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Accel Partners is a leading early and growth-stage venture capital firm. We are dedicated to partnering with outstanding entrepreneurs and management teams to build world-class companies.
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Location: United States, California, Palo Alto
Employees: 51-200
Phone:+1 650-614-4800
Founded date: 1983
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A; Series B; Series C; Series D; Series E; IPO
Portfolio 502
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 02.04.2025 | RapidClaim... | rapidclaims.ai | $14.1M | United Sta... |
| 24.03.2025 | Apna Mart | apnamart.in | $25M | India, Jha... |
| 03.02.2025 | Captain Fr... | captainfresh.in | $739.81M | India, Kar... |
| 25.01.2025 | BPRHub | bprhub.com | $2.6M | - |
| 17.10.2024 | SimpliSmar... | simplismart.ai | $7M | - |
| 08.10.2024 | Zepz | zepzpay.com | $559M | Canada, On... |
| 01.10.2024 | Nurix AI | nurix.ai | $27.5M | - |
| 18.09.2024 | e6data | e6data.com | $10M | United Sta... |
| 31.07.2024 | Ema | ema.co | $75M | - |
| 18.06.2024 | AI Custome... | decagon.ai | $135M | United Sta... |
| 07.05.2024 | Swypex | swypex.com | $4M | - |
| 19.04.2024 | Spintly | spintly.com | $4.91M | India, Goa... |
| 14.03.2024 | RapidCanva... | rapidcanvas.ai | $23.5M | United Sta... |
| 04.10.2023 | Rainforest | rainforestpay.com | $28.5M | United Sta... |
| 17.08.2023 | Project Di... | projectdiscovery.io | $25M | - |
| 07.06.2023 | Insify | insify.com | $27.85M | Netherland... |
| 19.05.2023 | Stacklok | stacklok.com | $17.5M | United Sta... |
| 26.08.2022 | Jboss | jboss.org | - | United Sta... |
| 14.07.2022 | Detect Tec... | detecttechnologies.com | $40M | India, Tam... |
| 14.07.2022 | AssemblyAI | assemblyai.com | $170M | United Sta... |
| 13.07.2022 | Provus Inc | provusinc.com | $1.61B | United Sta... |
| 28.06.2022 | Gloat | gloat.com | $172M | United Sta... |
| 22.06.2022 | Appsmith | appsmith.com | $51.5M | India, Kar... |
| 17.06.2022 | Wonder | wonder.com | $364M | United Sta... |
| 09.03.2022 | Money View | moneyview.in | $179.81M | India, Kar... |
| 30.11.2021 | Raycast | raycast.com | $47.7M | United Kin... |
| 19.10.2021 | Pismo | pismo.io | $108M | Brazil, Sã... |
| 28.09.2021 | Gem | gem.com | $109M | - |
| 13.09.2021 | commerceto... | commercetools.com | $285.56M | Germany, B... |
| 29.07.2021 | Tenderly | tenderly.co | $55.34M | Serbia, Ce... |
| 20.05.2021 | Trade Repu... | traderepublic.com | $1.25B | Germany, B... |
| 02.03.2021 | Xendit | xendit.co | $514.6M | Indonesia,... |
| 17.02.2021 | Ola | olacabs.com | $4.37B | India, Kar... |
| 27.01.2021 | VenWiz | venwiz.com | $11.3M | India, Kar... |
| 13.01.2021 | Webflow | webflow.com | $472M | United Sta... |
| 15.12.2020 | Taxdoo | taxdoo.com | $106.06M | Germany, H... |
| 20.10.2020 | Slintel | slintel.com | $29.9M | - |
| 15.10.2020 | Humio | humio.com | $49.14M | - |
| 10.08.2020 | Checkly | checklyhq.com | $32.26M | Germany, B... |
| 10.08.2020 | Ermetic | ermetic.com | $97M | United Sta... |
| 28.07.2020 | Pyn | pynhq.com | $10.4M | Australia,... |
| 24.07.2020 | Bumble | bumble.com | - | United Sta... |
| 24.07.2020 | CyCognito | cycognito.com | $153M | United Sta... |
| 17.07.2020 | EduPristin... | edupristine.com | - | India, Mah... |
| 08.07.2020 | Zomentum | zomentum.com | $17.1M | - |
| 08.07.2020 | Securden, ... | securden.com | $11.7M | United Sta... |
| 16.06.2020 | Hopin | hopin.to | $1.02B | United Kin... |
| 14.04.2020 | Aavenir | aavenir.com | $8M | United Sta... |
| 26.03.2020 | Quiph | qtalk.io | $1.6M | India, Kar... |
| 13.02.2020 | Clover Ven... | clover.ag | $6.42M | - |
| 12.11.2019 | BRYTER | bryter.io | $22M | - |
| 21.09.2019 | Spacejoy | spacejoy.com | $5M | United Sta... |
| 20.08.2019 | Infra.Mark... | infra.market | $1.85B | India, Mah... |
| 19.08.2019 | Ally | gotoally.com | $8M | - |
| 17.07.2019 | Fortify | 3dfortify.com | $50M | United Sta... |
| 17.06.2019 | Bounce | bounceshare.com | $461.5M | India, Kar... |
| 05.04.2019 | BlackBuck ... | blackbuck.com | $744.1M | India, Kar... |
| 27.03.2019 | ZETWERK | zetwerk.com | $853M | South Afri... |
| 04.02.2019 | brumbrum | brumbrum.it | $35.31M | Italy, Lom... |
| 13.11.2018 | Spinny | spinny.com | $906.9M | India, Har... |
| 21.09.2018 | CareStack™... | carestack.com | $91M | United Sta... |
| 17.04.2018 | Cogoport | cogoport.com | $56.09M | Netherland... |
| 30.01.2018 | BrowserSta... | browserstack.com | $250M | Ireland, L... |
| 14.12.2017 | HomeLane | homelane.com | $134.57M | India, Kar... |
| 12.12.2017 | Simility, ... | simility.com | $28.15M | United Sta... |
| 19.09.2017 | GoCardless | gocardless.com | $1.16B | Australia,... |
| 08.06.2017 | Algolia | algolia.com | $336.76M | United Sta... |
| 24.05.2017 | G2 | g2crowd.com | $253.3M | United Sta... |
| 01.05.2017 | Fortigo | 4tigo.com | $10M | - |
| 27.04.2017 | Mech Mocha | mechmocha.com | $9.1M | India, Kar... |
| 07.03.2017 | AgroStar | agrostar.in | $124.7M | India |
| 16.02.2017 | Opal | workwithopal.com | $25.6M | United Sta... |
| 12.02.2017 | SigTuple | sigtuple.com | $33.1M | India, Kar... |
| 04.11.2016 | Bizongo | bizongo.in | $3M | India, Mah... |
| 05.10.2016 | OpenGamma | opengamma.com | $71.3M | United Kin... |
| 04.10.2016 | Moglix | moglix.com | $661.2M | Singapore |
| 31.08.2016 | Mihup | mihup.com | $8.2M | India, Kar... |
| 04.07.2016 | CureFit | cure.fit | $1.09B | India, Kar... |
| 28.06.2016 | FabHotels.... | fabhotels.com | $46.4M | India, Har... |
| 23.06.2016 | Sentry | getsentry.com | $155M | - |
| 23.06.2016 | Sentry (se... | sentry.io | $215M | United Sta... |
| 07.06.2016 | Celonis | celonis.com | $2.38B | Germany, B... |
| 07.06.2016 | Celonis | celonis.de | $2.37B | Czechia, P... |
| 18.05.2016 | Shift Tech... | shift-technology.com | $320.78M | France, Il... |
| 11.05.2016 | Weaveworks | weave.works | $56.65M | United Kin... |
| 10.05.2016 | E8 Storage | e8storage.com | $12M | - |
| 09.05.2016 | Freshmarke... | zarget.com | $7.5M | - |
| 07.03.2016 | ninjacart | ninjacart.in | $228.03M | India, Kar... |
| 25.02.2016 | JUSPAY | juspay.in | $282.42M | India, Kar... |
| 27.01.2016 | JOB TODAY | jobtoday.com | $81M | Luxembourg |
| 24.11.2015 | Fever US | feverup.com | $407M | United Sta... |
| 23.11.2015 | RentoMojo | rentomojo.com | $77.86M | India, Kar... |
| 02.10.2015 | Neumob | neumob.com | $10.8M | United Sta... |
| 30.09.2015 | Lytmus | lytmus.com | $7.2M | United Sta... |
| 30.09.2015 | Lytmus | lytmus.io | $7.2M | - |
| 18.09.2015 | Curejoy | curejoy.com | $4.4M | United Sta... |
| 10.09.2015 | Microsoft ... | powerbi.microsoft.com | - | United Sta... |
| 10.09.2015 | CARTO | carto.com | $84M | United Sta... |
| 13.08.2015 | Scripbox | scripbox.com | $55.4M | India, Kar... |
| 28.07.2015 | Away | awaytravel.com | $1.38B | Liberia, M... |
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News 150
| Date | Title | Description |
| 04.08.2020 | Congrats to Bumble on 100 Million Users | At Accel we are passionate about backing exceptional founders with unique insights and the courageousness to reshape the way we live our lives. Daniel Ek changed the way we listen to music, Stewart Butterfield changed the way we work, Lynda... |
| 29.07.2020 | Securing Access in the Public Cloud: Our Investment in Ermetic | Widespread cloud adoption has created a new security challenge for enterprises. The cloud environment that underpins speed, efficiency, and flexibility from an infrastructure perspective is also fragmented, complex, and opaque from a securi... |
| 17.07.2020 | Accel 2020 Euroscape: "Decacorn Unleashed" - Apply now to be included! | - This article was co-authored with my colleagues Varun Purandare and Candice du Fretay and published initially on . The Accel 2020 Euroscape will be presented at in October. Last year, for Europe to mark its first Decacorn. We are so h... |
| 17.07.2020 | UiPath: The First European Cloud Decacorn is Born | As we boarded our flight back to London in early February 2017, leaving behind the Bucharest winter, our team was incredibly excited by the two days we spent with Daniel and his team. Yet, it was hard to imagine that a short three and half ... |
| 26.06.2020 | The Rise of Open Source Software in Europe | We are seeing a significant change in the global business landscape, and attention within technology circles has focused on verticals where adoption levels have been surging over the past few months, in areas such as e-commerce, logistics, ... |
| - | Accel Origins Series: Qualtrics Co-Founder & CEO Ryan Smith | [source: Accel] Founders have uncommon drive and ambition. At Accel, we’re fortunate to back many impressive founders who are building marquee technology companies — so we understand that much of the entrepreneurial journey is about hanging... |
| - | Spotify’s Direct Listing | We'd like to offer our congratulations to Daniel Ek, Martin Lorentzon and the entire Spotify team on today's ground-breaking NYSE listing. Much has already been written about the company's unconventional path to the public markets, and it d... |
