The Behind-the-Scenes from an Idea to an IPO

About the Event:

Index Ventures Partner Mike Volpi will share the stories behind Index’s investments in Sonos, Dropbox, Adyen and Elastic. The speaker will also discuss crucial decisions these startups had previously made, share learnings and provide advice on raising money from top tier VCs.

About the Speaker:

Mike Volpi joined Index in 2009 to help establish the firm’s San Francisco office with Danny Rimer. He currently serves on the boards of Aurora, Big Switch Networks, Cockroach Labs, Confluent, Elastic [NYSE:ESTC], Kong, Sonos [NASDAQ:SONO], Zuora [NYSE:ZUO] and Wealthfront. Volpi was previously the director of Blue Bottle Coffee [VTX:NESN], Hortonworks [NYSE:CLDR] and Pure Storage [NYSE:PSTG]. He also serves on the board of Fiat Chrysler Automotive [NYSE:FCAU].

Prior to Index, Volpi held a number of executive positions including Chief Strategy Officer and SVP/GM of the routing business at Cisco. During his 13-year tenure at Cisco, he and his team were responsible for the acquisition of over 70 companies, including several multi-billion deals. Cisco’s acquisition strategy has been widely regarded as an industry model for technology mergers and acquisitions. While at Cisco, Volpi also managed a P&L in excess of $10B in revenues.

Volpi has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an M.S. in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Stanford University, and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Language: English