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April 5, 2021

Index to miss out on Wise IPO bonanza after quietly cashing in stake

Index Ventures, one of Europe's top funds, secured very healthy returns from its early investment in Wise — but they could have been far, far bigger if it had held on.


Jan Hammer, partner at Index Ventures

Index Ventures may have been one of Wise's earliest investors, but it won't win big in the fintech's planned public floatation.

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