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 Motorcycles
Bounce
Series D in 2020
Bounce (formerly known as Metro Bikes) is a smart mobility solution, with a mission of making daily commute stress-free, time-saving, reliable, and convenient. With a breakthrough technology that lets users access the bike with just an OTP, the Keyless bikes, have not only done away with keys, but the whole process of renting a bike has just become devoid of any physical or human intervention. With Bounce's new One Way Rental service, users can now pick up and drop the bike anywhere they need to and be done with the ride. This is aimed at providing a seamless first mile and last-mile connectivity to metro users. Founded in 2014, Bounce aims at decongesting the roads by encouraging commuters to choose public transport by delivering convenient options to rent bikes and reach their destinations from metro stations. It is based in Bangalore, India.
Bounce
Series C in 2019
Bounce (formerly known as Metro Bikes) is a smart mobility solution, with a mission of making daily commute stress-free, time-saving, reliable, and convenient. With a breakthrough technology that lets users access the bike with just an OTP, the Keyless bikes, have not only done away with keys, but the whole process of renting a bike has just become devoid of any physical or human intervention. With Bounce's new One Way Rental service, users can now pick up and drop the bike anywhere they need to and be done with the ride. This is aimed at providing a seamless first mile and last-mile connectivity to metro users. Founded in 2014, Bounce aims at decongesting the roads by encouraging commuters to choose public transport by delivering convenient options to rent bikes and reach their destinations from metro stations. It is based in Bangalore, India.
Bounce
Series B in 2019
Bounce (formerly known as Metro Bikes) is a smart mobility solution, with a mission of making daily commute stress-free, time-saving, reliable, and convenient. With a breakthrough technology that lets users access the bike with just an OTP, the Keyless bikes, have not only done away with keys, but the whole process of renting a bike has just become devoid of any physical or human intervention. With Bounce's new One Way Rental service, users can now pick up and drop the bike anywhere they need to and be done with the ride. This is aimed at providing a seamless first mile and last-mile connectivity to metro users. Founded in 2014, Bounce aims at decongesting the roads by encouraging commuters to choose public transport by delivering convenient options to rent bikes and reach their destinations from metro stations. It is based in Bangalore, India.
Wicked Ride Adventure Services
Venture Round in 2018
Wicked Ride is India's first luxury bike rental company. We rent out Harley Davidson, Triumph and Royal Enfield motorcycles. We are a start-up based out of Bangalore and are operational in 4 states across India. We intend to expand to other cities soon. We also cater to other needs of the biking community and design and execute expeditions. We have urban commute solution from our subsidiary Metro Bikes (www.metrobikes.in) which solves the first and last mile commute from public transportation hubs. Commuters can pick a bike from one hub and drop it across any other hub. This provides the fastest and cheapest mode of commute.
Bounce
Series A in 2018
Bounce (formerly known as Metro Bikes) is a smart mobility solution, with a mission of making daily commute stress-free, time-saving, reliable, and convenient. With a breakthrough technology that lets users access the bike with just an OTP, the Keyless bikes, have not only done away with keys, but the whole process of renting a bike has just become devoid of any physical or human intervention. With Bounce's new One Way Rental service, users can now pick up and drop the bike anywhere they need to and be done with the ride. This is aimed at providing a seamless first mile and last-mile connectivity to metro users. Founded in 2014, Bounce aims at decongesting the roads by encouraging commuters to choose public transport by delivering convenient options to rent bikes and reach their destinations from metro stations. It is based in Bangalore, India.
Wicked Ride Adventure Services
Venture Round in 2018
Wicked Ride is India's first luxury bike rental company. We rent out Harley Davidson, Triumph and Royal Enfield motorcycles. We are a start-up based out of Bangalore and are operational in 4 states across India. We intend to expand to other cities soon. We also cater to other needs of the biking community and design and execute expeditions. We have urban commute solution from our subsidiary Metro Bikes (www.metrobikes.in) which solves the first and last mile commute from public transportation hubs. Commuters can pick a bike from one hub and drop it across any other hub. This provides the fastest and cheapest mode of commute.
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