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 Infrastructure
Nebius AI
Post in 2024
Nebius AI is an AI-centric public cloud platform, launched in late 2023 and specifically crafted to serve AI models from ML training to inferencing at a scale. Our mission is to enable ML practitioners to concentrate on their core job while DevOps, MLOps and infrastructure related tasks are on us. Our goal is to build an ML-specific cloud platform covering the whole ML lifecycle from A to Z: from data preparation and data labeling to ML training and inference.
Vercel
Series E in 2024
Vercel Inc. is a cloud platform company that specializes in on-demand deployment and hosting services for frontend applications. Established in 2015 and based in Walnut, California, Vercel provides solutions for developing, previewing, and shipping Jamstack sites, enhancing the deployment process for developers. The platform integrates with popular version control systems, such as GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab, allowing for automatic project deployment from pull requests and merge requests. Vercel's infrastructure supports the hosting of static websites and serverless functions, optimizing performance through a content delivery network. Formerly known as ZEIT, Inc., the company rebranded to Vercel in April 2020, reflecting its focus on streamlining the development and deployment experience for frontend teams.
Accacia
Seed Round in 2024
Accacia is an AI-enabled real-estate decarbonization platform that allows RE and infrastructure owners, developers, asset managers, and operators to measure, track and manage their climate risks.
Accacia
Seed Round in 2022
Accacia is an AI-enabled real-estate decarbonization platform that allows RE and infrastructure owners, developers, asset managers, and operators to measure, track and manage their climate risks.
Unit
Series C in 2022
Unit is a financial infrastructure platform that enables technology companies to integrate financial features into their products, including accounts, cards, payments, and lending services. By streamlining the process of launching vertical banks, Unit manages compliance and maintains necessary banking relationships, allowing businesses to create customized banking experiences more efficiently. This capability not only helps companies save time but also enhances their product offerings, ultimately increasing customer lifetime value.
Komodor
Series B in 2022
Komodor is a developer-focused platform designed to automate Kubernetes operations and enhance troubleshooting for modern distributed systems. By ingesting daily Kubernetes events, the platform captures essential insights to improve system management. It allows developers to track and correlate every deployment, configuration, and code change with the status of various Kubernetes infrastructure elements, such as nodes, pods, and endpoints. Komodor integrates with a range of tools to provide a unified dashboard that organizes information and monitors changes and alerts. This capability enables clients to gain a comprehensive understanding of system events and dependencies, facilitating easier analysis and informed decision-making.
Unit
Series B in 2021
Unit is a financial infrastructure platform that enables technology companies to integrate financial features into their products, including accounts, cards, payments, and lending services. By streamlining the process of launching vertical banks, Unit manages compliance and maintains necessary banking relationships, allowing businesses to create customized banking experiences more efficiently. This capability not only helps companies save time but also enhances their product offerings, ultimately increasing customer lifetime value.
BrowserStack
Series B in 2021
BrowserStack Inc. is a software testing platform that specializes in automated testing for web and mobile applications. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in Mumbai and Dublin, the company supports over 25,000 clients, including major enterprises like Microsoft and Twitter. BrowserStack enables users to conduct more than two million tests daily across 15 global data centers, providing access to over 2,000 real mobile devices and browsers through a reliable cloud infrastructure. This service allows development and quality assurance teams to streamline their testing processes, eliminating the need for complex in-house testing setups and facilitating the rapid delivery of high-quality software. The platform also offers responsive design testing across various devices, catering to the needs of modern digital applications.
Komodor
Series A in 2021
Komodor is a developer-focused platform designed to automate Kubernetes operations and enhance troubleshooting for modern distributed systems. By ingesting daily Kubernetes events, the platform captures essential insights to improve system management. It allows developers to track and correlate every deployment, configuration, and code change with the status of various Kubernetes infrastructure elements, such as nodes, pods, and endpoints. Komodor integrates with a range of tools to provide a unified dashboard that organizes information and monitors changes and alerts. This capability enables clients to gain a comprehensive understanding of system events and dependencies, facilitating easier analysis and informed decision-making.
