Accel

Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 and based in Palo Alto, California. It specializes in early and growth-stage investments, focusing primarily on technology startups in sectors such as cloud computing, software, digital media, and fintech. With additional offices in San Francisco, London, and Bangalore, Accel employs localized strategies to identify and support entrepreneurs capable of building category-defining businesses. The firm has a notable portfolio featuring companies like Facebook, Spotify, and Slack, reflecting its commitment to fostering innovation across various industries. Accel manages several funds, targeting investments ranging from $5 million to $15 million, and has a robust global presence that includes partnerships in India and China.

Radhika Ananth

Vice President

Radhika Ananth

Vice President

Yudi Anugrah

Investor

Casey Aylward

Partner

Julien Bek

Principal

Luca Bocchio

Partner

Andrew Braccia

General Partner

Andrei Brasoveanu

Partner

Katie Brown

Investor

Miles Clements

Partner

Adrian Colyer

Venture Partner

Kevin Comolli

Founding Partner

Anand Daniel

Partner

Ben Dooley

CFO

Peter Doyle

Investor

Christine Esserman

Partner

C. Alex Estevez

Venture Partner

Candice du Fretay

Investor

Rohit Ganapathy

Investor

Sameer Gandhi

Partner

Rishika Garg

Vice President

Martin Gibson

Technology Investor

Praachi Goenka

Investor

Bruce Golden

Partner

Graham Hutson

Investor

Sara Ittelson

Partner

Myrel Iturrey

Investor

Tanay Jagani

Investor

Chitranjan Jain

Investor

Dinesh Katiyar

Partner

Sanjay Khatri

Investor

Richard Kotite

Vice President

Gagan Kumar

General Partner

Ping Li

Partner

John Locke

Partner

Zhenya Loginov

Partner

Steve Loughlin

Partner

Eknoor Malhotra

Investor

Arun Mathew

Partner

Jonathan Mendelson

Investor

Gonzalo Mocorrea

Investor

Vasant Natarajan

Partner

Vas Natarajan

Partner

Harry Nelis

Partner

Nate Niparko

Partner

Maya S. Noeth

Partner

Rachit Parekh

Principal

Vijaysai Patnaik

Associate

Anagh Prasad

Investor

Varun Purandare

Principal and Investor

Ben Quazzo

Partner

Rafael Quintanilla

Investor

Aman Rai

Investor

Tim Rawlinson

Investor

Sagar Sanghvi

Partner

Antra Saxena

Investor

Tracy Sedlock

Chief Operating Partner

Jess Segal

IR Partner

Karan Shah

Investor

Manasi Shah

Investor

Sarthak Singh

Investor

Robert E. Sternberg

Investor

Diksha Sundarka

Investor

Prayank Swaroop

Partner

Ryan Sweeney

General Partner

Charles Tananbaum

Investor

Humza Tariq

Investor

Yuvraj Wadhwa

Investor

Cecilia Wang

Vice President

Matt Weigand

Partner

Eric Wolford

Venture Partner

Richard Wong

General Partner

Ivan Zhou

Partner

Hendrik Nelis Ph.D

Partner

Past deals in Business Development

Spendflo

Series A in 2023
Developer of an online optimization platform intended to help companies buy, automate, negotiate, and renew their software-as-a-service (SaaS) tools. The company's platform offers buying, negotiation, renewal, and tracking services for SaaS subscriptions while reducing customer acquisition costs for vendors by centralizing purchase requests, approvals, and contracts, enabling companies to control and optimize SaaS expenditure.

Appsmith

Series B in 2022
Developer of a low-code application platform designed to build, deploy, and manage effective software with enterprise-grade security and governance. The company's platform simplifies internal tool development for businesses, helps to streamline operations, automate processes, and integrate multiple apps and data while enhancing legacy apps with new features, enabling developers to build internal web apps with a low-code approach.

