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.
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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 FMCG
Bizongo
Series E in 2025
Bizongo is a technology-driven B2B e-commerce and supply chain platform that specializes in packaging, textiles, apparel, and other custom-made products. Founded in 2015 by IIT graduates Aniket Deb, Sachin Agrawal, and Ankit Tomar, the company aims to transform the fragmented and disorganized market of customized goods. With a network of over 1,500 curated manufacturers, Bizongo offers services such as digital vendor management, supply chain automation, and financing solutions. These services help businesses overcome challenges related to inventory management, reduce operational costs, and streamline contract management, thus enhancing efficiency in the production of made-to-order products.
The Good Glamm Group
Venture Round in 2024
The Good Glamm Group gathers and markets various beauty and personal care brands. It searches for sustainable and cruelty-free beauty companies to invest in and helps with advertising them under their existing digital spaces. The Good Glamm Group is based in Pune, India.
LiteStore
Seed Round in 2023
Memory updated LiteStore is a Flexi-Retail platform that connects popular brands with retail spaces
Innovist
Seed Round in 2022
Innovist is a personal care company that specializes in developing a variety of products for hair, skin, and sun care. Operating under brands such as Bare Anatomy, Chemist At Play, and SunScoop, Innovist emphasizes science-backed formulations that prioritize clean and transparent ingredients. The company's extensive product line includes customized hair shampoos, conditioners, hair oils, body lotions, sunscreens, and various skincare items like eye cream and face serums. These products are tailored to meet individual customer needs, addressing concerns such as dandruff, dryness, and sun protection. Through its focus on personalization and quality, Innovist aims to provide effective solutions for diverse personal care requirements.
Curefoods
Series C in 2022
Curefoods is a prominent multi-brand cloud kitchen chain in India, focusing on food delivery and cooking across a variety of cuisines with over 200 kitchens. The company manages a diverse portfolio of food brands, including EatFit, Yumlane, Aligarh House Biryani, MasalaBox, and Paratha Box, catering to a wide range of customer preferences. By acquiring and collaborating with smaller, successful food brands, Curefoods fosters their growth and integrates them into its operations. This strategy not only expands the culinary options available to customers but also emphasizes quality and sustainability in food offerings. Ultimately, Curefoods aims to provide accessible, nutritious food that meets diverse palates and dietary needs.
CityMall
Series C in 2022
CityMall is a community commerce platform aimed at serving the 300 million new internet users in small cities, towns, and villages across India. It focuses on categories such as groceries, fresh and packaged FMCG, electronics, and fashion. Historically, e-commerce has primarily benefited residents of large metropolitan areas, largely due to barriers like trust issues, unfamiliarity with online transactions, and low average order values. CityMall addresses these challenges by leveraging "Community Leaders," who act as local connectors to facilitate customer acquisition, localized marketing, and last-mile logistics. This community-driven approach makes the model well-suited for smaller urban areas. Founded by alumni from IIT Delhi and IIT Roorkee, CityMall aspires to create a network of micro-entrepreneurs, empowering them to establish a prominent e-commerce platform in India. The company is supported by several notable venture capital firms.
Curefoods
Venture Round in 2022
Curefoods is a prominent multi-brand cloud kitchen chain in India, focusing on food delivery and cooking across a variety of cuisines with over 200 kitchens. The company manages a diverse portfolio of food brands, including EatFit, Yumlane, Aligarh House Biryani, MasalaBox, and Paratha Box, catering to a wide range of customer preferences. By acquiring and collaborating with smaller, successful food brands, Curefoods fosters their growth and integrates them into its operations. This strategy not only expands the culinary options available to customers but also emphasizes quality and sustainability in food offerings. Ultimately, Curefoods aims to provide accessible, nutritious food that meets diverse palates and dietary needs.
Mensa Brands
Venture Round in 2021
Mensa Brands is an investment firm that partners with entrepreneurs to build and scale digital brands. Mensa brands are investing working capital picking up equity in other D2C startups and scaling their brands' presence online. Its platform helps expertise in driving growth, product, merchandising, technology, supply chain, product, and access to global markets that help founders get a lucrative financial exit. At the same time, they transform their business through a successful partnership.
