage) has raised USD $30 million from investors to accelerate the global expansion of its machine-learning platform for analysing the risk of financial crime.
Collibra Raises $100M and Surpasses $1B Valuation
Data governance and catalog leader to accelerate growth and double down on machine learning and artificial intelligence.
AI-powered property valuation platform GeoPhy secures $33M to bring transparency to the real estate market
GeoPhy, an AI-powered real estate valuation platform has raised USD $33 million from investors to boost its global expansion. Index Ventures, the London and San Francisco-based venture capital firm, led the Series B round. They were joined by existing investors Inkef Capital and Hearst Ventures.
Confluent’s meteoric rise
Our partner Mike Volpi shares his thoughts on Confluent, one of the fastest growing enterprise software companies we've seen, on the heels of their latest $125M Series D round.
Confluent Propels Data Architecture into Event Streaming Era with $125 Million Series D
Confluent, Inc., the enterprise event-streaming platform pioneer, closed a $125 million Series D round, bringing Confluent’s total funding to $206 million.
From Fringe to Mainstream: The (R)Evolution of Open Source Software
Five years ago, there was an ample dose of skepticism about the viability of open source as a business model. Fast forward to today, and open source has become the hot place to be. Our partner Mike Volpi shares his thoughts on the rapid ascent of open source.
Personio raised $40M in Series B investment led by Index Ventures
Personio, the German human resources and recruiting platform, has raised $40 million in a Series B round from international venture capital firm Index Ventures, the backer of many successful businesses including Dropbox, Slack and Zendesk. Existing investors Northzone and Global Founders Capital also participated in the new investment round
Nexthink Raises $85M to Help Companies Improve the Digital Employee Experience
Led by Index Ventures, Investment Will Support Company’s Rapid Growth and Fuel Global Expansion; Index Ventures’ Neil Rimer to Join Board.
Introducing our guide to stock options for European entrepreneurs
For tech startups, the most critical ingredient to become the next global giant is access to talent. Without this, it is impossible to grow.
ServiceTitan Secures $165 Million in Series D Funding
ServiceTitan Secures $165 Million in Series D Funding.
Leading management software platform for home service contractors raises largest vertical SaaS funding round, led by Index Ventures; new funds will be used to fuel rapid growth, expand into new markets and continue to aggressively hire top talent.
ServiceTitan: Powering America's Home Heroes
On the heels of leading the $165M Series D investment in ServiceTitan, Nina shares the company's story, and how they became the #1 home services software in America.
Cowboy, the Electric Bike Start-Up, Raises €10M in Series A Funding
Superior design and technology supports mission to transform urban mobility across Europe. Series A was led by Tiger Global along with Index Ventures and Hardware Club.
Pitch raises $19M Series A funding to build a new platform for presentations and content collaboration
Index Ventures, Slack and BlueYard back Wunderlist founders’ vision to launch the next generation presentation experience for individuals and teams.
Elastic -- The Evolution of Open Source
As unbelievable as the Elastic journey has been, we are still in the early days of this company’s potential.
Gremlin Raises $18 Million Series B and Announces Application Level Fault Injection (ALFI)
ALFI will enable engineering teams to run chaos experiments at the application level, in addition to the infrastructure level for full-stack resiliency
Funding Circle exemplifies the New Wave of financial services
On the day of Funding Circle’s IPO, Index Ventures’ partner Neil Rimer shares his reflections about what made the business stand out from the start.
High fashion and tech turned Farfetch into a luxury powerhouse
As Farfetch begins its life as a public company after today's listing on the New York Stock Exchange, Index Ventures partner Danny Rimer shares his thoughts on working with the company over the last seven years.
Kayrros Secures $24M in Series B Funding to Expand Energy Market Penetration
New funding deepens the company’s crude oil market intelligence and expands its coverage across other energy markets that include petroleum products, natural gas, and power generation.
ANINE BING Closes $15m Series A Financing Round Led by Index Ventures, Greycroft Partners and Felix Capital
The luxury fashion brand has aggressively accelerated sales and eCommerce traffic with plans to use the new funding to continue international growth and expand their thriving retail footprint.
Roblox Closes $150 Million Financing to Accelerate International Growth
Roblox, the most popular online entertainment platform for kids and teens, announced its largest financing to date.
Behind the scenes with Funding Circle
The inside story of how to solve the woes of small business borrowers – and transform the paradigm of financial services.