| - | Our Continued Investment in Narvar | Almost three years ago to the day, , the premium post-purchase customer engagement platform. At the time, the concept of establishing a post-purchase relationship was still relatively new — and needless to say, widely neglected. Most compa... |
| - | Congratulations, RiskRecon on Joining Mastercard! | This week, RiskRecon begins the next stage of its journey within Mastercard, completing an that was first announced over the holidays. It's a graduation day of sorts as we say farewell to our formal involvement with RiskRecon, and are exci... |
| - | Introducing Rylo | came out of stealth today — the company has introduced a small camera and revolutionary mobile app that seamlessly captures everything around you and creates stunning, unique video footage that’s easy to share. The simplicity by which it ca... |
| - | Spotlight on Product Leadership with Celonis’s Anthony Deighton | For any technology company, the strategy and process behind product development is perhaps the defining success factor. Every product team must walk fine lines: between what is desirable and feasible; between what the customer wants now and... |
| - | To become a public company, start operating like one early on | After their long post-financial crisis slump, European tech IPOs are starting to rebound. Tech companies raised more money on European public markets between 2015–17 (€5.3bn) than in the previous seven years combined. With venture capital h... |
| - | 2017 Global Cybersecurity Assurance Report Card | The 2017 Report Card measures attitudes and perception of 700 enterprise IT security practitioners across the globe. The report quantifies how security professionals rate their enterprise’s ability to both assess cybersecurity risks and mit... |
| - | Spotlight on High-Velocity Enterprise Sales, with Instana's Frank Swain | A strong sales operation is critical for companies to scale quickly. Your sales team has to be geared for growth every bit as much as your product and strategy functions. This was the subject of the latest Accel Breakfast, building on our p... |
| - | Flipkart: From an Accel-led $800K seed in 2008 to $4B+ in cash in 2017 | [source: Flipkart] Flipkart Group, India’s leading e-commerce marketplace, has announced an investment — a mix of primary and secondary capital — from SoftBank Vision Fund, the world’s largest technology-focused investment fund. This is the... |
| - | Rovio’s revenue increased by 94% in the second quarter | Rovio Entertainment Ltd.’s strong growth continued in the second quarter of 2017, with the company’s revenue increasing to EUR 86.2 million (EUR 44.5 million in Q2/2016). The year-on-year revenue increase was 94.0%, mainly due to the contin... |
| - | Funding Circle's IPO: The Founder Factor | Every investor is looking for the company that is going to stand out from the crowd: the category winner in the making. The trouble is, there is no proven recipe for identifying these winners at an early stage. Anyone in business can tell y... |
| - | Welcoming Amit Jhawar to Accel as a Venture Partner | We’re thrilled to announce that our longtime friend, , is joining Accel as a Venture Partner. In this role, he’ll advise our companies and help make new investments. We’ve gotten to know Amit over the last decade where he played a foundat... |
| - | Our Series B in Radar | We’re excited to lead the Series B in , a location data platform company. They’re fast becoming the standard for how developers manage and express location-based experiences in mobile apps, all in a privacy-first way. That need is growing... |
| - | What comes next | Last year, we celebrated the 35th anniversary of Accel’s founding. And as much as our industry and business have changed over those decades, it is remarkable how consistent our guiding philosophies have been. The way we practice investing h... |
| - | Spotlight On: Leading in Times of Crisis | The Covid-19 pandemic has turned every business plan into a question mark. Companies of all sizes are having to rapidly re-assess almost everything, from how they organize their people to the viability of products and services, their pricin... |
| - | The Accel Effect | [source: Fortune India] Bengaluru-based entrepreneur Ryan Valles had a business meeting in Koramangala, a 30-minute drive from his home Lavelle Road. Like any resident, Valles knew the best way to get there was by autorickshaw, so hopped in... |
| - | Spotlight On: “First Team” Behavior | In our last interview with , former senior engineering lead at Cloudera and Google, he shares the general characteristics that he looks for when hiring on his team—what he calls "First Team" behavior. By building a team that prio... |
| - | Qualtrics' CEO Ryan Smith's Big Life Hack | [Source: Fortune] How do you juggle a growing family and a rocket-fueled tech company? If you’re Qualtrics founder Ryan Smith, it takes detailed self-analysis—and a whole lot of Mountain Dew. Plenty of executives, especially parents, are h... |
| - | Welcome, Paula Judge | On the heels of announcing a number of great additions to our team including , , and , we’re excited to announce another addition to Accel: , who has joined us as VP of Talent. Paula joins us from Palo Alto Networks where she led the ... |
| - | Our Investment in Chainalysis: Meet the startup that brought down the biggest dark web marketplace | While still very much in its infancy when it comes to development and adoption, a decentralized financial system has the ability to be massively disruptive and important for decades to come. However, in order for cryptocurrency to achieve t... |
| - | Congratulations, Galileo | We wanted to congratulate Clay and Marie Wilkes and the Galileo family on today’s $1.2B sale of Galileo to SoFi. Knowing the Wilkes, and the tremendous work they do via the in communities around the world, the last thing they’d want to do... |
| - | Introducing our newest London Partner, Luca Bocchio | When you meet Luca, it’s hard to miss his strong sense of curiosity and passion for all things entrepreneurship and venture. We first got to know Luca as a co-investor in Wallapop, where he met our partner Sonali De Rycker, and we soon fou... |
| - | Welcome, Eli Collins, Accel’s Technologist-in-Residence | We’re thrilled to welcome back to the Accel family in a newly formed role: Technologist-in-Residence. We first got to know Eli when he joined as an early employee and served as Chief Technologist and Vice President for nearly a decade. P... |
| - | Our Investment in Deviceplane | Every day it seems we meet incredible teams bringing intelligent hardware to life. It's no surprise, as the preconditions have never been better. Last decade's mobile wave drove innovation across the component stack, from processing, to sen... |
| - | Raising the data privacy bar: our investment in Privitar | Many of our portfolio companies, and the enterprises they sell into, have made data central to their decision making processes. As a result, we’ve seen a maturing of the data function within these organizations — not only to maximize data q... |
| - | Growth of a viral product: backing Miro | As an investor, I look for many things in a company before I consider supporting it. But there is one factor above all that gets me on the next plane to spend time with its team – a user base that loves the product. Many companies spend hu... |
| - | Announcing our two newest London Partners, Seth Pierrepont & Andrei Brasoveanu | Venture capital is inherently a people business; it’s about spotting, cultivating and partnering with exceptional talent. That takes time, determination and hunger to figure out. For that reason, we couldn’t be more pleased to announce that... |
| - | Welcome Kendall Collins as Accel Executive in Residence | We’re excited to welcome to the Accel Family as our latest Executive in Residence (EIR). Kendall has served in many roles during his career, most recently as the GM of Enterprise Technology at where he spearheaded the development of spat... |
| - | Our Investment in Vercel | Fourteen years ago, , an early service offered by Amazon’s new cloud business, AWS. It directly targeted developers. Companies targeting developers and their infrastructure have become some of the most valuable in the world as amongst oth... |
| - | Our Series A Investment in BrowserStack — a 6 Year Courtship | Today we’re excited to announce our $50 million Series A investment into , a web and mobile testing tool that allows engineers and teams to quickly and efficiently test their applications across over a thousand browsers and devices. We ... |
| - | Spotlight On: Building Great Teams | This is the first post in our “Spotlight On” series where , interviews different business leaders on what constitutes a great team—as well as tips on how to build, grow and effectively manage one. At Accel, we have the good fortune of work... |
| - | Backing a Banking Revolutionary: Our Investment in Monzo | Over the years at Accel, we’ve backed many businesses reshaping large consumer categories with delightful user experiences. Spotify with music, Etsy and Flipkart with commerce or Deliveroo with food are great examples. One of the largest ... |
