Index Ventures

Index Ventures has raised $2.3bn in new funds—an $800m venture fund and a $1.5 billion growth fund. This capital will be deployed at a pivotal moment for the startup ecosystem, with the rise of: 🧠 Transformative technologies: Rapid advancements in AI and beyond are reshaping industries 🌍 Global talent: Deeper, more diverse pools of expertise 📈 Proven playbooks: Established strategies for hyper-growth These factors are converging and compounding to create unprecedented opportunities for founders around the world. Our thanks go out to our LPs for their continuous support, as well as to the founders past, present and future who choose to partner with us. Your trust and success have made this possible. Here’s a taste of what you’ve achieved so far: 🚀 108 Index-backed reached a $1bn valuation 🎉 23 surpassed a valuation of $10bn 🌐 57 have IPO’d 💪 200,000 jobs created Thank you! We're excited to forge new relationships and back the next generation of iconic startups. https://lnkd.in/gAGC5sqQ

Congratulations to the entire Tekion Corp team on the latest $200M fundraise! We’re excited to see you continue to expand the product and help usher in a new era for automotive retail. https://lnkd.in/gnknB_nA

Index-backed companies are hiring! More than 5,000 jobs available at Figma, Remote, Wiz, Scale AI, Revolut, Personio, Notion, DeepL and many others! Our companies employ 200,000 people. Join them!

"My work, my productivity, has been massively enhanced by the research and learning I can do when I dialogue with AI. But my decision-making — and as a professional, the most important thing we do is make decisions — will continue to stay in the human domain.” In a wide-ranging interview covering everything from his start in VC to the professionalization of venture firms, Mike Volpi sat down with Erik Torenberg at Turpentine to unpack some of the most exciting areas of AI right now. Tune in to hear Mike’s perspective on AI, venture capital and more 👇 https://lnkd.in/guwq3fvh

Congratulations to Atlar, Sublime Security, and Tema ETFs for being named among Mario Gabriele’s list for The Generalist Future 50. The newly launched database identifies the world’s highest-potential startups valued at or under $200M at time of nomination, aiming to shed light on the next wave of great companies. We’re proud to work with such incredible teams making bold strides.

We Index Ventures have raised $2.3bn in new funds—an $800m venture fund and a $1.5 billion growth fund. A huge personal thanks to the founders who have joined the Index journey so far 🙏 . To the entrepreneurs building out there today: this is a moment to lean in! Check out the video for my perspective and the blog for more details.

Index is leading a $4.9m seed round in Adfin to advance the state of the art in billing. Co-founders Tom Pope and Ciprian Diaconasu bring a unique blend of fintech experience and have a compelling vision to fix bill payments for mainstream businesses. We're excited to partner at the ground level and continue our tradition of supporting European fintech innovation! https://lnkd.in/gAvnUcZj

Thank you to the Growth Minister Spencer Livermore at HM Treasury and the new UK government for your comments about Index Ventures and the announcement of $2.3bn of new funds! We look forward to working in partnership with the UK government to create more opportunities for entrepreneurs and their teams. 🇬🇧 The UK is the single largest destination for our investments outside of the US 💷 Index invested more than £1bn in 144 British startups 👩🏽💻 British companies we backed created 48,000 jobs 🚀 17 became unicorns (valued at $1bn+) 📈 We forecast that Index-backed companies will create 3,000 jobs in the UK in the next 12 months

Storytelling is a core piece of the human experience, and video is one of the most compelling ways we bring stories to life. As AI seeps into our day-to-day tools, the next opportunity in video storytelling is cracking open. And while there’s no shortage of platforms for anyone to become a content creator or storyteller today, access to and understanding of the technology needed to produce the best-quality video have been expensive, time intensive, or required a steep learning curve. Captions is opening up creative storytelling for all. Its CEO Gaurav Misra first saw the potential in short-form video while at Snap, where he spent five years shaping a product that hundreds of millions of people use to tell stories daily. He and co-founder Dwight Churchill launched Captions in 2021 to reduce the barrier to entry for video creators. Today, after the company’s momentous year unveiling several new incredible AI-powered video editing tools like AI Edit and Lipdub, we’re thrilled to share that we’re leading Captions’ $60M Series C. As the team sets its sights on growing its team, further investing in research efforts, and continuing pioneering breakthroughs in video technology, we couldn’t be more excited to play a part in their story. As Index Partner Damir Becirovic sees it, while AI is moving fast, Captions has consistently set the pace of innovation in content creation: “In the past year, the company’s breakthroughs in video generation haven’t just had an impact on the company’s success, but the AI community at large, further cementing Captions as a market leader.” See Captions’ technology in action and learn more about why we’re excited about the team’s creative solution to the opportunity at hand. 📽️