Accel

Accel, established in 1983, is a prominent venture capital firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in San Francisco, London, and Bangalore. The firm specializes in investing in early and growth-stage technology startups, focusing on sectors such as software, cloud technologies, consumer services, enterprise, healthcare, fintech, and security. Accel's portfolio includes notable companies like Atlassian, Facebook, Slack, and Spotify, reflecting its ability to identify and support entrepreneurs building businesses that drive next-generation industries.

Casey Aylward

Partner

Nir Blumberger

Venture Partner

Luca Bocchio

Partner

Katie Brown

Investor

Miles Clements

Partner

Adrian Colyer

Venture Partner

Ben Dooley

CFO

Peter Doyle

Investor

Christine Esserman

Partner

Ben Fletcher

Partner

Sameer Gandhi

Partner

Martin Gibson

Technology Investor

Graham Hutson

Investor

Sara Ittelson

Partner

Myrel Iturrey

Investor

Dinesh Katiyar

Partner

Richard Kotite

Vice President

Gagan Kumar

General Partner

John Locke

Partner

Zhenya Loginov

Partner

Steve Loughlin

Partner

Arun Mathew

Partner

Jonathan Mendelson

Investor

Gonzalo Mocorrea

Investor

Vasant Natarajan

Partner

Vas Natarajan

Partner

Nate Niparko

Partner

Maya Noeth

Partner

Rachit Parekh

Principal

Vijaysai Patnaik

Associate

Varun Purandare

Principal and Investor

Ben Quazzo

Investor, Venture and Growth

Rafael Quintanilla Loeillet

Early-Stage Investor

Tim Rawlinson

Investor - Growth

Matthew Robinson

Investor

Sagar Sanghvi

Partner

Tracy Sedlock

Chief Operating Partner

Jess Segal

Partner, Investor Relation

Ajay Sethi

Venture Partner

Manasi Shah

Vice President and Investment Team Member

Karan Shah

Investor

Sarthak Singh

Investor

Robert Sternberg

Investor

Diksha Sundarka

Investor

Prayank Swaroop

Partner

Charles Tananbaum

Investor

Humza Tariq

Investor

Jonathan Turner

Partner

Cecilia Wang

Vice President

Ivan Zhou

Partner

Past deals in Email

Gem

Series C in 2021
Gem is a comprehensive recruiting platform that integrates seamlessly with LinkedIn, Gmail, Outlook, and applicant tracking systems, designed to enhance the efficiency of talent acquisition teams. It allows recruiters to compile targeted lists, find email addresses, and automate follow-up communications, significantly improving response rates and saving time. The platform provides visibility into the entire hiring funnel by automatically tracking each touchpoint and offering insights into potential biases related to gender, race, and ethnicity throughout the interview process. This data-driven approach enables teams to collaborate effectively, ensuring that no candidate is contacted multiple times. Additionally, managers gain insights into their team's recruiting pipeline, with all interactions and activities synchronized for optimal data integrity.

Tessian

Series C in 2021
Tessian Limited is a company that specializes in email security software designed to mitigate risks associated with human error and data loss. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in London, the company offers advanced solutions that leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence. Key products include CheckRecipient Guardian, which alerts users in real-time if emails are being sent to unintended recipients, and CheckRecipient RuleBuilder, which allows organizations to easily create and enforce email communication policies. The platform analyzes email networks to prevent sensitive information from being misdirected, thereby protecting clients in various sectors, including legal services, healthcare, investment banking, and technology. Tessian aims to enhance security while ensuring minimal disruption to employees' workflows, empowering them to work efficiently without compromising data integrity.

Klaviyo

Series D in 2021
Klaviyo, Inc. is a technology company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with an additional office in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 2012, Klaviyo specializes in providing an email marketing software platform designed to help businesses grow through effective marketing automation. Its features include a library of best practice emails, segmentation tools, analytics, customer profiles, and support for various campaigns such as abandoned cart reminders and personalized follow-ups. Klaviyo's platform integrates with customer data sources to deliver tailored messaging across email, SMS, and push notifications, enabling businesses to engage with customers at the right time. The company utilizes machine learning and artificial intelligence to enhance its services and measures performance to optimize marketing efforts. Klaviyo generates revenue through subscription sales for its software-as-a-service platform, focusing primarily on the eCommerce sector.

