Accel

Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in San Francisco, London, and Bangalore. The firm specializes in early and growth-stage investments, focusing on sectors such as cloud computing, software as a service (SaaS), consumer products, enterprise solutions, information technology, healthcare, fintech, security, media, and business services. Accel is dedicated to supporting a global community of entrepreneurs, identifying and backing those with the potential to drive the growth of next-generation industries. The firm's portfolio includes notable companies like Atlassian, Dropbox, and Facebook, showcasing its commitment to fostering innovation and growth in the technology landscape.

Pratik Agarwal

Principal

Radhika Ananth

Vice President and Investor

Casey Aylward

Partner

Mahendran Balachandran

Partner, India

Julien Bek

Principal

Luca Bocchio

Partner

Andrei Brasoveanu

Partner

Katie Brown

Investor

Abhinav Chaturvedi

Partner

Ethan Choi

Partner

Miles Clements

Partner

Adrian Colyer

Venture Partner

Kevin Comolli

Partner

Anand Daniel

Partner

Ben Dooley

CFO

Peter Doyle

Investor

Sameer Gandhi

Partner

Martin Gibson

Technology Investor

Graham Hutson

Investor

Sara Ittelson

Partner

Dinesh Katiyar

Partner

Shekhar Kirani

Partner, India

Richard Kotite

Vice President

Gagan Kumar

General Partner

Daniel Levine

Partner

Ping Li

Partner

John Locke

Partner

Zhenya Loginov

Partner

Arun Mathew

Partner

Jonathan Mendelson

Investor

Subrata Mitra

Founder

Gonzalo Mocorrea

Investor

Vasant Natarajan

Partner

Vas Natarajan

Partner

Harry Nelis

Partner

Nate Niparko

Partner

Rachit Parekh

Investor

Vijaysai Patnaik

Associate

Prashanth Prakash

Co-Founder and Partner, India

Varun Purandare

Principal and Investor

Ben Quazzo

Investor, Venture and Growth

Rafael Quintanilla Loeillet

Early-Stage Investor

Tim Rawlinson

Investor - Growth

Tracy Sedlock

Chief Operating Partner

Manasi Shah

Vice President and Investment Team Member

Sarthak Singh

Investor

Ryan Sweeney

General Partner

Charles Tananbaum

Investor

Humza Tariq

Investor

Jonathan Turner

Partner

Cecilia Wang

Vice President and Investor

Matt Weigand

Partner

Eric Wolford

Venture Partner

Ivan Zhou

Partner

Richard Wong

Partner

Bruce Golden

Partner

Steve Loughlin

Partner

Barath Shankar Subramanian

Senior Analyst

David Waltcher

Investor

Past deals in Design

Framer

Series C in 2023
Framer is a developer of design software that focuses on creating interactive prototypes for various platforms, including iOS, Android, desktop, and the web. The software allows users to transform static mockups into dynamic prototypes, facilitating experimentation with animations and interactions. Framer enhances the design process by offering a seamless workflow that transitions from static to motion, alongside features such as live device previewing and version control. This enables clients to efficiently conceive and share interactive design projects, making it a valuable tool for designers seeking to bring their ideas to life.

Snaptrude

Series A in 2023
Snaptrude is a collaborative 3D building design tool that operates on the web, enabling design teams to work together in real time. The platform focuses on improving efficiency and sustainability in building design by providing insights into budget, compliance, and climate considerations. By facilitating multi-user collaboration, Snaptrude allows architects and design teams to create and modify building designs in a three-dimensional environment. The tool also generates immediate feedback on costs and regulatory compliance, empowering users to make informed, data-driven decisions. This innovative approach aims to streamline the design process, significantly reducing the time and effort traditionally required in manual design workflows.

