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# Index Ventures
> Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that partners with exceptional founders from seed to IPO. Founded in 1996, it has offices in San Francisco, New York, London and Geneva, and backs companies across AI, fintech, security, data, business applications, healthcare, entertainment and open source.
The Perspectives section lists the newest posts: News (investments and company updates) and Insights (founder interviews and analysis). The sitemap under Optional lists every page, including each portfolio company and team member; the RSS feed carries new posts as they publish.
## About
- [Companies](https://www.indexventures.com/companies/): Shared Vision. Think of what you could achieve if you believed you couldn’t fail. We love fearless entrepreneurs, who see building a transformational business ...
- [Team](https://www.indexventures.com/team/): We are a team of entrepreneurs that have started (and are still starting) companies, run big businesses and have lived through the highs ands lows.
- [Perspectives](https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/): Stay ahead of the curve with the latest Index Ventures Perspectives
- [Startup Jobs](https://www.indexventures.com/startup-jobs/): Open roles across the Index Ventures portfolio.
- [Contact Us](https://www.indexventures.com/contact-us/): Index Ventures is a London and San Francisco-based international venture capital firm that helps the most ambitious entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into transformat...
## Handbooks
- [Rewarding Talent](https://www.indexventures.com/rewarding-talent/): The Founder's Guide to Stock Options
- [WINNING IN THE US](https://www.indexventures.com/winning-in-the-us/): The Founder’s Guide to Building a Global Company from Europe
- [Scaling Through Chaos](https://www.indexventures.com/scaling-through-chaos/): The founder's guide to building and leading teams from 0 to 1,000
## Perspectives
- [AI That Owns Business Outcomes: Our Investment in Hone](https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/ai-that-owns-business-outcomes-our-investment-in-hone/): Index Ventures has invested in Hone, founded by Moritz Stephan (Cognition), Oliver Brady (Harvey, Mercor), and Carlo Kobe (Fizz), to build AI that can own entire business outcomes across the organization. Given a role like procurement coordinator or outbound rep, Hone’s Engine explores a company’s s
- [Making Quantum Computing Real: Our Investment in Oratomic](https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/making-quantum-computing-real-our-investment-in-oratomic/): Index Ventures has partnered with Oratomic, a quantum computing startup founded in March 2026 by a Caltech team led by CEO Dolev Bluvstein alongside Manuel Endres, John Preskill, Robert Huang, Madelyn Cain, and Qian Xu, to build the world’s first fault-tolerant quantum computer using neutral atoms r
- [Spiko Raises $90M Series B to Make Yield Universally Accessible](https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/spiko-raises-90m-series-b-to-make-yield-universally-accessible/): Spiko, the world's largest issuer of tokenized cash funds, has raised a $90 million Series B led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with support from Index Ventures, to make yield earnings universally accessible to businesses and individuals. Just over two years after launch, Spiko manages more tha
- [Ando: Building the Interface Layer for Human and Agent Teams](https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/ando-building-the-interface-layer-for-human-and-agent-teams/): Index Ventures backs Ando, Sara Du's AI-native messaging platform built for a world where agents are teammates, not plugins.
- [Building A New Energy Model For Europe: Our Investment In Nomos](https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/building-a-new-energy-model-for-europe-our-investment-in-nomos/): Index Ventures leads a €20M round in Nomos, the Berlin-based company connecting solar, batteries and EVs to Europe's energy markets — and building the operating system for the continent's energy future.
- [Backing Mistral, From First Check to Europe’s Next Powerhouse](https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/backing-mistral-from-first-check-to-europes-next-powerhouse/): I met Arthur three and a half years ago, lucky enough to cross paths with him while visiting Alan's office in Paris with my partner Jan. At the time,...
- [Maximum Impact, Maximum Adventure: How Scott Morton and Revel Are Enabling the Next Generation of Hardware Companies](https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/scott-morton-revel/): From SpaceX's Starship program to founding Revel, Scott Morton is building the software layer powering the next generation of hardware companies.
