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History section edit request

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Hi Wikipedia editors, this is Kelsey from Index Ventures. I've read up on the rules for Wikipedia and disclosed my COI on my user page here: Kelsey at Index. I've also added my COI template to this talk page.

I'm here on this page because the article has had a tag on it for quite some time and I'd like to make an honest effort to try and clean up the page with better sourcing. I understand that this new content must be reviewed and approved by the editor community. Below is a draft I've put together which would ideally replace the History section.

In this draft, I've made a handful of updates:

  • Added a new Canadian Jewish News article to cite the company was founded in 1996.
  • Used a Private Equity International article to cite that Index closed a third round of funding for $300 million in 2001.
  • Cited a Wired article that noted Neil Rimer's brother Danny joined the company in 2002 and expanded Index globally, opening an office in London, then later in San Francisco. (the SF fact is cited to a TechCrunch piece.)
  • Cited a different TechCrunch article that reveals info on Index Seed. Also cited a separate TC piece that noted Index launched an early-stage fund $550 million.
  • Added the news from 2016 that Index's biotech companies were spun off into a new business named Medixci Ventures.
  • Added news of Index's latest dedicated seed fund named Index Origin, which initially started with $200 million. Also added that Origin II launched with $300 million, bringing the total Index has raised to over $12 billion as of 2022, cited to a CNET piece.
  • Finally, added that Index opened an NYC office in 2022, cited to a Bloomberg piece.

Please read below:
History draft

History

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Index Ventures was founded in 1996 as a technology investing arm of Gerald Rimer's Swiss bond-trading firm named Index Securities.[1]

The company closed its first funding round that year at $17 million; its second funding round closed in 1998, at $180 million.[2] In August 2001, Index closed a third round of funding for $300 million, bringing its total funds to $500 million.[3]

In 2002, Neil's brother Danny Rimer joined the company and expanded the company globally by opening an office in London in 2002,[4] and then an office in San Francisco in 2011.[5]

In April 2010, Index Ventures launched Index Seed, a new seed fund focused on early-stage investments.[6] Index Seed's launch was funded with $400 million out of Index's existing funds.[6]

In June 2014, Index launched a new early-stage fund of $550 million aimed primarily at tech startups, bringing their total raised amount to $4 billion.[7]

In February 2016, Index spun off its portfolio of biotech companies into a new business named Medicxi Ventures.[8]

In April 2021, Index launched Index Origin, a new dedicated seed fund that started with $200 million.[9] In November 2022, Index Origin II launched with $300 million in seed funding.[10] As of 2022, Index Ventures had raised over $12 billion in total.[11]

In 2022, Index opened an office in New York City located in Downtown Manhattan.[12][13]

References

  1. ^ Arnold, Janice (January 6, 2022). "Gerald Rimer and sons' donation to McGill will create a new Indigenous research institute; Leacock name to disappear from the Montreal campus". The Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  2. ^ Fox, Justin (May 14, 2001). "25 Rising Stars What will the world look like a decade or two from now? Who knows? But these young business leaders surely will have helped shape it. - May 14, 2001". CNN Money. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  3. ^ "Quality deal flow for Index Ventures latest fund". Private Equity International. 2012-12-29. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  4. ^ Moskvitch, Katia (October 15, 2018). "How Index Ventures became Europe's startup success factory". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  5. ^ "Index Ventures Raises $700M Fund, Opens San Francisco Office (But Keeps Focus On Europe)". TechCrunch. November 8, 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  6. ^ a b Arrington, Michael (April 25, 2010). "Index Ventures Puts Heavyweights Behind New Seed Fund". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  7. ^ Butcher, Mike (June 10, 2014). "Index Ventures Raises New $550M Early-Stage Fund For Europe, The US And Israel". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  8. ^ Hirschler, Ben (February 2, 2016). "GSK and J&J back $1 billion biotech spin-off from Index Ventures | Reuters". Reuters. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  9. ^ Crichton, Danny (April 8, 2021). "Index closes $200 million dedicated seed fund to intensify multi-stage thesis". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  10. ^ Butcher, Mike (November 17, 2022). "Index Ventures thinks new startups will emerge in the downturn and is putting $300M behind that bet". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  11. ^ Shulman, Sophie (November 9, 2022). "Index Ventures stepping up investments in Israel". CTECH. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  12. ^ Loizos, Connie (May 5, 2022). "Index Ventures is opening shop in New York". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  13. ^ "Why Index Ventures thinks New York City is the place to VC in 2023 | Bloomberg LP". Bloomberg. November 30, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2024.

