Investments
2442Portfolio Exits
448Funds
67Partners & Customers
10Service Providers
2About Accel
Accel is a venture capital firm. It invests in financial technology companies, healthcare organizations, logistics companies, and more. The company was founded in 1983 and is based in Palo Alto, California.
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Research containing Accel
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CB Insights Intelligence Analysts have mentioned Accel in 8 CB Insights research briefs, most recently on Jul 14, 2023.
Latest Accel News
Nov 8, 2023
The Bengaluru- and San Francisco-based startup offered plug-and-play artificial intelligence-based copilots for software, teams and individuals to improve productivity at the workplace. Founded in 2020 by Shoaib Khan and Ankit Pansari, OSlash is backed also by Accel Partners among others, who invested about $2.5 million in September 2021. The company had started out with OSlash shortcuts, which failed to find any commercial success, the blog post said. However, “on popular demand, we augmented the product with a text expander — OSlash snippets — that helped users automate repetitive typing”, it added. “While the problem we tackled remains pressing, we failed to reach a product-market fit even after a couple of pivots and build a sustainable business model. Though disheartening, we accept this outcome with grace,” it said. Discover the stories of your interest The three-year-old startup added that it will stop accepting new OSlash registrations effective immediately. But for existing users, it will release an open-source extension, from where they can download and export all existing shortcuts. “We urge you to do this latest by 29th November, 2023… All user data will be permanently deleted from our servers by November 30th as we shut down completely,” the blog post said. After OSlash last raised funding in March 2022, it had plans to set up hiring in the US and Europe, and grow a search tool that pulls together information from different applications. Back then OSlash was used by over 3,000 teams including Cred, Khan Academy and Twitch. Experience Your Economic Times Newspaper, The Digital Way! Wednesday, 08 Nov, 2023
Accel Investments
2,442 Investments
Accel has made 2,442 investments. Their latest investment was in Integration.app as part of their Seed VC on November 07, 2023.
Accel Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11/7/2023 | Seed VC | Integration.app | $3.5M | Yes | Cortical Ventures, Crew Capital, Jeremy Achin, Seedcamp, Tom de Godoy, and Undisclosed Angel Investors | 2 |
11/2/2023 | Seed VC | Fibmold | $10M | Yes | 2 | |
10/26/2023 | Seed VC | viso.ai | $9.17M | Yes | 2 | |
10/16/2023 | Seed VC | |||||
10/12/2023 | Series B |
Date | 11/7/2023 | 11/2/2023 | 10/26/2023 | 10/16/2023 | 10/12/2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Seed VC | Seed VC | Seed VC | Seed VC | Series B |
Company | Integration.app | Fibmold | viso.ai | ||
Amount | $3.5M | $10M | $9.17M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | Cortical Ventures, Crew Capital, Jeremy Achin, Seedcamp, Tom de Godoy, and Undisclosed Angel Investors | ||||
Sources | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Accel Portfolio Exits
448 Portfolio Exits
Accel has 448 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Tessian on October 30, 2023.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10/30/2023 | Acquired | 4 | |||
9/21/2023 | Acquired | 3 | |||
9/20/2023 | IPO | Public | 2 | ||
Date | 10/30/2023 | 9/21/2023 | 9/20/2023 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exit | Acquired | Acquired | IPO | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | Public | ||||
Sources | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Accel Acquisitions
6 Acquisitions
Accel acquired 6 companies. Their latest acquisition was Qualtrics on June 28, 2023.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6/28/2023 | Series C | $400M | Take Private | 4 | ||
6/18/2015 | ||||||
9/7/2009 | Series C | |||||
3/22/2004 | Other Venture Capital | |||||
6/12/1996 | Growth Equity |
Date | 6/28/2023 | 6/18/2015 | 9/7/2009 | 3/22/2004 | 6/12/1996 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Investment Stage | Series C | Series C | Other Venture Capital | Growth Equity | |
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Total Funding | $400M | ||||
Note | Take Private | ||||
Sources | 4 |
Accel Fund History
67 Fund Histories
Accel has 67 funds, including Global Later-Stage Fund.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6/21/2022 | Global Later-Stage Fund | $4,000M | 1 | ||
3/2/2022 | Accel India VII | $650M | 2 | ||
6/29/2021 | Accel XV | $650M | 2 | ||
6/29/2021 | Accel Europe VII | ||||
6/29/2021 | Accel Growth VI |
Closing Date | 6/21/2022 | 3/2/2022 | 6/29/2021 | 6/29/2021 | 6/29/2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fund | Global Later-Stage Fund | Accel India VII | Accel XV | Accel Europe VII | Accel Growth VI |
Fund Type | |||||
Status | |||||
Amount | $4,000M | $650M | $650M | ||
Sources | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Accel Partners & Customers
10 Partners and customers
Accel has 10 strategic partners and customers. Accel recently partnered with Cognite on October 10, 2020.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10/27/2020 | Partner | Norway | Cognite Partners with Accel to Transform Industry and Define New Industrial Software Category OSLO , Norway -- -- Cognite , a global leader in industrial software innovation , announced today that it has signed a partnership agreement with leading global venture capital firm Accel . | 2 | |
1/29/2019 | Partner | United States | Accel-KKR invests $16m in Australia's Humanforce Accel-KKR , a US-based private equity firm created by Accel Partners and KKR , has invested A$ 22.5 million in Australian workforce management solutions provider Humanforce . | 1 | |
8/23/2018 | Partner | United States | 1 | ||
2/3/2016 | Partner | ||||
1/26/2016 | Partner |
Date | 10/27/2020 | 1/29/2019 | 8/23/2018 | 2/3/2016 | 1/26/2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type | Partner | Partner | Partner | Partner | Partner |
Business Partner | |||||
Country | Norway | United States | United States | ||
News Snippet | Cognite Partners with Accel to Transform Industry and Define New Industrial Software Category OSLO , Norway -- -- Cognite , a global leader in industrial software innovation , announced today that it has signed a partnership agreement with leading global venture capital firm Accel . | Accel-KKR invests $16m in Australia's Humanforce Accel-KKR , a US-based private equity firm created by Accel Partners and KKR , has invested A$ 22.5 million in Australian workforce management solutions provider Humanforce . | |||
Sources | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Accel Team
18 Team Members
Accel has 18 team members, including current Chief Financial Officer, Anne Rockhold.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Anne Rockhold | Silicon Valley Bank, Vanguard Ventures, American Basketball Association, Interlink Computer Sciences, Ross Systems, and Ernst & Young | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
Name | Anne Rockhold | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Work History | Silicon Valley Bank, Vanguard Ventures, American Basketball Association, Interlink Computer Sciences, Ross Systems, and Ernst & Young | ||||
Title | Chief Financial Officer | ||||
Status | Current |
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