Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas joined Index Ventures as a Partner in January 2021. See portfolio, sector focus and contact routes.
Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas joined Index Ventures as a Partner in January 2021, bringing extensive operational experience as the former COO, CPO, and CTO of fintech firm GoCardless and previously as Skyscanner’s Chief Product Officer after his startup Fogg was acquired [1][3][5]. His investment thesis targets Seed and Series A stages in SaaS, Open Source, Security, Financial Services, AI, and Infrastructure/DevOps, with a geographic focus on European companies [1][2][4]. He typically invests check sizes between $5–10 million USD and often leads rounds, supporting founders on product and go-to-market scaling [4][10]. Notable portfolio companies include Codat, cargo.one, Hopin, and Shapr3D, with Codat and cargo.one later raising Index funding after his angel investment [1][3]. Gonzalez-Cadenas is a prolific angel investor in over 60 companies and serves as a board director at GoCardless, Cutover, Sylvera, and incident.io [1][6][8]. While no public writing is cited in the search results, his distinctive viewpoint centers on platform-driven, software-first companies and partnering with entrepreneurs building large, leading firms in their sectors [2][4].
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