Mason

Seed Round in 2022
Mason is a no-code, headless content toolkit that streamlines the creation, editing, and organization of graphic designs for eCommerce storefronts. By leveraging AI and an API-based infrastructure, Mason enables brands to efficiently produce personalized content, such as videos, GIFs, and high-quality product images. This capability allows brand content teams to maintain a consistent and engaging shopping experience across diverse channels, including webstores, apps, and social media platforms. Mason's platform is designed to facilitate scalable creative production, allowing clients to concentrate on developing original ideas and effectively bringing them to market.

Gravity Sketch

Series A in 2022
Gravity Sketch is a London-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in developing virtual reality and 3D design software. Its intuitive multi-platform tools are designed to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of creating three-dimensional products across various industries, including transportation, industrial design, apparel, and footwear. The platform facilitates the entire design process, allowing users to trace their ideas from initial conception to finalization in an engaging and straightforward manner. By streamlining workflows and fostering collaboration among cross-functional teams, Gravity Sketch aims to reduce friction in traditional design practices, ultimately enabling faster and more cost-effective creative processes.

Spacejoy

Seed Round in 2022
Spacejoy is an immersive design and commerce platform that aims to enhance the experience of home and commercial space design. It operates an e-design studio that utilizes interactive 3D technology to democratize the home design process. By offering accessible tools for users, Spacejoy enables consumers to engage in do-it-yourself decoration and design through straightforward steps. This approach allows individuals to visualize and customize their spaces in real time, making the design process more enjoyable and user-friendly.

Relive

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Relive is a digital real estate platform that assists real estate consultants in creating, managing, and expanding their businesses. The platform offers comprehensive brokerage services for buying, selling, and renting properties, in addition to providing design and architecture projects, renovation and maintenance services, and credit consulting. By consolidating various aspects of the real estate journey, Relive aims to empower agents and foster the growth of successful real estate enterprises.

HomeLane

Series E in 2021
HomeLane is a home interior company based in Bangalore, Karnataka, that specializes in providing personalized interior design solutions for the urban Indian middle class. Founded in 2014, it has successfully delivered over 21,000 projects across the country, demonstrating significant expertise in helping customers realize their dream homes. The company offers a comprehensive range of services on a single platform, including interior design, modular furniture, decor products, painting, loose furniture, appliances, and home automation. HomeLane enables customers to visualize various design options in three dimensions and provides instant quotes, making the process of home interior design accessible and efficient.

Wrogn

Series F in 2020
Wrogn is a youth-oriented fashion brand known for its diverse range of apparel, which includes casual wear, denim, shirts, t-shirts, jackets, and accessories. The brand offers a portfolio that features both men's and women's clothing under names such as Wrogn, Imara, Ms.Taken, Single, and Wrogn Active. Gaining significant popularity in India, Wrogn appeals to the younger demographic with its trendy designs and quality offerings, bolstered by the endorsement of prominent cricketer Virat Kohli. The brand has successfully expanded its presence through both online and offline retail channels, fostering a loyal customer base across the country.

HomeLane

Convertible Note in 2020
HomeLane is a home interior company based in Bangalore, Karnataka, that specializes in providing personalized interior design solutions for the urban Indian middle class. Founded in 2014, it has successfully delivered over 21,000 projects across the country, demonstrating significant expertise in helping customers realize their dream homes. The company offers a comprehensive range of services on a single platform, including interior design, modular furniture, decor products, painting, loose furniture, appliances, and home automation. HomeLane enables customers to visualize various design options in three dimensions and provides instant quotes, making the process of home interior design accessible and efficient.

Miro

Series B in 2020
Miro is a visual collaboration platform that facilitates creativity and innovation among diverse teams. Established in 2011 and co-headquartered in San Francisco and Amsterdam, Miro provides an infinite canvas where users can conduct workshops, design products, and brainstorm ideas. The platform supports simultaneous collaboration, allowing professionals like managers, designers, and marketers to work together securely on a single digital whiteboard. Users can attach various file types, such as PDFs and videos, enhancing the collaborative experience. Miro serves over 50 million users globally, including nearly all Fortune 100 companies, and employs more than 1,500 people across 12 locations worldwide.

