Index Ventures

Venture capital firm
London, England, UKFounded 1996$178M AUMwww.indexventures.com

European venture capital firm founded 1996, investing across AI, fintech, healthcare, and enterprise across seed to growth stages.

Strategy

Stages
SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
EnterpriseConsumerFintechGamingAI
Geographies
USALondon, England, UK
Check size
$1M-$100M

Recent changes

  1. Sep 2, 2026Follow-on: Invested in Wonderful (Series C, $550M) TechCrunch
  2. Aug 27, 2026Town Nears $1B Valuation in Index-Led Round Pulse story
  3. Aug 26, 2026Invested in Instinct (Series B, $250M) TechCrunch
  4. Aug 25, 2026Accel-Backed Keenable Raises $26M to Index Web for AI Pulse story
  5. Aug 3, 2026Follow-on: Invested in TwelveLabs (Series B, $100M) GlobeNewswire
Earlier changes (15)
  1. Jul 30, 2026Invested in Simile (Series B, $200M) TechCrunch
  2. Jul 27, 2026Invested in Enigma (Seed, $71M) Calcalist
  3. Jul 23, 2026Invested in Fomo (Series B, $75M) Index Ventures
  4. Jul 22, 2026Invested in Glow ($180M) SecurityWeek
  5. Jul 22, 2026Follow-on: Invested in Glow (Series A, $180M) TechCrunch
  6. Jul 17, 2026Invested in Chai Discovery (Series C, $400M) Crunchbase News
  7. Jul 16, 2026Invested in Fireworks AI (Series D, $1.5B) CNBC
  8. Jul 10, 2026Invested in Oratomic (Series A, $300M) TechCrunch
  9. Jul 1, 2026Invested in TwelveLabs (Series B, $100M) PYMNTS
  10. Jun 22, 2026New fund: Index Ventures Growth Fund VII SEC EDGAR Form D
  11. May 8, 2026New fund: Index Ventures Fund XIII SEC EDGAR Form D
  12. May 8, 2026New fund: Index Ventures Venture Fund XIII SEC EDGAR Form D
  13. Mar 12, 2026Follow-on: Invested in Wonderful (Series B, $150M) TechCrunch
  14. Jan 2026Invested in Decagon (Series D, $250M) Wikipedia
  15. Nov 20, 2025Invested in Physical Intelligence (Series B, $600M) SiliconANGLE

Funds

15
FundVintageSizeStrategySource
Index Ventures Growth Fund VII2026—Growth
As of Jun 22, 2026SEC EDGAR Form D
Index Ventures Fund XIII2026—Other
As of May 8, 2026SEC EDGAR Form D
Index Ventures Venture Fund XIII2026—Venture
As of May 8, 2026SEC EDGAR Form D
Index Ventures 2024 Venture and Growth Funds2024$2.3BGrowth
As of Jul 2024Wikipedia
Index Ventures Venture Fund XII2024—Venture
As of May 13, 2024SEC EDGAR Form D
Show 10 earlier funds
FundVintageSizeStrategySource
Index Ventures Seed Fund II2022$300MSeed
As of 2022Wikipedia
Index Ventures Growth Fund VI2021$2BGrowth
As of Aug 3, 2021SEC EDGAR Form D
Index Ventures Venture Fund XI2021$900MVenture
As of Aug 3, 2021SEC EDGAR Form D
Index Ventures 2021 Funds2021$3.1BFlagshipAcross early-stage ($900M), growth-stage ($2B), and a seed fund ($200M)
As of 2021Wikipedia
Index Ventures Growth V (Jersey)2020$1.2BGrowth
As of Apr 9, 2020SEC EDGAR Form D
Index Ventures Venture Fund X2020$800MVenture
As of Apr 9, 2020SEC EDGAR Form D
Index Ventures Growth Fund IV2018$1BGrowth
As of Jul 16, 2018SEC EDGAR Form D
Index Ventures Venture Fund IX2018$650MVenture
As of Jul 16, 2018SEC EDGAR Form D
Index Ventures Venture Fund VIII2016$550MVenture
As of Feb 10, 2016SEC EDGAR Form D
Index Ventures Growth Fund III2015$706.16MGrowth
As of Apr 1, 2015SEC EDGAR Form D

Portfolio

15 total
CohereInstinctMistral AIWonderfulTwelveLabsSimileEnigmaFomoGlowChai DiscoveryFireworks AIOratomicDecagonPhysical IntelligencePlaid