| - | Our Investment in Ethos: Reinventing Life Insurance | Today Accel is announcing our Series B investment into , the fastest growing company in digital life insurance. While the US life insurance industry is one of the largest markets in the world with hundreds of billions of premium dollars u... |
| - | Notes from Accel Symposium: The Rise of AI/ML & RPA in the Intelligent Enterprise | This past month, Accel had the pleasure of hosting thought-leaders in finance, technology, and operations from many of the world’s largest corporations at our HQ in downtown Palo Alto for a discussion on the rapid growth in applying AI (art... |
| - | Deepening Our Longstanding Commitment to India with Our Sixth Fund | Recently, we closed our sixth India fund—$550 million of new capital that will be primarily invested in seed and early stage startups across what we believe to be one of the most vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystems in the world: India. Acce... |
| - | Signed, sealed, delivered: DocuSign hits the Nasdaq | Congratulations to the past and present DocuSign team for their incredible achievements, as the company makes its public market debut. What a journey it has been since the genesis of the company in 2003, when it’s visionary team set out to ... |
| - | Our Investment in Guru | Rick Nucci and Mitch Stewart founded Guru around one simple belief: that the information you need to do your job should find you. We’ve all witnessed the coordinated movement of work from centralized content repositories (SharePoint) to ema... |
| - | Our seed investment in Zenaton - building workflows should be easy | We’re thrilled to be announcing our seed investment in , a cloud-based developer tool company that makes building workflows easy. Nearly all businesses have process-related workflows that govern how their users interact with their servi... |
| - | Intelligent Machines | We’re in the golden age of video as consumers demand new and faster ways – from professionals and amateurs alike – to fill their appetite for mobile content (powered by new mobile broadband video capabilities). |
| - | Our Continued Investment in Scale: Accelerating and Democratizing Access to AI | announced a new milestone today and Ashlee Vance covered the news for . Scale also wrote about the news and what it means for their team in their blog . Accel is thrilled to have been a part of the Scale story for the last three years an... |
| - | Spotlight On: Executing an Effective Candidate Search | This is Part II in our 3-part interview series with former SVP of Engineering at Cloudera and VP of Engineering at Google, on how to build great teams. , Dan shared his best practices for how to approach filling talent gaps on your team, ... |
| - | Our Series A in Process Street | We’re excited to lead the Series A in , a no-code workflow builder that’s rapidly gaining bottoms-up adoption across a diverse set of customers and industries. In particular, we’re thrilled to be joined on this journey by our friends at At... |
| - | Slack: It’s Always Been About the People | I’ve struggled with how to properly capture the emotion of this historic day for Slack. The company's history is filled with all of the elements of a storybook inspired entrepreneurial tale; a grand vision, a pivot, a meteoric rise, and tod... |
| - | Deepening Our Partnership with UiPath: Leading a $153 Million Series B | At Accel, we share a core belief that category-defining technology companies are founded all over the world. While Silicon Valley remains an epicenter of technology innovation, we have a long history of investing in innovation hubs around t... |
| - | The Golden Age of Video | [Source: Accel] We’re in the golden age of video as consumers demand new and faster ways – from professionals and amateurs alike – to fill their appetite for mobile content (powered by new mobile broadband video capabilities). |
| - | Welcome Elain Szu, Accel’s Newest Executive-in-Residence | We’re excited to share that Elain Szu has joined the Accel family as an executive-in-residence (EIR). Elain joins us most recently from Twitter, where she led product marketing for Twitter’s exchange business after Twitter Accel portfol... |
| - | Enterprise automation and conversational AI: Our investment in Rasa | Enterprise automation has come of age in recent years. As software technologies from process mining to robotic process automation (RPA) demonstrate their value and gain mass adoption, enterprise investment in these areas is accelerating. KP... |
| - | Our Series A in Catalyst | We're excited to announce our Series A in , a fast emerging SaaS company building the platform for customer success. Today's technology companies live and die by their customer experience; customer success management is vital to maintainin... |
| - | Open Adoption Software: 2016 Year In Review | [Source: Jake Flomenberg, Accel] Introduction to the Open Adoption Software market 2016 was another strong year in the world of open source software. We learned without a shadow of a doubt that the world’s largest businesses not only use ... |
| - | Accel Origins Series: Cloudera Co-Founder & CTO Amr Awadallah | [source: Accel] Founders have uncommon drive and ambition. At Accel, we’re fortunate to back many impressive founders who are building marquee technology companies — so we understand that much of the entrepreneurial journey is about hanging... |
| - | Reflecting on 2016 and Looking Ahead to 2017 | This November, we gathered our global founders and CEOs in San Francisco for our Accel Connect event. For part of the day, we discussed the current environment, independent of founders’ stage, as well as the changing requirements for buildi... |
| - | Responsibility. | As we watch the terrible tragedy of George Floyd unfold, and witness the subsequent wave of protests that wash over our nation, it is impossible not to be moved by the deep anguish felt by minorities and communities of color everywhere, and... |
| - | Simility: Future Forward with PayPal | In 2015, Accel made a seed investment in Simility, a machine learning-based fraud detection platform, and we subsequently led the Series A in 2017. It’s always rewarding to see our companies grow in impact and importance and today is no dif... |
| - | Our Series A in Galileo | Our investment today in , a $77M ‘Series A’ that we’re leading with our friend Ryan Smith (Qualtrics Founder & CEO), hits on two foundational themes for Accel. The first is our continued excitement about backing bootstrapped, profitab... |
| - | Announcing Our Series A in MessageBird: Giving Voice to Developers Worldwide | On a recent trip to Amsterdam, I stood on a street corner facing a frustrating but familiar issue: I was using a ridesharing app, attempting to text and call the driver to coordinate a pick-up location, but neither my messages nor my calls ... |
| - | Cloudera's IPO | [source: Ping Li] Today, Cloudera became a publicly-traded company. It’s another milestone in the company’s 9-year history, and it’s a momentous one. We’ve been the initial investors in hundreds of startups over 35 years, so we appreciate h... |
| - | A Quantified Autonomous Future | [Source: Accel] The march towards a quantified, autonomous future continues thanks to the confluence of predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning and computer vision technologies. These areas will continue to revolutio... |
| - | Our Seed in Facet | We're announcing our seed round behind the outstanding team at , a system for creative marketing teams. Visual storytelling is core to today's fastest growing brands. It could be the synthetic glow on a Peloton rider, or the feeling of ad... |
| - | RelateIQ founder Steve Loughlin on joining Accel as an investor | [Source: Steve Loughlin, Accel] All early stage companies start as incredible possibilities. From this beginning, the journey that entrepreneurs and their teams experience is a truly unique set of moments — some good, some challenging, bu... |
| - | Shifting into 6th gear: Accel’s belief in Europe | At Accel, we are convinced that innovation and talent can come from anywhere and believe in a world where all entrepreneurs should have access to the same opportunities, regardless of whether they are in San Francisco, Berlin, Bangalore, or... |
| - | Backing a category creator: our partnership with Celonis | Any start-up is an exercise in bravery and ambition, but the bravest of all venture into fields that are themselves unproven or non-existent. Celonis is one of those businesses, and we are delighted to announce our follow-on investment in t... |
| - | Our Series A in Blameless | We’re excited to announce our Series A investment in , a complete workbench for teams implementing site reliability engineering (“SRE”) at their companies. At Accel, we’re pretty long on tools and services that help product teams design (... |
