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Excited to be joining Figma CPO Yuhki Yamashita next week for a fireside chat hosted by Index Ventures in London

The inimitable danny rimer will be MC

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How do you combine being a founder and a parent? Two parents and founders, The Garden's Co-founder and CEO Sophie Adelman, Sophie Adelman, and Remote's Co-founder and COO Marcelo Lebre, Marcelo Lebre, will be joined on the stage by Index Ventures' Partner Hannah Seal.

The crypto meltdown has wiped $2 trillion off the market. So are we due for a ‘crypto spring’ after this brutal ‘winter’? Index Partner danny rimer sifts the dreams from delusions. fortune.com/2022/10/20/cry…

Heading to TechCrunch Disrupt? Index Partner Erin Price-Wright joins Gene Berdichevsky, CEO at Sila & Milo Werner, general partner at The Engine, to talk about the reality behind building a startup–for founders and investors.
⏰ 10/19 @ 12:40 PM PT
techcrunch.com/2022/09/15/ind…

Tomorrow TechCrunch Disrupt, pre-selected entrepreneurs from around the 🌎 will pitch expert judges, including Index’s Bryan Offutt, to determine who will win the Startup Battlefield Cup. Founders and judges take the stage starting @ 1:50 PM PT
techcrunch.com/events/tc-disr…

#CTechBBG is back in-person! Join us 10/20 for the relaunch of our monthly series highlighting NYC's most exciting tech leaders, featuring Index Ventures partners Martin Mignot and Shardul Shah!

RSVP required here: bloom.bg/3MurlY9

.Damir Becirovic and Paris Heymann shared some of the most promising cloud startups they’ve seen in 2022 w/ Business Insider. Read which companies are on their watchlist, and others to keep 👀 out for. businessinsider.com/most-promising…

Our team Mercantile is emerging from stealth today and excited to announce our fundraise, our incredible partners, and our product - the premier credit card for SMBs! 🧵

SMB payments are going vertical! With customized credit card programs based on industry-specific needs, Mercantile returns more relevant benefits and rewards to cardholders than any other card out there.👏 on the $15M Series A!
indexventures.com/perspectives/s…

Index Ventures' Mark Goldberg gets real in this interview about the current funding landscape and what he believes is the biggest opportunity in fintech right now.

techcrunch.com/2022/10/09/las…

.Mike Volpi 🇺🇦 joins TechCheck to chat consolidation in the cloud space. He shares predictions for when M&A activity could begin to pick up & thoughts on how we should define a “larger” player in today’s environment. Tune in here:
cnbc.com/video/2022/10/…

Welcome to Index, Shimin Ooi 🎉 Shimin brings with her significant operating experience & a passion for being in the trenches with visionary leaders. We couldn’t be more excited to welcome her to the team
indexventures.com/team/shimin-oo…

Last week, danny rimer spoke with The Times and The Sunday Times. For those without a subscription, The Times kindly shared the full copy.

Fine tuning is the future! Check out Humanloop’s launch 🚀

Our VP of Talent Sandra Schwarzer shares thoughts on what people leaders need to think about right now given the macro at Personio 's #HUGonTour event. Thanks for having us, and for bringing such a great group together for lots of rich conversations!

This week .. I'm joined by danny rimer, partner at Index Ventures. A ‘true venturer’ who bets on people and not numbers .. and the first VC I ever met!

We chat about the Figma acq, starting companies in a market downturn, and why venture investing is a ‘craft business’👊

First step in a long and exciting journey for ClickHouse, Inc.. Aaron Katz, Yury Israilevsky, Alexey Milovidov, and the team have done an unbelievable job getting this to market in record time.

In today's The Times and The Sunday Times, Index partner danny rimer shares with Katie Prescott:

🌱 why this might be the right time to start a business
🤝 why he is a glorified recruiter
👩🏼‍🎨 a story of our partnership with Figma
🧑🏿‍💻 and what he looks for in an entrepreneur

thetimes.co.uk/article/why-an…