In 1996, Neil Rimer cofounded Index Ventures with his brother David, and cofounder Giuseppe Zocco, in Geneva with the aim of bringing Silicon Valley-style investing to Europe.
Rimer was later joined by his younger brother Danny, and Index now operates from London, New York, Geneva and San Francisco. The firm, which has raised $13 billion, now has three investors on the Midas List Europe.
Investments like Roblox (IPO 2021), Funding Circle (IPO 2018), and Stack Exchange (acquired 2021) helped Rimer secure a spot on the Midas List Europe.
The Swiss-Canadian investor has sat on the board of NGO Human Rights Watch for over a decade and took over as co-chair in 2019.
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Sony has deleted a controversial interview with Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann, an interview that turns out, probably should not have been controversial at all.
Neil deGrasse Tyson talks about anti-science, how science needs to be taught in a different manner and how not enough people understand statistics and probability.
Ten years ago, Hussein Kanji bet his career on Europe's growth trajectory when he moved to London to set up his seed investment firm Hoxton Ventures. Three tech unicorns later, he’s happy he did.