Firms

Accel

Accel

Palo Alto, California, US

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Accel is an early and growth-stage venture capital firm that powers a global community of entrepreneurs. Accel backs entrepreneurs who have what it takes to build a world-class, category-defining business. The company brings more than three decades of experience in building and supporting companies. Accel’s vision for entrepreneurship andbusiness enables it to identify and invest in the companies that will be responsible for the growth of next-generation industries. Accel-backed companies include Atlassian, Braintree, Cloudera, DJI, Dropbox, Dropcam, Etsy, Facebook, Flipkart, Lookout Security, MoPub, Qualtrics, Slack, Spotify, Supercell, Vox Media, and others. Arthur Patterson and Jim Swartz founded it in Palo Alto, California in 1983.

Founded
1983
Type
Venture capital

Team

Maya Noeth
$25M$15M – $70MPalo Alto, California
Sara Ittelson
$25M$15M – $70MSan Francisco Bay Area
Robert Sternberg
$25M$15M – $70MUnited Kingdom · London
Subrata Mitra
$15M$1M – $30MIndia
Stone Gettings
$15M$1M – $30MSan Francisco Bay Area
Diksha Sundarka
$5M$100K – $10MIndia
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Amit Kumar

Accel, Investor

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Co-investing

Y Combinator
Sequoia
General Catalyst
Lightspeed
Founders Fund

Investments

$12M2026-04-16SabiKhosla Ventures, Accel, Initialized Capital, Kevin Weil, Ascend
$30B2026-02AnthropicGIC Private Limited, Coatue, Founders Fund, MGX, ICONIQ, Dragoneer Investment Group, D.E. Shaw Ventures, ICONIQ Capital, Sebastian Duesterhoeft, Hemant Taneja, Greenoaks, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Accel, Addition, Bessemer Venture Partners, Blackstone, D1 Capital Partners, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Insight Partners, Jane Street, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Qatar Investment Authority, Temasek, XN, Baillie Gifford, Altimeter Capital, Alpha Wave Global, AMP PBC, Appaloosa, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, JPMorganChase, Morgan Stanley, NX1 Capital, Sands Capital, TowerBrook, TPG, Whale Rock Capital Management, Microsoft, NVIDIA
$—2022-10-24Merge LabsAccel
$—2026-07-16WonderAccel
$15M2026-07-07AgaveY Combinator, Accel
$27M2026-06-25HeraBain Capital, Accel
$—2026-06-10RotomateAccel
$—2026-06-08PointFiveAccel
$400M2026-05-13Mind RoboticsBain Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Volkswagen, Garuda Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Accel, Eclipse, Sarah Wang
$20M2026-05-11CiridaeGeneral Catalyst, Sunflower Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Accel