Spendflo

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of an online optimization platform intended to help companies buy, automate, negotiate, and renew their software-as-a-service (SaaS) tools. The company's platform offers buying, negotiation, renewal, and tracking services for SaaS subscriptions while reducing customer acquisition costs for vendors by centralizing purchase requests, approvals, and contracts, enabling companies to control and optimize SaaS expenditure.

Vivun

Series C in 2022
Vivun Inc. is a software company based in Oakland, California, founded in 2018. It specializes in developing an AI-powered platform for presales pipeline management, which aims to enhance the operational efficiency of B2B technology companies. The platform provides tools for opportunity management, competitive intelligence, and battle cards, facilitating a strategic connection between sales and product teams. By consolidating metrics and insights from individual contributors, Vivun enables organizations to increase forecast accuracy, uncover revenue by revitalizing dormant opportunities, and improve product offerings based on collective field insights. The company serves a diverse clientele, including startups, growth-stage companies, and large enterprises.

Rigi

Series A in 2022
Developer of digital commerce platform intended to help influencers and celebrities grow, manage and monetize their users' community. The company's platform helps creators to sell short courses, find ways to leverage their online communities, and create monthly and quarterly subscription plans for their followers to access these private and paid courses, enabling influencers to handle subscription reminders, retargeting, and promotions to reach their communities.

Conduktor

Series A in 2021
Developer of desktop applications designed to help developers, testers, and companies work efficiently. The company's software offers configuration sharing, multi-cluster management, monitoring, error management, brokers management, topics management, and other related services, helping users to develop tasks with ease and efficiency.

merXu

Series A in 2021
Developer of an online trading platform designed to make direct transactions through quotes and inquiries. The company's platform focuses primarily on the trade of industrial goods from categories such as chemicals, constructions, electricals, industrial products, health and safety at work, and tools for professionals by connecting verified buyers and sellers, enabling small and medium-sized enterprises and large entities to have a secure business environment to trade goods.

Wizard

Series A in 2021
Wizard is a software development company that offers B2B solutions for brands to sell and market products directly through text.

Appsmith

Series A in 2021
Developer of a low-code application platform designed to build, deploy, and manage effective software with enterprise-grade security and governance. The company's platform simplifies internal tool development for businesses, helps to streamline operations, automate processes, and integrate multiple apps and data while enhancing legacy apps with new features, enabling developers to build internal web apps with a low-code approach.

Desana

Seed Round in 2021
Desana Network Limited, founded in 2016 and based in Scotland, develops software that provides on-demand access to a global network of flexible workspaces. Originally known as Shoal Community Ltd, the company rebranded in January 2019 to better reflect its mission. As the nature of office space usage evolves, Desana addresses the inefficiencies of traditional office leases that often result in wasted resources. By offering a solution that enables companies to reduce reliance on inflexible office arrangements, Desana aims to enhance workforce efficiency and employee satisfaction, allowing individuals to work wherever and whenever they need.

Vivun

Series B in 2021
Vivun Inc. is a software company based in Oakland, California, founded in 2018. It specializes in developing an AI-powered platform for presales pipeline management, which aims to enhance the operational efficiency of B2B technology companies. The platform provides tools for opportunity management, competitive intelligence, and battle cards, facilitating a strategic connection between sales and product teams. By consolidating metrics and insights from individual contributors, Vivun enables organizations to increase forecast accuracy, uncover revenue by revitalizing dormant opportunities, and improve product offerings based on collective field insights. The company serves a diverse clientele, including startups, growth-stage companies, and large enterprises.

merXu

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of an online trading platform designed to make direct transactions through quotes and inquiries. The company's platform focuses primarily on the trade of industrial goods from categories such as chemicals, constructions, electricals, industrial products, health and safety at work, and tools for professionals by connecting verified buyers and sellers, enabling small and medium-sized enterprises and large entities to have a secure business environment to trade goods.

