Index Ventures

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 1996, with offices in London, San Francisco, and Geneva. It specializes in investing in high technology and life sciences, focusing on sectors such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, fintech, healthcare, and media. The firm aims to support entrepreneurs in transforming innovative ideas into successful global businesses. Notable companies in which Index Ventures has invested include Adyen, Deliveroo, Dropbox, Farfetch, King, Slack, and Supercell. Through its various funds, Index Ventures targets early-stage and later-stage investments, primarily in the software and technology sectors across Europe and North America.

Nina Achadjian

Partner and Investor

Julia Andre

Partner and Investor

Damir Becirovic

Partner

Sofia Dolfe

Principal, Partner

Paula Garcia Domingo

Partner and Investor

Juriaan Duizendstraal

Partner and Investor

Zabie Elmgren

Partner

Mark Fiorentino

Partner and Investor

Giacomo Genzini

Partner and Investor

Mark Goldberg

Partner

Bastian Hasslinger

Partner and Investor

Paris Heymann

Partner and Investor

Jacob Jofe

Associate

Jack Kleeman

Partner

Stephane Kurgan

Partner

Adrianna C. Ma

Investor

Bryan Offut

Principal / Partner

Bryan Offutt

Partner and Investor

Shimin Ooi

Partner

Cyriac Parisot

VC Investor and Head of Data

Neil Rimer

Co-Founder and Investor

Danny Rimer

Partner

Susana Rojas

Partner and Investor

Hannah Seal

Principal / Partner

Kimihiko Shindo

General Partner

Nunu Tadesse

Director, Finance

Ishani Thakur

Partner and investor

Kelly Toole

Principal

Dominique Vidal

Venture Partner

Mike Volpi

Partner

Katharina Wilhelm

Principal, Partner

Catherine Wu

Partner and Investor

Cat Wu

Partner

Giuseppe Zocco

Co-Founder

Past deals in Messaging

Cord

Series A in 2021
Developer of collaboration tools designed for teams to communicate in context. The company's tool allows users to chat, leave voice messages, and start a video chat with the team inside any page with smart and real-time feedback, enabling clients to increase productivity and establish network effects.

Discord

Series H in 2020
Discord is a communication platform that provides voice, video, and text services, allowing users to connect and interact with friends and communities. Initially designed for gamers, it has expanded its appeal to various groups, including hobbyists, study groups, and local clubs. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Discord enables seamless communication through its instant messaging and digital distribution features, which are accessible on both desktops and mobile devices. The platform supports voice-over-internet protocol and texting, facilitating regular interaction without compromising performance during gaming or other activities.

Discord

Series G in 2020
Discord is a communication platform that provides voice, video, and text services, allowing users to connect and interact with friends and communities. Initially designed for gamers, it has expanded its appeal to various groups, including hobbyists, study groups, and local clubs. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Discord enables seamless communication through its instant messaging and digital distribution features, which are accessible on both desktops and mobile devices. The platform supports voice-over-internet protocol and texting, facilitating regular interaction without compromising performance during gaming or other activities.

Quill

Series A in 2019
Quill is a computer software company that provides a messaging software built for productivity, not engagement. The company is a team of engineers and designers who previously helped build and launch Stripe, Square, and OpenAI. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Discord

Series F in 2018
Discord is a communication platform that provides voice, video, and text services, allowing users to connect and interact with friends and communities. Initially designed for gamers, it has expanded its appeal to various groups, including hobbyists, study groups, and local clubs. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Discord enables seamless communication through its instant messaging and digital distribution features, which are accessible on both desktops and mobile devices. The platform supports voice-over-internet protocol and texting, facilitating regular interaction without compromising performance during gaming or other activities.

Discord

Series E in 2018
Discord is a communication platform that provides voice, video, and text services, allowing users to connect and interact with friends and communities. Initially designed for gamers, it has expanded its appeal to various groups, including hobbyists, study groups, and local clubs. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Discord enables seamless communication through its instant messaging and digital distribution features, which are accessible on both desktops and mobile devices. The platform supports voice-over-internet protocol and texting, facilitating regular interaction without compromising performance during gaming or other activities.

Hustle

Series A in 2017
Hustle, Inc. operates a peer-to-peer text messaging platform that allows organizations to communicate effectively with their contacts through personal text messages. The platform serves various purposes, including event attendance, fundraising, admissions, recruiting, advocacy, and sales and marketing. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Hustle provides an affordable and efficient solution for organizations to reach their target supporters and customers. By enabling two-way conversations, Hustle empowers its users to engage in genuine and personal dialogues with a large number of individuals, thus enhancing their outreach efforts.

