Bay Area VC firm sees opportunity in crisis, raises $2B to invest

Index Ventures has $2 billion in new funds to invest as it looks to test the belief that some of the best startups emerge in times of crisis. Mike Volpi, who has been a partner with the San Francisco and London firm since 2009, points to investments Index made in past downturns that include payments company Adyen NV, file storage company Dropbox Inc. and wireless-speaker company Sonos Inc.. All of them are public companies today. “The best funds come out of difficult positions like this," he…