Posted on: April 18, 2013 by Alastair Goldfisher
Supercell, a Helsinki, Finland-based company which merges social games with elements from traditional console titles, has raised a $130 million round of funding co-led by Institutional Venture Partners and Index Ventures. Also joining the round was Atomico Ventures. The company was co-founded by CEO Ilkka Paananen, a longtime director at mobile gaming startup Digital Chocolate.
Tags: Atomico Ventures, gaming, Index Ventures, Institutional Venture Partners, Supercell
Posted on: March 11, 2013 by reuters-news
Has “South-by” lost its direction? For several years running, that question has hovered over the iPhone-clutching tech cogniscenti who made the annual springtime pilgrimage to the mecca of geek- and hipster-dom in Austin, Texas.
Tags: Burner, Greg Cohn, Gumroad, Index Ventures, Mike Volpi, South by Southwest, XOXO
Posted on: February 8, 2013 by Mark Boslet
Big Switch Networks said that Intel Capital has joined the company’s Series B funding, bringing the total raised to date to over $45 million. Big Switch investors include Goldman Sachs, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Redpoint Ventures. The company initially announced a Series B of $25 million in October with Redpoint leading the deal. It raised a Series A round of $14 million in 2011.
Tags: Big Switch Networks, Index Ventures, Intel Capital, Khosla Ventures, Redpoint Ventures
Posted on: January 16, 2013 by asormani
Versartis, an emerging biotechnology company has completed a $25 million Series C financing lead by new investor Aisling Capital. Also participating in the round were existing investors Index Ventures, New Leaf Venture Partners and Advent Venture Partners‘ Advent Life Sciences fund.
Tags: Aisling Capital, Index Ventures, New Leaf Venture Partners
Posted on: December 13, 2012 by asormani
Prescription Eyewear, parent company of myOptique.com, SunglassesShop.com and GlassesDirect.com, has added LensOn, a Nordic online contact lens seller, to its portfolio. The acquisition was financed by Prescription Eyewear’s existing venture capital investors Acton Capital Partners, Highland Capital Partners and Index Ventures. Additional funding was received from GP BullHound Sidecar, Silicon Valley Bank and Kreos Capital.
Tags: Acton Capital Partners, GP BullHound Sidecar, Highland Capital Partners, Index Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank
Posted on: December 12, 2012 by asormani
Trustpilot has secured 10 million euros ($13 million) in venture capital. Index Ventures and existing investors, Northzone and SEED Capital have also invested in the business.
Tags: Index Ventures, Northzone, SEED Capital
Posted on: December 6, 2012 by asormani
Tech company MetroMile has launched and unveiled a first-of-its-kind car insurance product that charges drivers a per-mile rate for the miles they drive each month. The company has raised over $4 million in funding from NEA, Index Ventures, First Round Capital and SV Angel.
Tags: First Round Capital, Index Ventures, NEA, SV Angel
Posted on: November 21, 2012 by asormani
Datadog has secured a $6.2 million series A round of funding, co-led by Index Ventures and RTP Ventures, an affiliate of ru-Net Holdings. Existing investors IA Ventures, Amplify Partners, Contour Ventures and NYCSeed also participated. Datadog is an IT service based in New York City.
Tags: Amplify Partners, Contour Ventures, IA Ventures, Index Ventures, NYCSeed, RTP Ventures
Posted on: November 19, 2012 by asormani
Social media analytics platform Socialbakers has secured $6 million funding for expansion. The round was led by Index Ventures, with follow-on funding from first-round investor Earlybird Venture Capital.
Tags: Earlybird Venture Capital, Index Ventures
Posted on: October 31, 2012 by Mark Boslet
Big Switch Networks said it raised $25 million of Series B funding in a deal led by Redpoint Ventures and joined by Goldman Sachs and existing investors Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and others. Big Switch Networks closed a $14 million Series A funding in March of 2011 and has raised $39 million to date. It will use the funding to expand engineering, sales and marketing teams.
Tags: Big Switch Networks, Goldman Sachs, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures