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 Risk Management
Oasis Security
Series A in 2024
Oasis Security specializes in non-human identity management technology designed to enhance visibility and risk assessment while automating vulnerability remediation. The company offers a platform that simplifies secret management compliance and automatically identifies non-human identities, helping clients strengthen their security posture and enforce robust governance. By streamlining these processes, Oasis enables organizations to effectively tackle security challenges and bolster their cybersecurity defenses without introducing operational complexity.
Credgenics
Series B in 2023
Credgenics is a platform focused on non-performing asset (NPA) resolution, catering to financial institutions, banks, non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), and digital lending firms. The company leverages technology and automation intelligence to enhance the efficiency of debt collections, aiming to expedite the recovery of bad loans. By employing optimal legal strategies and delivering customized recovery plans, Credgenics facilitates improved recovery rates while reducing costs for its clients. This approach helps financial entities manage stressed assets more effectively, ultimately contributing to better overall financial health.
Cinder Technologies
Series A in 2022
Cinder is a unified intelligence and investigation platform offering decision-support software for fraud and risk applications. This platform helps technology companies track, investigate, and disrupt the most critical problems facing online communities. By integrating relevant data sources, centralizing decision-making, and offering customizable workflows, the company powers more effective decisions for investigative teams across an organization.
Binocs
Seed Round in 2022
Binocs specializes in enhancing operational efficiency and risk management for private credit funds, enabling them to scale more effectively. The company offers an integrated platform that automates document management by consolidating various channels. Utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning, Binocs extracts and standardizes financial data for in-depth analysis of financial statements. The platform also provides features for monitoring covenants and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria, alongside advanced data analytics and risk management tools. Additionally, Binocs creates customized financial models tailored to the specific needs of portfolio managers, ensuring that clients can effectively manage their investments and compliance requirements.
Middesk
Series B in 2022
Middesk, Inc. is an identity platform founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company offers automated business verification services and provides essential contextual information about various businesses. Its platform allows organizations to capture, verify, and monitor business credentials effectively, facilitating compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements. Additionally, Middesk notifies service providers of changes within their customer base, enabling them to maintain an accurate understanding of their clients and better address their needs. By centralizing the credentialing process, Middesk helps companies streamline onboarding and enhance operational efficiency while managing risk and compliance.
Chainalysis
Series F in 2022
Chainalysis Inc. is a blockchain analysis company that specializes in developing anti-money laundering software for cryptocurrency businesses. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Copenhagen, Tokyo, and Singapore, the company offers a range of products to enhance compliance and security in the cryptocurrency sector. Its primary tools include REACTOR, an interactive investigation tool that helps identify offenders and visualize data, and an API that provides transaction-based risk scoring by tracking the source and destination of funds. Chainalysis also provides activity monitoring reports and due diligence tools that assist financial institutions in assessing risks, estimating potential criminal revenues, and identifying emerging threats. The company serves a diverse clientele, including government agencies, banks, exchanges, insurance firms, and various cryptocurrency businesses, facilitating safer interactions within the decentralized finance landscape.
Cinder Technologies
Seed Round in 2022
Cinder is a unified intelligence and investigation platform offering decision-support software for fraud and risk applications. This platform helps technology companies track, investigate, and disrupt the most critical problems facing online communities. By integrating relevant data sources, centralizing decision-making, and offering customizable workflows, the company powers more effective decisions for investigative teams across an organization.
Sotera Heritage
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Sotera Heritage is an Insurtech company focused on leveraging advanced technology and data to establish risk ratings for unique objects, particularly in the context of fine art and antiquities. Founded at Cambridge University, the company has participated in the accelerator program at Lloyds of London and collaborates with the Visual Geometry Group at Oxford University. Sotera utilizes an artificial intelligence engine to identify the origins of antiquities and assess when they may have been looted, aiming to address the illegal trade in stolen artifacts. In addition to providing data-backed insurance options, Sotera is developing tools to help document at-risk collections, contributing to efforts against the looting and trafficking of cultural heritage. The company has garnered investment from notable sources, including the Tokio Marine Future Fund and Accel, among others.
