Neil Rimer

Recent appearances

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  Europe’s Entrepreneurial Moment | Panathēnea 2026

  June 29, 2026 · 📺 Panathēnea

  Is this Europe’s defining moment for entrepreneurship? At Panathēnea 2026, Neil Rimer, Co-Founder and Partner at Index Ventures, joins Connie Loizos, Editor-in-Chief of TechCrunch, for a conversation on the forces shaping the future of European innovation and the opportunities ahead for the continent’s next generation of founders. Drawing on decades of experience backing some of Europe’s most successful technology companies, Rimer shares his perspective on how the entrepreneurial landscape has evolved, why Europe is producing increasingly ambitious founders, and what it will take for the reg…

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  Building European Champions | Ilkka Paananen (Supercell) & Neil Rimer (Index)

  December 01, 2025 · 📺 Slush

  In a world obsessed with failing fast and overnight success, what does it take to build companies that truly last? Supercell’s co-founder and CEO Ilkka Paananen and Index Ventures’ founder Neil Rimer sit down with Slush CEO Aino Bergius for a conversation about long-term thinking. She brings together two builders who have shaped Europe’s tech scene from opposite sides of the table to discuss what it really means to play the long game. Slush is the most founder-focused event on Earth, delivering actionable company-building advice while bringing together the who’s who in startups and tech. Slus…

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  Neil Rimer (Index Ventures) & Minna King: Unpacking the Secrets of a Successful Founder | Slush 2021

  December 06, 2021 · 📺 Slush

  For more than 25 years, the founder of Index Ventures Neil Rimer has worked alongside the world’s most successful entrepreneurs. In this Q&A styled session, Minna King will take Neil from macro to micro level questions – from abstract to concrete advice – and challenge him to reveal what separates truly exceptional founders from the great ones.

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  Introduction to Not Optional and a conversation with Constantijn van Oranje and Neil Rimer

  November 16, 2020 · 📺 Index Ventures

  Vojtech Horna from Index Ventures and Miika Huttunen from Slush introduce the Not Optional event, followed by a conversation with Constantijn van Oranje, Special Envoy at Techleap.nl and Neil Rimer, founding partner of Index Ventures. Recorded at a startup policy event "Not Optional -- Making Europe the Most Entrepreneurial Continent."

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  Rimer: Tech Companies Creating More Value Than Destroying

  January 18, 2017 · 📺 Bloomberg Tech

  Jan.18 -- Index Venture co-founder and Partner Neil Rimer discusses tech disruption, employee skill sets and his tech investment thoughts. He speaks with Caroline Hyde on "Bloomberg Technology."

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  European Tech in 2030 | Neil Rimer & Tom Standage | Slush 2016

  December 08, 2016 · 📺 Slush

  Neil Rimer, Founding Partner of Index Ventures and Tom Standage, Deputy Editor at The Economist, speaking at Slush 2016. -- Slush 2017 will take place in Helsinki, Finland on November 30–December 1! Slush 2016 in pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/slushme... Website: http://www.slush.org Facebook:   / slushhq   Twitter:   / slushhq   Instagram:   / slushhq   Linkedin:   / slush   Intro videos by: VAU (http://vau.company/) Veli Creative (velicreative.fi) In 2016, Slush brought together 17,500 attendees, including 2,336 startups, 1,146 investors and 610 journalists from 124 countries…

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  Fintech Nexus Europe 16: Neil Rimer talks about 'VC State of the Industry'

  October 10, 2016 · 📺 Fintech Nexus

  Neil Rimer, co-founder of Index Ventures, talks about 'VC State of the Industry' at LendIt Europe 2016 in London on 10 October 2016. View more videos at http://www.lendit.com/europe/2016/videos

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  On demand in demand - William Shu, Kevin Gibbon, Neil Rimer, Oisin Hanrahan & Rohan Silva

  December 10, 2015 · 📺 Web Summit

  It is changing the face of work, transport, delivery and ever more areas of daily life. What will the on demand economy influence next? Purchase tickets for Web Summit 2016 here - https://websummit.net/

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  The Nordic Startup Ecosystem | Ilkka Paananen, Neil Rimer and Miki Kuusi | Slush 2015

  December 04, 2015 · 📺 Slush

  Slush 2015 - Silver Stage Day 1 - The Nordic Ecosystem Panel discussion of the Nordic startup ecosystem led by Miki Kuusi (CEO & Co-Founder of Wolt) joined by Ilkka Paananen (CEO & Co-Founder of Supercell) and Neil Rimer (Founding Partner of Index Ventures). // Slush 2016 will take place in Helsinki, Finland on November 28th - December 2nd! // Slush 2015 in 100 Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/slushme... Website: http://www.slush.org Facebook:   / slushhq   Twitter:   / slushhq   Instagram:   / slushhq   Linkedin:   / slush   In 2015, Slush brought together 15.000 attendees, includin…

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  Why design is the new engineering - Neil Rimer, David Okuniev, Mike Davidson & Jeffrey Veen

  December 04, 2015 · 📺 Web Summit

  Neil Rimer, Co-Founder & Partner at Index Ventures, David Okuniev, Co-Founder at Typeform, Mike Davidson, VP of Design at Twitter with Jeffrey Veen, Design Partner at True Ventures. How design will shape the tech startup ecosystem for years to come? Purchase tickets for Web Summit 2016 here - https://websummit.net/

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  How city governments can support tech companies

  July 02, 2015 · 📺 Index Ventures

  CITIE - new research by Nesta, Accenture and the Future Cities Catapult – tackles important questions such as what city governments can do to spark more innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as offering a framework for designing good policy and assessing the state of the art from 40 cities worldwide. To mark its publication, Index Ventures co-hosted an evening of discussion and debate at Second Home on how city governments can best support entrepreneurs, and how tech startups are transforming daily city life. In this second of three videos, Rohan Silva, co-founder of Second Home, interview…

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  Rimer Compares Europe Venture Capital Market to U.S.

  July 15, 2011 · 📺 Bloomberg Originals

  July 15 (Bloomberg) -- Neil Rimer, co-founder of Index Ventures, talks about venture capital markets in the U.S. and Europe. Rimer, speaking with Emily Chang on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West," says valuations of startups in Europe are "more reasonable" than in the U.S. (Source: Bloomberg)

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