Index Ventures

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 1996, with offices in London, San Francisco, and Geneva. The firm focuses on partnering with entrepreneurs to transform innovative ideas into successful global businesses. It invests in a diverse range of sectors, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, fintech, healthcare, and mobility. Index Ventures has a notable track record of supporting high-profile companies such as Adyen, Deliveroo, Dropbox, and Slack, reflecting its commitment to fostering technology-driven enterprises. By leveraging its extensive experience and network, Index Ventures aims to empower exceptional founders in reshaping industries and driving forward the future of business.

Nina Achadjian

Partner

Julia Andre

Principal / Partner

Damir Becirovic

Partner

Sofia Dolfe

Principal, Partner

Paula Garcia Domingo

Partner and Investor

Juriaan Duizendstraal Bensoussan

Partner and Investor

Zabie Elmgren

Partner

Mark Fiorentino

Partner

Giacomo Genzini

Partner and Investor

Mark Goldberg

Partner

Kyle Harrison

Principal

Paris Heymann

Partner and Investor

Jack Kleeman

Partner

Adrianna Ma

Operating Partner

Martin Mignot

Partner

Bryan Offut

Principal / Partner

Bryan Offutt

Partner and Investor

Shimin Ooi

Partner

Cyriac Parisot

VC Investor and Head of Data

Erin Price-Wright

Principal / Partner

Neil Rimer

General Partner, Founder

Danny Rimer

Partner

Susana Rojas

Partner and Investor

Emil Schaefer

Partner

Hannah Seal

Partner and Investor

Kimihiko Shindo

General Partner

Georgia Stevenson

Principal / Partner

Ishani Thakur

Partner and investor

Kelly Toole

Partner

Dominique Vidal

Venture Partner

Mike Volpi

Partner

Katharina Wilhelm

Principal, Partner

Catherine Wu

Partner

Cat Wu

Partner

Mark Xu

Partner

Giuseppe Zocco

Co-Founder

Past deals in Database

ReadySet Technology

Series A in 2022
ReadySet is a distributed SQL caching layer that precomputes the results of parameterized SQL queries and incrementally updates these results as the underlying data changes. It is wire-compatible with MySQL and Postgres, plugs directly into existing databases and applications without any code changes, and elastically scales read throughput to meet fluctuating demands. ReadySet offers the low latencies of a custom caching system and the high query throughputs of read replicas with the straightforward developer experience of using a single relational database.

Xata.io

Series A in 2022
Xata provides a serverless database platform that combines the capabilities of traditional databases with the user-friendly interface of a spreadsheet application. This service is designed to seamlessly integrate into users' development workflows, facilitating tasks such as data insertion, querying, aggregation, and searching across various development environments, including JavaScript and APIs. Xata's architecture ensures that data is automatically replicated in multiple global regions, which enhances performance by minimizing response times for end users.

Starburst

Series D in 2022
Starburst is an analytics platform that facilitates seamless access to data across various databases, allowing organizations to unlock the full value of their data. By providing a solution that enables instant actionability, Starburst helps data-driven entities reduce the total cost of their infrastructure and analytics investments. The platform also addresses challenges related to data movement and duplication, thereby preventing vendor lock-in and simplifying the complexities associated with managing data. Through its innovative approach, Starburst aims to empower businesses to effectively leverage their data assets for informed decision-making.

SphereEx

Seed Round in 2022
SphereEx builds new distributed data infrastructures, by being fully committed to the open source community, the platform concept, and cutting-edge Big Data technological innovation. Our R&D efforts led to the success of ShardingSphere, a "platform, pluggable, cloud-native" distributed middleware solution ideal for large-scale data and data value-added applications. Our pioneering "Database Plus" and "Database Mesh" concepts are designed to unlock innovative data usage concepts, improve enterprise data applications, and easily respond to complex data scenarios. Following over 5 years of development, the ShardingSphere project has gained more than 13 thousand GitStars on GitHub, involving over 200 contributors, becoming one of the most popular open source projects. In April 2020, ShardingSphere successfully graduated from the Apache Incubator, and became an Apache Software Foundation Top-Level Project. More recently, ShardingSphere has also been recognized as a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Panorama project. To date, ShardingSphere has already been used in more than 160 enterprise and production environments covering the financial, logistics, O2O, internet & cloud computing fields, to help achieve enterprise digital transformation.

