Index Ventures news and trends

DeepL Raises $300 Million to Grow AI-Powered Translation, Writing Platform
artificial intelligence // May 22, 2024

DeepL has raised $300 million to continue growing its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platform that provides translations and writing assistance for businesses. The funding round was led by Index Ventures and valued the company at $2 billion, DeepL said in a Wednesday (May 22) press release. DeepL’s Language AI platform solves...

Loop Secures $35 Million to Grow Transportation Logistics Platform
Investments // October 03, 2023

Loop, a transportation logistics startup, has secured $35 million in a Series B funding round to grow its modern audit and payment platform for the supply chain. The company will use the new funding to continue building its solutions for the “next-gen supply chain,” Loop...

As Third Quarter Ends and Earnings Loom, FinTech Profits Come Into Focus
Fintech Investments // September 30, 2023

As of the close of trading Friday, the third quarter’s in the books. And in just a few weeks, the scoring begins in the form of earnings season, where investors reward, or punish, publicly-traded companies as they update their quarterly results. For the FinTech IPO Index,...

Index To Use $3.1 Billion Raised To Support New Businesses
Investments // July 22, 2021

Venture capital firm Index Ventures has raised $3.1 billion toward helping new businesses started during the COVID-19 pandemic, of which there were around 4.4 million in the U.S. alone, a company blog said Thursday (July 22). The release said booms in new businesses also occurred...

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What’s Behind Plaid’s $2.65B Valuation

December 12, 2018
One in every four consumers in the U.S. has touched this product. Some of them do so when they register their bank account credentials to their Venmo accounts, or set up an investment account with Robinhood, savings account with Acorns or loan repayment details with LendingClub. That product is Plaid — a tech platform that uses application […]

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Index Ventures Raises $2 Billion Amid AI ‘Platform Shift’

July 10, 2024
Index Ventures has raised more than $2 billion for artificial intelligence (AI) projects. The venture capital (VC) firm announced the fund Wednesday (July 10), saying it would divide the $2.3 billion it had raised into two funds: $800 million earmarked for early-stage startups and the remainder for latter-stage companies. “It’s an incredibly exciting time to invest,” Jan Hammer, a partner at […]

DeepL Raises $300 Million to Grow AI-Powered Translation, Writing Platform

May 22, 2024
DeepL has raised $300 million to continue growing its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platform that provides translations and writing assistance for businesses. The funding round was led by Index Ventures and valued the company at...

Loop Secures $35 Million to Grow Transportation Logistics Platform

October 03, 2023
Loop, a transportation logistics startup, has secured $35 million in a Series B funding round to grow its modern audit and payment platform for the supply chain. The company will...

Index To Use $3.1 Billion Raised To Support New Businesses

July 22, 2021
Venture capital firm Index Ventures has raised $3.1 billion toward helping new businesses started during the COVID-19 pandemic, of which there were around 4.4 million in the U.S. alone, a...