Klaviyo

Series C in 2020
Klaviyo, Inc. is a technology company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with an additional office in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 2012, Klaviyo specializes in providing an email marketing software platform designed to help businesses grow through effective marketing automation. Its features include a library of best practice emails, segmentation tools, analytics, customer profiles, and support for various campaigns such as abandoned cart reminders and personalized follow-ups. Klaviyo's platform integrates with customer data sources to deliver tailored messaging across email, SMS, and push notifications, enabling businesses to engage with customers at the right time. The company utilizes machine learning and artificial intelligence to enhance its services and measures performance to optimize marketing efforts. Klaviyo generates revenue through subscription sales for its software-as-a-service platform, focusing primarily on the eCommerce sector.

Gem

Series B in 2020
Gem is a comprehensive recruiting platform that integrates seamlessly with LinkedIn, Gmail, Outlook, and applicant tracking systems, designed to enhance the efficiency of talent acquisition teams. It allows recruiters to compile targeted lists, find email addresses, and automate follow-up communications, significantly improving response rates and saving time. The platform provides visibility into the entire hiring funnel by automatically tracking each touchpoint and offering insights into potential biases related to gender, race, and ethnicity throughout the interview process. This data-driven approach enables teams to collaborate effectively, ensuring that no candidate is contacted multiple times. Additionally, managers gain insights into their team's recruiting pipeline, with all interactions and activities synchronized for optimal data integrity.

Gem

Series A in 2019
Gem is a comprehensive recruiting platform that integrates seamlessly with LinkedIn, Gmail, Outlook, and applicant tracking systems, designed to enhance the efficiency of talent acquisition teams. It allows recruiters to compile targeted lists, find email addresses, and automate follow-up communications, significantly improving response rates and saving time. The platform provides visibility into the entire hiring funnel by automatically tracking each touchpoint and offering insights into potential biases related to gender, race, and ethnicity throughout the interview process. This data-driven approach enables teams to collaborate effectively, ensuring that no candidate is contacted multiple times. Additionally, managers gain insights into their team's recruiting pipeline, with all interactions and activities synchronized for optimal data integrity.

Tessian

Series B in 2019
Tessian Limited is a company that specializes in email security software designed to mitigate risks associated with human error and data loss. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in London, the company offers advanced solutions that leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence. Key products include CheckRecipient Guardian, which alerts users in real-time if emails are being sent to unintended recipients, and CheckRecipient RuleBuilder, which allows organizations to easily create and enforce email communication policies. The platform analyzes email networks to prevent sensitive information from being misdirected, thereby protecting clients in various sectors, including legal services, healthcare, investment banking, and technology. Tessian aims to enhance security while ensuring minimal disruption to employees' workflows, empowering them to work efficiently without compromising data integrity.

Tessian

Series A in 2018
Tessian Limited is a company that specializes in email security software designed to mitigate risks associated with human error and data loss. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in London, the company offers advanced solutions that leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence. Key products include CheckRecipient Guardian, which alerts users in real-time if emails are being sent to unintended recipients, and CheckRecipient RuleBuilder, which allows organizations to easily create and enforce email communication policies. The platform analyzes email networks to prevent sensitive information from being misdirected, thereby protecting clients in various sectors, including legal services, healthcare, investment banking, and technology. Tessian aims to enhance security while ensuring minimal disruption to employees' workflows, empowering them to work efficiently without compromising data integrity.

Gem

Seed Round in 2017
Gem is a comprehensive recruiting platform that integrates seamlessly with LinkedIn, Gmail, Outlook, and applicant tracking systems, designed to enhance the efficiency of talent acquisition teams. It allows recruiters to compile targeted lists, find email addresses, and automate follow-up communications, significantly improving response rates and saving time. The platform provides visibility into the entire hiring funnel by automatically tracking each touchpoint and offering insights into potential biases related to gender, race, and ethnicity throughout the interview process. This data-driven approach enables teams to collaborate effectively, ensuring that no candidate is contacted multiple times. Additionally, managers gain insights into their team's recruiting pipeline, with all interactions and activities synchronized for optimal data integrity.

Tessian

Seed Round in 2017
Tessian Limited is a company that specializes in email security software designed to mitigate risks associated with human error and data loss. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in London, the company offers advanced solutions that leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence. Key products include CheckRecipient Guardian, which alerts users in real-time if emails are being sent to unintended recipients, and CheckRecipient RuleBuilder, which allows organizations to easily create and enforce email communication policies. The platform analyzes email networks to prevent sensitive information from being misdirected, thereby protecting clients in various sectors, including legal services, healthcare, investment banking, and technology. Tessian aims to enhance security while ensuring minimal disruption to employees' workflows, empowering them to work efficiently without compromising data integrity.

