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Sonos Raises $25 Million

Posted on: March 15th, 2010

Sonos Inc., a Santa Barbara, Calif.-based provider of multi-room, digital music systems, has raised $25 million in Series C funding from Index Ventures. Mike Volpi of Index will take a seat on the Sonos board of directors.

The company previously raised more than $20 million from BV Capital and individual angels. www.sonos.com



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Marten Mickos Joins Index Ventures

Posted on: February 1st, 2010

Marten Mickos, former CEO of MySQL AB, has joined Index Ventures as an entrepreneur-in-residence. He also serves in a similar position with Benchmark Capital.  PRESS RELEASE Index Ventures, a lea...


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EA Buys Playfish for $400 Million

Posted on: November 9th, 2009

Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: ERTS) has bought social gaming company Playfish Inc. for $400 million, including a $100 million earn-out. The company had raised $21 million in VC funding from Accel Partners ...


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5 Skype Questions for Marc Andreessen

Posted on: November 6th, 2009

eBay announced this morning that it has reached a settlement with Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, whose legal actions were complicating eBay's sale of a majority stake in Skype to a p...


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Skype Founders File New Suit Against Volpi, Index Ventures

Posted on: September 18th, 2009

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The founders of Skype on Friday filed a new lawsuit against Index Ventures and one of its partners, Michelangelo Volpi, accusing him of misappropriating trade secrets to help brok...


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Joost Fires Chairman Mike Volpi

Posted on: September 13th, 2009

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Web TV firm Joost, owned by the founders of Skype, has fired its high-profile chairman Mike Volpi, The Times reported on Saturday. Volpi, who continued as Joost chairman after ...


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Index Leads New VC Round for RPX

Posted on: July 23rd, 2009

RPX Corp., a San Francisco-based defensive patent aggregator, has raised an undisclosed amount of Series B funding. Index Ventures led the round, and was joined by return backers Charles River Venture...


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Just-Eat Raises £10.5 Million

Posted on: July 14th, 2009

Just-Eat, a UK-based operator of a website for ordering meals online, has raised £10.5 million in first-round funding. Index Ventures led the round, and was joined by Vertex Investment Management. ...


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Mike Volpi Jumps from Joost to Index Ventures

Posted on: July 6th, 2009

Mike Volpi has joined Index Ventures as a partner in the firm's London office. He previously was CEO of online video company Joost, where he will continue to serve as chairman. Joost last week anno...


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Versartis Raises $11 Million

Posted on: June 2nd, 2009

Versartis Inc., a Redwood City, Calif.-based developer of therapeutic proteins for the treatment of metabolic diseases and endocrine disorders, has raised $11 million in Series A funding from Index Ve...


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Index Ventures Nabs $441M

Posted on: March 3rd, 2009

LONDON (Reuters) - Index Ventures said on Tuesday it had closed a 350 million euros ($441 million) early-stage technology fund, its fifth in 10 years, in a sign of continuing venture capital interest ...


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SongKick.com Raises First Round

Posted on: December 17th, 2008

SongKick.com Inc., a London-based operator of an online tracking index for concert listings, has secured $3.5 million of a $4 million Series A round led by Index Ventures. The company had previously r...


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be2 Raises €15 Million

Posted on: November 12th, 2008

be2, a London-based global matchmaking site, has raised €15 million in second-round funding from the Index Ventures Growth Fund. It had previously raised capital from Banexi Ventures and individual ...


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Playfish Swims with $17 Million

Posted on: October 28th, 2008

Social gaming company Playfish this morning announced that it has raised $17 million in Series B funding, which brings its total venture capitalization to $21 million. Accel Partners and Index Venture...



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