DecisionLink

Series A in 2021
DecisionLink Corporation provides a cloud-based platform, known as ValueCloud®, designed to automate and enhance customer value management for businesses. This innovative solution enables sales representatives, analysts, and customer success teams to create tailored business cases and value propositions that reflect the specific needs of their clients. By integrating with existing CRM systems, ValueCloud® transforms customer insights into strategic assets, facilitating more meaningful conversations that shift from tactical discussions to outcome-based evaluations of business value. The platform supports various business functions, including sales, marketing, and customer care, ultimately aiding companies in reducing churn, minimizing renewal discounts, and maximizing cross-selling opportunities. Founded in 2009 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, DecisionLink serves a diverse clientele, ranging from small enterprises to large, well-known corporations.

Vivun

Series A in 2020
Vivun Inc. is a software company based in Oakland, California, founded in 2018. It specializes in developing an AI-powered platform for presales pipeline management, which aims to enhance the operational efficiency of B2B technology companies. The platform provides tools for opportunity management, competitive intelligence, and battle cards, facilitating a strategic connection between sales and product teams. By consolidating metrics and insights from individual contributors, Vivun enables organizations to increase forecast accuracy, uncover revenue by revitalizing dormant opportunities, and improve product offerings based on collective field insights. The company serves a diverse clientele, including startups, growth-stage companies, and large enterprises.

DecisionLink

Venture Round in 2019
DecisionLink Corporation provides a cloud-based platform, known as ValueCloud®, designed to automate and enhance customer value management for businesses. This innovative solution enables sales representatives, analysts, and customer success teams to create tailored business cases and value propositions that reflect the specific needs of their clients. By integrating with existing CRM systems, ValueCloud® transforms customer insights into strategic assets, facilitating more meaningful conversations that shift from tactical discussions to outcome-based evaluations of business value. The platform supports various business functions, including sales, marketing, and customer care, ultimately aiding companies in reducing churn, minimizing renewal discounts, and maximizing cross-selling opportunities. Founded in 2009 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, DecisionLink serves a diverse clientele, ranging from small enterprises to large, well-known corporations.

Appsmith

Seed Round in 2019
Developer of a low-code application platform designed to build, deploy, and manage effective software with enterprise-grade security and governance. The company's platform simplifies internal tool development for businesses, helps to streamline operations, automate processes, and integrate multiple apps and data while enhancing legacy apps with new features, enabling developers to build internal web apps with a low-code approach.

Design Ventures

Seed Round in 2014
Design Ventures is a venture production and design studio that is focussed on helping organizations and businesses explore and discover unserved, hidden and new opportunities; provide innovative and disruptive design solutions that delight their audience and grow their business. Design Ventures is backed by a 'Top 10 Venture Capital Firms' - to set up a world class technologically advanced studio and a great work environment that encourages creative thinking.

Nomi

Series A in 2013
Nomi's Marketing Platform helps businesses optimize their brick and mortar stores just like their website.

Hownd

Venture Round in 2012
Hownd, formerly known as LocBox, provides local businesses with effective marketing solutions designed to generate repeat customers and increase foot traffic. By offering a comprehensive Integrated Marketing product, Hownd enables businesses to manage campaigns across various channels—including email, social media, and text messaging—through a single dashboard. This approach helps local establishments, often lacking the expertise and resources for effective marketing, connect with their best customers in a timely and relevant manner. Hownd focuses on industries such as entertainment, health and beauty, and food and beverage, allowing these businesses to move away from generic marketing strategies that yield minimal results. With a growing client base that includes hundreds of businesses and franchises across the U.S., Hownd effectively manages millions of emails and social media interactions, empowering local owners to drive revenue and enhance customer engagement.

BranchOut

Series C in 2012
BranchOut is a professional community platform that enables users to capture and share everyday moments in the workplace through photos, news, and updates. With a focus on creating Professional Timelines, the platform allows individuals to showcase the professional moments that define their careers. This dynamic sharing helps users build their professional brands by highlighting their skills, expertise, and accomplishments. BranchOut has grown to become one of the largest professional networks, connecting over 30 million users. The platform not only facilitates personal branding but also assists users in finding employment leads, sales opportunities, and networking possibilities within their professional circles.