Spacejoy

Seed Round in 2020
Spacejoy is an immersive design and commerce platform that aims to enhance the experience of home and commercial space design. It operates an e-design studio that utilizes interactive 3D technology to democratize the home design process. By offering accessible tools for users, Spacejoy enables consumers to engage in do-it-yourself decoration and design through straightforward steps. This approach allows individuals to visualize and customize their spaces in real time, making the design process more enjoyable and user-friendly.

HomeLane

Series D in 2019
HomeLane is a home interior company based in Bangalore, Karnataka, that specializes in providing personalized interior design solutions for the urban Indian middle class. Founded in 2014, it has successfully delivered over 21,000 projects across the country, demonstrating significant expertise in helping customers realize their dream homes. The company offers a comprehensive range of services on a single platform, including interior design, modular furniture, decor products, painting, loose furniture, appliances, and home automation. HomeLane enables customers to visualize various design options in three dimensions and provides instant quotes, making the process of home interior design accessible and efficient.

Spacejoy

Seed Round in 2019
Spacejoy is an immersive design and commerce platform that aims to enhance the experience of home and commercial space design. It operates an e-design studio that utilizes interactive 3D technology to democratize the home design process. By offering accessible tools for users, Spacejoy enables consumers to engage in do-it-yourself decoration and design through straightforward steps. This approach allows individuals to visualize and customize their spaces in real time, making the design process more enjoyable and user-friendly.

Mason

Funding Round in 2019
Mason is a no-code, headless content toolkit that streamlines the creation, editing, and organization of graphic designs for eCommerce storefronts. By leveraging AI and an API-based infrastructure, Mason enables brands to efficiently produce personalized content, such as videos, GIFs, and high-quality product images. This capability allows brand content teams to maintain a consistent and engaging shopping experience across diverse channels, including webstores, apps, and social media platforms. Mason's platform is designed to facilitate scalable creative production, allowing clients to concentrate on developing original ideas and effectively bringing them to market.

HomeLane

Series D in 2019
HomeLane is a home interior company based in Bangalore, Karnataka, that specializes in providing personalized interior design solutions for the urban Indian middle class. Founded in 2014, it has successfully delivered over 21,000 projects across the country, demonstrating significant expertise in helping customers realize their dream homes. The company offers a comprehensive range of services on a single platform, including interior design, modular furniture, decor products, painting, loose furniture, appliances, and home automation. HomeLane enables customers to visualize various design options in three dimensions and provides instant quotes, making the process of home interior design accessible and efficient.

Framer

Series B in 2018
Framer is a developer of design software that focuses on creating interactive prototypes for various platforms, including iOS, Android, desktop, and the web. The software allows users to transform static mockups into dynamic prototypes, facilitating experimentation with animations and interactions. Framer enhances the design process by offering a seamless workflow that transitions from static to motion, alongside features such as live device previewing and version control. This enables clients to efficiently conceive and share interactive design projects, making it a valuable tool for designers seeking to bring their ideas to life.

Wrogn

Series E in 2018
Wrogn is a youth-oriented fashion brand known for its diverse range of apparel, which includes casual wear, denim, shirts, t-shirts, jackets, and accessories. The brand offers a portfolio that features both men's and women's clothing under names such as Wrogn, Imara, Ms.Taken, Single, and Wrogn Active. Gaining significant popularity in India, Wrogn appeals to the younger demographic with its trendy designs and quality offerings, bolstered by the endorsement of prominent cricketer Virat Kohli. The brand has successfully expanded its presence through both online and offline retail channels, fostering a loyal customer base across the country.

Snaptrude

Seed Round in 2018
Snaptrude is a collaborative 3D building design tool that operates on the web, enabling design teams to work together in real time. The platform focuses on improving efficiency and sustainability in building design by providing insights into budget, compliance, and climate considerations. By facilitating multi-user collaboration, Snaptrude allows architects and design teams to create and modify building designs in a three-dimensional environment. The tool also generates immediate feedback on costs and regulatory compliance, empowering users to make informed, data-driven decisions. This innovative approach aims to streamline the design process, significantly reducing the time and effort traditionally required in manual design workflows.

