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
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Partner
Barath Shankar Subramanian
Senior Analyst
David Waltcher
Investor
Past deals in Travel
Atlys
Venture Round in 2023
Atlys is a software solutions provider that specializes in developing a user-friendly visa application platform aimed at simplifying the visa process for travelers. The company offers tools that allow users to apply for visas with ease, featuring personalized guidance, document scanning and uploading capabilities, and real-time status updates. By focusing on innovation and efficiency, Atlys enhances the experience for customers, enabling them to save time and reduce stress while ensuring timely visa acquisition. In addition to its visa application services, Atlys also provides various software tools designed to streamline business operations, including project management, collaboration platforms, data analytics, and automation solutions, ultimately helping organizations improve productivity and make informed decisions.
Minoan Experience
Seed Round in 2022
Minoan Experience help short-term rentals and boutique hotels enhance their appeal using our customizable, curated retail platform.
Radar
Series C in 2022
Radar provides a location data infrastructure platform designed for app developers to integrate location-based services into their applications. The platform facilitates the creation of personalized and contextually aware experiences through features such as geofencing, place detection, and location tracking. It supports a variety of use cases across sectors like retail, travel, and logistics, and offers tools for easy integration, including mobile SDKs and APIs. Radar's capabilities include detecting home, work, and traveling locations, as well as geocoding addresses into geographic coordinates. The company emphasizes privacy and security, ensuring responsible handling of location data. Founded in 2016, Radar continues to innovate with new APIs in private beta that enhance the functionality of its platform.
WegoPro
Seed Round in 2022
WegoPro offers a streamlined platform designed to simplify business travel and expense management for companies. The platform enables effective management of business trips by automating the expense reporting process and providing valuable insights to business owners. Utilizing artificial intelligence, WegoPro enhances the booking experience for business travel, allowing organizations to handle all aspects of their travel arrangements, expenses, and analytics within a single, cohesive system. This comprehensive approach helps businesses optimize their travel operations and gain better visibility into their spending.
Upaway
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Upaway is a travel agency app that offers on-demand trip support from experienced travelers. The platform allows users to securely store and share travel-related documents, facilitating collaboration on various trips and travel plans. By integrating travel organization tools with personalized assistance, Upaway helps customers find suitable accommodations, make eco-friendly travel choices, and address issues such as lost luggage or flight delays. The service also provides timely safety updates for each destination, ensuring a hassle-free experience for users throughout their travel journey.
Radar
Series B in 2020
Radar provides a location data infrastructure platform designed for app developers to integrate location-based services into their applications. The platform facilitates the creation of personalized and contextually aware experiences through features such as geofencing, place detection, and location tracking. It supports a variety of use cases across sectors like retail, travel, and logistics, and offers tools for easy integration, including mobile SDKs and APIs. Radar's capabilities include detecting home, work, and traveling locations, as well as geocoding addresses into geographic coordinates. The company emphasizes privacy and security, ensuring responsible handling of location data. Founded in 2016, Radar continues to innovate with new APIs in private beta that enhance the functionality of its platform.
WegoPro
Seed Round in 2019
WegoPro offers a streamlined platform designed to simplify business travel and expense management for companies. The platform enables effective management of business trips by automating the expense reporting process and providing valuable insights to business owners. Utilizing artificial intelligence, WegoPro enhances the booking experience for business travel, allowing organizations to handle all aspects of their travel arrangements, expenses, and analytics within a single, cohesive system. This comprehensive approach helps businesses optimize their travel operations and gain better visibility into their spending.
FabHotels
Series B in 2019
FabHotels operates a budget hotel chain in India, partnering with smaller hotels to offer standardized services aimed at budget travelers. The company employs an asset-light model, promoting its partner hotels, which typically have capacities ranging from twenty to forty rooms. This approach enables travelers to easily discover and book accommodations while enjoying exclusive benefits and rewards. By focusing on affordability and consistency, FabHotels caters to the needs of cost-conscious guests seeking reliable lodging options.
Radar
Series A in 2019
Radar provides a location data infrastructure platform designed for app developers to integrate location-based services into their applications. The platform facilitates the creation of personalized and contextually aware experiences through features such as geofencing, place detection, and location tracking. It supports a variety of use cases across sectors like retail, travel, and logistics, and offers tools for easy integration, including mobile SDKs and APIs. Radar's capabilities include detecting home, work, and traveling locations, as well as geocoding addresses into geographic coordinates. The company emphasizes privacy and security, ensuring responsible handling of location data. Founded in 2016, Radar continues to innovate with new APIs in private beta that enhance the functionality of its platform.