Intercom

Series C in 2017
Intercom, Inc. is a customer communication platform designed for web and mobile businesses to facilitate personalized interactions with their customers at scale. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, with an additional office in Dublin, the company provides a suite of tools that enhance customer engagement throughout the customer journey. These tools include Acquire for live chat with website visitors, Engage for targeted onboarding and retention messaging, Learn for gathering customer feedback, and Support for assistance within applications and via email. Intercom's platform operates seamlessly across web, iOS, and Android, enabling businesses to deliver messenger-based experiences that enhance their relationships with customers. The company serves over 30,000 paying customers globally and is recognized for powering approximately 500 million conversations each month. Its mission is to make internet business interactions more personal, reflecting a commitment to improving customer experience.

Discord

Series D in 2017
Discord is a communication platform that provides voice, video, and text services, allowing users to connect and interact with friends and communities. Initially designed for gamers, it has expanded its appeal to various groups, including hobbyists, study groups, and local clubs. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Discord enables seamless communication through its instant messaging and digital distribution features, which are accessible on both desktops and mobile devices. The platform supports voice-over-internet protocol and texting, facilitating regular interaction without compromising performance during gaming or other activities.

Hustle

Seed Round in 2016
Hustle, Inc. operates a peer-to-peer text messaging platform that allows organizations to communicate effectively with their contacts through personal text messages. The platform serves various purposes, including event attendance, fundraising, admissions, recruiting, advocacy, and sales and marketing. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Hustle provides an affordable and efficient solution for organizations to reach their target supporters and customers. By enabling two-way conversations, Hustle empowers its users to engage in genuine and personal dialogues with a large number of individuals, thus enhancing their outreach efforts.

Imzy

Series A in 2016
Imzy is a social networking platform designed to foster genuine conversations among users with shared interests, hobbies, and lifestyles. By enabling individuals to join various online communities, Imzy facilitates connections among people worldwide. The platform features threaded discussion forums for in-depth dialogue, as well as live chat and messaging for real-time communication. Additionally, Imzy incorporates a tipping system that allows users to support one another financially, with the company taking a percentage of each transaction. This model not only enhances user interaction but also provides an opportunity for community leaders and members to earn income while engaging in meaningful exchanges.

Front

Series A in 2016
Front is a collaborative customer communication platform that integrates email and applications to enhance interactions between teams and customers. By offering a shared inbox, Front enables businesses to manage communications efficiently and foster meaningful relationships. The platform is utilized by over 6,000 organizations to scale personalized customer engagement and streamline workflows, ultimately driving significant business impact. Through its focus on facilitating natural conversations, Front helps companies cultivate enduring customer relationships and transform their operational effectiveness.

Intercom

Series C in 2016
Intercom, Inc. is a customer communication platform designed for web and mobile businesses to facilitate personalized interactions with their customers at scale. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, with an additional office in Dublin, the company provides a suite of tools that enhance customer engagement throughout the customer journey. These tools include Acquire for live chat with website visitors, Engage for targeted onboarding and retention messaging, Learn for gathering customer feedback, and Support for assistance within applications and via email. Intercom's platform operates seamlessly across web, iOS, and Android, enabling businesses to deliver messenger-based experiences that enhance their relationships with customers. The company serves over 30,000 paying customers globally and is recognized for powering approximately 500 million conversations each month. Its mission is to make internet business interactions more personal, reflecting a commitment to improving customer experience.

Slack

Series F in 2016
Slack Technologies, Inc. operates a business communication platform that enhances collaboration among teams by integrating messaging, voice and video calls, file sharing, and workflow automation. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Slack serves a diverse clientele ranging from Fortune 100 companies to small businesses, aiming to streamline communication and improve productivity. The platform is delivered as a software-as-a-service solution, allowing users to connect with the right people and information efficiently. Additionally, Slack has established the Slack Fund, an investment initiative focused on early-stage ventures in the technology sector, further promoting innovation in workplace productivity tools.

Gitter

Seed Round in 2015
Gitter is an open-source chat and networking platform based in London, United Kingdom, designed to facilitate the management, growth, and connection of communities through messaging and content discovery. It provides users with instant messaging services that simplify community collaboration, allowing for easy organization and expansion of groups. The platform integrates with various tools such as GitHub, Trello, and Jenkins, enhancing its functionality for developers. Gitter's mission focuses on connecting developers to foster strong relationships among peers and with the technologies they utilize.

