Index Ventures

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm with offices in London, San Francisco, and Geneva that backs technology-driven startups worldwide. Since 1996 it has partnered with entrepreneurs to turn bold ideas into global businesses, investing across early and growth stages in sectors such as artificial intelligence, software, data, fintech, healthcare, media, mobility, security, and open source. The firm focuses on high-technology and life sciences and supports portfolio companies to scale internationally. Notable portfolio companies include Adyen, Deliveroo, Dropbox, Farfetch, King, Slack, and Supercell.

Nina Achadjian

Partner

Julia Andre

Principal / Partner

Damir Becirovic

Partner

Dino Becirovic

Principal

Bernard Dalle

Partner

Past deals in Search Engine

Superlinked

Seed Round in 2024
Superlinked is a developer of a real-time personalized search and recommendation platform aimed at enhancing information retrieval. The company specializes in transforming complex data into vector embeddings, which facilitates improved search functionalities and recommendations for users. Operating within the emerging vector operations segment of the broader machine learning operations market, Superlinked provides software developers with tools to build and enhance their products through advanced data processing techniques.

Weaviate

Series B in 2023
Weaviate is a company that offers an open-source AI-native database and hybrid SaaS platform to build search and recommendation systems. Its vector search engine supports semantic search and integrates with applications via plugins and a console that helps understand data. The platform merges vector and keyword search to enable end-to-end AI-native application development, supporting synchronous, asynchronous, and multi-step data interactions.

Vetted

Series A in 2022
Vetted is an AI-powered product search engine that helps consumers discover the best products and prices effortlessly. Vetted automates and improves the shopping process. It compares products in a category, checks prices across retailers, and analyzes trustworthy reviews — making it easy for users to find the right product.

Vetted

Series A in 2020
Vetted is an AI-powered product search engine that helps consumers discover the best products and prices effortlessly. Vetted automates and improves the shopping process. It compares products in a category, checks prices across retailers, and analyzes trustworthy reviews — making it easy for users to find the right product.

Adzuna

Series C in 2018
Adzuna is an online job search platform that aggregates and semantically analyzes job advertisements from thousands of websites, delivering relevant local search results to users. Launched in the United Kingdom in 2011, it now operates in eleven countries and attracts more than ten million visitors each month. The service offers advanced search options and market data, including tools such as ValueMyCV, to help job seekers make informed career decisions. Adzuna’s data feeds the Number 10 Dashboard, which the Prime Minister and senior officials use to monitor economic growth daily. The company has received recognition as a top‑growing tech firm, winning awards for its crowdfunding round and being named among the government’s Future Fifty and the Sunday Times Tech Track 100. Its mission is to be the premier destination for individuals beginning their job search, leveraging technology to connect people with better, more fulfilling employment opportunities.

Elastic

Series C in 2014
Elastic is a technology company that develops and distributes the Elastic Stack, an open-source suite of products including Elasticsearch, a distributed search and analytics engine, along with Kibana, Beats, and Logstash. The company also offers X-Pack, a commercial plugin for the Elastic Stack, and Elastic Cloud, a family of SaaS offerings. With over 250 million cumulative downloads, Elastic's products are used by thousands of organizations worldwide for search, logging, metrics, and security use cases. Backed by prominent investors, Elastic has a distributed workforce of over 900 employees across 30 countries.

Outbrain

Series E in 2013
Outbrain operates a recommendation platform for the open web. It connects online consumers with new content through recommendation feeds on various media platforms and advertisers with their target audiences.

Algolia

Seed Round in 2013
Algolia is a search‑as‑a‑service platform that enables companies to deliver fast, relevant digital experiences across web, mobile, and voice. Its API and tools allow developers and business teams to build and optimize search and discovery experiences that increase engagement, conversion rates, and revenue.