Lola.com
Series C in 2019
Lola.com is an easy-to-use travel management tool that helps companies book, report, and save on business travel. Life becomes simpler with employee friendly business travel policies, fun travel tracking tools, and transparent spend reporting for business travel managers. For the business travelers, it enables easy flight and hotel booking, team destination sharing, loyalty points from the actual hotels and airlines, and 24/7 agent support. Its book on behalf feature lets executive assistants, easily book travel like a boss. Founded on 2015, Lola.com works for both employers and employees. It is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
HolidayMe
Series C in 2018
HolidayMe is an online travel portal founded in 2013 and operates under the registered trademark of Traveazy DMCC, with its headquarters in Dubai, UAE. The company provides a comprehensive travel booking platform that offers a range of services, including holiday planning, hotel bookings, customized travel packages, and booking vouchers. With a presence in multiple countries, including India, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, HolidayMe caters to both B2B and B2C markets, featuring products such as Umrah and leisure packages. The platform is designed to streamline the travel experience, allowing customers to easily select and book their desired holiday destinations through various payment methods. HolidayMe has received multiple accolades and recognition within the travel and startup community, highlighting its commitment to delivering exceptional service and innovative solutions in a competitive market.
Radar
Seed Round in 2017
Radar provides a location data infrastructure platform designed for app developers to integrate location-based services into their applications. The platform facilitates the creation of personalized and contextually aware experiences through features such as geofencing, place detection, and location tracking. It supports a variety of use cases across sectors like retail, travel, and logistics, and offers tools for easy integration, including mobile SDKs and APIs. Radar's capabilities include detecting home, work, and traveling locations, as well as geocoding addresses into geographic coordinates. The company emphasizes privacy and security, ensuring responsible handling of location data. Founded in 2016, Radar continues to innovate with new APIs in private beta that enhance the functionality of its platform.
TravelBank
Series B in 2017
TravelBank is a comprehensive business travel and expense management platform catering to over 20,000 companies. The platform aims to enhance control over travel programs, leading to an average reduction in travel expenses by 30%. It features a user-friendly design and a travel rewards program that promotes employee satisfaction. Businesses can easily create and implement customized travel policies while establishing a baseline for their travel expenditures. TravelBank also offers a dedicated customer support team available 24/7 via phone, email, or chat to assist clients with any inquiries.
FabHotels
Series B in 2017
FabHotels operates a budget hotel chain in India, partnering with smaller hotels to offer standardized services aimed at budget travelers. The company employs an asset-light model, promoting its partner hotels, which typically have capacities ranging from twenty to forty rooms. This approach enables travelers to easily discover and book accommodations while enjoying exclusive benefits and rewards. By focusing on affordability and consistency, FabHotels caters to the needs of cost-conscious guests seeking reliable lodging options.
Away
Series B in 2017
Away is a modern travel and lifestyle brand. The company is a vertically-integrated company offering beautiful, high-quality luggage at an affordable price point. Away designs special objects for modern travel. It started with luggage, designed with thoughtful features that solve real travel problems—for life. Now all that’s left is the world in front of you and the people you share it with. Because getting Away means getting more out of every trip to come.
HotelTonight
Series E in 2017
HotelTonight, Inc. is a mobile application designed for booking same-day and last-minute hotel deals, primarily targeting travelers who seek accommodations on short notice. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the platform allows users to access discounted rates for unsold hotel rooms, making it suitable for both business and leisure travelers. The application facilitates bookings for available rooms, providing users with the flexibility to reserve accommodations up to 100 days in advance in popular destinations. As of April 2019, HotelTonight operates as a subsidiary of Airbnb, Inc.
Lola.com
Series B in 2017
Lola.com is an easy-to-use travel management tool that helps companies book, report, and save on business travel. Life becomes simpler with employee friendly business travel policies, fun travel tracking tools, and transparent spend reporting for business travel managers. For the business travelers, it enables easy flight and hotel booking, team destination sharing, loyalty points from the actual hotels and airlines, and 24/7 agent support. Its book on behalf feature lets executive assistants, easily book travel like a boss. Founded on 2015, Lola.com works for both employers and employees. It is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
Campanda
Series B in 2017
Campanda operates an extensive online booking platform focused on the rental and sharing of recreational vehicles (RVs). Catering to camping enthusiasts, the platform allows users to search, compare, and book RV rentals from both commercial and private suppliers in over 40 countries. With a commitment to providing a diverse selection of well-maintained and competitively priced vehicles, Campanda aims to simplify the process of securing recreational vehicles for holidays, ensuring users can conveniently find suitable options that meet their travel needs.
