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Accel, formerly known as Accel Partners, is a global venture capital firm. Accel works with startups in seed, early and growth-stage investments. The company has offices in Palo Alto, California and San Francisco, California , with additional operating funds in London , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and India .
In October 2007, Myntra received its initial funding from Erasmic Venture Fund (now known as Accel Partners), Sasha Mirchandani from Mumbai Angels and a few other investors. In November 2008, Myntra raised almost $5 million from NEA-IndoUS Ventures, IDG Ventures and Accel Partners. Myntra raised $14 million in a Series B round of funding.
She worked at Bain & Company, Release Software and Accel Partners before co-founding Aspect Ventures, a female-led venture capital firm, in 2014. [1] According to Forbes, Gouw is the richest female venture capitalist, with a net worth of approximately $500 million, primarily due to her involvement with Accel's early investment in Facebook. [2] [3]
Venture capital firm Accel said on Tuesday it has raised a $650 million fund to invest in early-stage companies in Europe and Israel with a focus on artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. The ...
In 2005, Breyer led Accel Partners' $12.7 million deposit at a $98 million valuation in the then ten-employee startup Facebook. [13] In 2000, Breyer also established Accel-KKR, a joint venture between Accel Partners and the private equity firm KKR. [16] Breyer also led the 2004 management buyout of BBN Technologies from Verizon. [17]
In December 2007, Kayak raised $196 million in financing from a group of investors including General Catalyst, Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners, and Oak Investment Partners. Using that funding, Kayak acquired SideStep, another online travel agency. [10] [11] On March 5, 2010, Kayak sold certain assets related to TravelPost. [12]
Sonali De Rycker is a venture capitalist from Mumbai, India. [1]She studied economics at Bryn Mawr College, graduating in 1995, followed by Harvard Business School. [2] [3] De Rycker started her career at Goldman Sachs and has been a general partner with the venture capital firm Accel in Europe since 2008.
[11] [8] The company is backed by iNovia Capital and Accel Partners. [7] [9] [10] Profit has ranked Lightspeed 24th in 2011 and 61st in 2012 on its list of "Canada's 200 fastest growing companies". [12] Accel Partners led a $30 million investment round in 2012 and from 2012 to 2013, the company observed a 120% growth in annual transactions.