FinbotsAI
Series A in 2022
CreditX : World’s first AI-powered, SaaS, Integrated, no-code, Credit Modeling Solution. We're transforming credit decisioning -- democratizing & simplifying it to empower ALL lenders to make smarter, faster and more inclusive credit decisions with advanced and Explainable AI. Clients include - Banks, Non-Bank Lenders, FinTechs, Neobanks, Digital Banks, Credit Bureaus. Clients across 14 countries. CORE AI CAPABILITY : One-stop, No-code, Scalable, AI Model Builder Platform - Allows users even without any data science skills to build high accuracy predictive models in minutes & hours, instead of months. This platform serves as the foundation to develop products aimed at specific use cases. REPRODUCABLE AI : CreditX delivers this key regulatory & governance requirement for adoption of ML in credit modeling. EXPLAINABILITY : Comprehensive explainability available within CreditX - both at Model & Decision level
Jelled
Seed Round in 2022
Jelled is a collaboration platform that facilitates the development and execution of company strategy by providing tools for executives, managers, and employees. It enables executives to define strategic initiatives, while allowing managers to effectively organize personnel and projects. The platform also empowers all employees to contribute to the organization's success. Jelled's solution includes features for creating and managing strategic plans, monitoring progress, and identifying potential risks, thereby enhancing transparency and risk management within the organization. Through its comprehensive approach, Jelled aims to bring cohesion and alignment across various teams and initiatives.
Ermetic - a Tenable company
Series B in 2021
Tenable is a cloud-native application protection platform company that helps prevent breaches by analyzing permissions, configurations, and behavior across the full stack of identities. The company's CNAPP delivers in-depth contextual analysis in simple terms and reveals toxic combinations, such as privileged access to publicly exposed, vulnerable workloads.
Drip Capital
Series C in 2021
Drip Capital Inc. is a financial technology company that specializes in providing credit solutions to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) involved in cross-border trade, particularly in developing markets. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with an additional office in Mumbai, India, Drip Capital offers a range of trade financing products, including invoice factoring, export finance, and receivables factoring. The company's innovative platform employs an automated risk assessment model, allowing SMEs to access working capital quickly and with minimal paperwork. By leveraging multiple data sources for transaction underwriting, Drip Capital aims to simplify the borrowing process, enabling businesses to obtain collateral-free loans and lines of credit to manage their inventory and fulfill purchase orders effectively. The company is supported by a team of professionals with backgrounds from prestigious institutions and has garnered backing from notable Silicon Valley investors.
Credgenics
Series A in 2021
Credgenics is a platform focused on non-performing asset (NPA) resolution, catering to financial institutions, banks, non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), and digital lending firms. The company leverages technology and automation intelligence to enhance the efficiency of debt collections, aiming to expedite the recovery of bad loans. By employing optimal legal strategies and delivering customized recovery plans, Credgenics facilitates improved recovery rates while reducing costs for its clients. This approach helps financial entities manage stressed assets more effectively, ultimately contributing to better overall financial health.
Middesk
Series A in 2021
Middesk, Inc. is an identity platform founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company offers automated business verification services and provides essential contextual information about various businesses. Its platform allows organizations to capture, verify, and monitor business credentials effectively, facilitating compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements. Additionally, Middesk notifies service providers of changes within their customer base, enabling them to maintain an accurate understanding of their clients and better address their needs. By centralizing the credentialing process, Middesk helps companies streamline onboarding and enhance operational efficiency while managing risk and compliance.
VComply
Series A in 2021
VComply, Inc. is a developer of a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform focused on governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) management. Founded in 2016 and based in San Jose, California, VComply's platform enables organizations to conduct internal audits and manage contracts, licenses, accreditations, and policies within a secure, cloud-based environment. The platform is designed to be highly configurable, allowing users to tailor GRC applications to their specific needs without requiring coding or extensive infrastructure. VComply aims to simplify GRC processes, providing tools for collecting, organizing, reporting, and analyzing data to enhance control, collaboration, and transparency. The company's innovative approach supports organizations across various industries, particularly in the mid-market, to foster a culture of good governance while effectively addressing risks and compliance challenges.
