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title: "Index Ventures"
type: entity
entity_type: company
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/index-ventures
updated: 2026-10-21T17:00:01.000Z
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# Index Ventures

> Index Ventures is a Swiss venture capital firm founded in 1996.

Source: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3809397)

Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/index-ventures

- **Type:** Company
- **Signals:** 5
- **First seen:** Aug 27, 2026
- **Last seen:** Oct 21, 2026

## Recent signals

- [AI Research Startup Flapping Airplanes Valued at $6 Billion in Round](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/ai-research-startup-flapping-airplanes-valued-at-6-billion-in-round-1cd1039e) (Oct 21, 2026)
- [Sources: Index Ventures dropped plans to invest in AI assistant Town after Instinct, which Index is backing, complained about a potential conflict of interest (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/sources-index-ventures-dropped-plans-to-invest-in-ai-assistant-town-0389ca25) (Sep 3, 2026)
- [Sources: Town, which develops enterprise personal AI assistants, is in talks to raise at a $1B valuation in a round led by Index Ventures](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/sources-town-which-develops-enterprise-personal-ai-assistants-is-in-255b6da4) (Aug 28, 2026)
- [AI assistant Instinct is raising a $250M Series B co-led by Index and Benchmark at a $2.5B valuation, taking its total funding to $350M since its 2025 founding](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/ai-assistant-instinct-is-raising-a-250m-series-b-co-led-by-index-and-f1f8af2f) (Aug 27, 2026)
- [AI assistant Instinct is raising a $250M Series B co-led by Index and Benchmark at a $2.5B valuation, taking its total funding to $350M since its 2025 founding](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/ai-assistant-instinct-is-raising-a-250m-series-b-co-led-by-index-and-6eda2c40) (Aug 27, 2026)

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