![]() ![]() ![]() After two years in operation, the fund has completed almost 50 angel deals and has accumulated a varied portfolio of flashy startups. In 2017 Hoberman teamed up with Spencer Crawley, an early employee at DMC Partners, to launch First Minute Capital. He has since cofounded Founders Factory, the corporate-backed accelerator and Founders Forum, an invite-only global community of tech and startup insiders. He first became known for cofounding, an online travel site that became a unicorn in the early noughties, back when unicorns were actually rare. Their website details who is who and what each investor specialises in.įirst Minute Capital cofounders, Spencer Crawley and Brent Hoberman.įirst Minute Capital is one of the many startup-related ventures dreamt up by Brent Hoberman, one of the best-known figures in the world of UK startups. They have a few big names on their team, such as Martin Mignot, Jan Hammer and Danny Rimer, but it's a top-quality team all round. This year Index invested seed rounds in Beautystack, a network for beauty professionals, as well as Daye, which makes pain-relieving CBD-infused tampons. And by most accounts, it is one of the best. It's invested in unicorns such as BlaBlaCar, TransferWise, Deliveroo and Revolut.Īs one of the heavyweights of Europe's VC scene, Index gets involved in a lot of big, eye-catching deals, but it doesn't shy away from seed and Series A rounds. Today it's global, based in London and San Francisco, and has raised a total of $7.25bn, while building a portfolio of 160 companies. It was cofounded by Neil Rimer in Geneva in 1996, back when 'venture capital' was still a new term outside the US. Mark Goldberg, Shardul Shah, Sarah Cannon, Danny Rimer and Mike Volpi in San FranciscoĪs one of the UK's oldest venture capital funds, Index Ventures has the rare benefit of over two decades experience. ![]()
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