With this draft, I tried to focus on the rounds of funding Index has raised and the company's expansion while employing a neutral tone and citing high-quality sources. If any editors have questions about this draft, please ping me and I'm happy to answer. Thank you so much! Kelsey at Index (talk) 16:55, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi everyone, jumping back into this post to drop a ping to a few editors who have been active on this page in the past, hoping somebody has the interest or time to evaluate this request: User:MarioGom, User:Salsakesh, User:Certes, and User:Explicit. Again, if there are any questions about this request please let me know because I'll be around to reply. Thank you!Kelsey at Index (talk) 17:37, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for making the effort to collaborate and to be neutral. Unfortunately I'm not a private equity expert; I just fixed a typo here. Certes (talk) 17:48, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi user:Certes, thank you so much for that typo fix and for the response. I'm still seeking out editor feedback on this History request, and the Partners request I've just posted. Are you aware of any Wiki Projects or places where I can find editors who would be interested in providing feedback on this request? If you could point me in a direction, that would be very helpful. I see that you are not active as much on Wikipedia these days so if you don't respond I completely understand. Thank you again. Kelsey at Index (talk) 18:21, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
All I can suggest is the talk pages of the projects and task forces linked at the top of this talk page: California, San Francisco Bay Area, Companies and Private Equity (probably in ascending order of relevance). Certes (talk) 19:34, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello user:Certes, this is Rachel hopping in here for Kelsey. I've added my COI disclosure to this Talk page to maintain transparency. Thank you for the guidance here; we've posted to both the WikiProjects for California/SF Bay Area as well as Companies, and so far, zero traction.
I'll also drop a ping to user:Onel5969 who I see minorly edited the article recently to see if there's any interest there in evaluating this request. Rachel at Index (talk) 18:12, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Jumping back on this edit request to ping an editor that's been very active over on WikiProject: Companies, user:CNMall41. On this Talk page, you'll see two highly detailed edit requests that I've drafted and posted, both of which use only the best sourcing available. It would be fantastic if you could carve out the time to evaluate these and potentially implement them into the article. @Rachel at Index and I have had a tough time getting any editor traction on this Talk page, and any feedback at all would be appreciated. Kelsey at Index (talk) 16:00, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Kelsey at Index:, thanks for the ping. I can only speak from my point of view but the lack of traction likely comes from the page needing cleanup and removal of some of the content prior to the addition of more. I would be more than happy to do the cleanup and remove the tag but it needs quite a bit of trimming. --CNMall41 (talk) 17:44, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Rachel at Index you have a reference to "Neil's brother" later would only make sense with Neil being introduced earlier, which happens in the existing article but not your draft section. Otherwise this looks okay. I don't love the long list of funding rounds but that's in the existing article as well so it's not a barrier to my accepting it. Rusalkii (talk) 17:48, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Being that there is a large number of edit requests and given the tone of the current page, I copied the page to draftspace here. I will work on some of the cleanup and also attempt to work in anything proposed here if it meets requirements. Anyone is free to work on the draft as well. This may help move the edit requests along. --CNMall41 (talk) 19:27, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much for taking a look @CNMall41! Kelsey at Index (talk) 22:31, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I'm currently going through old edit requests - can this be closed or is it still being sorted? Thanks! Encoded  Talk 💬 08:39, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Encoded - yes, thanks for checking in! This can be closed. Appreciate your help. Kelsey at Index (talk) 19:40, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Kelsey at Index: I was looking at this too and am confused. It's not just adding info and sources. There's some info that's being removed without explanation, such as the info about Israeli investments. Also, why do we need another source for the 1996 foundation of Index Ventures when there's already a source there? And I also noticed that the version moved to the sandbox hasn't been touched in months. Are you sure you want to close this? STEMinfo (talk) 20:32, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Partners section edit request