HomeLane

Series C in 2017
HomeLane is a home interior company based in Bangalore, Karnataka, that specializes in providing personalized interior design solutions for the urban Indian middle class. Founded in 2014, it has successfully delivered over 21,000 projects across the country, demonstrating significant expertise in helping customers realize their dream homes. The company offers a comprehensive range of services on a single platform, including interior design, modular furniture, decor products, painting, loose furniture, appliances, and home automation. HomeLane enables customers to visualize various design options in three dimensions and provides instant quotes, making the process of home interior design accessible and efficient.

Wrogn

Venture Round in 2017
Wrogn is a youth-oriented fashion brand known for its diverse range of apparel, which includes casual wear, denim, shirts, t-shirts, jackets, and accessories. The brand offers a portfolio that features both men's and women's clothing under names such as Wrogn, Imara, Ms.Taken, Single, and Wrogn Active. Gaining significant popularity in India, Wrogn appeals to the younger demographic with its trendy designs and quality offerings, bolstered by the endorsement of prominent cricketer Virat Kohli. The brand has successfully expanded its presence through both online and offline retail channels, fostering a loyal customer base across the country.

Framer

Series A in 2017
Framer is a developer of design software that focuses on creating interactive prototypes for various platforms, including iOS, Android, desktop, and the web. The software allows users to transform static mockups into dynamic prototypes, facilitating experimentation with animations and interactions. Framer enhances the design process by offering a seamless workflow that transitions from static to motion, alongside features such as live device previewing and version control. This enables clients to efficiently conceive and share interactive design projects, making it a valuable tool for designers seeking to bring their ideas to life.

Miro

Seed Round in 2017
Miro is a visual collaboration platform that facilitates creativity and innovation among diverse teams. Established in 2011 and co-headquartered in San Francisco and Amsterdam, Miro provides an infinite canvas where users can conduct workshops, design products, and brainstorm ideas. The platform supports simultaneous collaboration, allowing professionals like managers, designers, and marketers to work together securely on a single digital whiteboard. Users can attach various file types, such as PDFs and videos, enhancing the collaborative experience. Miro serves over 50 million users globally, including nearly all Fortune 100 companies, and employs more than 1,500 people across 12 locations worldwide.

CapriCoast

Series A in 2015
CapriCoast.com specializes in transforming the modular furniture market in India, particularly focusing on kitchen solutions. The company offers an extensive online 3D catalog that features a diverse range of kitchen models tailored to various design preferences and budgets. Customers can explore options that range from compact and functional designs to spacious and luxurious configurations. CapriCoast’s user-friendly online tools allow for easy comparison of designs, colors, and specifications, making the customization process straightforward and enjoyable. Additionally, the company provides access to a dedicated design team that offers free consultations, either by phone or on-site, to further tailor kitchen solutions to individual needs. By connecting customers with manufacturers and suppliers, CapriCoast facilitates a seamless purchasing experience for kitchen accessories and furnishings.

Collectabillia.com

Series B in 2015
Collectabillia.com is a celebrity commerce company offering a platform to fans to own memorabilia personally autographed by their icons as well as fan merchandise. It launched its auction platform during the 2012 season of the IPL partnering with master blaster Sachin Tendulkar exclusively to auction limited edition merchandise post his historical ‘hundredth, hundred’. Collectabillia’s objective is to extend the global market of memorabilia into India, allowing the ownership of personalized merchandise along the same lines as that of art, numismatics, and philately. Promoted by Anjana Reddy, a sports enthusiast and national level badminton player, and backed by the Accel Partners of the Angry Birds and Facebook fame, Collectabillia’s goal is to connect celebrities and their ardent fans. Incorporated in 2011, the company is headquartered in Bengaluru.