| - | Securing the Modern Enterprise | [Source: Ping Li, Accel] Hardening security was top-of-mind and will remain a focus throughout 2016. CIOs need new systems and processes in a world where we’re constantly defending against new threats and neutralizing those that have alread... |
| - | Spotlight on Developer Community and Go-To-Market | Recently at Accel we hosted Dev Connect, an event bringing together leaders from developer-focused companies to share advice, ideas and best practices. As the role and voice of developers and DevOps within enterprises has grown over recent... |
| - | Spotlight On: What Cybersecurity Has to Offer | Welcome to the latest post in our “Spotlight On” series where Accel Talent Partner, Peter Clarke, interviews different business leaders on what constitutes a great team—as well as tips on how to build, grow and effectively manage one. For t... |
| - | The Future of AI | [Source: Wired] It’s hard to think of a single technology that will shape our world more in the next 50 years than artificial intelligence. As machine learning enables our computers to teach themselves, a wealth of breakthroughs emerge, ran... |
| - | Our Investment in Transcend | Today we’re announcing our latest Seed round in the fiercely talented team at , a data privacy infrastructure company. Companies globally are figuring out what it means to build for today’s privacy-conscious environment—and how developers... |
| - | Scaling Culture: Staying True to your Origins | Culture is imperative to the success of companies, no matter the size. For the past two years, the Accel People Summit has brought together the top minds in talent and HR to discuss the best ways to take care of our people. This year, we we... |
| - | Our Series A in ReadMe | Accel led the Series A in . TechCrunch , and I’m excited to give my perspective on the company. We about and investing in APIs at Accel. We think they are the new black. As the API ecosystem matures there is an opportunity to... |
| - | The Dropbox IPO | Congratulations to all Dropboxers past and present on today’s IPO. It would be hard to capture and recognize each and every important step along the remarkable ten-year journey that started with the early seed of promise and grew Dropbox in... |
| - | Reflecting on 2018 and 2019 Predictions | 2018 capped off another year of tech surprises that ran the gamut from Apple becoming the first publicly traded company to reach a $1T valuation (and then quickly losing that distinction just a few months later) to an explosion of scooters ... |
| - | Scaling tips from John Chambers: Part 1 - Spotlight on culture and talent | For the leader of any fast-growing company, every day brings a new challenge. A CEO has to manage issues of strategy, culture, talent, customer service and reputation – often all at once. At VivaTech this month, we got an insight into the ... |
| - | The Next Step of AI: Our Continued Investment in Scale | , with coverage from , , and amongst others. Over the last 40+ years the biggest macro-trend in technology has been software. Software has dramatically increased the productivity of work, affecting many aspects of the world and making... |
| - | Segment: Organizing the World's Customer Data | We’re so excited to share that we’ve co-led a . Much has changed since we first led Segment’s Series A five years ago. They've become the runaway leader in their market, the standard for how companies stitch together customer data. They... |
| - | Our Investment in Trade Republic: Investing in Smart Investing | Accel’s global approach to investing means that we’re used to literally going the extra mile to find and back iconic companies. In the case of Trade Republic it was quite a few extra miles, including several attempts to meet founders Thomas... |
| - | Congratulations, HotelTonight on Joining Airbnb! | We first met co-founders, CEO , Chief Architect and Board Member, , over eight years ago when we co-led in their seed round. What initially struck us was their audacious vision to change a deeply ingrained user behavior and redefine wha... |
| - | Experience Management: A Modern Take on Employee Engagement | Customers have grown accustomed to everyday digital engagements. However, when those customers step into the office, they endure antiquated technology. This makes relating employee experiences and satisfaction to customer service important ... |
| - | Welcome, Ethan Choi | At Accel, we continue to add talent to our team to help us find (and support) the next great generation of entrepreneurs. Recently, we announced Maya Noeth joining to work primarily with consumer growth businesses. Today, we’re thrilled to... |
| - | Spotlight On: How to Deliver When the Stakes are High and the Pace is Fast | Welcome to the second installment in our three-part interview series with Amol Kulkarni, Chief Product Officer for CrowdStrike. , Amol discussed why he decided to join CrowdStrike after a long and successful career at Microsoft, and what w... |
| - | Our investment in Hopin: Connecting people | At Accel we have a long history of backing platforms that bring people closer together. We were seed or Series A investors in Facebook and Slack, and we have been working with Miro, the online visual collaboration tool, since 2017. Within t... |
| - | Enterprise Collaboration | [Source: Siliconbeat] Slack may still be a young startup itself, but that hasn’t prevented the corporate chat platform from playing VC and placing bets on a handful of smaller up-and-coming companies. The is an in-house investment arm the... |
| - | Latest State of Hardware Report from Fictiv | [source: Fictiv] To transform an idea into a commercially-viable hardware product requires vast reserves of curiosity, creativity, and grit. But there are so many valuable learnings along the way that can make the process of hardware develo... |
| - | Global Reach, Local Empathy: The Companies Powering the Future of Retail | If you’ve read the news or followed the stock market over the last two years, you’re likely aware of Amazon’s historic growth. And if you happen to have shopped at Whole Foods (owned by Amazon), streamed a show on Netflix (hosted by Amazon ... |
| - | Congratulations, Heptio Team! | Almost three years ago to the day, I wrote a welcoming as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence to Accel. I first met Joe through a mutual acquaintance who suggested that we chat since I wanted to understand more about the burgeoning container/mic... |
| - | Tenable's IPO | Congratulations, team Tenable, on today’s IPO, a moment 16 years in the making. We’ve been fortunate to work with Tenable for the last six years of this journey, having led the first outside investment in the company ($50 million Series ... |
| - | Our Continued Support of Sentry | its Series B. Accel is investing again, upping our stake even further. We are proud to be the company’s largest shareholder. Sentry announced the funding a couple of months ago, but I was about to welcome my first child and didn’t get a c... |
| - | Flipkart: Realizing the India Opportunity | Today we’re witnessing a breakout moment for Indian entrepreneurship and its rapidly expanding consumer technology and retail sectors. The news that for an initial stake of approximately 77 percent in Flipkart is, to put it mildly, monumen... |
| - | DJI's New Mavic Pro Drone Fits in the Palm of Your Hand | [Source: The Verge] Over the last year, the clearest trend in the drone industry has been a move toward units that are smaller and more portable. The Mavic Pro, DJI’s latest offering, follows this same trend. Unveiled today, it is about hal... |
| - | Welcome, Maya Noeth | At Accel, we’ve been fortunate to partner with many bold, exceptional entrepreneurs – people we refer to as “originals”. These Accel originals have reshaped facets of our everyday lives, everything from how we communicate (Facebook), collab... |
| - | Investing Outside Silicon Valley, “Prepared Minds” and How to Build Strong Boards | Next up in the Accel series is partner, . Rich shares much of his background with Harry in his interview, including how he got his start in venture capital 11 years ago with Accel. He serves on boards including , & , and he led the... |
| - | The Next Wave in Software: Open Adoption Software (OAS) | [Source: Jake Flomenberg, Accel] There’s a big shift happening in how enterprises buy and deploy software. In the last few years, open technology — software that is open to change and free to adopt — has gone from the exception to the rule ... |
| - | Welcome, Amy Saper | We are excited to introduce the newest member of our venture team, ! Amy joins us after many years at Stripe where she held a variety of product marketing roles and helped launch and market a myriad of products, including their Connect pr... |
| - | Our Series A Investment in Simility | Today we’re excited to share our Series A investment in , the most advanced online fraud-detection platform on the market today. We first met Simility CEO and co-founder, and his co-founders, and , when we led their seed investment in ... |