Adzuna

Series A in 2013
Adzuna is an online job search platform that aggregates and semantically analyzes job advertisements from thousands of websites, delivering relevant local search results to users. Launched in the United Kingdom in 2011, it now operates in eleven countries and attracts more than ten million visitors each month. The service offers advanced search options and market data, including tools such as ValueMyCV, to help job seekers make informed career decisions. Adzuna’s data feeds the Number 10 Dashboard, which the Prime Minister and senior officials use to monitor economic growth daily. The company has received recognition as a top‑growing tech firm, winning awards for its crowdfunding round and being named among the government’s Future Fifty and the Sunday Times Tech Track 100. Its mission is to be the premier destination for individuals beginning their job search, leveraging technology to connect people with better, more fulfilling employment opportunities.

Elastic

Series B in 2013
Elastic is a technology company that develops and distributes the Elastic Stack, an open-source suite of products including Elasticsearch, a distributed search and analytics engine, along with Kibana, Beats, and Logstash. The company also offers X-Pack, a commercial plugin for the Elastic Stack, and Elastic Cloud, a family of SaaS offerings. With over 250 million cumulative downloads, Elastic's products are used by thousands of organizations worldwide for search, logging, metrics, and security use cases. Backed by prominent investors, Elastic has a distributed workforce of over 900 employees across 30 countries.

Adzuna

Venture Round in 2012
Adzuna is an online job search platform that aggregates and semantically analyzes job advertisements from thousands of websites, delivering relevant local search results to users. Launched in the United Kingdom in 2011, it now operates in eleven countries and attracts more than ten million visitors each month. The service offers advanced search options and market data, including tools such as ValueMyCV, to help job seekers make informed career decisions. Adzuna’s data feeds the Number 10 Dashboard, which the Prime Minister and senior officials use to monitor economic growth daily. The company has received recognition as a top‑growing tech firm, winning awards for its crowdfunding round and being named among the government’s Future Fifty and the Sunday Times Tech Track 100. Its mission is to be the premier destination for individuals beginning their job search, leveraging technology to connect people with better, more fulfilling employment opportunities.

Outbrain

Series D in 2011
Outbrain operates a recommendation platform for the open web. It connects online consumers with new content through recommendation feeds on various media platforms and advertisers with their target audiences.

CruiseWise

Seed Round in 2011
CruiseWise is an online platform that simplifies the cruise booking process for users by providing comprehensive information and comparisons across various cruise lines. Founded in 2010 by Amit Aharoni, Steve Davis, and Nicolas Meunier, the company aims to streamline the experience of finding and booking cruises, particularly during times of declining bookings in the industry. CruiseWise’s platform features a user-friendly search engine that allows customers to compare prices, routes, cabin options, and more, enabling them to view total cruise costs, including taxes, for multiple passengers. It also offers detailed insights into ship sizes, service levels, and construction dates, along with photographs of cabins and entertainment facilities, ensuring that customers have all the necessary information to make informed decisions without feeling overwhelmed.

FREEjit

Series A in 2010
FREEjit, Inc., established in 2010 and headquartered in Newport Beach, California, operates a unique online platform designed to leverage autocomplete technology for commercial purposes. The company aims to transform the familiar autocomplete feature found in search engines and browsers into a valuable service that can be marketed to various industries.

Outbrain

Series A in 2008
Outbrain operates a recommendation platform for the open web. It connects online consumers with new content through recommendation feeds on various media platforms and advertisers with their target audiences.

Mobissimo

Seed Round in 2004
Mobissimo, Inc. is a travel search engine that facilitates the discovery and booking of travel information. Founded in 2003 and based in San Francisco, California, the company indexes over 180 travel sites, including online travel agencies, traditional airlines, and low-cost carriers. Mobissimo performs real-time queries across multiple websites, allowing users to efficiently compare prices for flights, hotels, and car rentals. While Mobissimo does not sell tickets directly, it earns revenue by receiving a commission on transactions generated from its search results. The platform covers a wide range of destinations, including major cities such as New York, London, Tokyo, and Paris, making it a comprehensive tool for travelers seeking optimal travel deals.
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