When the Swiss Make a Move……

Nov 16 2011 Posted in Growth by Mike Volpi This post has View Comments

Index’s roots are in Geneva, Switzerland.  We know that large Swiss government organizations are generally not “early adopters” of technology.  So, when the folks at Zuora told us that the Touring Club of Switzerland had adopted them for their subscription billing services, we knew something was up…. Today, we are delighted to announce our Index Read more

The Elephant is in the Room

Nov 14 2011 Posted in Ventures by Mike Volpi This post has View Comments

We’ve been looking for the elephant in the room for some time. We knew he was there, but we just couldn’t find him. It’s clear that he is now here and his name is Hortonworks. As such, we are very excited to announce today that Index Ventures has made an investment in Hortonworks.
The elephant toy Read more

Centrify: The Next Generation of Identity Management

Aug 17 2011 Posted in Growth by Mike Volpi This post has View Comments

Our crack IT man, Daniel O’Hanlon, was struggling a few months ago.  A lot of us at Index had moved over to Macs and iPhones, but he had built Index’s entire identity and access management system around Microsoft Active Directory (AD).  As is the case with so many IT shops out there, who have adopted Read more

Citrix acquires marketing leading Cloud.com

Jul 12 2011 Posted in Growth, Seed, Ventures by Mike Volpi This post has View Comments

Today, Cloud.com has announced that it is being acquired by Citrix (http://bit.ly/nL7696).  It is a bittersweet moment for us at Index as we have loved working with Sheng and the team at Cloud.com, but Citrix made an offer that the team couldn’t refuse.
We are incredibly excited for Sheng and his colleagues at Cloud.com.  They have Read more

Big Switch: Virtualizing IP Networks

Apr 22 2011 Posted in Seed, Ventures by Mike Volpi This post has View Comments

The IP Networking industry has matured significantly from the go-go days of the 90’s.  In that era, companies like Cisco, Wellfleet, Synoptics and Cabletron grabbed headlines the way Facebook and Twitter do today.  In was an exciting time because the birth of the web created massive demand for communications networks that spoke IP – the Read more

Benjamin Franklin and the Art of Business Development

Mar 29 2011 Posted in Growth, Seed, Ventures by Mike Volpi This post has View Comments

The 1770 and 80s were tumultuous and exciting times in America’s history.  The “founding fathers” had catalyzed the nascent country into declaring its independence from England and architected the foundation for what was to become one of the most remarkable ascents of national power over the next 300+ years.  These were heady days.   But, the Read more

A Detective, a Salesman, and a Coach

Feb 22 2011 Posted in Ventures by Mike Volpi This post has View Comments

A Detective, a Salesman, and a Coach
Eighteen months have gone by since I joined the Index family and became a venture capitalist.  I still consider myself an outsider to the VC industry, but, time does fly when you are having fun…  Before my tenure here, I had been in operating and corporate roles for 17 Read more

Putting Down Some Roots

Jan 14 2011 Posted in Seed by Mike Volpi This post has View Comments

Today we’re excited to announce that Index is opening its fourth office and that Danny and Mike will be going to the Bay Area to get it going.
For us this feels like a big move. But truth be told, although Index was born in Europe and has been based in Geneva, London and Jersey, we’ve Read more

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