Their first major technology financing was Evolve
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Founded in Geneva in 1996 by Neil Rimer, David Rimer and Giuseppe Zocco. Its origins are in Index Securities, a Swiss bond-trading firm established by their father Gerald Rimer in 1976; Neil joined in 1992 to build the technology investment arm that became the venture firm. A third brother, Danny, joined later and opened the London office in 2002.
It is now among the largest venture firms in Europe — offices in London, San Francisco, New York, Geneva and Jersey, and assets of roughly €11.7 billion. David Rimer left in 2013 to become a high school history teacher and remains an adviser.
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Index led the $10m syndicated convertible note into Evolve Software — by Jonathan Hare's account one of their earliest major technology financings, with the introduction made by Bill Hambrecht.
They organized the European roadshow, working with Evolve's CFO Ralph Clark. One stop was a royal chalet in the Netherlands, lent by a descendant of the House of Orange who invested a million dollars of the round himself.
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Co-founder of Index Ventures, and on the roadshow
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Open →worked with him on the roadshowEvolve's CFO — and a witness
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