BlueSprig

Series A in 2011
BlueSprig develops personal utility apps. Led by successful entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and China, BlueSprig has offices in San Francisco and Chengdu, China.

BranchOut

Series B in 2011
BranchOut is a professional community platform that enables users to capture and share everyday moments in the workplace through photos, news, and updates. With a focus on creating Professional Timelines, the platform allows individuals to showcase the professional moments that define their careers. This dynamic sharing helps users build their professional brands by highlighting their skills, expertise, and accomplishments. BranchOut has grown to become one of the largest professional networks, connecting over 30 million users. The platform not only facilitates personal branding but also assists users in finding employment leads, sales opportunities, and networking possibilities within their professional circles.

Groupon

Series C in 2010
Citydeal.de is a German-based daily deal platform that offers consumers discounted deals on local goods, services, and cultural events. Operating in over 50 cities across Germany, the site provides daily coupons for various activities, including dining, wellness, entertainment, travel, and shopping. The business model is based on collective purchasing; if a sufficient number of consumers express interest in a deal, it becomes active, allowing users to benefit from significant savings. Citydeal.de aims to connect consumers with local businesses while promoting a range of experiences within their communities.

Groupon

Series B in 2009
Citydeal.de is a German-based daily deal platform that offers consumers discounted deals on local goods, services, and cultural events. Operating in over 50 cities across Germany, the site provides daily coupons for various activities, including dining, wellness, entertainment, travel, and shopping. The business model is based on collective purchasing; if a sufficient number of consumers express interest in a deal, it becomes active, allowing users to benefit from significant savings. Citydeal.de aims to connect consumers with local businesses while promoting a range of experiences within their communities.

Vertical Networks

Series F in 2001
Vertical Networks is a distributor of IP-PBX software and communications solutions for branch offices and stores, delivers customizable solutions to several industries, including financial services, healthcare, publishing, and retail.

SmartAge

Series D in 2000
SmartAge.com Corp. (www.smartage.com) is the leading provider of business-to-small business eCommerce and online promotional services and products designed to help small businesses sell smarter. The SmartAge.com(SM) Website provides companies with the infrastructure to easily create and promote their Web sites, attract and retain customers and buy and sell services and products online. SmartAge.com has registered more than 1.3 million members within its small business community. PC Magazine ranked SmartAge.com one of the Top 100 Web sites for the last three consecutive quarters; Forbes.com ranked SmartAge.com one of the top 200 Sites in their best of the Web issue in July 2000 and Yahoo! Internet Life gave SmartAge.com the Gold Star Site award for Best Marketing Resource. The company is headquartered in San Francisco with sales offices in Chicago and New York.

HelloBrain

Series B in 2000
Outsourcing your projects can be an effective means of growing your product offerings or expanding your business. With HelloBrain’s proprietary bidding and matching systems, you get the convenience of prescreened providers which are carefully selected for your project, while still saving over dedicated employees. Our independent providers have received world-class educations at the finest universities and many have been key contributors for Fortune 500 projects and startups. HelloBrain also provides tutoring services through an independent network of providers across the U.S. From elementary school to college and adult learners, we have tutors that can help you get ahead.

AlphaBlox

Venture Round in 2000
AlphaBlox is an open web-based platform specializing in eBusiness analysis applications that facilitate the analysis and sharing of information among companies, customers, partners, and suppliers. By employing a distinctive "building Blox" approach, AlphaBlox enables users to quickly create and deploy customized analytical applications tailored to enhance eBusiness operations, financial performance, customer and product profitability, distribution channels, and supply chain efficiency. The platform is utilized by prominent organizations, including AT&T, Deutsche Bank Securities, Federal Express, and Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, who leverage AlphaBlox’s solutions to transform their information assets into a strategic advantage.

Vertical Networks

Venture Round in 1999
Vertical Networks is a distributor of IP-PBX software and communications solutions for branch offices and stores, delivers customizable solutions to several industries, including financial services, healthcare, publishing, and retail.
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