HolidayMe
Series A in 2016
HolidayMe is an online travel portal founded in 2013 and operates under the registered trademark of Traveazy DMCC, with its headquarters in Dubai, UAE. The company provides a comprehensive travel booking platform that offers a range of services, including holiday planning, hotel bookings, customized travel packages, and booking vouchers. With a presence in multiple countries, including India, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, HolidayMe caters to both B2B and B2C markets, featuring products such as Umrah and leisure packages. The platform is designed to streamline the travel experience, allowing customers to easily select and book their desired holiday destinations through various payment methods. HolidayMe has received multiple accolades and recognition within the travel and startup community, highlighting its commitment to delivering exceptional service and innovative solutions in a competitive market.
Away
Series A in 2016
Away is a modern travel and lifestyle brand. The company is a vertically-integrated company offering beautiful, high-quality luggage at an affordable price point. Away designs special objects for modern travel. It started with luggage, designed with thoughtful features that solve real travel problems—for life. Now all that’s left is the world in front of you and the people you share it with. Because getting Away means getting more out of every trip to come.
FabHotels
Series A in 2016
FabHotels operates a budget hotel chain in India, partnering with smaller hotels to offer standardized services aimed at budget travelers. The company employs an asset-light model, promoting its partner hotels, which typically have capacities ranging from twenty to forty rooms. This approach enables travelers to easily discover and book accommodations while enjoying exclusive benefits and rewards. By focusing on affordability and consistency, FabHotels caters to the needs of cost-conscious guests seeking reliable lodging options.
Lola.com
Series A in 2016
Lola.com is an easy-to-use travel management tool that helps companies book, report, and save on business travel. Life becomes simpler with employee friendly business travel policies, fun travel tracking tools, and transparent spend reporting for business travel managers. For the business travelers, it enables easy flight and hotel booking, team destination sharing, loyalty points from the actual hotels and airlines, and 24/7 agent support. Its book on behalf feature lets executive assistants, easily book travel like a boss. Founded on 2015, Lola.com works for both employers and employees. It is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
Campanda
Series A in 2015
Campanda operates an extensive online booking platform focused on the rental and sharing of recreational vehicles (RVs). Catering to camping enthusiasts, the platform allows users to search, compare, and book RV rentals from both commercial and private suppliers in over 40 countries. With a commitment to providing a diverse selection of well-maintained and competitively priced vehicles, Campanda aims to simplify the process of securing recreational vehicles for holidays, ensuring users can conveniently find suitable options that meet their travel needs.
HotelTonight
Series D in 2013
HotelTonight, Inc. is a mobile application designed for booking same-day and last-minute hotel deals, primarily targeting travelers who seek accommodations on short notice. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the platform allows users to access discounted rates for unsold hotel rooms, making it suitable for both business and leisure travelers. The application facilitates bookings for available rooms, providing users with the flexibility to reserve accommodations up to 100 days in advance in popular destinations. As of April 2019, HotelTonight operates as a subsidiary of Airbnb, Inc.
HolidayIQ
Series A in 2013
HolidayIQ, launched in early 2004 as India Resorts Survey, initially aimed to create a travel community focused on gathering feedback about holiday accommodations in India. The positive response from users led to an expansion of the platform’s scope, resulting in the establishment of HolidayIQ. The company operates an online holiday information portal that simplifies the holiday planning process by providing users with comprehensive information on airfare, travel packages, destinations, hotels, and international getaways. This platform not only helps travelers discover and plan their holidays but also encourages them to share their experiences, fostering a community-driven approach to travel in India.
Nor1
Series B in 2012
Nor1, Inc. specializes in data-driven merchandising solutions for the travel industry, focusing on hotels, resorts, and airlines. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company offers a range of products, including eStandby Upgrade, a pre-arrival upsell solution; eReach, a customer merchandising platform; eFDU, which aids front desk teams in delivering upsell offers; and PRiME, a real-time pricing and merchandising engine that serves as the intelligence behind its offerings. These solutions are designed to enhance revenue and foster brand loyalty among leading hospitality companies by leveraging real-time data and customer insights. Nor1 operates additional offices in Singapore, Frankfurt, and San Jose del Cabo, and functions as a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation.
HouseTrip
Series C in 2012
HouseTrip is a prominent holiday rental website in Europe, offering over 300,000 properties in various destinations worldwide. Founded in January 2010 by Arnaud Bertrand and Junjun Chen, the platform facilitates secure online bookings for both guests and homeowners, allowing hosts to advertise their properties and manage bookings effectively. With a user-friendly interface, HouseTrip enables travelers to find affordable villas and apartments for their vacations. The company has successfully recorded over 6 million nights booked and maintains offices in London, Lausanne, and Lisbon. In its pursuit of growth, HouseTrip secured $40 million in Series C funding from investors including Accel Partners, Balderton Capital, and Index Ventures.