Chainalysis
Series C in 2020
Chainalysis Inc. is a blockchain analysis company that specializes in developing anti-money laundering software for cryptocurrency businesses. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Copenhagen, Tokyo, and Singapore, the company offers a range of products to enhance compliance and security in the cryptocurrency sector. Its primary tools include REACTOR, an interactive investigation tool that helps identify offenders and visualize data, and an API that provides transaction-based risk scoring by tracking the source and destination of funds. Chainalysis also provides activity monitoring reports and due diligence tools that assist financial institutions in assessing risks, estimating potential criminal revenues, and identifying emerging threats. The company serves a diverse clientele, including government agencies, banks, exchanges, insurance firms, and various cryptocurrency businesses, facilitating safer interactions within the decentralized finance landscape.
Credgenics
Seed Round in 2020
Credgenics is a platform focused on non-performing asset (NPA) resolution, catering to financial institutions, banks, non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), and digital lending firms. The company leverages technology and automation intelligence to enhance the efficiency of debt collections, aiming to expedite the recovery of bad loans. By employing optimal legal strategies and delivering customized recovery plans, Credgenics facilitates improved recovery rates while reducing costs for its clients. This approach helps financial entities manage stressed assets more effectively, ultimately contributing to better overall financial health.
Ermetic - a Tenable company
Series A in 2020
Tenable is a cloud-native application protection platform company that helps prevent breaches by analyzing permissions, configurations, and behavior across the full stack of identities. The company's CNAPP delivers in-depth contextual analysis in simple terms and reveals toxic combinations, such as privileged access to publicly exposed, vulnerable workloads.
CyCognito
Series B in 2020
CyCognito, founded in 2017 and based in Palo Alto, California, specializes in cyber security services with a focus on external cyber risk management. The company offers a cloud-based platform that conducts automated and continuous analysis of an organization's IT ecosystem, simulating the perspective of potential attackers. This approach enables organizations to identify vulnerabilities and prioritize remediation efforts effectively. By leveraging advanced machine learning and natural language processing, CyCognito provides organizations with insights into their security weaknesses, helping them understand their true risks and allocate resources efficiently. The platform aims to bridge cyber risk remediation across departments, enhancing overall security posture and reducing the likelihood of data breaches.
Luko
Series A in 2019
Luko is an insurance company that focuses on transforming the home insurance experience by emphasizing prevention rather than claims. It offers an artificial intelligence-based platform that enhances accessibility and transparency for customers seeking insurance for homes, property, and vehicles. Luko provides a unique device equipped with an AI-powered sensor that monitors home security and helps prevent accidents, ultimately aiming to reduce electricity bills as well. By leveraging proprietary technology, Luko seeks to empower customers to select insurance options tailored to their needs, prioritizing safety and user-friendliness in the process.
Middesk
Seed Round in 2019
Middesk, Inc. is an identity platform founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company offers automated business verification services and provides essential contextual information about various businesses. Its platform allows organizations to capture, verify, and monitor business credentials effectively, facilitating compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements. Additionally, Middesk notifies service providers of changes within their customer base, enabling them to maintain an accurate understanding of their clients and better address their needs. By centralizing the credentialing process, Middesk helps companies streamline onboarding and enhance operational efficiency while managing risk and compliance.
Drip Capital
Series B in 2019
Drip Capital Inc. is a financial technology company that specializes in providing credit solutions to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) involved in cross-border trade, particularly in developing markets. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with an additional office in Mumbai, India, Drip Capital offers a range of trade financing products, including invoice factoring, export finance, and receivables factoring. The company's innovative platform employs an automated risk assessment model, allowing SMEs to access working capital quickly and with minimal paperwork. By leveraging multiple data sources for transaction underwriting, Drip Capital aims to simplify the borrowing process, enabling businesses to obtain collateral-free loans and lines of credit to manage their inventory and fulfill purchase orders effectively. The company is supported by a team of professionals with backgrounds from prestigious institutions and has garnered backing from notable Silicon Valley investors.