- [Proving AI in the Real World: Our Investment in Intelligence](https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/proving-ai-in-the-real-world-our-investment-in-the-intelligence-company/): Index Ventures has invested in Intelligence, the team behind Design Arena, which grew from $5M to $55M ARR in six months building the real-world proving ground for AI.
- [30 Years In. Perfecting Our Craft.](https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/30-years-in-perfecting-our-craft/): For three decades, Index Ventures has backed exceptional founders from first check to public markets. Here's what's next.
- [Simulating Society at Scale: Our Investment in Simile's $200M Series B](https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/simulating-society-at-scale-our-investment-in-similes-200m-series-b/): Simile is turning generative agents into a way for the world's biggest enterprises to test decisions before making them. Here's why Index is doubling down.
- [Enigma Emerges from Stealth: Our Investment in JJ and Gal](https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/enigma-emerges-from-stealth-our-investment-in-jj-and-gal/): Index leads Enigma's $71M seed round, backing founders JJ Jacobi and Gal Niv as they reimagine how humans interact with intelligent machines.
- [Candid with Index: In Conversation with Fireworks’ Lin Qiao](https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/candid-with-index-in-conversation-with-fireworks-lin-qiao/): Fireworks co-founder Lin Qiao talks with Index's Sahir Azam about PyTorch, specialized AI, and scaling to $1B+ ARR. Index co-leads the $1.5B Series D.
- [Transforming Biology From Science To Engineering: Our Investment in Chai Discovery](https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/transforming-biology-from-science-to-engineering-our-investment-in-chai-discovery/): Index Ventures leads Chai Discovery's Series C. Read why we're backing the team as they turn drug discovery into an engineering problem.
- [Writing Friction with Marker](https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/writing-friction-with-marker/): Index Ventures leads the $13M seed round for Marker, a reimagined word processor built on the idea that AI should sharpen your thinking, not replace it.
- [Automating the Built World: Our Partnership with Build](https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/automating-the-built-world-our-partnership-with-build/): Index Ventures leads Build’s seed round as the company uses agentic AI and human expertise to transform real estate development.
- [Arca: A calmer relationship with money](https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/arca-a-calmer-relationship-with-money/): Index Ventures joins Arca's $64M Series A to bring dedicated, advisor-led wealth management to the people who've always deserved it most.
- [On-Chain Trading Goes Mainstream: fomo’s $75 Million Series B](https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/on-chain-trading-goes-mainstream-fomos-75-million-series-b/): Index Ventures leads fomo's $75 million Series B. Meet the team building the first mainstream, fully on-chain trading app — $4B in volume and 600K users in year one.
- [Conduct: a world where corporates move at startup speed](https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/conduct-a-world-where-corporates-move-at-startup-speed/): Index Ventures co-leads Conduct's $60M Series A. The London-based startup helps large enterprises read and rewire their core systems — SAP, Oracle, Salesforce — using AI, closing the gap between business and IT.
- [Rebuilding Identity for the Agentic Era: Our Investment in NewCore](https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/rebuilding-identity-for-the-agentic-era-our-investment-in-newcore/): Identity has become the control plane of the modern enterprise — and the primary way attackers get in. Index Ventures backs NewCore, a security-first identity platform rebuilt from the ground up for humans, machines, and AI agents.
- [Uncovr Raises $7 Million in Seed Funding to Build the System of Record for Surgery](https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/uncovr-raises-7-million-in-seed-funding-to-build-the-system-of-record-for-surgery/): Index Ventures leads Uncovr's $7M seed to automate surgical documentation and coding directly from OR video — turning procedures into structured, usable data.
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- [Perspectives RSS feed](https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/feed/)
- [Index Press](https://www.indexventures.com/index-press/): INDEX PRESS IS A SIGNAL IN THE NOISE FOR FOUNDERS SEEKING DATA-DRIVEN THINKING AND ACTIONABLE INSIGHT