Vercel
Series B in 2020
Vercel Inc. is a cloud platform company that specializes in on-demand deployment and hosting services for frontend applications. Established in 2015 and based in Walnut, California, Vercel provides solutions for developing, previewing, and shipping Jamstack sites, enhancing the deployment process for developers. The platform integrates with popular version control systems, such as GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab, allowing for automatic project deployment from pull requests and merge requests. Vercel's infrastructure supports the hosting of static websites and serverless functions, optimizing performance through a content delivery network. Formerly known as ZEIT, Inc., the company rebranded to Vercel in April 2020, reflecting its focus on streamlining the development and deployment experience for frontend teams.
Vercel
Series A in 2020
Vercel Inc. is a cloud platform company that specializes in on-demand deployment and hosting services for frontend applications. Established in 2015 and based in Walnut, California, Vercel provides solutions for developing, previewing, and shipping Jamstack sites, enhancing the deployment process for developers. The platform integrates with popular version control systems, such as GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab, allowing for automatic project deployment from pull requests and merge requests. Vercel's infrastructure supports the hosting of static websites and serverless functions, optimizing performance through a content delivery network. Formerly known as ZEIT, Inc., the company rebranded to Vercel in April 2020, reflecting its focus on streamlining the development and deployment experience for frontend teams.
BrowserStack
Series A in 2018
BrowserStack Inc. is a software testing platform that specializes in automated testing for web and mobile applications. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in Mumbai and Dublin, the company supports over 25,000 clients, including major enterprises like Microsoft and Twitter. BrowserStack enables users to conduct more than two million tests daily across 15 global data centers, providing access to over 2,000 real mobile devices and browsers through a reliable cloud infrastructure. This service allows development and quality assurance teams to streamline their testing processes, eliminating the need for complex in-house testing setups and facilitating the rapid delivery of high-quality software. The platform also offers responsive design testing across various devices, catering to the needs of modern digital applications.
Primary Data
Series B in 2017
Primary Data, founded in 2013 and based in Sandy, Utah, specializes in intelligence and automation software for enterprise data management, facilitating seamless integration between on-premises IT infrastructure and cloud environments. The company's flagship platform, DataSphere, utilizes metadata management and machine learning to optimize data movement within a global namespace. It enables organizations managing large data volumes to efficiently handle billions of files, automate data migration processes, and improve cloud integration while enhancing network-attached storage (NAS) performance. By ensuring that the right data is accessible to the right applications at the right time, Primary Data helps enterprises maximize the value of their infrastructure investments.
Zeitview
Series A in 2016
Zeitview is an aerial data analytics platform that specializes in providing drone services tailored for the energy and infrastructure sectors. The company employs artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze visual data, offering actionable insights that enhance asset performance and longevity. Zeitview's services cater to various industries, including solar, wind, property management, telecommunications, and utilities. Their technology facilitates rapid and precise inspections, which aim to reduce costs and boost operational efficiency. By monitoring construction progress and assessing the condition of assets such as rooftops and wind turbines, Zeitview enables informed, near real-time decision-making for its clients.
QMC Telecom International
Series B in 2015
QMC Telecom specializes in providing wireless infrastructure for telecommunications carriers in Puerto Rico. Incorporated in 2011 and headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, with an additional office in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the company focuses on developing, owning, acquiring, and managing rooftop sites and leasing towers. By offering comprehensive site development services, QMC Telecom enables telecommunications operators to efficiently meet their wireless connectivity requirements through reliable and timely installations.
SimpliVity
Series D in 2015
SimpliVity provides a hyper-converged infrastructure that accelerates the deployment of resources and workloads. It offers OmniCube, a 2U rack-mounted building block that delivers server, storage, and networking services as well as a functionality to the management, protection, and performance of virtualized workloads, OmniCube Hyperconverged Infrastructure, a platform that addresses data efficiency and global management requirements in virtualized and cloud computing environment, OmniView, a web-based support dashboard with predictive analytics for enterprises, and OmniStack Hyperconverged Infrastructure that integrates with Cisco UCS that assimilates up to a dozen core data center functions on Cisco UCS C240 rack-mount servers that includes hypervisor, compute, network switching, backup, replication, cloud gateway, caching, WAN optimization, real-time deduplication, and more. It was founded in 2008 and headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts.