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Hi, this is Kelsey back to post my next edit request. While I'm still seeking feedback on my previous edit request for the History section, I've gone ahead and drafted up a new edit request here to update the Partners section. Specifically, the list of partners is out-of-date, and with this draft, I've aimed to update it with proper notable sourcing. Here are the changes I've made to the draft:

  • Added a new Wired citation for Danny Rimer
  • Cited a new TechCrunch piece for both Martin Mignot and Shardul Shah
  • Added Jan Hammer as a partner cited to a Business Insider article
  • Added Nina Achadijan as a partner cited to a TechCrunch article
  • Added Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas as a partner cited to a TechCrunch article
  • Vlad Loktev added to the list of partners, cited to a Fortune article
  • Removed the following people as they are no longer partners: Neil Rimer, Mike Volpi, Mark Goldberg, Dominique Vidal, and Bernard Dalle.
Partners draft

Partners

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As of 2024, Index Ventures has seven active investment partners including Danny Rimer,[1] Shardul Shah,[2] Martin Mignot,[2] Jan Hammer,[3], Nina Achadijan,[4] Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas,[5] and Vlad Loktev.[6]

References

  1. ^ Moskvitch, Katia (October 15, 2018). "How Index Ventures became Europe's startup success factory". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Loizos, Connie (May 5, 2022). "Index Ventures is opening shop in New York". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  3. ^ "Europe's biggest venture capital fund told us what it looks for in a company". Business Insider. November 28, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  4. ^ Butcher, Mike (November 17, 2022). "Index Ventures thinks new startups will emerge in the downturn and is putting $300M behind that bet". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  5. ^ O'Hear, Steve (November 11, 2020). "Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas, angel investor and COO of GoCardless, is joining Index as partner". TechCrunch. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  6. ^ Botros, Alena (November 6, 2023). "Former Airbnb executive joins Index Ventures as its newest partner". Fortune. Retrieved June 4, 2024.