Recent Investment Activity

17
DateCompanyEventAmountValuationInvestorsSource
Sep 2, 2026WonderfulSeries C$550M$5B
Insight PartnersIndex VenturesIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Vine Ventures9Yards CapitalBessemer Venture PartnersSalesforce Ventures
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TechCrunch
Aug 26, 2026InstinctSeries B$250M$2.5B
Index VenturesBenchmark23-year-old Noah Shinn
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TechCrunch
Aug 3, 2026TwelveLabsSeries B$100M—
New Enterprise Associates (NEA)NAVER VenturesAmazonRadical VenturesKorea Investment PartnersIndex VenturesQuadrille CapitalRed Bull Ventures
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Pulse story
Jul 30, 2026SimileSeries B$200M$2B
GreenoaksIndex VenturesBain Capital VenturesCapital A PartnersFactoryCVS Health Ventures
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TechCrunch
Jul 27, 2026EnigmaSeed$71M—
Index VenturesRibbit Capital
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Pulse story
Jul 23, 2026FomoSeries B$75M$550 million
Index VenturesUnion Square VenturesBenchmark
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Pulse story
Jul 22, 2026Glowfunding round$180M$1.2 billion
Sequoia CapitalCyberstartsGreenoaksRedpoint VenturesIndex VenturesSwish VenturesLux CapitalOperator CollectiveHolly Ventures
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Pulse story
Jul 22, 2026GlowSeries A$180M$1.2B
Sequoia CapitalCyberstartsGreenoaksRedpoint VenturesIndex VenturesSwish VenturesLux CapitalOperator CollectiveHolly Ventures
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TechCrunch
Jul 17, 2026Chai DiscoverySeries C$400M$3.8 billion
Index VenturesSequoia CapitalDimensionKleiner PerkinsBaillie GiffordBain Capital VenturesBattery VenturesMenlo VenturesSapphire Ventures
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Pulse story
Jul 16, 2026Fireworks AISeries D$1.5B$17.5B
Atreides ManagementIndex VenturesTCVNVenturesLightspeed Venture Partners
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Pulse story
Jul 10, 2026OratomicSeries A$300M$7 billion
ARCH Venture PartnersSpark CapitalKhosla VenturesBezos ExpeditionsIndex VenturesGeneral CatalystLowercarbon CapitalBain Capital Ventures10000-20000 qubits for a usefulTechCrunch reported July 10
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TechCrunch
Jul 1, 2026TwelveLabsSeries B$100M—
New Enterprise Associates (NEA)NAVER VenturesAmazonRadical VenturesKorea Investment PartnersIndex VenturesQuadrille CapitalRed Bull Ventures
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PYMNTS
Mar 12, 2026WonderfulSeries B$150M$2B
Insight PartnersIndex VenturesIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Bessemer Venture PartnersVine Ventures
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TechCrunch
Jan 1, 2026DecagonSeries D$250M$4.5B
Coatue ManagementIndex Ventures
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Wikipedia
Nov 20, 2025Physical IntelligenceSeries B$600M$5.6B
CapitalGLux CapitalThrive CapitalJeff BezosIndex VenturesT. Rowe Price
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SiliconANGLE
Nov 11, 2025WonderfulSeries A$100M—
Index VenturesInsight PartnersIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Bessemer Venture PartnersVine Ventures
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TechCrunch
Sep 1, 2021CohereSeries A$40M—
Index VenturesRadical VenturesSection 32
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Wikipedia

Sector / Stage Activity

By sector (portfolio)
AI infra
8 · 53%
Robotics
2 · 13%
Biotech
1 · 7%
Crypto
1 · 7%
Cybersecurity
1 · 7%
Quantum computing
1 · 7%
Fintech
1 · 7%
By stage (tracked rounds)
Series B
7 · 41%
Series A
4 · 24%
Series C
2 · 12%
Series D
2 · 12%
Seed
1 · 6%

Co-Investors

12
Bain Capital Ventures · 4 sharedSequoia Capital · 3 sharedSV Angel · 3 sharedNVentures · 3 sharedKleiner Perkins · 2 sharedRadical Ventures · 2 sharedSalesforce Ventures · 2 sharedChemistry Ventures · 2 sharedLightspeed Venture Partners · 2 sharedBenchmark · 2 sharedUnion Square Ventures · 2 sharedGreenoaks · 2 shared

Latest Pulse

Pulse coverage →
  1. Claude Mythos Aces Booz Allen's Cyber Weapon IndexBooz Allen's benchmark scored Anthropic's Claude Mythos at 80 on its Cyber Weapon Index -- the only model of 18 tested to autonomously complete a full cyberattack kill chain -- well ahead of xAI's Grok-4.5 at 49 and OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol at 46.→
  2. Town Nears $1B Valuation in Index-Led RoundEnterprise AI assistant Town is raising at roughly a $1 billion valuation in a round led by Index Ventures, the second personal-assistant startup to reach a billion-dollar mark in a week.→
  3. Instinct Hits $2.5B Valuation on $350M RaisedInstinct, the personal AI assistant built by 23-year-old founder Noah Shinn, has raised $350 million in total including a $250 million Series B co-led by Index Ventures and Benchmark at a $2.5 billion valuation.→
  4. Instinct's Valuation Rockets to $2.5B in WeeksInstinct, a four-month-old AI assistant startup led by 23-year-old Noah Shinn, raised $250 million at a $2.5 billion valuation co-led by Index Ventures and Benchmark, up fivefold from $500 million just weeks earlier.→
  5. Accel-Backed Keenable Raises $26M to Index Web for AIKeenable, founded by former Yandex and Amazon Alexa search engineers, raised a $26 million seed round led by Accel to build a web search index purpose-built for AI agents rather than human browsers.→
  6. Reddit Joins the S&P 500 on a Stunning TurnaroundReddit joins the S&P 500 before markets open on August 18, becoming only the second pure-play social media company in the index after Meta, following a stock rally triggered by the inclusion announcement.→
  7. Reddit Stock Jumps on S&P 500 InclusionReddit will join the S&P 500 on August 18, replacing AvalonBay Communities, sending shares up more than 10% and making it only the second pureplay social media company in the index after Meta.→
  8. Kospi Roars Back Into Bull Market on Chip ReboundSouth Korea's Kospi index climbed more than 20% from its July low to re-enter bull-market territory, driven by Samsung and SK Hynix shares recovering sharply after the same two chipmakers had driven 71% of the index's July losses.→
  9. Grok 4.6 Ties GPT-5.6 Sol at Half the PriceSpaceXAI's Grok 4.6 scored 61 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, tying GPT-5.6 Sol Max and surpassing Kimi K3, while pricing at $2/$6 per million tokens -- roughly half the going rate for comparable models.→
  10. Caris Leads a Wild Week for Recent IPO StocksCaris Life Sciences jumped 21.6% on a beat-and-raise quarter while BillionToOne fell 29.8% despite beating estimates, the sharpest split in the Renaissance IPO Index in weeks.→
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