Dassault Systèmes Aquires Netvibes

Feb 13 2012 Posted in Ventures by Neil Rimer This post has View Comments

From its base in the heart of Paris, Nevibes had been first to market with a completely customizable personal home page. When Freddy Mini took over the CEO role at Netvibes from its founder Tariq Krim in 2008, he was painfully aware of the fact that while over a million people still relied on Netvibes’ Read more

Thoughts on our first decade in London

Nov 30 2011 Posted in Growth, Seed, Ventures by Neil Rimer This post has View Comments

We first started investing in London in 2001 when we backed two American former consultants – Josh Hannah and Vince Monical – who had moved here to start Flutter, the business which later became Betfair. In fact, it’s pretty remarkable how far London has come in entrepreneurial terms since we made that first investment and Read more

Taking Stock – some context on last 12 months at Index

Nov 09 2011 Posted in Growth, Seed, Ventures by Neil Rimer This post has View Comments

Today as we announce the news that we’re launching Index’s second growth equity fund, a new €500m fund to invest in fast-growing businesses, it seems like a good chance to take stock and give a little context.

It’s been an incredibly busy last 12 months for us, in which:

we’ve had 15 exits including 3 IPOs (Aegerion, Read more

How We Invested in Kaggle; Possibly the Smartest Company in The World

Nov 03 2011 Posted in Seed by Neil Rimer This post has View Comments

Having noticed that Melbourne seemed to be popping up as a hot-spot over the last few years with the emergence of Atlassian and 99designs, I asked Steve Lipchin, a business school friend who recently moved there from South Africa, to let me know what companies he thought we should look at.  A few weeks later, Read more

Doubling Down on London – East & West

Mar 28 2011 Posted in Growth, Seed, Ventures by Neil Rimer This post has View Comments

Over the last 5 years many of us have made the 3.2 mile trip between Conduit St and Old St countless times. While we love to travel, as we’ve learned with our move to the US, there comes a time when you have to put down some roots.

So from today, the Index team in London Read more

From Close Friend to Family

Mar 01 2011 Posted in Ventures by Neil Rimer This post has View Comments

We’re really excited today to formally welcome one of our close friends, Simon Levene, into the Index family. Simon is joining us as a full-time Venture Partner based out of our London office, and bringing him on board really adds to our ability to support the most ambitious entrepreneurs looking to build international businesses from Read more

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