VComply
Seed Round in 2019
VComply, Inc. is a developer of a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform focused on governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) management. Founded in 2016 and based in San Jose, California, VComply's platform enables organizations to conduct internal audits and manage contracts, licenses, accreditations, and policies within a secure, cloud-based environment. The platform is designed to be highly configurable, allowing users to tailor GRC applications to their specific needs without requiring coding or extensive infrastructure. VComply aims to simplify GRC processes, providing tools for collecting, organizing, reporting, and analyzing data to enhance control, collaboration, and transparency. The company's innovative approach supports organizations across various industries, particularly in the mid-market, to foster a culture of good governance while effectively addressing risks and compliance challenges.
OpenGamma
Series E in 2019
OpenGamma is an analytics company focused on reducing trading costs for derivatives through actionable recommendations for front-office, risk, and treasury teams. Established in 2009, it serves leading financial institutions, including clearing houses, banks, and buy-side firms, by leveraging its expertise in margin and capital models alongside advanced cloud-based technologies. OpenGamma’s platform provides independent risk management services that assist users in understanding the comprehensive costs associated with derivatives, thereby facilitating smarter counterparty decisions and enhancing investment outcomes. The company enables clients to quickly implement its solutions, often within hours, allowing them to immediately benefit from insights that drive cost savings. With offices in London and New York, OpenGamma combines the skills of practitioners, quantitative analysts, and software engineers to deliver effective derivatives analytics relied upon by thousands of users daily, addressing major challenges in derivatives trading.
GoCardless
Series E in 2019
GoCardless Limited provides online payment processing services that facilitate bank-to-bank transfers for businesses. The company offers a range of products, including GoCardless for one-off and recurring payments, GoCardless Pro for creating a recurring payments ecosystem, and Success+, a tool designed to predict and manage payment failures. With connections to over 2,300 banks across Europe, GoCardless enables businesses to collect payments both domestically and internationally while reducing the stress and costs associated with payment collection. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in London, GoCardless has expanded its presence with offices in Paris, Munich, and Melbourne, serving over 75,000 businesses globally. The company aims to leverage bank account data to enhance decision-making and risk management for its clients.
Chainalysis
Series B in 2019
Chainalysis Inc. is a blockchain analysis company that specializes in developing anti-money laundering software for cryptocurrency businesses. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Copenhagen, Tokyo, and Singapore, the company offers a range of products to enhance compliance and security in the cryptocurrency sector. Its primary tools include REACTOR, an interactive investigation tool that helps identify offenders and visualize data, and an API that provides transaction-based risk scoring by tracking the source and destination of funds. Chainalysis also provides activity monitoring reports and due diligence tools that assist financial institutions in assessing risks, estimating potential criminal revenues, and identifying emerging threats. The company serves a diverse clientele, including government agencies, banks, exchanges, insurance firms, and various cryptocurrency businesses, facilitating safer interactions within the decentralized finance landscape.
RiskRecon
Series B in 2018
RiskRecon Inc. is a software company that specializes in third-party risk management by offering vendor security assessments. Founded in 2011 and based in Salt Lake City, Utah, RiskRecon provides a cloud-based platform that delivers continuous monitoring and on-demand assessments of organizations' security practices. The platform analyzes third-party internet infrastructure and application presence, enabling users to objectively measure the quality of their security programs. By offering risk-prioritized action plans tailored to individual risk priorities, RiskRecon helps organizations effectively control third-party risks and improve accountability among stakeholders, ultimately leading to better risk management outcomes.