| - | PillPack: Improving medication management | Huge congratulations to TJ Parker, Elliot Cohen and the entire PillPack team on yesterday’s acquisition by Amazon. If you’ve ever experienced a loved one struggling with the complexity of multiple medications, you instinctively feel the ne... |
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| 20.04.2025 | Navigating the Storm: Karnataka's Startup Ecosystem Faces Funding Challenges | Karnataka's startup ecosystem, once a beacon of innovation, is now weathering a storm. The vibrant tech hub, particularly Bengaluru, has seen a significant funding slump in early 2025. This downturn is a stark contrast to the region's previ... |
| 19.04.2025 | Private Markets Empowerer Neha Singh, CEO of Tracxn, built a global private market intelligence platform using tech-driven insights, AI, and data, scaling it to 850+ clients with a strong focus on inn... | Neha Singh, Co-founder and CEO of Tracxn, has carved a niche in the private market intelligence sector by leveraging technology and data-driven insights. With a background in engineering from IIT Bombay and professional stints at Sequoia Ca... |
| 17.04.2025 | Karnataka's Startup Ecosystem Faces Funding Slump in Early 2025: Report Accel, Blume Ventures, and Sequoia Capital led overall. 100X.VC, Venture Catalysts, and Antler dominated seed-stage, while Accel... | Karnataka's startup ecosystem—long considered one of India's most vibrant—has experienced a significant funding slowdown in the first quarter of 2025. While the region, especially Bengaluru, continues to dominate the national tech landscape... |
| 17.04.2025 | Funds Worth Over $3.2 Bn Launched For Indian Startups In Q1 2025 | SUMMARY VCs have launched 23 Funds In the first quarter of 2025 with a total corpus of $3.2 Bn More than 650 investors participated in Indian startup funding deals in Q1 2025 Accel’s eighth India fund has the largest corpus of $650 Mn (arou... |
| 17.04.2025 | Indian Automotive Sector Records Six-Fold Uptick in PE Deals in Q1: Report The growth was primarily driven by a USD 1 billion investment in Erisha E mobility by an undisclosed investor based in of UAE... | After a sombre final quarter of 2024, PE activity in the Indian automotive sector experienced a six-fold growth in deal values, according to a report by Grant Thornton, titled 'Automotive Dealtracker: Providing M&A and PE deal insights.... |
| 14.04.2025 | Indian Cricketer Jasprit Bumrah Invests in Sustainable Travel Gear Brand Uppercase The brand offers a wide range of sustainable travel products including backpacks, trolley bags, duffles, and shoulder... | Indian cricketer Jasprit Bumrah has made an equity investment in new-age luggage brand uppercase, deepening his long-standing association with the brand. The funds from this strategic partnership will be used to co-create a unique product l... |
| 12.04.2025 | From Juspay To Noise — Indian Startups Raised $195 Mn This Week | SUMMARY Between April 7 and 12, Indian startups cumulatively raised $195.1 Mn across 20 deals, marking a 35% surge from the $144.4 Mn raised by 22 startups in the preceding wee While fintech remained the most funded sector this week, ecomme... |
| 11.04.2025 | Creativefuel Acquires MissMalini Entertainment from Good Glamm Group for INR 6 Cr The acquisition includes the MissMalini domain and its social media assets, while the talent management arm of the bus... | Marketing and content agency Creativefuel, founded by brothers Nikhil and Tushar Sukhramani, has acquired MissMalini Entertainment from The Good Glamm Group (GGG) in a deal valued at INR 6 crore, sources revealed. The acquisition includes t... |
| 10.04.2025 | Tailscale: A New Era in Secure Networking with $160 Million Boost | In the fast-paced world of technology, Tailscale has emerged as a beacon of innovation. The Canadian startup recently secured $160 million in Series C funding, pushing its valuation to a staggering $1.5 billion. This investment, led by Acce... |
| 10.04.2025 | Tailscale Raises $160M in Funding at $1.5 Billion Valuation | Tailscale, a Toronto, Canada-based privider of VPN software using mesh networking technology, raised $160m in funding at a $1.5 billion valuation. The round was led by Accel, with participation from CRV, Insight Partners, Heavybit, and Unco... |
| 09.04.2025 | The Rise of Agritech and Impact Investing in India | In the heart of India’s bustling economy, two sectors are gaining momentum: agritech and impact investing. These fields are not just buzzwords; they represent a shift in how we think about agriculture and social responsibility. Agritech sta... |
| 09.04.2025 | Innovist's Bold Leap: Fueling Growth in the Beauty Industry | Innovist, the parent company of popular personal care brands like Bare Anatomy and Chemist at Play, has made headlines with its recent funding round. The company secured INR 136 crore (approximately USD 16 million) from ICICI Venture, marki... |
| 09.04.2025 | No Unicorns, No IPOs—But Strategic Acquisitions Hint at FinTech Maturity in Q1 2025 A tough macroeconomic environment, global trade tensions, rising inflation, U.S. tariffs, and bearish stock markets ... | India's FinTech sector had a mixed bag of a quarter in early 2025. While it proudly stood as the third-highest funded FinTech market in the world, just behind the U.S. and the U.K. However, the total funding raised during this period — USD ... |
| 09.04.2025 | Accel-Backed AgroStar Secures USD 6.7 Mn Funding The round saw participation from prominent investors including Accel India, Evolvence, Chiratae Ventures, Hero Enterprises, Bertelsmann, and Aavishkaar... | Pune-based agritech startup AgroStar has raised INR 57.65 crore (approximately USD 6.7 million) in a fresh funding round from its existing investors. This marks the first capital infusion for the Accel-backed firm in 2025. As per regulatory... |
| 09.04.2025 | Tailscale: $160 Million (Series C) Raised For Building Secure Networks | Tailscale announced it has raised $160 million (C$230 million) in Series C funding, led by Accel with CRV, Insight Partners, Heavybit, and Uncork Capital participation. Existing angel investor George Kurtz, CEO of Crowdstrike, is also inclu... |
| 08.04.2025 | Juspay's $60 Million Boost: A Leap into the Future of Payments | In the fast-paced world of fintech, Juspay has just made a significant move. The Bengaluru-based payment aggregator has secured $60 million in a Series D funding round. This round was led by Kedaara Capital, with existing investors SoftBank... |
| 08.04.2025 | Innovist Raises INR 136 Cr from ICICI Venture to Fuel Innovation and Expansion This latest fundraise follows Innovist's INR 58 crore Series A round in November 2023, bringing its total capital raised ... | Innovist, the science-led personal care company behind brands like Bare Anatomy, Chemist at Play, and Sunscoop, has raised INR 136 crore (approximately USD 16 million) in a fresh funding round led by ICICI Venture. The round included both p... |
| 08.04.2025 | True North, Accel, nine more PE/VCs get exit window as portfolio firms secure IPO nod | Premium Private equity firm True North, venture capital firm Accel and nine other alternative investment firms will get an opportunity to monetise their bets as three of their portfolio companies have received regulatory approval to float i... |
| 08.04.2025 | Candice du Fretay launches $20M Fund Outlier Grove to accelerate European B2B Startups in the US | Former Accel investor Candice du Fretay launches Outlier Grove, a $20m angel and seed fund backing Europe’s next global B2B leaders. The fund aims to accelerate B2B startups through early engagement with the US market. du Fretay is bullish ... |
| 08.04.2025 | Agritech startup AgroStar raises $6.7 million from Accel India, other existing backers | ETtech Agritech startup AgroStar has raised $6.7 million from its existing backers, with Accel India leading the round. Read More News on AgroStar funding roundAgrotech startup investmentAccel IndiaAgroStar revenue FY22Agritech market in In... |
| 07.04.2025 | Enterprise Payment Infrastructure Provider Juspay Raises USD 60 Million Juspay plans to use the funding to accelerate the development of its open-source payments orchestration platform and advance its... | Juspay has raised USD 60 million in a Series D funding round led by private equity firm Kedaara Capital. The round includes a mix of primary and secondary investments and saw participation from existing backers SoftBank and Accel. Founded i... |
| 07.04.2025 | Juspay Secures $60 Mn To Boost Payments Infra With AI | SUMMARY Juspay's Series D funding round was led by Kedaara Capital along with participation from existing investors SoftBank and Accel The round was a mix of primary and secondary investments Juspay is a full-stack software-as-a-service (Sa... |
| 07.04.2025 | Kedaara Capital leads Juspay's Series D round as Swedish investor trims stake | Credit: 123RF.com Private equity firm Kedaara Capital has led a $60 million (Rs 515 crore) round of investment in Bengaluru-headquartered payment infrastructure firm Juspay. Existing investors SoftBank and Accel also joined the Series D fun... |