Slack

Series E in 2015
Slack Technologies, Inc. operates a business communication platform that enhances collaboration among teams by integrating messaging, voice and video calls, file sharing, and workflow automation. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Slack serves a diverse clientele ranging from Fortune 100 companies to small businesses, aiming to streamline communication and improve productivity. The platform is delivered as a software-as-a-service solution, allowing users to connect with the right people and information efficiently. Additionally, Slack has established the Slack Fund, an investment initiative focused on early-stage ventures in the technology sector, further promoting innovation in workplace productivity tools.

Sinch

Series A in 2014
Sinch Sweden AB is a cloud communications platform that offers mobile messaging, voice calling, and video calling services. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, the company provides a range of products including SMS messaging, rich communication services (RCS), personalized messaging, voice calling, verification tools, and enterprise messenger solutions. Sinch's platform enables businesses to engage with customers quickly and effectively, reaching mobile phones globally in seconds. It serves as a software provider to mobile operators and powers critical communications for many large enterprises. The company's services are designed to integrate easily into applications and business processes, supporting messaging, voice, and video services. Sinch has a presence in over 30 countries, with additional offices in Atlanta, Georgia, and Singapore.

Path

Series C in 2014
Path is a mobile photo-sharing and messaging service designed to facilitate personal social networking among users and their closest contacts, limited to 150 connections. The platform emphasizes simplicity, quality, and privacy, aiming to enhance the way individuals share their life's moments with friends and family. Path offers features that enable users to capture and share experiences in a secure environment, underlining the importance of close relationships. The service has evolved with a focus on creating meaningful connections, reflecting the belief that mobile technology can transform social interactions.

IRCCloud

Seed Round in 2013
IRCCloud is a modern, cloud-based IRC client that facilitates real-time communication for teams. It allows users to stay connected and chat seamlessly from both mobile devices and the web, ensuring that no message is missed. By integrating various media types such as images, videos, tweets, and code snippets into a single interface, IRCCloud enhances group discussions and collaboration. The platform aims to eliminate the need for time-consuming meetings and excessive email correspondence, promoting effective and immediate communication among team members.

Path

Series B in 2012
Path is a mobile photo-sharing and messaging service designed to facilitate personal social networking among users and their closest contacts, limited to 150 connections. The platform emphasizes simplicity, quality, and privacy, aiming to enhance the way individuals share their life's moments with friends and family. Path offers features that enable users to capture and share experiences in a secure environment, underlining the importance of close relationships. The service has evolved with a focus on creating meaningful connections, reflecting the belief that mobile technology can transform social interactions.

Path

Series A in 2011
Path is a mobile photo-sharing and messaging service designed to facilitate personal social networking among users and their closest contacts, limited to 150 connections. The platform emphasizes simplicity, quality, and privacy, aiming to enhance the way individuals share their life's moments with friends and family. Path offers features that enable users to capture and share experiences in a secure environment, underlining the importance of close relationships. The service has evolved with a focus on creating meaningful connections, reflecting the belief that mobile technology can transform social interactions.

Frengo

Series A in 2007
Frengo is a community where people share buzz - a stream of opinions, updates, questions, predictions and games. The service allows users to follow buzz on their mobile phone or on the website. In March of 2008, Frengo launched an Open Social Mobile Toolkit that allowed developers to launch mobile applications across Facebook MySpace, Bebo, Hi5 and others.

Frengo

Series A in 2006
Frengo is a community where people share buzz - a stream of opinions, updates, questions, predictions and games. The service allows users to follow buzz on their mobile phone or on the website. In March of 2008, Frengo launched an Open Social Mobile Toolkit that allowed developers to launch mobile applications across Facebook MySpace, Bebo, Hi5 and others.

Skype

Series B in 2004
Skype Communications SARL, founded in 2003 and headquartered in Luxembourg, is a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation that offers a versatile application for online communication. The service allows users to make audio and video calls, send instant messages, and conduct professional meetings, all through various devices including computers, mobile phones, and tablets. Skype facilitates connections between individuals and groups, enabling users to share experiences, celebrate events, and collaborate effectively, regardless of their physical locations. While the basic features of Skype are free, additional services such as calling landlines, sending texts, and accessing Wi-Fi can be obtained through pay-as-you-go options or subscriptions. The platform also emphasizes security, encrypting calls and chats to ensure privacy during communication.
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