LocBox Labs

Venture Round in 2012
LocBox Labs is a San Francisco-based provider of comprehensive marketing solutions tailored for local businesses. The company offers a range of services, including email marketing, newsletters, promotional birthday offers, social media engagement tools such as Facebook likes generators, and marketing assessments. Additionally, LocBox Labs provides unique promotional strategies like lucky dips and specials for platforms such as Foursquare. By combining various marketing tools into a single platform, LocBox Labs aims to simplify the marketing process for local businesses, enabling them to enhance their customer engagement and drive growth.

Xoopit

Series A in 2008
Xoopit is a developer of innovative email organizational tools designed to enhance user experience in managing and retrieving content from archived emails. By employing a unique indexing architecture akin to a web search engine, Xoopit enables users to efficiently search for meaningful information within their emails. The platform offers features such as comprehensive email content search, the ability to incorporate web links and maps into emails, and a detailed overview of all senders in a conversation, including profile pictures, recent interactions, and shared media. With its focus on personal indexing and search capabilities, Xoopit aims to streamline the way users browse and share files, photos, and videos within everyday applications like webmail.

Zimbra

Series C in 2006
Zimbra is a developer of open-source email and collaboration software, catering to service providers, enterprises, and government organizations. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Frisco, Texas, with additional offices in San Mateo, London, Tokyo, Singapore, and Pune, Zimbra offers solutions designed to enhance communication and data management. Its flagship product, Zimbra Collaboration Server, addresses the challenges posed by outdated communication infrastructures, providing integrated email, calendar, and collaboration capabilities. Additionally, Zimbra Desktop allows users to consolidate information from various accounts, including Zimbra, Yahoo Mail, Gmail, and Hotmail. By focusing on secure and private data management, Zimbra helps organizations effectively organize and control their communications and information.

Responsys

Series E in 2003
Responsys is a marketing cloud software and services company based in San Bruno, California, with a global presence. Established in 1998 and acquired by Oracle in 2013, Responsys specializes in enabling brands to effectively manage their digital marketing relationships. Their flagship product, the Responsys Interact Marketing Cloud, allows businesses to design, execute, and manage comprehensive email and cross-channel marketing campaigns. By integrating customer data analysis with targeted interaction systems, Responsys empowers enterprises to automate and personalize their marketing efforts at scale. This approach helps organizations deliver the right marketing messages across various platforms, including email, mobile, social media, and web, thereby enhancing customer engagement and competitive advantage.

Responsys

Series C in 2001
Responsys is a marketing cloud software and services company based in San Bruno, California, with a global presence. Established in 1998 and acquired by Oracle in 2013, Responsys specializes in enabling brands to effectively manage their digital marketing relationships. Their flagship product, the Responsys Interact Marketing Cloud, allows businesses to design, execute, and manage comprehensive email and cross-channel marketing campaigns. By integrating customer data analysis with targeted interaction systems, Responsys empowers enterprises to automate and personalize their marketing efforts at scale. This approach helps organizations deliver the right marketing messages across various platforms, including email, mobile, social media, and web, thereby enhancing customer engagement and competitive advantage.

Brightmail

Series C in 2000
Brightmail was an e-mail filtering company in the United States. The company specialized in anti-spam products designed to protect email networks of businesses, government agencies, and service providers, by blocking unsolicited bulk email. The company was [acquired](http://www.symantec.com/press/2004/n040519.html) by [Symantec](/organization/symantec) on May 9, 2004.

Responsys

Series B in 2000
Responsys is a marketing cloud software and services company based in San Bruno, California, with a global presence. Established in 1998 and acquired by Oracle in 2013, Responsys specializes in enabling brands to effectively manage their digital marketing relationships. Their flagship product, the Responsys Interact Marketing Cloud, allows businesses to design, execute, and manage comprehensive email and cross-channel marketing campaigns. By integrating customer data analysis with targeted interaction systems, Responsys empowers enterprises to automate and personalize their marketing efforts at scale. This approach helps organizations deliver the right marketing messages across various platforms, including email, mobile, social media, and web, thereby enhancing customer engagement and competitive advantage.

Responsys

Series A in 1999
Responsys is a marketing cloud software and services company based in San Bruno, California, with a global presence. Established in 1998 and acquired by Oracle in 2013, Responsys specializes in enabling brands to effectively manage their digital marketing relationships. Their flagship product, the Responsys Interact Marketing Cloud, allows businesses to design, execute, and manage comprehensive email and cross-channel marketing campaigns. By integrating customer data analysis with targeted interaction systems, Responsys empowers enterprises to automate and personalize their marketing efforts at scale. This approach helps organizations deliver the right marketing messages across various platforms, including email, mobile, social media, and web, thereby enhancing customer engagement and competitive advantage.
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