| 05.04.2025 | Singapore’s healthtech startup Mito Health raised $2.2 M Seed funding | With plans to build an AI preventive health doctor, Singapore-based Mito Health has raised an additional $2.2 million in seed funding, bringing its total funds raised to $4 million. “We want to extend our gratitude to our new investors — Y ... |
| 03.04.2025 | US Tariffs An Opportunity, Manufacturing Needs Big Push: Accel’s Prashanth Prakash | SUMMARY Prakash also called for deploying patient capital to fuel long-term innovation in the homegrown manufacturing sector The Accel partner believes that India can step up to fill the supply chain gaps left in the wake of the reciprocal ... |
| 02.04.2025 | RapidClaims Secures USD 11 Mn to Revolutionise AI-Powered Revenue Cycle Management The fresh capital will accelerate RapidClaims' go-to-market initiatives and enhance its AI-powered claim denial preve... | RapidClaims, an AI-driven revenue cycle management (RCM) platform, has raised USD 11 million to enhance its technology and expand its market reach. The funding includes USD 8 million Series A led by Accel, with participation from Together F... |
| 02.04.2025 | RapidClaims Raises $11M in Funding | RapidClaims, a NYC-based provider of an AI-powered revenue cycle management platform provider, raised $11M in funding. The amount consisted of $8M Series A led by Accel with participation from Together Fund, and $3M in previously unannounce... |
| 02.04.2025 | Venture Debt Now a Key Funding Avenue, Significant Funds Attracted by Fintech: Report Venture debt deals with credit-based financing products that apply specifically to PE-VC backed early-stage startu... | Venture debt has risen to be a key financing tool, complementing the likes of venture capital (VC), private equity (PE), and other similar asset classes by extending non-dilutive capital, allowing startups to leverage funds for diversified ... |
| 02.04.2025 | AI startup RapidClaims raises $11M from Accel and Together Fund | RapidClaims, an AI-driven revenue cycle management platform, has raised $11 million in fresh funding. The round includes an $8 million Series A led by Accel, with participation from Together Fund, along with $3 million in previously und... |
| 01.04.2025 | Silna Health: $27 Million Raised For Addressing Prior Authorization Crises | Silna Health, a company that uses AI to manage prior authorization, benefit checks and eligibility verification, announced it has raised $27 million in total funding. And the company’s $22 million Series A round was co-led by existing inves... |
| 01.04.2025 | India's used-car retailer Spinny raises $131m to scale NBFC business | India’s used-car retailing platform Spinny has raised $131 million in a fresh funding round led by US-based Accel Leaders Fund, as it looks to scale its newly launched non-banking financial company (NBFC) business. The round also saw partic... |
| 01.04.2025 | Spinny Raises USD 131 Mn from Accel Leaders Fund to Expand Used-Car Marketplace The funds will be used to expand Spinny's market presence, enhance its full-stack offerings, and strengthen technology-d... | Gurugram-based used-car marketplace Spinny has secured USD 131 million in a funding round led by Accel Leaders Fund, marking a significant boost for the fast-growing platform. The round includes USD 110 million in primary funding and USD 21... |
| 01.04.2025 | Funding frenzy: VCs launch funds amid resurgent market | After a prolonged funding winter, VCs both global and domestic firms are launching new funds, buoyed by India’s thriving start-up IPO pipeline and a recovering funding landscape. Early-stage VC firm Accel raised $650 million for its eighth ... |
| 31.03.2025 | Navigating the VC Landscape: Strategies for Success in Investor Relations and Targeting Emerging Markets | In the world of venture capital (VC), success is a dance between numbers and relationships. It’s not just about finding the next unicorn; it’s about nurturing the connections that fuel growth. This article explores the art of managing inves... |
| 31.03.2025 | Zolve and Dataminr: Pioneering Financial Mobility and Real-Time Intelligence | In a world where borders blur and information flows like water, two companies are making waves. Zolve and Dataminr are not just riding the tide; they are shaping it. Each has carved a niche in the vast ocean of technology and finance, addre... |
| 31.03.2025 | Spinny raises $131 million in Accel-led round amid booming used-car market | Used-car marketplace Spinny has raised $131 million in a funding round led by Accel Leaders Fund, according to news reports. The fundraising comes amid increased activity in the used-car marketplace, following Droom’s recent $3 million fund... |
| 31.03.2025 | Spinny closes $131 million funding round from existing investors led by Accel Leaders Fund | ETtechSpinny founder and CEO Niraj Singh Gurugram-based used-car sales platform Spinny has closed a $131 million (Rs 1,120 crore) funding round led by US-based Accel Leaders Fund at a flat valuation of around $1.7-1.8 billion, people in the... |
| 30.03.2025 | Zolve: $251 Million Raised For Helping Citizens Working Abroad With Financial Mobility | Zolve—a company aiming to solve the problem of international students lacking financial history when abroad—announced it secured $251 million in equity and debt to scale its solution to making financial borders as seamless as geographic one... |
| 30.03.2025 | Scimplify: $40 Million Secured For Transforming The Specialty Chemicals Manufacturing Market | Scimplify recently announced a $40 million Series B funding round to scale its revolutionary platform, which is transforming how specialty chemicals are developed, manufactured, and distributed worldwide. Accel and Bertelsmann co-led the ro... |
| 29.03.2025 | Silna Health raises $22 million | Silna Health Silna Health Founded: 2023 Headquarters: New York, New York, United States Total Funding: $27M See full company profile "> , a startup using AI to automate prior authorizations, benefit checks, and insurance verificatio... |
| 26.03.2025 | US-based 2am VC targets India’s Gen Z with new $25m fund | Premium Content It takes our newsroom weeks - if not months - to investigate and produce stories for our premium content. You can’t find them anywhere else. Samreen Ahmad · 1d ago · 3 min readUS-based 2am VC targets India’s Gen Z with new $... |
| 26.03.2025 | Venture Fund Accel Says Unicorn Founders Fuel Next Generation of Startups Across Europe, Israel | While certain malcontents bemoan successful individuals, the reality is that when markets reward innovative entrepreneurs, they tend to use this success to support others attempting to do the same. This is one of the reasons the US innovati... |
| 26.03.2025 | Nabhdrishti Aerospace Secures USD 3 Mn to Advance Indigenous Propulsion Technologies The fresh capital will fuel the development and testing of Nabhdrishti's next-generation engine prototypes, acceler... | Nabhdrishti Aerospace, a pioneering startup specialising in advanced propulsion and power generation, has raised USD 3 million in funding led by Accel, with participation from existing investors, including IIMA Ventures. The fresh capital w... |
| 25.03.2025 | The Rise of AI Safety Solutions: Aura's $140 Million Leap Forward | In a world where digital threats lurk around every corner, Aura has emerged as a beacon of hope. The company recently secured $140 million in a Series G funding round, a significant boost that positions it as a leader in AI-driven online sa... |
| 25.03.2025 | Aura: $140 Million (Series G) Raised For AI-Based Safety Solutions | Aura, a leading AI-based online safety solution for individuals and families, announced its Series G funding round closing. Ten Eleven Ventures and Madrone Capital led the round, which included new investor AT&T Ventures. Existing inves... |
| 25.03.2025 | Silna Health Raises $27M in Funding | Silna Health, a NYC-based company that uses AI to manage prior authorization, benefit checks and eligibility verification, raised $27m in total funding. A $22m Series A round was co-led by existing investors Accel and Bain Capital Ventures,... |
| 25.03.2025 | Aura scores $140M, boosting valuation to $1.6B | Photo: JGI/Jamie Grill/Blend Images/Getty Images Aura, an AI-enabled digital protection platform, announced it officially closed its Series G funding round, raising $140 million in equity and debt and bringing its valuation to $1.6 billion.... |
| 25.03.2025 | UK Unicorns Lead Europe in Producing More New Startups | The UK’s unicorns have nurtured the most tech founders across Europe, with 45 UK-founded unicorns fuelling 393 startups across the region. According to data from Accel and Dealroom, the the UK outperformed other countries in Europe in terms... |
| 24.03.2025 | Apna Mart bags Rs 214 Cr funding from Accel and Fundamentum | Omnichannel grocery and FMCG chain Apna Mart has raised Rs 214.5 crore in a mix equity and debt round led by Fundamentum Partnership Fund and Accel. The round, a mix of equity and debt, also witnessed participation from existing investor Pe... |