If editors have any questions about this draft, please ping me and I will be ready to respond. Thank you! Kelsey at Index (talk) 18:20, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Kelsey at Index, you mention seven partners and then list six. Is the seventh unknown? Is there a known reason for this or could you just not find a good source for them? Rusalkii (talk) 07:02, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Rusalkii! Thank you for the response and question. Our seventh is an operations partner, Adrianna Ma. Unfortunately we weren't able to find a good source to reference her here. I'm open to recommendations on how to reframe this section if we can provide more clarity! Thanks so much. Kelsey at Index (talk) 15:51, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, looking at this again, I can see the support for each of them joining the team, but I don't see anything saying that's there's 7 partners or that the other partners are no longer on the team. If we can't find a source for that I think we may want to just cut this section, especially since it seems that it changes quickly. Rusalkii (talk) 16:52, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Kelsey at Index:, is there a link on the company website that shows the current list of partners? Although primary, it can be used as a reference for such information. This would be easier than trying to figure out who is who from the references that expand almost 10 years. --CNMall41 (talk) 08:01, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you both for those call outs! @CNMall41 unfortunately we don't have one sole piece identifying all partners in the clear way you're looking for, even on our website, just given the way our Team page is structured. The website has partner titles on each of their bio pages, but that's the extent it goes.
Typically our team won't have massive personnel changes which is why it may span decades. Our hope is the past few years' team changes will be the last for a while. Thank you again for your time looking at this and definitely let me know if there are other avenues we might consider exploring for this section (or others). Kelsey at Index (talk) 22:30, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately, Wikipedia does not work in the manner you requested. We have a reference saying the names you want removed are partners. There should be a reference saying they are no longer partners in order to remove them. Or, a primary source from your website listing current partners would also suffice. I am removing for sake of argument but if someone decides to add them back I will not object. --CNMall41 (talk) 23:38, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Looking at both requests, there is a lot that shouldn't be done. No need to add different references when there is already a reliable source supporting such information. It is over referencing (WP:REFBOMB) and not necessary. Listing all of its funds can get into promotional territory so did not add the new fund. I would clean up the page to what I have here which would also remove the paid editing notice from the top since it has been checked for WP:NPOV. If there are any recommendations to that draft let me know. Otherwise I can go ahead and implement the content. Not sure how to incorporate all of the investments as WP:INDISCRIMINATE may apply. I would be happy to add them back as-is, but if removed by another editor I would not object. --CNMall41 (talk) 23:49, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you user:CNMall41 for whipping up that draft of the article. I just have some questions (as well as a suggestion for Investments) about that before it is implemented into the article: (1) Could we keep the last sentence from my History draft about Index opening up an NYC office (just the Bloomberg citation will do; no need for both like you've stated)? (2) Do you see any awards from the Awards section that could be implemented into the History section? I'm okay with the section being removed, but perhaps there is room for some of those to be integrated into History, and (3) Do you see a way the latest fund could be added that doesn't read as promotional? Maybe trimming mentions of previous funds could help in that aspect, but I'll leave it up to you of course.
You'd mentioned not being sure about how to deal with the investments, so I will post an updated Investments section that proposes the addition of good sourcing and provides a clear reasoning for which investments to include, so please keep an eye out for that. Kelsey at Index (talk) 16:02, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have done everything I am willing to do at the moment as it took a lot of work. For the requests made in the next section, these can be addressed once the proposed draft is implemented. It would also make it easier for an editor who reviews the request as the cruft and promo information would be gone at that point. Do you have any comments about what is currently in that draft? Let me know and I can implement it. --CNMall41 (talk) 17:55, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just to ensure we're aligned, are you asking only for comments on details included in the draft, and are you not willing to consider adding anything right now? The only questions or comments are the ones I had in my previous note, so if it would be best to implement the draft as is and return to those later that works for me. Thank you again; this draft is a great idea for moving things forward. Kelsey at Index (talk) 20:20, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi user:CNMall41, I'm pinging this thread to make sure you saw my previous reply and the new edit request I dropped below. Once again, thank you for all the attention you've given here. Kelsey at Index (talk) 19:25, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I am asking about the draft specifically. I am just focusing directly on the draft at the moment and want to give you an opportunity to opine prior to implementing. The point of the draft is to clean up the page more inline with guidelines. --CNMall41 (talk) 19:40, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think the best course of action is to implement your draft the way it is now. In the future, if I have smaller edit requests, I can make them in line with what I’ve done with the Investments section posted below. Kelsey at Index (talk) 20:17, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I'm currently going through old edit requests - can this be closed or is it still being sorted? Thanks! Encoded  Talk 💬 08:39, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Encoded-- thanks again for checking! We are sorted for now on this section. Appreciate your reply. Kelsey at Index (talk) 19:49, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Brilliant thank you! Encoded  Talk 💬 21:26, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Investments update

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Further to CNMall41's feedback above, I'm back with a request for the Investments section, which is currently outdated, full of bad or broken sourcing, and generally a bit of a mess. To improve it, I've written a draft with a lot of changes and focuses on companies Index has invested in that have their own Wikipedia article themselves. (The only company I added that didn't have their own article is Dream Games because it had a solid source, so feel free to remove that one if it doesn't meet Wikipedia criteria).