CityMall
Series B in 2021
CityMall is a community commerce platform aimed at serving the 300 million new internet users in small cities, towns, and villages across India. It focuses on categories such as groceries, fresh and packaged FMCG, electronics, and fashion. Historically, e-commerce has primarily benefited residents of large metropolitan areas, largely due to barriers like trust issues, unfamiliarity with online transactions, and low average order values. CityMall addresses these challenges by leveraging "Community Leaders," who act as local connectors to facilitate customer acquisition, localized marketing, and last-mile logistics. This community-driven approach makes the model well-suited for smaller urban areas. Founded by alumni from IIT Delhi and IIT Roorkee, CityMall aspires to create a network of micro-entrepreneurs, empowering them to establish a prominent e-commerce platform in India. The company is supported by several notable venture capital firms.
Mensa Brands
Series A in 2021
Mensa Brands is an investment firm that partners with entrepreneurs to build and scale digital brands. Mensa brands are investing working capital picking up equity in other D2C startups and scaling their brands' presence online. Its platform helps expertise in driving growth, product, merchandising, technology, supply chain, product, and access to global markets that help founders get a lucrative financial exit. At the same time, they transform their business through a successful partnership.
Bizongo
Series C in 2021
Bizongo is a technology-driven B2B e-commerce and supply chain platform that specializes in packaging, textiles, apparel, and other custom-made products. Founded in 2015 by IIT graduates Aniket Deb, Sachin Agrawal, and Ankit Tomar, the company aims to transform the fragmented and disorganized market of customized goods. With a network of over 1,500 curated manufacturers, Bizongo offers services such as digital vendor management, supply chain automation, and financing solutions. These services help businesses overcome challenges related to inventory management, reduce operational costs, and streamline contract management, thus enhancing efficiency in the production of made-to-order products.
Fingerlix
Series C in 2021
Launched in 2016, Fingerlix is the brainchild of 4 foodies. Their purpose is to spread Joy through food by easing up cooking and exploration. They believe that Joy stems from spending more time with family and less time in the kitchen. Joy is maximum when they discover something new and different that entices their taste buds. Joy also comes from making healthier, happier food choices that leave us with a feeling of goodness. Through their Ready-to-Cook & Ready-to-Eat food options, they want to be a part of your cooking journey, partnering you, everyday - day after day. And they do their best to make that happen – sourcing choicest ingredients, maintaining extremely high hygiene standards and above all, inspiring your magical touch to transform every dish into ‘Your dish’.
Bizongo
Series C in 2021
Bizongo is a technology-driven B2B e-commerce and supply chain platform that specializes in packaging, textiles, apparel, and other custom-made products. Founded in 2015 by IIT graduates Aniket Deb, Sachin Agrawal, and Ankit Tomar, the company aims to transform the fragmented and disorganized market of customized goods. With a network of over 1,500 curated manufacturers, Bizongo offers services such as digital vendor management, supply chain automation, and financing solutions. These services help businesses overcome challenges related to inventory management, reduce operational costs, and streamline contract management, thus enhancing efficiency in the production of made-to-order products.
CityMall
Seed Round in 2020
CityMall is a community commerce platform aimed at serving the 300 million new internet users in small cities, towns, and villages across India. It focuses on categories such as groceries, fresh and packaged FMCG, electronics, and fashion. Historically, e-commerce has primarily benefited residents of large metropolitan areas, largely due to barriers like trust issues, unfamiliarity with online transactions, and low average order values. CityMall addresses these challenges by leveraging "Community Leaders," who act as local connectors to facilitate customer acquisition, localized marketing, and last-mile logistics. This community-driven approach makes the model well-suited for smaller urban areas. Founded by alumni from IIT Delhi and IIT Roorkee, CityMall aspires to create a network of micro-entrepreneurs, empowering them to establish a prominent e-commerce platform in India. The company is supported by several notable venture capital firms.
Fingerlix
Series C in 2020
Launched in 2016, Fingerlix is the brainchild of 4 foodies. Their purpose is to spread Joy through food by easing up cooking and exploration. They believe that Joy stems from spending more time with family and less time in the kitchen. Joy is maximum when they discover something new and different that entices their taste buds. Joy also comes from making healthier, happier food choices that leave us with a feeling of goodness. Through their Ready-to-Cook & Ready-to-Eat food options, they want to be a part of your cooking journey, partnering you, everyday - day after day. And they do their best to make that happen – sourcing choicest ingredients, maintaining extremely high hygiene standards and above all, inspiring your magical touch to transform every dish into ‘Your dish’.