Primary Data
Series B in 2014
Primary Data, founded in 2013 and based in Sandy, Utah, specializes in intelligence and automation software for enterprise data management, facilitating seamless integration between on-premises IT infrastructure and cloud environments. The company's flagship platform, DataSphere, utilizes metadata management and machine learning to optimize data movement within a global namespace. It enables organizations managing large data volumes to efficiently handle billions of files, automate data migration processes, and improve cloud integration while enhancing network-attached storage (NAS) performance. By ensuring that the right data is accessible to the right applications at the right time, Primary Data helps enterprises maximize the value of their infrastructure investments.
Primary Data
Series B in 2013
Primary Data, founded in 2013 and based in Sandy, Utah, specializes in intelligence and automation software for enterprise data management, facilitating seamless integration between on-premises IT infrastructure and cloud environments. The company's flagship platform, DataSphere, utilizes metadata management and machine learning to optimize data movement within a global namespace. It enables organizations managing large data volumes to efficiently handle billions of files, automate data migration processes, and improve cloud integration while enhancing network-attached storage (NAS) performance. By ensuring that the right data is accessible to the right applications at the right time, Primary Data helps enterprises maximize the value of their infrastructure investments.
SimpliVity
Series B in 2012
SimpliVity provides a hyper-converged infrastructure that accelerates the deployment of resources and workloads. It offers OmniCube, a 2U rack-mounted building block that delivers server, storage, and networking services as well as a functionality to the management, protection, and performance of virtualized workloads, OmniCube Hyperconverged Infrastructure, a platform that addresses data efficiency and global management requirements in virtualized and cloud computing environment, OmniView, a web-based support dashboard with predictive analytics for enterprises, and OmniStack Hyperconverged Infrastructure that integrates with Cisco UCS that assimilates up to a dozen core data center functions on Cisco UCS C240 rack-mount servers that includes hypervisor, compute, network switching, backup, replication, cloud gateway, caching, WAN optimization, real-time deduplication, and more. It was founded in 2008 and headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts.
Nimble Storage
Series E in 2012
Nimble Storage, Inc. specializes in flash storage solutions, providing a range of products that include all-flash arrays, adaptive flash arrays, and multi-cloud storage services. The company's offerings are designed to enhance performance and simplify operations for various business applications, including databases, virtual servers, and data analytics. Nimble's patented Cache Accelerated Sequential Layout (CASL) architecture combines flash with high-capacity drives, enabling high performance at an affordable cost while improving disaster recovery and backup processes. Their predictive cloud platform, InfoSight, incorporates predictive analytics to optimize storage management across on-premises data centers and cloud environments. Nimble Cloud Volumes allow customers to run applications in leading cloud services like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. The company distributes its products through a network of value-added resellers and integrators, serving diverse sectors including healthcare, finance, education, and technology. Founded in 2007 and based in San Jose, California, Nimble Storage operates as a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company.
SimpliVity
Series A in 2012
SimpliVity provides a hyper-converged infrastructure that accelerates the deployment of resources and workloads. It offers OmniCube, a 2U rack-mounted building block that delivers server, storage, and networking services as well as a functionality to the management, protection, and performance of virtualized workloads, OmniCube Hyperconverged Infrastructure, a platform that addresses data efficiency and global management requirements in virtualized and cloud computing environment, OmniView, a web-based support dashboard with predictive analytics for enterprises, and OmniStack Hyperconverged Infrastructure that integrates with Cisco UCS that assimilates up to a dozen core data center functions on Cisco UCS C240 rack-mount servers that includes hypervisor, compute, network switching, backup, replication, cloud gateway, caching, WAN optimization, real-time deduplication, and more. It was founded in 2008 and headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts.