Read all the changes here:

  • Added a paragraph noting specifically how Index is structured noting that investors are given the title of partners, cited to a Sifted article.
  • Also noted that all Index partners invest out of the same pool of funds regardless of where they're located, cited to Business Insider.
  • Added a final sentence to the paragraph noting specifically who Index's investors are: non-profit foundations, pension funds, healthcare, education and research endowments, cited to Sifted.
  • Since I proposed removing mentions of Israeli investment in my previous drafts, I've added a new sentence here that includes specific financial figures showing Index's presence in Israel. I also added that Juriaan Duizendstraal is based in Tel Aviv, all cited to CTECH.
  • I've removed the following companies from the section because I couldn't source a good reference: Codeacademy, Bird Company, Betfair, Duo Security, Supercell, Trello, Zendesk, Zuora, SCM Microsystems, Tines, Abacus AI, Citymapper, Weaviate, Intercom, Notion, Ubiquity6, and Motorway
  • Added a new chart that organizes companies by the decade which Index invested into them and added the following companies into each. For each company I avoided press releases and only used the highest quality sourcing I could find: ApplyBoard, Mistral AI, 1stdibs, Adallom, Adzuna, Algolia, Anine Bing, Arist Networks, Boku Inc., CockroachDB, Discord, Hortonworks, Just Eat, onefinestay, Ozon, Squarespace, Wiz, Scale AI, Datadog, Dream Games, Figma, Revolut, Slack, Patreon. Notion, ClickHouse, and Wise.

Please read below:

Investments draft
 Partly done: Added all except Scale AI due to it using a deprecated source. Also reworded the opening paragraphs a bit. Encoded  Talk 💬 08:41, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Investments

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Index Ventures operates as a multistage venture capital firm where investors are given the title of partners.[1] Partners at Index invest out of the same pool of funds regardless of which office they operate from.[2] The firm's limited partners include non-profit foundations, pension funds, healthcare, educational endowments, and research institutions.[3]

Index invests in companies across all stages including seed, early-stage, and growth.[4]

As of 2022, the firm had invested $350 million in 27 different Israeli companies and had stationed one Index partner, Juriaan Duizendstraal, in Tel Aviv.[4]

In July 2024, Index announced $2.3 billion in new funds, with $800 million going to fund early-stage companies and $1.5 billion to fund growth-stage companies.[2]

Year Companies
2020s ApplyBoard,[5]Mistral AI, [6] Wiz,[7] Dream Games,[8] Notion (productivity software)[9] Scale AI[10]
2010s 1stdibs,[11] Adallom,[12] Adyen,[13] Adzuna,[14] Algolia,[15] Anine Bing,[16] Arista Networks,[17] Beamery,[18] Blue Bottle Coffee,[19] Boku, Inc.,[20] CockroachDB,[21] Deliveroo,[3] Discord,[22] Dropbox,[23] Etsy,[24] Farfetch,[25] Hortonworks,[26] iZettle,[27] Just Eat,[28] Metromile,[29] Moleskine,[30] onefinestay,[31] Ozon,[32] Pure Storage,[33] Robinhood,[34] Roblox,[35] Slack,[36] Squarespace,[37] Wise,[38] Figma,[39] Datadog,[40] Patreon[41] Revolut[42]
2000s Criteo,[43] Facebook,[44] King,[45] Last.fm,[46] Pentaho,[47] Skype[48]