| 24.03.2025 | Aura Closes Series G Funding | Aura, a Boston, MA-based provider of an AI-powered online safety solution for individuals and families, closed its Series G funding. The round, which had an initial close in August 2024, marks Aura’s first funding round following its separa... |
| 23.03.2025 | Vuno invests $2M in Korean rival and more briefs | Photo courtesy of Coreline Soft Vuno invests $2M, sells lung AI in Japan to rival Vuno has invested in and sold its lung disease diagnosis AI technology in Japan to its rival Korean company Coreline Soft. The two companies recently entered ... |
| 20.03.2025 | ESOP buyback worth $5.3 M launched by Dezerv | The Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) buyback program, which was completed by wealthtech platform Dezerv, will help current and former employees liquidate vested stock valued at Rs 46 crore, or roughly $5.3 million. The Mumbai-based busi... |
| 19.03.2025 | Graphite's $52 Million Leap: A New Era in AI-Powered Code Review | In the bustling tech landscape of New York City, Graphite, an AI-driven code review startup, has just made waves by securing $52 million in Series B funding. This infusion of capital is not just a financial boost; it’s a signal flare in the... |
| 19.03.2025 | Accel-Backed Dezerv Concludes INR 46 Cr ESOP Buyback | SUMMARY The ESOP buyback programme will facilitate liquidation of vested stock worth INR 46 Cr for both existing and current employees The development comes months after the Mumbai-based Dezerv raised $32 Mn led by Premji Invest In 2024, at... |
| 18.03.2025 | Graphite Raises $52M in Series B Funding | Graphite, a New York based AI-powered code review platform provider, raised $52M in Series B funding. The round was led by Accel, with participation from Menlo Ventures via its Anthology Fund with Anthropic, Shopify Ventures, and Figma Vent... |
| 18.03.2025 | IFC Weighs USD 65 Mn Investment in A91 Partners' Third Fund IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, plans to contribute USD 35 million in equity and an additional USD 30 million in co-investment. | The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is considering an investment of up to USD 65 million in Mumbai-based venture capital firm A91 Partners' third fund, according to a disclosure on the firm's website. IFC, a member of the World Bank... |
| 17.03.2025 | RedotPay Raises $40M in Series A Funding | RedotPay, a Hong Kong-based provider of a crypto payment platform, raised $40M in Series A funding. The round was led by Lightspeed, following their commitment in December 2024, with investments from HSG and Galaxy Ventures. Other investors... |
| 13.03.2025 | Scimplify Secures USD 40 Mn Series B Funding to Expand Global Specialty Chemical Manufacturing Scimplify will use the funding to expand beyond 16 countries and strengthen its presence in life sciences... | Bengaluru-based Scimplify, a specialty chemicals sourcing and manufacturing platform, has raised USD 40 million in a Series B funding round co-led by Accel and Bertelsmann India Investments, with participation from UMI, Omnivore, and 3one4 ... |
| 13.03.2025 | Quanta: $4.7 Million (Seed) Raised For Next-Generation Accounting Platform | Quanta, a next-generation accounting company powered by AI, announced the general availability of its platform, featuring a self-serve onboarding process that accomplishes in minutes what typically takes weeks with other solutions. And Quan... |
| 12.03.2025 | Mews Secures $75 Million to Transform Hospitality Tech Landscape | Mews, a rising star in hospitality technology, has just bagged $75 million in funding. This investment, led by Tiger Global, signals a bold move in a competitive market. Mews is not just playing the game; it’s redefining the rules. The hosp... |
| 12.03.2025 | Zolve Secures USD 251M in Series B Funding to Expand Cross-Border Financial Services Since its launch in 2021, Zolve has witnessed rapid growth, becoming customer-level profitable in early 2024 and ai... | Cross-border neobank Zolve has raised USD 251 million in equity and debt funding to expand its financial solutions for skilled professionals and international students moving abroad. The Series B round was led by Creaegis, with participatio... |
| 12.03.2025 | Accel, Bertelsmann India co-lead Scimplify’s Series B round | Scimpify founders (from left) Dheeraj Dhingra, Salil Srivastava and Sachin Santhosh Specialty chemical manufacturing startup Scimplify has raised $40 million (about Rs 350 crore) in its Series B funding round co-led by venture capital firms... |
| 11.03.2025 | Creaegis leads Series B funding in TaxiForSure co-founder's fintech Zolve | Zolve founder Raghu G Cross-border neobanking startup Zolve, started by ride-hailing company TaxiForSure co-founder Raghu G, has secured $251 million (about Rs 2,188 crore) in a mix of equity and debt capital as part of its Series B funding... |
| 08.03.2025 | Startup Funding Wrap: Major Investments from March 01–07 The startup ecosystem saw significant funding activity this week, with companies across HR tech, consumer appliances, electronics manufacturing... | Darwinbox Secures USD 140 Million for Global Expansion Investors: Partners Group, KKR, Gravity Holdings Darwinbox, founded in 2015, is revolutionising HR tech with its AI-powered cloud platform for recruitment, payroll, and talent manageme... |
| 06.03.2025 | Truemeds To Raise $44 Mn From Accel India, Others | SUMMARY Mumbai-based healthtech startup Truemeds is raising INR 375.2 Cr ($44 Mn) in a Series C round led by Accel India, which will invest INR 285.41 Cr for a 10% stake in the company WestBridge AIF I will contribute INR 66.68 Cr to streng... |
| 06.03.2025 | Bridgetown Research: $19 Million (Series A) Raised For Building AI Agents Focused On Research | AI decision science company Bridgetown Research announced $19 million in Series A funding led by Lightspeed and Accel, with participation from a leading research university. Bridgetown Research has created AI agents that autonomously execut... |
| 06.03.2025 | SpyneAI: $16 Million (Series A) Secured For AI-Based Visual Merchandising Platform For Auto Industry | SpyneAI, a leading AI-based visual merchandising platform for the automotive industry, announced it has secured $16 million in Series A funding led by Vertex Ventures. Existing investors, including Accel and Storm Ventures, doubled their in... |
| 06.03.2025 | Who is Alexandr Wang, the Wunderkind Billionaire Behind Scale AI? | Alexandr Wang attend the 2024 Met Gala in New York City. Getty Images for The Met Museum/ Alexandr Wang, the 28-year-old founder and CEO of Scale AI, has dominated tech news headlines lately for his appeal to the U.S. government for more su... |
| 06.03.2025 | To expand in US, EMEA, and APAC, Vertex Ventures SEA & India leads Spyne’s $16 M Series A round | In a Series A funding round headed by Vertex Ventures, Spyne, India’s AI-powered visual merchandising platform for the automotive sector, has raised $16 million. According to a post, current investors Accel, Storm Ventures, and Alteria Capi... |
| 01.03.2025 | This Week in Startup Funding: Key Investments (Feb 22–28) This week saw several startups secure crucial funding to scale their operations and expand market reach. From AI-driven research solutions to ... | Gurugram-based Geniemode, founded in 2021 by Amit Sharma and Tanuj Gangwani, is a B2B cross-border e-commerce platform helping global buyers streamline supply chains for furniture, home textiles, apparel, and accessories. The platform simpl... |
| 28.02.2025 | The Rise of AI-Driven Financial Solutions: Quanta and Opal Lead the Charge | In the fast-paced world of finance, innovation is the name of the game. Two companies, Quanta and Opal, are redefining how businesses manage their financial operations. They are not just players; they are game-changers. With fresh funding a... |
| 28.02.2025 | Quanta Raises $4.7M in Seed Funding | Quanta, a San Francisco, CA-based accounting company empowered by AI, raised $4.7M in Seed funding. The round was led by Accel with participation from basecase, Comma Capital, Designer Fund, and Operator Collective, as well as angel investo... |
| 18.02.2025 | Spyne Raises USD 16 Mn in Series A to Transform Automotive Retail with AI This new funding will enable Spyne to accelerate its growth, particularly focusing on expanding its footprint in the US and de... | Spyne, an AI-driven visual merchandising platform tailored for the automotive industry, has raised USD 16 million in its Series A funding round, led by Vertex Ventures. The round also saw participation from existing investors, including Acc... |
| 17.02.2025 | Tines: $125 Million (Series C) Raised At $1.125 Billion Valuation For AI-Based Workflows | AI-based workflows Tines announced $125 million in Series C financing, valuing the company at $1.125 billion. The funding round was led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives with participation from new investors SoftBank Vision Fun... |
| 13.02.2025 | Tines: The Rising Star of AI Automation | In the bustling world of technology, few stories shine as brightly as that of Tines. This Dublin-based startup has recently captured the spotlight with a staggering €120.7 million in Series C financing. The investment catapults Tines' valua... |