Wonga
Venture Round in 2018
Wonga.com provides small, short-term cash advances to UK consumers online. The company uses sophisticated risk and decisioning technology to make automated yet responsible lending decisions. Applicants can first determine the exact size and length of the cash advance required, using sliders on the Wonga home page, before submitting personal details online. Wonga offers cash deposits within minutes and loans are available up to £750, for between five and 30 days. Wonga's real-time and fully automated loan processing systems means more speed, convenience, and flexibility than a typical online lender, or indeed any traditional form of credit. The principle behind Wonga is that customers use the service on an occasional basis, in reaction to cash emergencies, rather than as an ongoing source of credit. In contrast to credit cards, traditional loans and bank overdrafts, the idea is that money is repaid quickly, thereby avoiding long-term debt. The alternative for many consumers might be an unauthorized overdraft, which can incur significant bank charges, bounced cheques, or a cash loan from friends or family. The company's technical innovation has been recognized by several award schemes such as Red Herring Europe 100 and the National Business Awards.
Drip Capital
Series A in 2018
Drip Capital Inc. is a financial technology company that specializes in providing credit solutions to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) involved in cross-border trade, particularly in developing markets. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with an additional office in Mumbai, India, Drip Capital offers a range of trade financing products, including invoice factoring, export finance, and receivables factoring. The company's innovative platform employs an automated risk assessment model, allowing SMEs to access working capital quickly and with minimal paperwork. By leveraging multiple data sources for transaction underwriting, Drip Capital aims to simplify the borrowing process, enabling businesses to obtain collateral-free loans and lines of credit to manage their inventory and fulfill purchase orders effectively. The company is supported by a team of professionals with backgrounds from prestigious institutions and has garnered backing from notable Silicon Valley investors.
GoCardless
Series D in 2017
GoCardless Limited provides online payment processing services that facilitate bank-to-bank transfers for businesses. The company offers a range of products, including GoCardless for one-off and recurring payments, GoCardless Pro for creating a recurring payments ecosystem, and Success+, a tool designed to predict and manage payment failures. With connections to over 2,300 banks across Europe, GoCardless enables businesses to collect payments both domestically and internationally while reducing the stress and costs associated with payment collection. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in London, GoCardless has expanded its presence with offices in Paris, Munich, and Melbourne, serving over 75,000 businesses globally. The company aims to leverage bank account data to enhance decision-making and risk management for its clients.
OpenGamma
Series D in 2016
OpenGamma is an analytics company focused on reducing trading costs for derivatives through actionable recommendations for front-office, risk, and treasury teams. Established in 2009, it serves leading financial institutions, including clearing houses, banks, and buy-side firms, by leveraging its expertise in margin and capital models alongside advanced cloud-based technologies. OpenGamma’s platform provides independent risk management services that assist users in understanding the comprehensive costs associated with derivatives, thereby facilitating smarter counterparty decisions and enhancing investment outcomes. The company enables clients to quickly implement its solutions, often within hours, allowing them to immediately benefit from insights that drive cost savings. With offices in London and New York, OpenGamma combines the skills of practitioners, quantitative analysts, and software engineers to deliver effective derivatives analytics relied upon by thousands of users daily, addressing major challenges in derivatives trading.
GoCardless
Series B in 2014
GoCardless Limited provides online payment processing services that facilitate bank-to-bank transfers for businesses. The company offers a range of products, including GoCardless for one-off and recurring payments, GoCardless Pro for creating a recurring payments ecosystem, and Success+, a tool designed to predict and manage payment failures. With connections to over 2,300 banks across Europe, GoCardless enables businesses to collect payments both domestically and internationally while reducing the stress and costs associated with payment collection. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in London, GoCardless has expanded its presence with offices in Paris, Munich, and Melbourne, serving over 75,000 businesses globally. The company aims to leverage bank account data to enhance decision-making and risk management for its clients.
CAN Capital
Series C in 2014
CAN Capital provides capital to small and medium-sized businesses, using its own real-time platform and risk-scoring models. Its Daily Remittance Platform allows lenders to access the daily cash flows of borrowers, and collect daily remittances from them. The platform gives lenders a window into their customers’ daily business, and relies on payment processors to split the settlement of card transactions between the small business and its bank. CAN Capital, Inc. was formerly known as Capital Access Network, Inc. and changed its name to CAN Capital, Inc. in December 2013. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in New York, United States.