DJI

Funding Round in 2015
DJI develops and manufactures innovative drone and camera technology for commercial and recreational use. Their platforms empower them to capture images that were once out of reach. Their flying and camera stabilization systems redefine camera placement and motion. Headquartered in Shenzhen, widely considered China’s Silicon Valley, DJI benefits from direct access to the suppliers, raw materials, and young, creative talent pool necessary for sustained success. Drawing on these resources, they have grown from a single small office in 2006 to a global workforce. Their offices can now be found in the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, South Korea, Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. As a privately owned and operated company, DJI focuses on their own vision, supporting creative, commercial, and nonprofit applications of their technology.

VSCO

Series B in 2015
VSCO is a community-driven platform founded in 2011 and based in Oakland, California, that provides photographers with tools to enhance their creative expression. It offers a suite of photo and video-editing software designed for mobile devices, allowing users to achieve the tone and color balance of traditional film photography through digital film-emulation tools. The platform operates on a freemium model, enabling users to share their work across social media while fostering a positive and healthy creative environment. By connecting creatives and businesses, VSCO cultivates a global community that supports artistic growth and professional development.

99designs

Series B in 2015
99designs is a global creative platform that facilitates collaboration between designers and clients to produce custom designs. Since its inception in 2008, the company has evolved from a small online forum into a thriving community of talented designers, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, with additional offices in Oakland, California, and Berlin, Germany. The platform allows users to engage in design contests or collaborate directly with freelance designers to create various marketing materials, including logos, business cards, web pages, and packaging. By empowering entrepreneurs and small business owners with expert design services, 99designs aims to enhance creativity and provide opportunities for individuals and brands worldwide.

CapriCoast

Seed Round in 2015
CapriCoast.com specializes in transforming the modular furniture market in India, particularly focusing on kitchen solutions. The company offers an extensive online 3D catalog that features a diverse range of kitchen models tailored to various design preferences and budgets. Customers can explore options that range from compact and functional designs to spacious and luxurious configurations. CapriCoast’s user-friendly online tools allow for easy comparison of designs, colors, and specifications, making the customization process straightforward and enjoyable. Additionally, the company provides access to a dedicated design team that offers free consultations, either by phone or on-site, to further tailor kitchen solutions to individual needs. By connecting customers with manufacturers and suppliers, CapriCoast facilitates a seamless purchasing experience for kitchen accessories and furnishings.

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.

VSCO

Series A in 2014
VSCO is a community-driven platform founded in 2011 and based in Oakland, California, that provides photographers with tools to enhance their creative expression. It offers a suite of photo and video-editing software designed for mobile devices, allowing users to achieve the tone and color balance of traditional film photography through digital film-emulation tools. The platform operates on a freemium model, enabling users to share their work across social media while fostering a positive and healthy creative environment. By connecting creatives and businesses, VSCO cultivates a global community that supports artistic growth and professional development.

Pixate

Series A in 2013
Today’s best apps come alive with delightful interactions and animations. But prototyping and perfecting these experiences forces designers into an unfamiliar world. A world full of complicated animation frameworks, clunky simulation tools, and tedious native code. It’s time for something better. Pixate is a new platform for mobile interaction design. With it, you can create sophisticated animations and interactions, and refine your designs through 100% native prototypes for iOS and Android. All without writing a single line of code.

Wrogn

Series A in 2012
Wrogn is a youth-oriented fashion brand known for its diverse range of apparel, which includes casual wear, denim, shirts, t-shirts, jackets, and accessories. The brand offers a portfolio that features both men's and women's clothing under names such as Wrogn, Imara, Ms.Taken, Single, and Wrogn Active. Gaining significant popularity in India, Wrogn appeals to the younger demographic with its trendy designs and quality offerings, bolstered by the endorsement of prominent cricketer Virat Kohli. The brand has successfully expanded its presence through both online and offline retail channels, fostering a loyal customer base across the country.