| 12.02.2025 | Tines Takes Flight: $125 Million Boost in Series C Funding | In the fast-paced world of technology, funding is the fuel that propels innovation. Tines, a trailblazer in AI-powered workflows, has just secured a hefty $125 million in Series C financing. This round elevates the company’s valuation to a ... |
| 11.02.2025 | €120.7 million for Tines and its AI-powered workflow platform | Dublin-based Tines, a startup focused in AI-powered workflows, today announced €120.7 million in Series C financing, raising the total valuation of the company to €1 billion, in order to accelerate product innovation and ensure enterprise-g... |
| 11.02.2025 | Tines Secures $125M in Series CTines Secures $125M in Series C Financing, Bringing Total Valuation to $1.125B Financing, Bringing Total Valuation to $1.125B | Led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives with SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Activant joining as new investors, funding to be used to accelerate AI product innovation Tines, the leader in AI-powered workflows, today announced $125 mil... |
| 11.02.2025 | Goldman и SoftBank инвестировали в ИИ-стартап Tines с оценкой в $1,13 млрд | Сделка увеличила оценку Tines более чем на 80% по сравнению с предыдущей стоимостью в $600 млн в прошлом году. Среди других инвесторов были Vision Fund 2 компании SoftBank Group Corp., инвестиционная фирма Activant Capital и Accel. Tines, к... |
| 11.02.2025 | Tines Raises $125M in Series C Funding | Tines, a Boston, MA- and Dublin, Ireland-based AI-powered workflows company, raised $125M in Series C funding, at $1.125 Billion valuation. The round, which brought the total amount to $272M, was led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Altern... |
| 05.02.2025 | D2C footwear brand CHK raised $2.5 M from Accel, Bluestone, others | Accel, jewellery retailer Bluestone, and other investors have contributed 2.5 million dollars to the D2C footwear startup CHK. Bluestone had previously invested around Rs 12 crore (roughly $1.3 million) in the business in November 2024. In ... |
| 03.02.2025 | Tiger-backed Indian seafood marketplace Captain Fresh raises $29m in pre-IPO round | Captain Fresh said it has raised Rs 250 crore ($29 million) in a pre-IPO funding round led by Prosus Ventures, Accel, and Tiger Global, as the seafood supplier gears up to list on the Indian bourses this year. |
| 03.02.2025 | Captain Fresh Secures INR 250 Cr in Pre-IPO Round Led by Existing Investors Accel, Tiger Global Management, Prosus Ventures, Z47 (formerly Matrix Partners India), Evolvence Group, and British Internat... | Bengaluru-based seafood supplier startup Captain Fresh announced raising INR 250 crore in its pre-IPO funding round from existing investors. The round also attracted participation from prominent family offices, including Sriharsha Majety (C... |
| 03.02.2025 | Prosus, Accel, Tiger Global top up bets on Captain Fresh in pre-IPO round | Utham Gowda, founder and Group CEO, Captain Fresh Seafood provider Captain Fresh, which has been on an acquisition spree in a bid to expand internationally through 2024, has raised Rs 250 crore ($28.7 million) in an ongoing round, as it pre... |
| 03.02.2025 | India's Good Glamm says restructuring, fundraise underway after directors quit board | The Good Glamm Group is undergoing a restructuring and fundraising, weeks after representatives from Prosus Ventures, Accel, and Bessemer Venture Partners stepped down from the board of the Indian D2C beauty and personal care company. |
| 01.02.2025 | Captain Fresh Bags INR 250 Cr In A Pre-IPO Funding Round | SUMMARY The funding was led by its existing investors Prosus Ventures, Accel and Tiger Global The round also saw participation from leading domestic family offices, including Swiggy cofounder Sriharsha Majety’s family office; Sid Khanna, ch... |
| 31.01.2025 | Banking Fintech Swan Raises €42 Million Series B | Listen to this article 0:00 / 0:32 1X BeyondWords Swan, a European banking Fintech, has raised €42 million in Series B extension funding according to a blog post. Investors in the funding round include Accel, Hexa, Creandum, Lake Star and E... |
| 31.01.2025 | Nebius Group: Market Overreaction or Real AI Disruption? Following DeepSeek's release, Nebius shares plummeted almost 40% on Monday, leaving investors wondering whether NBIS remains a compelling buy. | Shares of Nebius Group (NASDAQ: NBIS) took a nosedive on Monday, plummeting nearly 40% following the release of DeepSeek’s latest AI model. The shockwave of this announcement caused fear-driven sell-offs across AI and semiconductor stocks,... |
| 30.01.2025 | Embedded fintech Swan extends Series B with €42M | Parisian fintech Swan, an embedded finance platform, has added €42 million to its Series B funding round. The investment, led by Eight Roads Ventures, includes participation from existing investors Lakestar, Accel, Creandum, Hexa, and BPI F... |
| 30.01.2025 | Swan adds €42 million funding to further embedded finance across Europe | FinTech Swan, a Paris-based embedded finance provider, adds €42 million to its Series B funding round to fuel its European expansion and product innovation. The investment, led by Eight Roads Ventures, includes participation from existing i... |
| 29.01.2025 | Uber-backed Moove acquires Brazil’s Kovi to continue global expansion | Moove, the Uber-backed Nigerian mobility fintech startup, has acquired Kovi, a car rental startup in Brazil, Latin America’s largest ride-hailing market. The acquisition continues the global expansion of the startup which currently operates... |
| 29.01.2025 | Accel, Bessemer & Prosus Exit Good Glamm Group’s Board | SUMMARY As per the startup’s regularity filing, representatives of Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Prosus have stepped down from the startup’s board of directors Accel’s partners Anand Daniel, Bessemer’s partner Vishal Gupta, and Pros... |
| 25.01.2025 | BPR Hub raised $2.6 M Seed funding from Accel and Kae Capital | Accel and Kae Capital co-led the $2.6 million seed funding round for BPR Hub, an AI-powered compliance management platform for manufacturers with offices in San Francisco and Bengaluru. In order to satisfy the growing demand for compliance ... |
| 22.01.2025 | Global VC Investments Soar High in Q4 2024, India Faces Slump The report said that at a regional level, countries in America accounted for a major chunk of VC capital drawn, driven mostly by large-sum... | The Americas attracted a "lion's share" of venture capital (VC) investment, but India faced a slump in Q4 comparatively, according to a recent KPMG report called the 'Q4'24 Venture Pulse Report.' The report said that at a regional... |
| 21.01.2025 | BPR Hub Raises $2.6M in Seed Funding | BPR Hub founders: (L to R) Teja Edara, Milanjeet Singh and Vinodh Peddi. BPR Hub, a San Francisco, CA- and Bangalore, India-based provider of a cloud-based compliance management system for manufacturing companies, raised $2.6M in Seed fundi... |
| 21.01.2025 | BPR Hub, JoySpoon, and Postudio Raise Early-Stage Funding The following startups have announced their latest funding rounds, showcasing significant milestones in their growth journeys. | Accel and Kae Capital Back BPR Hub with USD 2.6 Mn Funding for AI-Powered Compliance BPR Hub, a San Francisco and Bengaluru-based AI-powered compliance management platform, has raised USD 2.6 million in a seed funding round co-led by Accel... |
| 14.01.2025 | Exclusive: Accel-Backed Breathe Well-being Fires 100 Employees | SUMMARY Breathe Well-being fired about 100 employees in a restructuring exercise last week, sources said, adding that the number could be as high as 120 However, cofounder and CEO Rohan Verma said that the startup has let go of 90 employees... |
| 06.01.2025 | How Accel's strategy for latest fund differs from previous vehicle's game plan | Premium The Accel team Global venture capital firm Accel has identified several new preferred sectors of investment for its eighth India-focused fund that raised $650 million (over Rs 5,500 crore) and may have a sharper geographical focus t... |
| 06.01.2025 | Accel Launches USD 650 Mn Fund Focused on AI, Fintech, Consumer, and Manufacturing Startups In March 2022, Accel launched its USD 650 million seventh India-focused fund, targeting early-stage startups... | Global venture capital firm Accel has announced the closing of a new USD 650 million early-stage fund, its eighth dedicated to India and Southeast Asia. The fund reaffirms Accel's commitment to backing bold entrepreneurs across the region, ... |
| 06.01.2025 | Accel raises $650 million early-stage fund for start-ups in India and Southeast Asia | Accel, a global venture capital firm, has raised a $650 million early-stage fund dedicated to supporting founders in India and Southeast Asia. “Accel’s latest fund, its eighth in India and SEA, will build on its commitment to partnering wit... |
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