Correlsense
Series D in 2013
Correlsense is a provider of Application Performance Management software designed to enhance IT reliability by identifying performance issues and outages caused by underperforming applications. Its flagship product, SharePath, offers comprehensive visibility into data center transactions by tracking each interaction through the infrastructure. This enables businesses to optimize user experiences, manage risks during service rollouts and data center migrations, and improve capacity planning. SharePath is suitable for organizations of all sizes and is complemented by an Express edition, which provides free enterprise-class software for monitoring both cloud-based and on-premise applications. Founded in 2005 and privately held, Correlsense focuses on helping IT and business teams diagnose performance problems swiftly and conduct in-depth analytics to foster ongoing improvements.
GoCardless
Series A in 2013
GoCardless Limited provides online payment processing services that facilitate bank-to-bank transfers for businesses. The company offers a range of products, including GoCardless for one-off and recurring payments, GoCardless Pro for creating a recurring payments ecosystem, and Success+, a tool designed to predict and manage payment failures. With connections to over 2,300 banks across Europe, GoCardless enables businesses to collect payments both domestically and internationally while reducing the stress and costs associated with payment collection. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in London, GoCardless has expanded its presence with offices in Paris, Munich, and Melbourne, serving over 75,000 businesses globally. The company aims to leverage bank account data to enhance decision-making and risk management for its clients.
OpenGamma
Series C in 2012
OpenGamma is an analytics company focused on reducing trading costs for derivatives through actionable recommendations for front-office, risk, and treasury teams. Established in 2009, it serves leading financial institutions, including clearing houses, banks, and buy-side firms, by leveraging its expertise in margin and capital models alongside advanced cloud-based technologies. OpenGamma’s platform provides independent risk management services that assist users in understanding the comprehensive costs associated with derivatives, thereby facilitating smarter counterparty decisions and enhancing investment outcomes. The company enables clients to quickly implement its solutions, often within hours, allowing them to immediately benefit from insights that drive cost savings. With offices in London and New York, OpenGamma combines the skills of practitioners, quantitative analysts, and software engineers to deliver effective derivatives analytics relied upon by thousands of users daily, addressing major challenges in derivatives trading.
Correlsense
Series C in 2012
Correlsense is a provider of Application Performance Management software designed to enhance IT reliability by identifying performance issues and outages caused by underperforming applications. Its flagship product, SharePath, offers comprehensive visibility into data center transactions by tracking each interaction through the infrastructure. This enables businesses to optimize user experiences, manage risks during service rollouts and data center migrations, and improve capacity planning. SharePath is suitable for organizations of all sizes and is complemented by an Express edition, which provides free enterprise-class software for monitoring both cloud-based and on-premise applications. Founded in 2005 and privately held, Correlsense focuses on helping IT and business teams diagnose performance problems swiftly and conduct in-depth analytics to foster ongoing improvements.
GoCardless
Seed Round in 2012
GoCardless Limited provides online payment processing services that facilitate bank-to-bank transfers for businesses. The company offers a range of products, including GoCardless for one-off and recurring payments, GoCardless Pro for creating a recurring payments ecosystem, and Success+, a tool designed to predict and manage payment failures. With connections to over 2,300 banks across Europe, GoCardless enables businesses to collect payments both domestically and internationally while reducing the stress and costs associated with payment collection. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in London, GoCardless has expanded its presence with offices in Paris, Munich, and Melbourne, serving over 75,000 businesses globally. The company aims to leverage bank account data to enhance decision-making and risk management for its clients.
CAN Capital
Series B in 2012
CAN Capital provides capital to small and medium-sized businesses, using its own real-time platform and risk-scoring models. Its Daily Remittance Platform allows lenders to access the daily cash flows of borrowers, and collect daily remittances from them. The platform gives lenders a window into their customers’ daily business, and relies on payment processors to split the settlement of card transactions between the small business and its bank. CAN Capital, Inc. was formerly known as Capital Access Network, Inc. and changed its name to CAN Capital, Inc. in December 2013. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in New York, United States.
