Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Index Venture Associates III Ltd
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Minerva Neurosciences, Inc. [NERV] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
NO. 1 SEATON PLACE		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/10/2016
(Street)

ST. HELIER, CHANNEL ISL., Y9 JE4 8YJ		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 08/10/2016   S   1,000,000 (2) D $ 10 4,488,272 I See Footnotes (1) (3) (4) (5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Index Venture Associates III Ltd
NO. 1 SEATON PLACE
ST. HELIER, CHANNEL ISL., Y9 JE4 8YJ		     X    
Index Venture Associates IV Ltd
44 ESPLANADE
ST. HELLIER, CHANNEL ISLANDS, Y9 JE4 9WG		     X    
Index Venture Associates V Ltd
44 ESPLANADE
ST. HELLIER, CHANNEL ISLANDS, Y9 JE4 9WG		     X    
Yucca (Jersey) SLP
44 THE ESPLANADE
ST. HELIER, Y9 JE4 9WG		     X    

Signatures

 Index Venture Associates III Limited, By: /s/ Nigel Greenwood, Director   08/12/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
 Index Venture Associates IV Limited, By: /s/ Sinead Meehan, Director   08/12/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
 Index Venture Associates V Limited, By: /s/ Sinead Meehan, Director   08/12/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
 Yucca (Jersey) SLP, By: Elian Employee Benefit Services Limited as authorized signatory of Yucca (Jersey) SLP in its capacity as an Administrator of the Index Co-Investment Scheme, By: /s/ Alex Di Santo and Edward Thorogood, Authorized Signatories   08/12/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Index Venture Associates III Limited is the general partner of Index Ventures III (Jersey), L.P., Index Ventures III (Delaware), L.P., and Index Ventures III Parallel Entrepreneur Fund (Jersey) L.P. Yucca (Jersey) SLP is the Administrator of the Index Co-Investment Scheme acting through Elian Employee Benefit Services Limited. Index Venture Associates IV Limited is the general partner of Index Ventures IV (Jersey) L.P. and Index Ventures IV Parallel Entrepreneur Fund (Jersey) L.P. Index Venture Associates V Limited is the general partner of Index Ventures V Parallel Entrepreneur Fund (Jersey), L.P. and Index Ventures V (Jersey), L.P.
(2) Composed of 173,278 common shares disposed by Index Ventures III (Jersey), L.P., 351,995 common shares disposed by Index Ventures III (Delaware), L.P., 6,270 common shares disposed by Index Ventures III Parallel Entrepreneur Fund (Jersey), L.P., 240,780 common shares disposed by Index Ventures IV (Jersey), L.P., 22,855 common shares disposed by Index Ventures IV Parallel Entrepreneur Fund (Jersey), L.P., 190,411 common shares disposed d by Index Ventures V (Jersey), L.P., 1,543 common shares disposed by Index Ventures V Parallel Entrepreneur Fund (Jersey), L.P., and 12,868 common shares disposed by Yucca (Jersey) SLP.
(3) Composed of 777,719 shares held by Index Ventures III (Jersey), L.P., 1,579,852 shares held by Index Ventures III (Delaware), L.P., 28,144 shares held by Index Ventures III Parallel Entrepreneur Fund (Jersey), L.P., 1,080,684 shares held by Index Ventures IV (Jersey), L.P., 102,579 shares held by Index Ventures IV Parallel Entrepreneur Fund (Jersey), L.P., 854,615 shares held by Index Ventures V (Jersey), L.P., 6,925 shares held by Index Ventures V Parallel Entrepreneur Fund (Jersey), L.P., and 57,754 shares held by Yucca (Jersey) SLP.
(4) This Statement Form 4 is being filed jointly by the Index Entities. Each of the Index Entities disclaims beneficial ownership held of record by any of the other Index Entities, except to the extent of their respective proportionate pecuniary interest(s) therein.
(5) Michele Ollier, Director of the Issuer, is a partner of Medicxi Ventures (Jersey) Limited Succursale de Geneve which provides sub-advisory services to the foregoing funds and Dr. Ollier disclaims beneficial ownership of all such shares held by the foregoing funds, except to the extent of her proportionate pecuniary interest therein. Francesco De Rubertis, Director of the Issuer, is a partner of Medicxi Ventures (UK) LLP which provides sub-advisory services to the foregoing funds and Dr. De Rubertis disclaims beneficial ownership of all such shares held by the foregoing funds, except to the extent of his proportionate pecuniary interest therein. Index Venture Associates III Limited, Index Venture Associates IV Limited, Index Venture Associates V Limited and Yucca (Jersey) SLP (collectively, the "Index Entities") are members of a "group" for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.

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