Accel

Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 and based in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in San Francisco, London, and Bangalore. It focuses on early and growth-stage technology startups, investing across software, cloud, data analytics, mobile technology, consumer services, fintech, security, healthcare, and information technologies. Accel seeks to partner with entrepreneurs to build world-class companies that define new categories and drive growth. Its portfolio includes notable technology companies such as Atlassian, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, Etsy, Cloudera, DJI, Braintree, and Lookout Security, among others.

Casey Aylward

Partner

Nir Blumberger

Venture Partner

Luca Bocchio

Partner

Philippe Botteri

Partner

Andrew Braccia

Partner

Andrei Brasoveanu

Partner

Katie Brown

Investor

Miles Clements

Partner

Adrian Colyer

Venture Partner

Kevin Comolli

Partner

Anand Daniel

Partner

Sonali De Rycker

Partner

Ben Dooley

CFO

Peter Doyle

Investor

Kevin Efrusy

Partner

Christine Esserman

Partner

Ben Fletcher

Partner

Sameer Gandhi

Partner

Martin Gibson

Investor

Bruce Golden

Partner

Graham Hutson

Investor

Sara Ittelson

Partner

Myrel Iturrey

Investor

Siddarth Jain

Analyst

Dinesh Katiyar Ph.D

Partner

Richard Kotite

Vice President

Amit Kumar

Partner

Gagan Kumar

General Partner

Ping Li

Partner

John Locke

Partner

Zhenya Loginov

Partner

Steve Loughlin

Partner

Arun Mathew

Partner

Jonathan Mendelson

Investor

Subrata Mitra

Partner

Gonzalo Mocorrea

Investor

Vasant Natarajan

Partner

Vas Natarajan

Partner

Harry Nelis

Partner

Nate Niparko

Partner

Maya Noeth

Partner

Brian O'Malley

Partner

Rachit Parekh

Principal

Vijaysai Patnaik

Associate

Varun Purandare

Principal and Investor

Ben Quazzo

Partner

Rafael Quintanilla

Investor

Tim Rawlinson

Investor

Matt Robinson

Partner

Sagar Sanghvi

Partner

Tracy Sedlock

Chief Operating Partner

Jess Segal

Partner, Investor Relation

Ajay Sethi Ph.D

Venture Partner

Manasi Shah

Vice President and Investment Team Member

Karan Shah

Investor

Sarthak Singh

Investor

Robert Sternberg

Investor

Barath Shankar Subramanian

Principal

Diksha Sundarka

Investor

Prayank Swaroop

Partner

Ryan Sweeney

General Partner

Charles Tananbaum

Investor

Humza Tariq

Investor

Jonathan Turner

Partner

Cecilia Wang

Vice President

Matt Weigand

Partner

Eric Wolford

Venture Partner

Rich Wong

General Partner

Ivan Zhou

Partner

Candice du Fretay

Investor

Past deals in Image Recognition

Spyne

Series A in 2025
Spyne, founded in 2018 by Sanjay Kumar and Deepti Prasad and headquartered in Gurgaon, is a Deep Tech startup focused on revolutionizing the production of high-quality product images and videos for businesses and marketplaces through artificial intelligence. The company has developed a unique AI platform that automates image processing workflows, allowing businesses to create stunning catalogs without the need for physical studios, thus achieving up to 40% better conversion rates. Spyne's technology enables users to shoot, edit, and publish product visuals at a fraction of the cost and time. With a team of over 100 employees, Spyne serves more than 80 clients, including major players like Amazon India and Flipkart, across various sectors such as automotive, food, and retail in over 15 countries. The company has recently launched Spyne AI – Cars, aimed at the automotive industry, and plans to extend its innovative solutions to e-commerce, fashion, and real estate. Additionally, Spyne is exploring advancements in augmented and virtual reality technologies to develop products for the Metaverse and Omniverse.