Bizongo
Series C in 2020
Bizongo is a technology-driven B2B e-commerce and supply chain platform that specializes in packaging, textiles, apparel, and other custom-made products. Founded in 2015 by IIT graduates Aniket Deb, Sachin Agrawal, and Ankit Tomar, the company aims to transform the fragmented and disorganized market of customized goods. With a network of over 1,500 curated manufacturers, Bizongo offers services such as digital vendor management, supply chain automation, and financing solutions. These services help businesses overcome challenges related to inventory management, reduce operational costs, and streamline contract management, thus enhancing efficiency in the production of made-to-order products.
Bizongo
Series C in 2019
Bizongo is a technology-driven B2B e-commerce and supply chain platform that specializes in packaging, textiles, apparel, and other custom-made products. Founded in 2015 by IIT graduates Aniket Deb, Sachin Agrawal, and Ankit Tomar, the company aims to transform the fragmented and disorganized market of customized goods. With a network of over 1,500 curated manufacturers, Bizongo offers services such as digital vendor management, supply chain automation, and financing solutions. These services help businesses overcome challenges related to inventory management, reduce operational costs, and streamline contract management, thus enhancing efficiency in the production of made-to-order products.
simsim
Series A in 2019
Simsim is building a horizontal e-commerce platform keeping in mind the shopping behaviour of the Indian consumer and the need for trust and solutions in the local language. Lack of models catering to these needs of the customers has led to low overall penetration of online sales in the country. The next wave of online commerce in India will be enabled by solving for these unmet needs of the customer. Simsim uses a unique combination of content and commerce to help customers discover the right products for themselves.
Fingerlix
Series C in 2019
Launched in 2016, Fingerlix is the brainchild of 4 foodies. Their purpose is to spread Joy through food by easing up cooking and exploration. They believe that Joy stems from spending more time with family and less time in the kitchen. Joy is maximum when they discover something new and different that entices their taste buds. Joy also comes from making healthier, happier food choices that leave us with a feeling of goodness. Through their Ready-to-Cook & Ready-to-Eat food options, they want to be a part of your cooking journey, partnering you, everyday - day after day. And they do their best to make that happen – sourcing choicest ingredients, maintaining extremely high hygiene standards and above all, inspiring your magical touch to transform every dish into ‘Your dish’.
STOQO
Series A in 2018
STOQO Technology operates an online marketplace tailored for small restaurant and hotel owners in Indonesia, enabling them to bulk source raw materials directly from manufacturers at competitive prices. Founded in 2016 and based in Jakarta, the company offers a platform that simplifies the procurement process for culinary businesses by providing a wide range of supplies, including food ingredients, beverages, and cleaning products. Through its application, users can efficiently manage their sourcing needs, allowing them to focus more on customer service and operational efficiency. By connecting food industry players with major manufacturers and distributors, STOQO aims to streamline back-end operations and enhance the overall supply chain for its clients.
Fingerlix
Series C in 2018
Launched in 2016, Fingerlix is the brainchild of 4 foodies. Their purpose is to spread Joy through food by easing up cooking and exploration. They believe that Joy stems from spending more time with family and less time in the kitchen. Joy is maximum when they discover something new and different that entices their taste buds. Joy also comes from making healthier, happier food choices that leave us with a feeling of goodness. Through their Ready-to-Cook & Ready-to-Eat food options, they want to be a part of your cooking journey, partnering you, everyday - day after day. And they do their best to make that happen – sourcing choicest ingredients, maintaining extremely high hygiene standards and above all, inspiring your magical touch to transform every dish into ‘Your dish’.
Bizongo
Series B in 2018
Bizongo is a technology-driven B2B e-commerce and supply chain platform that specializes in packaging, textiles, apparel, and other custom-made products. Founded in 2015 by IIT graduates Aniket Deb, Sachin Agrawal, and Ankit Tomar, the company aims to transform the fragmented and disorganized market of customized goods. With a network of over 1,500 curated manufacturers, Bizongo offers services such as digital vendor management, supply chain automation, and financing solutions. These services help businesses overcome challenges related to inventory management, reduce operational costs, and streamline contract management, thus enhancing efficiency in the production of made-to-order products.
