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Index Ventures stages, portfolio and investment profile

International venture firm founded in 1996 with offices in London, San Francisco, and New York, backing founders from seed through growth across software and consumer technology. In August 2026, the firm announced $2 billion across a $400 million seed fund, $900 million venture fund, and $700 million addition to its growth pool.

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Stage-based planning range

$1M–$10M

This is a planning range inferred from stage coverage, not a firm-disclosed check size.

Methodology: Stage bucket inferred from the rounds a fund leads or invests in.

No firm-specific check-size disclosure is recorded.

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Investment stages

Leads: Series A, Series B+

Participates: Seed, Series A, Series B+

Sector focus

Generalist Technology

Geography

London, UK

Founded 1996

Fund size / AUM

$2B announced across new and expanded funds (August 2026)

A separate fund-size evidence record is not yet available.

Portfolio in our directory

Linked startup profiles

Latest fund vehicle

Not recorded

Vehicle name, size, and vintage are not yet structured.

Recent tracked investment

Cowboy Space Corporation

Series B · $275M · 2026

Rounds they lead

Series A Series B+

Rounds they invest

Seed Series A Series B+

Last verified: Not recorded. Check-size evidence is labeled by basis so planning estimates are not presented as firm disclosures.

Portfolio companies we track

Startups in our directory that list Index Ventures as an investor (44 total).

+20 more in the directory graph (browse related articles below or the startups index).

FAQs about Index Ventures

Stage fit, check size, thesis, and how founders typically approach this firm — based on public sources and our directory.

Per our directory, Index Ventures leads Series A and later growth rounds and participates from seed onward. The firm is known for backing companies early and supporting them through multiple rounds across Europe and the U.S.

Index Ventures does not publish a single check-size range. Our directory estimate, based on stage focus (seed through growth), suggests initial checks often start in the low millions at Series A and scale substantially at growth stage—not a fixed seed program.

Index Ventures is headquartered in London with major offices in San Francisco and New York. It invests globally across Europe, the U.S., and Israel, with a transatlantic footprint rather than a single-city mandate.

Our directory tags Index as generalist-tech. Public portfolio spans consumer internet, fintech, enterprise software, gaming, and AI—companies like Figma, Robinhood, and Mistral AI reflect breadth rather than a single vertical.

Index frequently leads Series A and growth rounds and is comfortable anchoring competitive processes. It also co-invests alongside specialist seed funds when it meets companies early.

Notable startups in our directory with Index Ventures as an investor include Figma (/startup/figma), Notion (/startup/notion), Robinhood (/startup/robinhood), Wiz (/startup/wiz), Slack (/startup/slack), and Mistral AI (/startup/mistral-ai).

Founders can reach the firm through indexventures.com and partner pages for London, San Francisco, and New York. Warm introductions from portfolio founders or co-investors are standard; there is no public cold-email partner roster we can verify.

Our blue-chip VC firms guide lists Index Ventures among top-tier global firms. Individual startup profiles such as Wiz and Mistral AI note Index participation in major rounds covered in our directory.

$2 billion across a $400 million seed fund, $900 million venture fund, and $700 million growth-fund addition.

No. A fund close represents committed capital intended for deployment over the vehicles’ investment periods.

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