References

  1. ^ Billing, Mimi (March 26, 2023). "More VCs are 'partners' than ever before — but can they write cheques?". Sifted. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Torrence, Melia; Muppidi, Sri; Torrence, Rebecca (July 10, 2024). "An exodus of investors is underway at Index Ventures on the back of a $2.3 billion fundraise". Business Insider. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Warnock, Eleanor (November 17, 2022). "Index Ventures is launching its second seed fund — just a year after its first". Sifted. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Shulman, Sophie (November 9, 2022). "Index Ventures stepping up investments in Israel". CTECH. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  5. ^ Lardinois, Frederic (December 6, 2022). "ClickHouse launches ClickHouse Cloud, extends its Series B". TechCrunch. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  6. ^ Prakash, Prarthana (July 10, 2024). "The VC behind Mistral, Revolut and Slack just raised $2.3 billion to invest in long-term AI champions: 'The era of the quick buck mentality is over'". Fortune. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  7. ^ Lunden, Ingrid (May 7, 2024). "Wiz raises $1B at a $12B valuation to expand its cloud security platform through acquisitions". TechCrunch. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  8. ^ Lunden, Ingrid (January 18, 2022). "Score another win for Istanbul gaming startups: Dream Games raises $255M at a $2.75B valuation". TechCrunch. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  9. ^ Hernbroth, Megan; Russell, Melia (April 6, 2020). "A productivity startup just raised $50 million at a $2 billion valuation during the market meltdown. Here's how a VC won over the notoriously shy startup after a years-long chase". Business Insider. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  10. ^ Metinko, Chris (May 21, 2024). "Scale AI Raises $1B In Accel-Led Round; Hits $13.8B Valuation". Crunchbase News. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  11. ^ Summers, Nick (December 3, 2012). "1stdibs raises $42m from Index Ventures, Spark Capital and Benchmark to boost global expansion". The Next Web. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  12. ^ "Cloud-Security Startup Adallom Picks Up $15M Series B Led by Index". Wall Street Journal. January 21, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  13. ^ Chapman, Lizette (December 16, 2014). "Payment Startup Adyen Raises $250 Million at $1.5 Billion Valuation". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  14. ^ Butcher, Mike (January 18, 2012). "Adzuna raises new funding to makes job ads fully social". TechCrunch. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  15. ^ Dorbian, Iris (October 1, 2013). "Paris-based startup Algolia raises $1.5 mln in seed funding". Venture Capital Journal. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  16. ^ "How Anine Bing Is Avoiding the Nasty Gal Trap". The Business of Fashion. September 6, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  17. ^ Mizroch, Amir (June 10, 2014). "Index Ventures Raises $543 Million for New Fund". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
  18. ^ Lomas, Natasha (April 12, 2017). "Index leads $5M Series A in Beamery's 'CRM for recruitment'". TechCrunch. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  19. ^ Tsotsis, Alexia (January 30, 2014). "Tech Investors Buy Themselves Some Blue Bottle Coffee". TechCrunch. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  20. ^ Butcher, Dan. "Boku raises $25M to expand mobile payments". TechCrunch. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  21. ^ Loizos, Connie (March 30, 2016). "CockroachDB just raised $20 million from Benchmark, Index, and GV". TechCrunch. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  22. ^ Lunden, Ingrid (December 17, 2020). "Update: Discord confirms raising $100M at a valuation of $7B". TechCrunch. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  23. ^ "Dropbox Raises $250M In Funding, Boasts 45 Million Users". TechCrunch. October 18, 2011. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  24. ^ Schonfeld, Erick (August 27, 2010). "Index Ventures Buys Into Etsy, Triples Valuation To Nearly $300 Million". TechCrunch. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  25. ^ Rao, Leena (January 15, 2012). "Online Marketplace For Designer Fashion Boutiques FarFetch Raises $18M From Index Ventures". TechCrunch. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  26. ^ Novet, Jordan (October 7, 2018). "This tech investor had a killer week thanks to two big open-source deals". CNBC. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  27. ^ Smith, Oliver (June 7, 2018). "Index Ventures Expects A $2 Billion Windfall From Early Bets On Fintech". Forbes. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  28. ^ Butcher, Mike (April 3, 2014). "Just Eat IPO Values It At $2.44BN, Company First To Test LSE's New Tech-Friendly Market". TechCrunch. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  29. ^ McBride, Sarah (November 24, 2020). "Insurer Metromile Will Go Public Using a Blank-Check Company". Bloomberg. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  30. ^ Cinelli, Francesca (March 28, 2013). "Moleskine IPO Shares Price at 2.3 Euros as Syntegra Sells". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  31. ^ O'Hear, Steve (March 8, 2011). "Onefinestay raises $3.7m in Series A led by Index Ventures". TechCrunch. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  32. ^ Halliday, Josh (September 8, 2011). "Russian Amazon raises $100m in funding". The Guardian. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  33. ^ Lunden, Ingrid (August 15, 2012). "Pure Storage Raises Another $40M To Bring Europe Its Flash Storage Products, Index's Mike Volpi Leads Round". TechCrunch. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  34. ^ McBride, Sarah (July 29, 2021). "One VC's Blind Faith in Robinhood Turned $500,000 Into $3 Billion". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  35. ^ Levy, Ari (March 10, 2021). "Roblox CEO Baszucki is worth over $4 billion, and his college bud's VC firm just made a windfall". CNBC. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  36. ^ Clark, Kate (October 30, 2019). "Slack investor Index Ventures backs Slack competitor Quill". TechCrunch. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  37. ^ "Squarespace Raises $38.5 Million From Accel, Index Ventures". TechCrunch. July 14, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  38. ^ Laoun, Joy (July 10, 2024). "London-based Index Ventures raises $2.3B across two new funds". Vestbee. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
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If editors have feedback, please reply below, and I'll respond quickly. I'm going to tag both user:Rusalkii and user:CNMall41 here because they've shown a clear and helpful interest in improving the article. Thank you again. Kelsey at Index (talk) 16:03, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is getting a bit convoluted. I added the opening of the NY office to the draft on CNMall41's page. I see that Kelsey later acknowledged removing the Israel info. My recommendation would be to move the draft live, close these requests, and then rewrite any new requests. Every editor is different, but I've found it's useful if the requests are put into a textdiff template, so we can see what the changes are without having to put the text into the draft and compare versions ourselves. I wrote some info that you might find useful for future requests. User:STEMinfo/COI_edit_requests_for_novices. If you make the requests short, simple and gradual, it may not take nearly 6 months the next time. STEMinfo (talk) 20:52, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@STEMinfo:, the purpose of the draft was to clean up the page to Wikipedia standards. There were so many edit requests that I felt it easier to just do a cleanup instead of waiting for all of the future ones. The draft was moved to mainspace as a way to get a good base for a neutral page, allowing COI editors to make any additional requests thereafter. This appears to be the first edit request since then so the previous requests can likely be closed out. As far as listing all of the investments, it would promotional to simply list all of them in this manner unless there is some type of encyclopedic value. I have done this in the past I know but see it as promotional at this point per WP:INDISCRIMINATE. Of course, if there is consensus to do so then let it be but I don't support it. Just my opinion. --CNMall41 (talk) 02:54, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Encoded:@CNMall41: Pinging you both so we can wrap this up. Encoded's edits adding the long list of investments were reverted by CNMall41. The question is whether including so many investments is encyclopedic. While I can see the argument that an investment is the firm's product, and it does get media coverage, perhaps we can find a middle ground. Not listing every investment that is made, but rather the ones that are exited in a notable way? In other words, only when the investment either is flagged as successful or unsuccessful? After all, the company hasn't made any money until they exit, right? STEMinfo (talk) 23:43, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@STEMinfo: I'm happy with the idea of adding those that exited in a notable way, I see how adding them all can be problematic and hopefully this works for all. Thanks, Encoded  Talk 💬 16:10, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think it would be a slippery slope to classify something as "successful" or "unsuccessful." I think we could include any where their work was somehow significant, not just that they worked on it. By significant, I mean their work on the project was covered in more detail rather than just mentioning they worked on. Let me know if that makes sense. If not, I am sure I can find a few examples. --CNMall41 (talk) 19:23, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think we're making progress towards consensus. I don't think we have to qualify an exit as successful or not, but just report it if it gets coverage. We could call the section Notable investment exits. Here's a source that could be used as a starting point. [[1]]. Once we see where this goes, we could consider additional criteria for other investments that got coverage for being more than just a run of the mill investment. A criteria that comes to mind might be a company that shoots to a multi-billion unicorn paper valuation after additional larger funding rounds, but I'm open to suggestions here as well. STEMinfo (talk) 22:38, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That reference is paywalled so I cannot see it. The heading should be "select projects" in my opinion as "notable" is subjective. If the project itself was notable, there would be a Wikipedia page about the project (e.g., Construction of the World Trade Center). I also think it needs more than just "get[ting] coverage." Their role in the construction should be discussed, not just a mention of them being involved in the work. Otherwise we could just list all of their projects which would fail WP:NOT. --CNMall41 (talk) 23:05, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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