Cockroach Labs

Series F in 2021
Cockroach Labs, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing open-source database software, particularly known for its flagship product, CockroachDB. This cloud-native, distributed SQL database is designed to support the rapid scaling of applications while ensuring resilience against failures, including disk, machine, and datacenter outages. CockroachDB offers strong consistency and ACID transactions, along with an SQL API for efficient data management. The platform is utilized by a diverse range of customers, from small startups to Fortune 500 companies, across various industries such as finance, retail, and media. Founded in 2015, Cockroach Labs is headquartered in New York City, with an additional office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company focuses on enabling developers to build robust applications without compromising on performance or reliability.

ClickHouse

Series B in 2021
ClickHouse is an open-source database management system specializing in online analytical processing (OLAP). It uniquely stores data column-wise, reducing storage needs and enhancing query performance through vectorized processing. This design enables real-time analytics by efficiently handling large datasets, offering enterprises a reliable, scalable solution for data processing.

Xata.io

Seed Round in 2021
Xata provides a serverless database platform that combines the capabilities of traditional databases with the user-friendly interface of a spreadsheet application. This service is designed to seamlessly integrate into users' development workflows, facilitating tasks such as data insertion, querying, aggregation, and searching across various development environments, including JavaScript and APIs. Xata's architecture ensures that data is automatically replicated in multiple global regions, which enhances performance by minimizing response times for end users.

ClickHouse

Series A in 2021
ClickHouse is an open-source database management system specializing in online analytical processing (OLAP). It uniquely stores data column-wise, reducing storage needs and enhancing query performance through vectorized processing. This design enables real-time analytics by efficiently handling large datasets, offering enterprises a reliable, scalable solution for data processing.

Cockroach Labs

Series E in 2021
Cockroach Labs, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing open-source database software, particularly known for its flagship product, CockroachDB. This cloud-native, distributed SQL database is designed to support the rapid scaling of applications while ensuring resilience against failures, including disk, machine, and datacenter outages. CockroachDB offers strong consistency and ACID transactions, along with an SQL API for efficient data management. The platform is utilized by a diverse range of customers, from small startups to Fortune 500 companies, across various industries such as finance, retail, and media. Founded in 2015, Cockroach Labs is headquartered in New York City, with an additional office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company focuses on enabling developers to build robust applications without compromising on performance or reliability.

Starburst

Series C in 2021
Starburst is an analytics platform that facilitates seamless access to data across various databases, allowing organizations to unlock the full value of their data. By providing a solution that enables instant actionability, Starburst helps data-driven entities reduce the total cost of their infrastructure and analytics investments. The platform also addresses challenges related to data movement and duplication, thereby preventing vendor lock-in and simplifying the complexities associated with managing data. Through its innovative approach, Starburst aims to empower businesses to effectively leverage their data assets for informed decision-making.

Starburst

Series B in 2020
Starburst is an analytics platform that facilitates seamless access to data across various databases, allowing organizations to unlock the full value of their data. By providing a solution that enables instant actionability, Starburst helps data-driven entities reduce the total cost of their infrastructure and analytics investments. The platform also addresses challenges related to data movement and duplication, thereby preventing vendor lock-in and simplifying the complexities associated with managing data. Through its innovative approach, Starburst aims to empower businesses to effectively leverage their data assets for informed decision-making.

Cockroach Labs

Series D in 2020
Cockroach Labs, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing open-source database software, particularly known for its flagship product, CockroachDB. This cloud-native, distributed SQL database is designed to support the rapid scaling of applications while ensuring resilience against failures, including disk, machine, and datacenter outages. CockroachDB offers strong consistency and ACID transactions, along with an SQL API for efficient data management. The platform is utilized by a diverse range of customers, from small startups to Fortune 500 companies, across various industries such as finance, retail, and media. Founded in 2015, Cockroach Labs is headquartered in New York City, with an additional office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company focuses on enabling developers to build robust applications without compromising on performance or reliability.