Impermium
Seed Round in 2011
Impermium is a cybersecurity technology startup that specializes in protecting online businesses from cybercrime. With a focus on real-time monitoring, the company has developed an advanced risk-evaluation platform that helps identify fraudulent registrations, compromised logins, and risky transactions. It serves over 1.5 million sites and has processed more than 8 billion transactions in its short history. By utilizing a combination of machine learning, statistical anomaly detection, and a proprietary database of malicious actors, Impermium effectively stops fraudulent user account registrations in real time. This technology is particularly beneficial for large consumer Internet companies, enabling them to eliminate fraud and web abuse while enhancing overall account management.
Wonga
Series C in 2011
Wonga.com provides small, short-term cash advances to UK consumers online. The company uses sophisticated risk and decisioning technology to make automated yet responsible lending decisions. Applicants can first determine the exact size and length of the cash advance required, using sliders on the Wonga home page, before submitting personal details online. Wonga offers cash deposits within minutes and loans are available up to £750, for between five and 30 days. Wonga's real-time and fully automated loan processing systems means more speed, convenience, and flexibility than a typical online lender, or indeed any traditional form of credit. The principle behind Wonga is that customers use the service on an occasional basis, in reaction to cash emergencies, rather than as an ongoing source of credit. In contrast to credit cards, traditional loans and bank overdrafts, the idea is that money is repaid quickly, thereby avoiding long-term debt. The alternative for many consumers might be an unauthorized overdraft, which can incur significant bank charges, bounced cheques, or a cash loan from friends or family. The company's technical innovation has been recognized by several award schemes such as Red Herring Europe 100 and the National Business Awards.
OpenGamma
Series B in 2011
OpenGamma is an analytics company focused on reducing trading costs for derivatives through actionable recommendations for front-office, risk, and treasury teams. Established in 2009, it serves leading financial institutions, including clearing houses, banks, and buy-side firms, by leveraging its expertise in margin and capital models alongside advanced cloud-based technologies. OpenGamma’s platform provides independent risk management services that assist users in understanding the comprehensive costs associated with derivatives, thereby facilitating smarter counterparty decisions and enhancing investment outcomes. The company enables clients to quickly implement its solutions, often within hours, allowing them to immediately benefit from insights that drive cost savings. With offices in London and New York, OpenGamma combines the skills of practitioners, quantitative analysts, and software engineers to deliver effective derivatives analytics relied upon by thousands of users daily, addressing major challenges in derivatives trading.
OpenGamma
Series A in 2009
OpenGamma is an analytics company focused on reducing trading costs for derivatives through actionable recommendations for front-office, risk, and treasury teams. Established in 2009, it serves leading financial institutions, including clearing houses, banks, and buy-side firms, by leveraging its expertise in margin and capital models alongside advanced cloud-based technologies. OpenGamma’s platform provides independent risk management services that assist users in understanding the comprehensive costs associated with derivatives, thereby facilitating smarter counterparty decisions and enhancing investment outcomes. The company enables clients to quickly implement its solutions, often within hours, allowing them to immediately benefit from insights that drive cost savings. With offices in London and New York, OpenGamma combines the skills of practitioners, quantitative analysts, and software engineers to deliver effective derivatives analytics relied upon by thousands of users daily, addressing major challenges in derivatives trading.
Wonga
Series B in 2009
Wonga.com provides small, short-term cash advances to UK consumers online. The company uses sophisticated risk and decisioning technology to make automated yet responsible lending decisions. Applicants can first determine the exact size and length of the cash advance required, using sliders on the Wonga home page, before submitting personal details online. Wonga offers cash deposits within minutes and loans are available up to £750, for between five and 30 days. Wonga's real-time and fully automated loan processing systems means more speed, convenience, and flexibility than a typical online lender, or indeed any traditional form of credit. The principle behind Wonga is that customers use the service on an occasional basis, in reaction to cash emergencies, rather than as an ongoing source of credit. In contrast to credit cards, traditional loans and bank overdrafts, the idea is that money is repaid quickly, thereby avoiding long-term debt. The alternative for many consumers might be an unauthorized overdraft, which can incur significant bank charges, bounced cheques, or a cash loan from friends or family. The company's technical innovation has been recognized by several award schemes such as Red Herring Europe 100 and the National Business Awards.