HotelTonight
Series C in 2012
HotelTonight, Inc. is a mobile application designed for booking same-day and last-minute hotel deals, primarily targeting travelers who seek accommodations on short notice. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the platform allows users to access discounted rates for unsold hotel rooms, making it suitable for both business and leisure travelers. The application facilitates bookings for available rooms, providing users with the flexibility to reserve accommodations up to 100 days in advance in popular destinations. As of April 2019, HotelTonight operates as a subsidiary of Airbnb, Inc.
SilverRail
Series B in 2012
SilverRail is an information technology company based in London, England, that focuses on passenger rail ticketing and travel distribution technology. Founded in 2009, SilverRail has developed a unified digital infrastructure platform designed specifically for the rail industry. This platform connects carriers and suppliers with both online and offline travel distributors, enhancing the customer experience through a comprehensive suite of services. These services include journey planning, inventory management, scheduling, pricing, booking, payment, ticketing, reporting, and administration. SilverRail aims to provide passengers with easy and efficient access to global rail content.
HotelTonight
Series B in 2011
HotelTonight, Inc. is a mobile application designed for booking same-day and last-minute hotel deals, primarily targeting travelers who seek accommodations on short notice. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the platform allows users to access discounted rates for unsold hotel rooms, making it suitable for both business and leisure travelers. The application facilitates bookings for available rooms, providing users with the flexibility to reserve accommodations up to 100 days in advance in popular destinations. As of April 2019, HotelTonight operates as a subsidiary of Airbnb, Inc.
HotelTonight
Series A in 2011
HotelTonight, Inc. is a mobile application designed for booking same-day and last-minute hotel deals, primarily targeting travelers who seek accommodations on short notice. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the platform allows users to access discounted rates for unsold hotel rooms, making it suitable for both business and leisure travelers. The application facilitates bookings for available rooms, providing users with the flexibility to reserve accommodations up to 100 days in advance in popular destinations. As of April 2019, HotelTonight operates as a subsidiary of Airbnb, Inc.
SilverRail
Venture Round in 2011
SilverRail is an information technology company based in London, England, that focuses on passenger rail ticketing and travel distribution technology. Founded in 2009, SilverRail has developed a unified digital infrastructure platform designed specifically for the rail industry. This platform connects carriers and suppliers with both online and offline travel distributors, enhancing the customer experience through a comprehensive suite of services. These services include journey planning, inventory management, scheduling, pricing, booking, payment, ticketing, reporting, and administration. SilverRail aims to provide passengers with easy and efficient access to global rail content.
KAYAK
Series D in 2007
KAYAK helps millions of travelers around the globe make confident travel decisions. As one of the world’s leading travel search engines, KAYAK searches other sites to show travelers the information they need to find the right flights, hotels, rental cars and vacation packages. KAYAK offers a variety of tools and features such as KAYAK trips, explore, and price forecast. In addition, KAYAK also manages a portfolio of metasearch brands including: SWOODOO, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi and HotelsCombined that together process 6 billion queries across our platforms each year. KAYAK is part of Booking Holdings Inc. and operates sites in more than 60 countries and territories. KAYAK was launched in the US in 2004 by a team of industry leaders including Steve Hafner (CEO) a co-founder of Orbitz, Paul English (CTO) a former VP of technology at Intuit, Terrell Jones (Chairman), founder of Travelocity, and Greg Slyngstad (Director), a co-founder of Expedia.
KAYAK
Series C in 2006
KAYAK helps millions of travelers around the globe make confident travel decisions. As one of the world’s leading travel search engines, KAYAK searches other sites to show travelers the information they need to find the right flights, hotels, rental cars and vacation packages. KAYAK offers a variety of tools and features such as KAYAK trips, explore, and price forecast. In addition, KAYAK also manages a portfolio of metasearch brands including: SWOODOO, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi and HotelsCombined that together process 6 billion queries across our platforms each year. KAYAK is part of Booking Holdings Inc. and operates sites in more than 60 countries and territories. KAYAK was launched in the US in 2004 by a team of industry leaders including Steve Hafner (CEO) a co-founder of Orbitz, Paul English (CTO) a former VP of technology at Intuit, Terrell Jones (Chairman), founder of Travelocity, and Greg Slyngstad (Director), a co-founder of Expedia.
CHECK24
Venture Round in 2005
CHECK24 is an online platform that offers free comparisons across various sectors, including insurance, energy, finance, telecommunications, and travel. By providing users with easy-to-use comparison tools, CHECK24 enhances market transparency, allowing customers to identify favorable tariffs and prices. The platform also enables users to search for professional services such as personal trainers, photographers, and guitar teachers, thereby facilitating access to a wide range of goods and services. The company's mission is to simplify decision-making for consumers, making it easier for them to find the best options in a hassle-free manner.
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