Starburst

Series A in 2019
Starburst is an analytics platform that facilitates seamless access to data across various databases, allowing organizations to unlock the full value of their data. By providing a solution that enables instant actionability, Starburst helps data-driven entities reduce the total cost of their infrastructure and analytics investments. The platform also addresses challenges related to data movement and duplication, thereby preventing vendor lock-in and simplifying the complexities associated with managing data. Through its innovative approach, Starburst aims to empower businesses to effectively leverage their data assets for informed decision-making.

Cockroach Labs

Series C in 2019
Cockroach Labs, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing open-source database software, particularly known for its flagship product, CockroachDB. This cloud-native, distributed SQL database is designed to support the rapid scaling of applications while ensuring resilience against failures, including disk, machine, and datacenter outages. CockroachDB offers strong consistency and ACID transactions, along with an SQL API for efficient data management. The platform is utilized by a diverse range of customers, from small startups to Fortune 500 companies, across various industries such as finance, retail, and media. Founded in 2015, Cockroach Labs is headquartered in New York City, with an additional office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company focuses on enabling developers to build robust applications without compromising on performance or reliability.

Cockroach Labs

Series B in 2017
Cockroach Labs, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing open-source database software, particularly known for its flagship product, CockroachDB. This cloud-native, distributed SQL database is designed to support the rapid scaling of applications while ensuring resilience against failures, including disk, machine, and datacenter outages. CockroachDB offers strong consistency and ACID transactions, along with an SQL API for efficient data management. The platform is utilized by a diverse range of customers, from small startups to Fortune 500 companies, across various industries such as finance, retail, and media. Founded in 2015, Cockroach Labs is headquartered in New York City, with an additional office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company focuses on enabling developers to build robust applications without compromising on performance or reliability.

Cockroach Labs

Series A in 2016
Cockroach Labs, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing open-source database software, particularly known for its flagship product, CockroachDB. This cloud-native, distributed SQL database is designed to support the rapid scaling of applications while ensuring resilience against failures, including disk, machine, and datacenter outages. CockroachDB offers strong consistency and ACID transactions, along with an SQL API for efficient data management. The platform is utilized by a diverse range of customers, from small startups to Fortune 500 companies, across various industries such as finance, retail, and media. Founded in 2015, Cockroach Labs is headquartered in New York City, with an additional office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company focuses on enabling developers to build robust applications without compromising on performance or reliability.

Datadog

Series D in 2016
Datadog, Inc. is a cloud-native company headquartered in New York that provides a comprehensive monitoring and analytics platform for developers, IT operations teams, and business users globally. Founded in 2010, Datadog's software-as-a-service platform integrates infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, log management, user experience monitoring, and network performance monitoring. By consolidating data from servers, containers, databases, and third-party services, Datadog enables organizations to achieve real-time observability of their technology stacks. Its robust features include advanced analytics, collaborative tools, and alerting capabilities, which help teams proactively manage performance issues, minimize downtime, and enhance user experiences.

Datadog

Series C in 2015
Datadog, Inc. is a cloud-native company headquartered in New York that provides a comprehensive monitoring and analytics platform for developers, IT operations teams, and business users globally. Founded in 2010, Datadog's software-as-a-service platform integrates infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, log management, user experience monitoring, and network performance monitoring. By consolidating data from servers, containers, databases, and third-party services, Datadog enables organizations to achieve real-time observability of their technology stacks. Its robust features include advanced analytics, collaborative tools, and alerting capabilities, which help teams proactively manage performance issues, minimize downtime, and enhance user experiences.