Correlsense
Series B in 2009
Correlsense is a provider of Application Performance Management software designed to enhance IT reliability by identifying performance issues and outages caused by underperforming applications. Its flagship product, SharePath, offers comprehensive visibility into data center transactions by tracking each interaction through the infrastructure. This enables businesses to optimize user experiences, manage risks during service rollouts and data center migrations, and improve capacity planning. SharePath is suitable for organizations of all sizes and is complemented by an Express edition, which provides free enterprise-class software for monitoring both cloud-based and on-premise applications. Founded in 2005 and privately held, Correlsense focuses on helping IT and business teams diagnose performance problems swiftly and conduct in-depth analytics to foster ongoing improvements.
Correlsense
Series A in 2008
Correlsense is a provider of Application Performance Management software designed to enhance IT reliability by identifying performance issues and outages caused by underperforming applications. Its flagship product, SharePath, offers comprehensive visibility into data center transactions by tracking each interaction through the infrastructure. This enables businesses to optimize user experiences, manage risks during service rollouts and data center migrations, and improve capacity planning. SharePath is suitable for organizations of all sizes and is complemented by an Express edition, which provides free enterprise-class software for monitoring both cloud-based and on-premise applications. Founded in 2005 and privately held, Correlsense focuses on helping IT and business teams diagnose performance problems swiftly and conduct in-depth analytics to foster ongoing improvements.
Diligent
Series B in 2004
Diligent is the largest governance, risk and compliance (GRC) SaaS provider, serving more than one million users from over 23,000 organizations around the globe. Our modern GRC platform ensures boards, executives and other leaders have a holistic, integrated view of audit, risk, information security, ethics and compliance across the organization and up to the board. Diligent brings technology, insights and confidence to leaders so they can build more effective, equitable and successful organizations. We empower 62% of the Fortune 500, 90% of the FTSE 100 and 83% of the ASX 200 to improve their bottom line, keep pace with stakeholder expectations and create lasting, positive impact on the world. Diligent is valued at $7 billion with more than $500 million in revenue.
Model N
Series C in 2004
Model N, Inc. specializes in providing revenue management cloud solutions tailored for the life sciences and high-tech sectors. The company offers a comprehensive suite of services designed to enhance pricing strategies, contract management, and revenue optimization. Key offerings include Global Pricing Management to minimize price erosion, Global Tender Management for improved revenue through effective bid strategies, and Provider Management to reduce rebate overpayments. Additionally, Model N addresses compliance and revenue leakage with its Payer Management and Government Pricing solutions. The company also features Deal Management tools to enhance deal conversion and pricing consistency, along with Channel Management that provides manufacturers with insights into inventory and pricing strategies. Other services include Market Development Fund Management, Rebates Management, and Channel Data Management, which automates data processing from partners. Model N's solutions are developed to streamline operations, reduce financial risks, and improve compliance with regulatory requirements. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, the company primarily serves large and mid-sized organizations globally through a direct sales approach.
Model N
Private Equity Round in 2000
Model N, Inc. specializes in providing revenue management cloud solutions tailored for the life sciences and high-tech sectors. The company offers a comprehensive suite of services designed to enhance pricing strategies, contract management, and revenue optimization. Key offerings include Global Pricing Management to minimize price erosion, Global Tender Management for improved revenue through effective bid strategies, and Provider Management to reduce rebate overpayments. Additionally, Model N addresses compliance and revenue leakage with its Payer Management and Government Pricing solutions. The company also features Deal Management tools to enhance deal conversion and pricing consistency, along with Channel Management that provides manufacturers with insights into inventory and pricing strategies. Other services include Market Development Fund Management, Rebates Management, and Channel Data Management, which automates data processing from partners. Model N's solutions are developed to streamline operations, reduce financial risks, and improve compliance with regulatory requirements. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, the company primarily serves large and mid-sized organizations globally through a direct sales approach.
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