Index Ventures new 350m euro fund to invest in EU, US and IsraelEurope-based Index Ventures today announced the closing of a 350 million euro early stage fund, Index Ventures V. The fund was raised almost entirely from the firm’s existing base of limited partners and is dedicated to early stage and seed investments in the technology, biotechnology and clean technology sectors across Europe, the United States and Israel. This is the fifth early stage fund Index has raised in the past ten years. Index invests in innovative and disruptive companies from the very earliest stages. Israeli portfolio companies include B-hive (acquired by VMware), Evolven, FilesX (acquired by IBM), MyHeritage, Optier, WorkLight and Zend Technologies.