Pure Storage

Series F in 2014
Pure Storage is a U.S.-based company that specializes in enterprise data storage solutions, designed specifically to leverage the advantages of flash memory. The company offers a platform that significantly enhances performance while simplifying storage management and reducing associated costs. Its product lineup includes integrated storage hardware and operating system software, alongside various subscription services. These subscription services encompass Evergreen Storage, Pure as-a-Service, Cloud Block Store, and Portworx, as well as professional services for installation and consulting. By enabling organizations to efficiently manage data growth within existing power and space limitations, Pure Storage is transforming business operations across sectors, particularly benefiting applications that require high random I/O performance, such as server and desktop virtualization, databases, and cloud computing.

Datadog

Series B in 2014
Datadog, Inc. is a cloud-native company headquartered in New York that provides a comprehensive monitoring and analytics platform for developers, IT operations teams, and business users globally. Founded in 2010, Datadog's software-as-a-service platform integrates infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, log management, user experience monitoring, and network performance monitoring. By consolidating data from servers, containers, databases, and third-party services, Datadog enables organizations to achieve real-time observability of their technology stacks. Its robust features include advanced analytics, collaborative tools, and alerting capabilities, which help teams proactively manage performance issues, minimize downtime, and enhance user experiences.

Pure Storage

Series E in 2013
Pure Storage is a U.S.-based company that specializes in enterprise data storage solutions, designed specifically to leverage the advantages of flash memory. The company offers a platform that significantly enhances performance while simplifying storage management and reducing associated costs. Its product lineup includes integrated storage hardware and operating system software, alongside various subscription services. These subscription services encompass Evergreen Storage, Pure as-a-Service, Cloud Block Store, and Portworx, as well as professional services for installation and consulting. By enabling organizations to efficiently manage data growth within existing power and space limitations, Pure Storage is transforming business operations across sectors, particularly benefiting applications that require high random I/O performance, such as server and desktop virtualization, databases, and cloud computing.

Datadog

Series A in 2012
Datadog, Inc. is a cloud-native company headquartered in New York that provides a comprehensive monitoring and analytics platform for developers, IT operations teams, and business users globally. Founded in 2010, Datadog's software-as-a-service platform integrates infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, log management, user experience monitoring, and network performance monitoring. By consolidating data from servers, containers, databases, and third-party services, Datadog enables organizations to achieve real-time observability of their technology stacks. Its robust features include advanced analytics, collaborative tools, and alerting capabilities, which help teams proactively manage performance issues, minimize downtime, and enhance user experiences.

Pure Storage

Series D in 2012
Pure Storage is a U.S.-based company that specializes in enterprise data storage solutions, designed specifically to leverage the advantages of flash memory. The company offers a platform that significantly enhances performance while simplifying storage management and reducing associated costs. Its product lineup includes integrated storage hardware and operating system software, alongside various subscription services. These subscription services encompass Evergreen Storage, Pure as-a-Service, Cloud Block Store, and Portworx, as well as professional services for installation and consulting. By enabling organizations to efficiently manage data growth within existing power and space limitations, Pure Storage is transforming business operations across sectors, particularly benefiting applications that require high random I/O performance, such as server and desktop virtualization, databases, and cloud computing.

MySQL

Series B in 2003
MySQL is an open-source database management system that enables scalable web-based and embedded applications. Founded in 1995 by David Axmark and Michael Widenius, the company is headquartered in Cupertino, California. MySQL offers a range of products, including enterprise-level support packages that provide comprehensive service and free downloads of its latest software versions. The platform also features an online community with forums, articles, and documentation to support users. MySQL’s software is designed to enhance scalability, security, reliability, and uptime for businesses, while its enterprise servers facilitate network monitoring and production support. Additionally, the database clustering architecture allows clients to implement mission-critical solutions, thereby improving business agility and reducing operational costs.

ClickHouse

ClickHouse is an open-source database management system specializing in online analytical processing (OLAP). It uniquely stores data column-wise, reducing storage needs and enhancing query performance through vectorized processing. This design enables real-time analytics by efficiently handling large datasets, offering enterprises a reliable, scalable solution for data processing.
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