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About Index Ventures

Index Ventures is a venture capital investment fund based in Geneva,Switzerland. Funds currently under management are believed to be about 500M Euros. [http://www.tornado-insider.com/radar/compShow.asp?compID=4657] The main areas the fund invests in are Information Technology and Life Sciences [http://www.indexventures.com/cgi-local/ivw_approach.cgi?spgid=8]. The fund's most famous investments have been in Skype[http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=119130], MySQL, and Betfair[http://www.thealarmclock.com/mt/archives/2005/02/oh_danny_boy.html].

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Although based in Europe and focussed mainly (but not exclusively) on investing there, Index is considered to have the investment philosophy of a typical Silicon Valley venture capitalist and to have unusually strong business relations in Silicon Valley for a European investor. [http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/14788/?a=f]

In 2007 Daniel Rimer, a partner at Index, was picked for the prestigious Forbes Magazine Midas List of the world's 25 best deal makers in venture capital.

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  2. San Fran, Boston lead funding

    IndUS Business Journal (Aug 1 2008) Explore Article

    ...Boston lead fundingIndUS Business Journal, MA - 5 hours agoFinancial backers in the deal included Index Ventures, Nexus India Capital, and Draper Richards. ThingMagic Inc., a company that produces radio frequency... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Draper Richards   Motorola   Cisco

  3. Inviting Indian startups to SeedCamp, Europe’s YCombinator…

    Webyantra  (Jul 27 2008) Explore Article

    ...ntrepreneurs that is headed by Saul Klein, ex VP Mkt of Skype and a venture partner at Europe based Index Ventures (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Index Ventures   Amit Ranjan   Saul Klein

  4. Zynga gets $29 million VC funding

    Technology news (Jul 23 2008) Social Networking , Funding Explore Article

    ... the company is set to announce on Wednesday. The funding round, which was led by current investors Index Ventures, Nexus India Capital, and Draper Richards, will enable Dimdim to introduce enhancements to the free... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Nexus India Capital   Dimdim   Kara Swisher

  5. Blog Post, Hands-on

    Technology news (Jul 10 2008) Mobile , Funding Explore Article

    ... the company is set to announce on Wednesday. The funding round, which was led by current investors Index Ventures, Nexus India Capital, and Draper Richards, will enable Dimdim to introduce enhancements to the free... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Zoho   Draper Richards   Safari

  6. Dimdim Sources $6 Million

    dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com (Jul 10 2008) Funding Explore Article

    The round, which brings Dimdim’s total fundraising to $9 million, was led by current investors Index Ventures, Nexus India Capital and Draper Richards. ... Dimdim, an open-source Web conferencing provider, has... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Dimdim   Index Ventures   Nexus India Capital

  7. DimDim Gets $6 Million in Series B Funding

    Open Source Software (Jul 9 2008) Funding Explore Article

    ... of $6 million in Series B funding, led by existing investors Index Ventures, Nexus India Capital, and Draper Richards, from the US, Europe, and Asia. ... DimDim, which makes m... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Nexus India Capital   Index Ventures   Draper Richards

  8. Read all 'open-source' posts in Webware

    Webware (Jul 9 2008) Funding Explore Article

    ... the company is set to announce on Wednesday. The funding round, which was led by current investors Index Ventures, Nexus India Capital, and Draper Richards, will ... Read all 'open-source' posts in Webware Blog Po... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Nexus India Capital   Index Ventures   Draper Richards

  9. Web meeting provider Dimdim raises $6 million

    Webware (Jul 9 2008) Funding Explore Article

    The funding round, which was led by current investors Index Ventures, Nexus India Capital, and Draper Richards, will enable Dimdim to introduce enhancements ... Open-so... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Nexus India Capital   Index Ventures   Draper Richards

  10. Web meeting provider Dimdim raises $6 million

    Technology news (Jul 9 2008) Funding Explore Article

    Dimdim raises $6 million in Series B funding from Index Ventures, Nexus India Capital and Draper Richards. Open-source Web conferencing provider Dimdim has raised $... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Rafe Needleman   Index Ventures   Nexus India Capital

  11. Dimdim Raises $6M for Open Source Web Meetings

    Mashable! (Jul 9 2008) Funding Explore Article

    ...ng company Dimdim has just raised a $6 million Series B round of funding, led by existing investors Index Ventures, Nexus India Capital ... Dimdim Raises $6M for Open Source Web Meetings July 9, 2008 — 06:00 AM P... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Nexus India Capital   Index Ventures   Draper Richards

  12. Dimdim Raises $6 Million

    prweb.com (Jul 9 2008) Funding Explore Article

    ...nced that it has raised a global round of $6 million in Series B funding, led by existing investors Index Ventures, Nexus India Capital, and Draper Richards, out of the US, Europe, and Asia. This funding consolidat... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Nexus India Capital   Index Ventures   Nexus India Capital Advisors

  13. Dimdim Raises $6 Million

    news.yahoo.com (Jul 9 2008) Funding Explore Article

    ...nced that it has raised a global round of $6 million in Series B funding, led by existing investors Index Ventures, Nexus India Capital, and Draper Richards, out of the US, Europe, and Asia. This funding consolidat... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Hotmail   Nexus India Capital Advisors   Index Ventures

  14. Dimdim raises $6M for free web meetings

    VentureBeat (Jul 9 2008) Explore Article

    ...lternative. People are even starting to take me up on it. The funding comes from existing investors Index Ventures, Nexus India Capital and Draper Richards, and follows Dimdim’s $2.4 million first round last year... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Nexus India Capital   Index Ventures   Draper Richards

  15. Read all 'VC funding' posts in Webware

    Webware (Jul 9 2008) Funding Explore Article

    ... the company is set to announce on Wednesday. The funding round, which was led by current investors Index Ventures, Nexus India Capital, and Draper Richards, will ... Read all 'VC funding' posts in Webware Blog Pos... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Nexus India Capital   Index Ventures   Draper Richards

  16. Read all posts by Elinor Mills in Webware

    Technology news (Jul 8 2008) Maps/Local , Social Networking , Funding Explore Article

    ... the company is set to announce on Wednesday. The funding round, which was led by current investors Index Ventures, Nexus India Capital, and Draper Richards, will ... Google on Tuesday said it is now using an e-mai... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Draper Richards   Google   Yahoo

  17. Read all 'Productivity and business' posts in Webware

    Technology news (Jul 8 2008) Mobile , Funding Explore Article

    ... the company is set to announce on Wednesday. The funding round, which was led by current investors Index Ventures, Nexus India Capital, and Draper Richards, will enable Dimdim to introduce enhancements to the free... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Zoho   Draper Richards   Nokia

  18. Web Meeting Service Startup Takes On Cisco, Microsoft

    InformationWeek (Sep 23 2007) Explore Article

    ... firms that also have invested in Skype, Hotmail, and MySQL. The investors include Draper Richards, Index Ventures, and Nexus India Capital. Dimdim, a startup made up of entrepreneurs and technologists, on Monday l... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Hotmail   DD Ganguly   Index Ventures

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