Fingerlix
Series B in 2017
Launched in 2016, Fingerlix is the brainchild of 4 foodies. Their purpose is to spread Joy through food by easing up cooking and exploration. They believe that Joy stems from spending more time with family and less time in the kitchen. Joy is maximum when they discover something new and different that entices their taste buds. Joy also comes from making healthier, happier food choices that leave us with a feeling of goodness. Through their Ready-to-Cook & Ready-to-Eat food options, they want to be a part of your cooking journey, partnering you, everyday - day after day. And they do their best to make that happen – sourcing choicest ingredients, maintaining extremely high hygiene standards and above all, inspiring your magical touch to transform every dish into ‘Your dish’.
Bizongo
Series A in 2016
Bizongo is a technology-driven B2B e-commerce and supply chain platform that specializes in packaging, textiles, apparel, and other custom-made products. Founded in 2015 by IIT graduates Aniket Deb, Sachin Agrawal, and Ankit Tomar, the company aims to transform the fragmented and disorganized market of customized goods. With a network of over 1,500 curated manufacturers, Bizongo offers services such as digital vendor management, supply chain automation, and financing solutions. These services help businesses overcome challenges related to inventory management, reduce operational costs, and streamline contract management, thus enhancing efficiency in the production of made-to-order products.
QwikCilver
Series B in 2016
QwikCilver Solutions, founded in 2008 and based in Bangalore, India, specializes in providing gift cards and stored value solutions for both retail and corporate customers. The company offers a diverse range of products including prepaid cards, electronic and physical gift cards, e-promotion cards, loyalty programs, and discount cards, aimed at enhancing sales and brand engagement. For corporate clients, QwikCilver facilitates multi-purpose campus card programs, as well as employee incentives and benefits card programs. By enabling businesses of all sizes to implement engaging gift card solutions, QwikCilver supports a variety of promotional and rewards initiatives, allowing customers to create, deploy, and manage personalized programs effectively.
Bizongo
Seed Round in 2015
Bizongo is a technology-driven B2B e-commerce and supply chain platform that specializes in packaging, textiles, apparel, and other custom-made products. Founded in 2015 by IIT graduates Aniket Deb, Sachin Agrawal, and Ankit Tomar, the company aims to transform the fragmented and disorganized market of customized goods. With a network of over 1,500 curated manufacturers, Bizongo offers services such as digital vendor management, supply chain automation, and financing solutions. These services help businesses overcome challenges related to inventory management, reduce operational costs, and streamline contract management, thus enhancing efficiency in the production of made-to-order products.
Zansaar
Seed Round in 2015
Zansaar is an online retail platform based in Bangalore, India, specializing in a diverse selection of home products. Launched in 2012, the company provides a comprehensive range of functional and stylish items, including furniture, kitchen essentials, décor, and outdoor products. Zansaar also caters to children's needs and offers fine foods and collectibles. By focusing on well-designed products at competitive prices, Zansaar aims to meet the various requirements of customers seeking to enhance their living spaces.
QwikCilver
Venture Round in 2014
QwikCilver Solutions, founded in 2008 and based in Bangalore, India, specializes in providing gift cards and stored value solutions for both retail and corporate customers. The company offers a diverse range of products including prepaid cards, electronic and physical gift cards, e-promotion cards, loyalty programs, and discount cards, aimed at enhancing sales and brand engagement. For corporate clients, QwikCilver facilitates multi-purpose campus card programs, as well as employee incentives and benefits card programs. By enabling businesses of all sizes to implement engaging gift card solutions, QwikCilver supports a variety of promotional and rewards initiatives, allowing customers to create, deploy, and manage personalized programs effectively.
Baby
Series B in 2012
Baby.com.br is Brazil's leading baby products e-commerce company. The company was recognized as Brazil's Startup of the Year 2012 by leading business magazine PEGN (Pequenas Empresas Grandes Negocios) and as one of Brazil's Top 10 Startups of 2011 by Forbes.com. Investors include Accel Partners, Tiger Global, Monashees Capital, SV Angel, Felicis Ventures, Social+Capital Partnership, Menlo Ventures, Greenoaks Capital, Valor Capital and Thrive Capital.
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