Nimble Storage
Series D in 2011
Nimble Storage, Inc. specializes in flash storage solutions, providing a range of products that include all-flash arrays, adaptive flash arrays, and multi-cloud storage services. The company's offerings are designed to enhance performance and simplify operations for various business applications, including databases, virtual servers, and data analytics. Nimble's patented Cache Accelerated Sequential Layout (CASL) architecture combines flash with high-capacity drives, enabling high performance at an affordable cost while improving disaster recovery and backup processes. Their predictive cloud platform, InfoSight, incorporates predictive analytics to optimize storage management across on-premises data centers and cloud environments. Nimble Cloud Volumes allow customers to run applications in leading cloud services like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. The company distributes its products through a network of value-added resellers and integrators, serving diverse sectors including healthcare, finance, education, and technology. Founded in 2007 and based in San Jose, California, Nimble Storage operates as a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company.
ScaleXtreme
Series B in 2011
ScaleXtreme specializes in cloud-based server automation solutions tailored for the modern distributed datacenter. The company offers a unified platform designed to streamline the management of physical, virtual, and public cloud servers. Its products are developed to simplify the complexities of server management, enabling users to efficiently handle deployments across various environments, including Amazon EC2 and VMware virtual machines. By providing a scalable and user-friendly approach to system management, ScaleXtreme aims to enhance operational efficiency for businesses managing diverse server infrastructures.
Nimble Storage
Series C in 2010
Nimble Storage, Inc. specializes in flash storage solutions, providing a range of products that include all-flash arrays, adaptive flash arrays, and multi-cloud storage services. The company's offerings are designed to enhance performance and simplify operations for various business applications, including databases, virtual servers, and data analytics. Nimble's patented Cache Accelerated Sequential Layout (CASL) architecture combines flash with high-capacity drives, enabling high performance at an affordable cost while improving disaster recovery and backup processes. Their predictive cloud platform, InfoSight, incorporates predictive analytics to optimize storage management across on-premises data centers and cloud environments. Nimble Cloud Volumes allow customers to run applications in leading cloud services like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. The company distributes its products through a network of value-added resellers and integrators, serving diverse sectors including healthcare, finance, education, and technology. Founded in 2007 and based in San Jose, California, Nimble Storage operates as a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company.
ScaleXtreme
Series A in 2010
ScaleXtreme specializes in cloud-based server automation solutions tailored for the modern distributed datacenter. The company offers a unified platform designed to streamline the management of physical, virtual, and public cloud servers. Its products are developed to simplify the complexities of server management, enabling users to efficiently handle deployments across various environments, including Amazon EC2 and VMware virtual machines. By providing a scalable and user-friendly approach to system management, ScaleXtreme aims to enhance operational efficiency for businesses managing diverse server infrastructures.
Nimbula
Series B in 2010
Nimbula is a cloud infrastructure software company that enables enterprises and service providers to create private, public, or hybrid clouds. Its flagship product, Nimbula Director, offers a scalable and automated solution that allows users to maintain complete control over their cloud environments. Founded by Chris Pinkham and Willem van Biljon, key figures behind Amazon EC2, Nimbula has garnered support from prominent investors such as Accel Partners and Sequoia Capital. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California, with a development team located in South Africa. Nimbula has also joined the OpenStack Foundation to enhance its offerings within the cloud software space. The company's focus is on combining the flexibility and efficiency of public cloud services with the control and security typically associated with traditional data centers.
WiChorus
Series C in 2008
WiChorus specializes in developing software solutions for network management in the telecommunications sector. The company offers a smartcore platform designed for 4G packet core infrastructure, which supports the deployment of WiMAX and LTE networks. Its products include tools for service and subscriber management, content management, and network optimization. By focusing on enhancing network intelligence, WiChorus enables service providers to achieve superior performance and effectively monetize internet services.