Jasper Design Automation

Venture Round in 2012
Jasper Design Automation, Inc. is an electronic design automation company based in Mountain View, California, specializing in semiconductor design, verification, and reuse. Founded in 1999 as Tempus Fugit, Inc., it rebranded in 2003 to its current name. The company offers a range of products, including the JasperGold verification system, which provides solutions for bug detection and debugging, and the GamePlan verification planner. In addition to its software offerings, Jasper provides verification products, integrated circuit design blocks, and comprehensive customer support, including methodology consulting, training, and turnkey proof kit development. The company also delivers on-site consulting services to facilitate the deployment of structured verification methodologies, assists in writing formal test plans for specific designs, and offers turnkey verification services. Through its technology, including ActiveProp, a property synthesis tool, Jasper aims to enhance the adoption of assertion-based verification and simulation, ultimately enabling clients to achieve high value and return on investment in their electronic systems and semiconductor projects.

99designs

Series A in 2011
99designs is a global creative platform that facilitates collaboration between designers and clients to produce custom designs. Since its inception in 2008, the company has evolved from a small online forum into a thriving community of talented designers, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, with additional offices in Oakland, California, and Berlin, Germany. The platform allows users to engage in design contests or collaborate directly with freelance designers to create various marketing materials, including logos, business cards, web pages, and packaging. By empowering entrepreneurs and small business owners with expert design services, 99designs aims to enhance creativity and provide opportunities for individuals and brands worldwide.

Jasper Design Automation

Series D in 2009
Jasper Design Automation, Inc. is an electronic design automation company based in Mountain View, California, specializing in semiconductor design, verification, and reuse. Founded in 1999 as Tempus Fugit, Inc., it rebranded in 2003 to its current name. The company offers a range of products, including the JasperGold verification system, which provides solutions for bug detection and debugging, and the GamePlan verification planner. In addition to its software offerings, Jasper provides verification products, integrated circuit design blocks, and comprehensive customer support, including methodology consulting, training, and turnkey proof kit development. The company also delivers on-site consulting services to facilitate the deployment of structured verification methodologies, assists in writing formal test plans for specific designs, and offers turnkey verification services. Through its technology, including ActiveProp, a property synthesis tool, Jasper aims to enhance the adoption of assertion-based verification and simulation, ultimately enabling clients to achieve high value and return on investment in their electronic systems and semiconductor projects.

Mippin

Series A in 2007
The Mippin App Factory is an online tool that enables beautiful, feature-rich, native apps to be built in just five minutes. Anyone can create a fully-branded app for their content using our easy, step-by-step process, with no developing skills required. It’s the perfect solution for any digital publisher, from big brands to niche blogs. When a content owner creates an app, the App Factory produces purpose-built, optimised derivatives for all major device platforms (iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone, etc), each as a native app. The end result is content owners gain a comprehensive portfolio of mobile apps, all with consistent branding and content, but each optimised to use the native functionality of the different platforms. App Factory apps can be distributed in a number of ways, including via install link (or QR code) as well as via any major app store.

Jasper Design Automation

Series C in 2004
Jasper Design Automation, Inc. is an electronic design automation company based in Mountain View, California, specializing in semiconductor design, verification, and reuse. Founded in 1999 as Tempus Fugit, Inc., it rebranded in 2003 to its current name. The company offers a range of products, including the JasperGold verification system, which provides solutions for bug detection and debugging, and the GamePlan verification planner. In addition to its software offerings, Jasper provides verification products, integrated circuit design blocks, and comprehensive customer support, including methodology consulting, training, and turnkey proof kit development. The company also delivers on-site consulting services to facilitate the deployment of structured verification methodologies, assists in writing formal test plans for specific designs, and offers turnkey verification services. Through its technology, including ActiveProp, a property synthesis tool, Jasper aims to enhance the adoption of assertion-based verification and simulation, ultimately enabling clients to achieve high value and return on investment in their electronic systems and semiconductor projects.
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