When the index was launched on 28 August 1997, it comprised 15 companies: Cantv, Fondo de Valores Inmobiliarios, H.L. Boulton, Corimon, Manpa, Mercantil Servicios Financieros, Electricidad de Caracas, Banco Provincial, Venepal, Mantex, Sudamtex, Sivensa, Vencemos, Mavesa, and Banco Venezolano de Crédito.
Caracas | El Nacional (Caracas) | Compañía Guipuzcoana de Caracas | Leones del Caracas | Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad | El Universal (Caracas) | Electricidad de Caracas | Dinner in Caracas | Poliedro de Caracas | El Diario de Caracas | Comisión Federal de Electricidad | Caracas Stock Exchange | Billo's Caracas Boys |
Four contracts were awarded by Electricidad de Caracas (which in December 2011 became part of Corpoelec), five by Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA, with the contract negotiated by Bariven, a division of PDVSA), and one by the Venezuelan Guayana Corporation (CVG).