WiChorus
Series B in 2007
WiChorus specializes in developing software solutions for network management in the telecommunications sector. The company offers a smartcore platform designed for 4G packet core infrastructure, which supports the deployment of WiMAX and LTE networks. Its products include tools for service and subscriber management, content management, and network optimization. By focusing on enhancing network intelligence, WiChorus enables service providers to achieve superior performance and effectively monetize internet services.
WiChorus
Series B in 2006
WiChorus specializes in developing software solutions for network management in the telecommunications sector. The company offers a smartcore platform designed for 4G packet core infrastructure, which supports the deployment of WiMAX and LTE networks. Its products include tools for service and subscriber management, content management, and network optimization. By focusing on enhancing network intelligence, WiChorus enables service providers to achieve superior performance and effectively monetize internet services.
Acopia Networks
Series B in 2003
Acopia Networks specializes in intelligent file virtualization solutions aimed at improving data management for enterprises. The company offers the Acopia ARX series of intelligent file virtualization devices, which automate various data management tasks, thereby minimizing disruptions related to storage management. Additionally, Acopia provides the FreedomFabric network operating system software, facilitating the management of unstructured file data through further automation of storage tasks. The company also offers services such as data migration, storage tiering, data replication, and load balancing, enabling organizations to utilize a flexible and adaptive infrastructure across their global operations.
Acopia Networks
Series A in 2002
Acopia Networks specializes in intelligent file virtualization solutions aimed at improving data management for enterprises. The company offers the Acopia ARX series of intelligent file virtualization devices, which automate various data management tasks, thereby minimizing disruptions related to storage management. Additionally, Acopia provides the FreedomFabric network operating system software, facilitating the management of unstructured file data through further automation of storage tasks. The company also offers services such as data migration, storage tiering, data replication, and load balancing, enabling organizations to utilize a flexible and adaptive infrastructure across their global operations.
P-Cube
Series C in 2002
P-Cube develops programmable IP service control platforms for broadband and mobile network operators. The company's products include engage, which offers service providers a roadmap to profitability by offering technology that enables operators to adopt a phased approach; encharge, which works with existing OSS and BSS systems that creates a converged voice and data prepaid-postpaid environment; and service control platforms.
Infinera
Series A in 2001
Infinera Corporation is a global supplier of optical transport networking equipment, software, and services, specializing in photonic integration technology. The company's product offerings include modular and sled-based platforms, coherent optical transport systems, and packet transport platforms designed for a variety of network applications. Infinera's digital transport node system leverages photonic integrated circuits to enable efficient management and processing of data, supporting high-capacity optical networks. Its solutions cater to telecommunications service providers, internet content providers, cable operators, and large enterprises, among others. In addition to hardware, Infinera provides a range of support services, including technical support, installation, and professional services, to ensure optimal performance of its products. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Infinera has established itself as a leader in the optical networking space.
Comstellar Technologies
Series A in 2000
At Comstellar Technologies, Inc., we're building a major technology company with a singular focus on communications infrastructure utilizing a innovative operating model. We're focusing on communications infrastructure because that's increasingly central to all technologies. The possibilities are endless, the opportunities are worldwide, and the demand is explosive.
Urban Media
Venture Round in 2000
Urban Media is an innovative on-site service provider that offers free broadband access to businesses, enhancing their ability to engage in the internet economy. By implementing a robust broadband network infrastructure, including Fiber-to-the-Floor technology, Urban Media equips buildings with essential e-business services, applications, and content through its UrbanCenter platform. This comprehensive approach allows businesses in Urban Media-enabled buildings to improve their competitive edge in the business-to-business e-commerce landscape. Additionally, the services provided help building owners and managers boost revenue and decrease tenant turnover, creating a mutually beneficial environment for all stakeholders involved.
P-Cube
Series A in 1999
P-Cube develops programmable IP service control platforms for broadband and mobile network operators. The company's products include engage, which offers service providers a roadmap to profitability by offering technology that enables operators to adopt a phased approach; encharge, which works with existing OSS and BSS systems that creates a converged voice and data prepaid-postpaid environment; and service control platforms.
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