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Index has invested in over 100 start-up companies across Europe and the US. Use the options to the left to learn more about some of our investments. http://www.indexventures.com/portfolio#index.php/portfolio/index/sector_38

Index Ventures

Based in Geneva and London. Investment include Skype, Netvibes, Netlog, Last.fm, MySQL, Zend, etc. by wallen Mar 1

Accel

Technology focused. Based in London, SV, China and India. Investments include Facebook, Netvibes, etc. by wallen Mar 1

HCP

http://www.hcp.com/internet_digital_media "Many companies talk about partnership, but Highland really lives it.

Based in Boston, SV, Geneva and Shanghai. Investments include Digg, Photobox (Paris), AskJeeves, Lycos, cafemom, etc. by wallen Mar 1

Balderton capital

http://www.balderton.com/?q=portfolio-consumer Balderton has a track record of helping entrepreneurs build substantial businesses – with more $250m+ exits in the past five years than any other European venture firm. We have backed over 100 entrepreneurs in the last decade, and continue to look for outstanding entrepreneurs who share our passion for disrupting large markets and building long-lasting, great companies. We invest early stage, but, with nearly $2 billion of committed capital, we have the resources to support companies for the long term.

Based in London (ex-EU arm of Benchmark). Investments include bebo, Habbo, etc. by wallen Mar 1

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Based in SV, Israel and China. Investments include Flixster, RockYou, Wikio, DoubleClick, etc. Has a JV with Gemini in Israel. by wallen Mar 1

Wellington Partners

"Development of our international business activities and a local presence in France, Australia, Scandinavia, China, the US and Canada will quickly come to fruition due to the investment by Wellington. http://www.wellington-partners.com/wp/port_adconion.html

German fund based in Munich and London with rep. offices in Zurich and SV. Investments include Xing, Qype, Seesmic, Ciao. by wallen Mar 1

Mangrove Capital Partners

Luxembourg based. Tech only. Invesments include Zlio, Piczo, Skype, etc. by wallen Mar 1

ePlanet Ventures

HiSoft Technology International Ltd, a Chinese technology-outsourcing provider, listed its shares on NASDAQ on June 30,2010. ePlanet Ventures first invested in HiSoft Technology Partners in July 2006 and has invested a total of $9.3m. The company, which offers both information technology and research and development s... Read more » hiSoft Technology International Ltd HiSoft Technology International Ltd, a Chinese technology-outsourcing provider, listed its shares on NASDAQ on June 30,2010. ePlanet Ventures first invested in HiSoft Technology Partners in July 2006 and has invested a total of $9.3m. The company, which offers both information technology and research and development services, is ranked as China‘s second tech resources provider by revenue, with a focus on Japanese and U.S. clients. http://www.eplanetventures.com/portfolio-companies

Offices in SV, LN, SGP, HK, JP, China and India. Was part of DFJ Network. Investments include Skype, Baidu, etc. by wallen Mar 1

DFJ esprit

London based. Part of DFJ Network. Investments include WAYN. by wallen Mar 1

Yuri Milner keeps a telescope in his office on the 57th floor of Moscow's Nabarezhnaya Tower to check out what's happening across the city. Judging by his investment portfolio, you'd think it was trained on Silicon Valley instead. In recent years the 48-year-old Russian's company, Digital Sky Technologies, has amassed a $1 billion-plus portfolio that includes stakes in Facebook and game developer Zynga.

DST

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_19/b4177036186682.htm

Advent Ventures Parnters

London based. Investments include daily motion, Qype. by wallen Mar 1

Carmel Ventures - Internet & Media

Israel based. Investment in US and Israel. EU? Invesmtents include picapp, MyThings, etc. by wallen Mar 1

http://www.the-accelerator.blogspot.com/ Readers of this blog may have noticed that Fizzback , an investment we made in 2005, gets lots of coverage – here in and in tweets @robinklein . Aside from the fact that I’m passionate about customer service being a fundamental competitive advantage and one of the pillars of a great brand, I have a strong personal connection with the company. Today we are announcing that a sale of Fizzback to Nice Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) for approximately $80m has been agreed.

The Accelerator Group (TAG)

EU based. Seedcamp involved. Seed mainly. Invesments include Webmynd, Zemanta, Dopplr, Netlog by wallen Nov 23

Eden Ventures

UK based. Invesments include Zemanta, pixsta. by wallen Nov 23

Launched in April 2008, Acton Capital Partners is a Munich-based specialist investor in internet- and mobile-based, consumer-oriented businesses. Having managed more than 40 investments since 1999 as the corporate venture capital business of Hubert Burda Media, the German family-owned global media company, the Acton team brings a wealth of expertise to the companies in which it invests, delivering superior capital returns. Successful History http://www.actoncapital.de/website/

Acton Capital Partners

For our third VC Interview, we decided to check out the early-stage VC scene in Europe. So we spoke with Paul Jozefak , Partner at NeuHaus in Germany. We found him via his excellent blog . We wanted his perspective on how the venture scene in Europe differs from the one in the US.

NeuHaus Partners: interview

http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2009/03/neuhaus-partners-early-stage-vc-europe-interview.php

Partech International

French-US fund with offices in Paris, SV and Israel. Investments include DailyMotion, Qype, RockYou, etc. by wallen Apr 21

In this branch, VCs with offices in France by wallen Mar 1

Atlas Ventures

Offices in Boston, LN, Paris, AMS, MUN. Investments include Daily Motion, PriceMinister, etc. by wallen Mar 1

Doughty Hanson Tech Ventures

Part of PE group. Offices across EU among which Paris. Investments in communications and software. B2C web? by wallen Mar 1

AGF Private Equity - En technologie de l\'information

Based in Paris. Investments include Daily motion, meetic, criteo, etc. by wallen Mar 1

Sofinnova Partners

Paris based fund. Little investments in B-2-C internet by wallen Mar 1

Sofinnova Ventures

http://www.sofinnova.com/portfolio.php Aerie Pharmaceuticals Aerie Pharmaceuticals is a privately held, clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to the discovery and development of novel treatments for glaucoma. The Company is located in Bridgewater New Jersey and Research Triangle Park North Carolina

SV based. "Sister" fund of Paris based one. Little investments in B2C web by wallen Mar 1

Banexi Ventures Partners

Paris based. Invesments include Kelkoo, be2 by wallen Mar 1

Auriga Partners

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Paris based. Some internet investments (e.g., WebCity, outdoor attitude) by wallen Mar 1

Alven Capital

Based in Paris. Investments include myfab, liligo, urban-rivals, by wallen Mar 1

I-Source

Paris based. 4 internet investments. Links to INRIA transfert by wallen Mar 1

Elaia

Paris based. Goojet, Criteo, Goom radio. by wallen Jan 20

ORKOS Capital

Orkos Capital is a private equity management company created in 2006. The members of the Orkos Capital team started working together in the early 1990’s and have been acting as an independent team since 1999.

Alex, thanks for the precision. Cheers. And btw, welcome on Pearltrees! by wallen Dec 11

Luxembourg based. Tech only. Investments include Zlio, Skype, Piczo, etc. by wallen Mar 1

The Funded assessment

Recent EU-based VC fundraising & invt

VC - Silicon Valley ecosystem

VCs divided between those with offices in France and those in other European countries by wallen Apr 21

List of VC funds investing in European Web startups by wallen Mar 1