Spyne

Series A in 2022
Spyne, founded in 2018 by Sanjay Kumar and Deepti Prasad and headquartered in Gurgaon, is a Deep Tech startup focused on revolutionizing the production of high-quality product images and videos for businesses and marketplaces through artificial intelligence. The company has developed a unique AI platform that automates image processing workflows, allowing businesses to create stunning catalogs without the need for physical studios, thus achieving up to 40% better conversion rates. Spyne's technology enables users to shoot, edit, and publish product visuals at a fraction of the cost and time. With a team of over 100 employees, Spyne serves more than 80 clients, including major players like Amazon India and Flipkart, across various sectors such as automotive, food, and retail in over 15 countries. The company has recently launched Spyne AI – Cars, aimed at the automotive industry, and plans to extend its innovative solutions to e-commerce, fashion, and real estate. Additionally, Spyne is exploring advancements in augmented and virtual reality technologies to develop products for the Metaverse and Omniverse.

Lincode

Venture Round in 2022
Lincode is an AI-driven technology company specializing in advanced machine vision and defect detection for manufacturing. Its platform uses pre-trained models and a no-code interface to deliver real-time quality inspections and defect identification across materials such as plastics, fabric, semiconductors, and metals, supporting applications from visual inspection to reporting and analytics. The system can be deployed on premises with edge AI for low latency processing and integrates with existing machine vision setups to serve automotive, aerospace, electronics, packaging, and related industries. By enabling configurable defect tolerances per defect or camera, it supports both automated and manual inspection workflows, helping manufacturers reduce waste, improve productivity, and lower costs. Lincode was established in 2018 and is based in Menlo Park, California, with an additional office in Bengaluru, India.

Nines

Series A in 2019
Nines is a pioneering teleradiology practice that focuses on enhancing patient care through advanced technology. The company develops in-house tools that empower radiologists to provide high-quality diagnostics. Its platform is designed to analyze medical scans for urgent findings that necessitate immediate attention, as well as to identify subtle details that assist in the radiological review process. This innovative approach aims to improve the accuracy of results and overall patient care, setting Nines apart in the field of radiology.

Scale AI

Series C in 2019
Scale AI develops a platform that provides training and validation data for artificial intelligence applications. Its products include advanced annotation tools for images, videos, text, documents, and 3D sensor data, serving sectors such as autonomous vehicles, retail, conversational AI, robotics, AR/VR, and document processing.

Scale AI

Series B in 2018
Scale AI develops a platform that provides training and validation data for artificial intelligence applications. Its products include advanced annotation tools for images, videos, text, documents, and 3D sensor data, serving sectors such as autonomous vehicles, retail, conversational AI, robotics, AR/VR, and document processing.

Nines

Seed Round in 2017
Nines is a pioneering teleradiology practice that focuses on enhancing patient care through advanced technology. The company develops in-house tools that empower radiologists to provide high-quality diagnostics. Its platform is designed to analyze medical scans for urgent findings that necessitate immediate attention, as well as to identify subtle details that assist in the radiological review process. This innovative approach aims to improve the accuracy of results and overall patient care, setting Nines apart in the field of radiology.

Scale AI

Series A in 2017
Scale AI develops a platform that provides training and validation data for artificial intelligence applications. Its products include advanced annotation tools for images, videos, text, documents, and 3D sensor data, serving sectors such as autonomous vehicles, retail, conversational AI, robotics, AR/VR, and document processing.

Letgo

Series C in 2017
Letgo is a mobile platform founded in 2015, facilitating local buying and selling of second-hand goods. With over 100 million downloads and 400 million listings, it's one of America's most popular apps for trading items, ranging from electronics and vehicles to clothing and furniture. Letgo's innovative features, such as image recognition and instant chat, simplify the process of listing items and connecting buyers and sellers. The platform's user-friendly interface allows users to snap a photo, and letgo automatically suggests a title, price, and category for the listing.

Letgo

Series B in 2016
Letgo is a mobile platform founded in 2015, facilitating local buying and selling of second-hand goods. With over 100 million downloads and 400 million listings, it's one of America's most popular apps for trading items, ranging from electronics and vehicles to clothing and furniture. Letgo's innovative features, such as image recognition and instant chat, simplify the process of listing items and connecting buyers and sellers. The platform's user-friendly interface allows users to snap a photo, and letgo automatically suggests a title, price, and category for the listing.
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