Accel is a venture capital firm. Based in Palo Alto, California, United States. The known portfolio counts 31 companies, including Atlas, True Anomaly, depthfirst, Sage Haven, Oolka and Paper.
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Who to pitch at Accel
Accel portfolio companies (31)
- Atlas
- True Anomaly
- depthfirst
- Sage Haven
- Oolka
- Paper
- Samunnati
- WellTheory
- Dash0
- Oasis Security
- OpenFX
- Spintly
- Swish
- Anysphere
- Biostate AI
- DataBrain
- Brik
- Monarch Money
- Sprinter Health
- Uppercase
- Zoca
- ASETS
- Arivihan
- Bachatt
- Biopeak
- Tune AI
- Anko
- Meritic
- Ripik.AI
- Sahi
- skoob.ai
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About Accel
The firm's listing covers sectors AI, Commerce, Consumer and FinTech, and focus areas Analytics, Cloud Infrastructure, Cybersecurity and Data; known deals cluster at Growth, Pre-Seed and Seed.
Of the 94 people on file at Accel, Fred Nice (Founder), Julia Erin Petinos (Founder/Financial/Private Investor) and Jim Swartz (Founding Partner) are listed as the contacts to approach first.
Accel shares portfolio companies with 20 other investment firms, among them Meritech Capital, Lightspeed India and Andreessen Horowitz.
Frequently asked questions
What is Accel?
Accel is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, United States, with a known portfolio of 31 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.
What does Accel invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Commerce, Consumer and FinTech; listed focus areas include Analytics, Cloud Infrastructure, Cybersecurity and Data. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.
What stage does Accel invest at?
The known deals of Accel include Growth, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.
Who should I pitch at Accel?
3 of the 94 people on file at Accel are listed as contacts for the firm. All 94 have their own profile page.
How do I contact Accel?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 94 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.
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