Accel Partners is a venture capital firm that helps entrepreneurs build disruptive and competitive businesses. The firm has a long and successful track record of investing in companies, including numerous household names such as Groupon, Dropbox and Cloudera. Accel Partners core strategy is to identify and invest in companies with disruptive technologies, strong business models and talented teams.
The founders of the firm, Jim Swartz and Arthur Patterson, are legendary Silicon Valley venture capitalists who have been helping to build revolutionary businesses for decades. Combined, Swartz and Patterson have over 65 years of experience and have been involved in the launch and success of some of the biggest companies in the technology industry.
Over the years, Accel has helped to connect companies with major strategic investors and board members, enabling these entrepreneurs to have access to market knowledge and additional resources to help their businesses grow. The firm has over 200 investment professionals based across four continents and has invested in over 1000 companies, with more than 140 companies going public or getting acquired.
Accel Partners is one of the few venture capital firms that invests at all stages of a companys growth, from early seed investments to late-stage venture rounds. The firm has invested in early seed rounds of companies like Dropbox and Cloudera and more mature rounds of companies like Spotify and Bluekai.
The firm has also invested in a number of companies in the digital payments space such as iZettle, Stripe and Square, Internet of Things companies such as Rachio and WigWag, and digital health companies like AliveCor and Kinsa.
Accel Partners is also an active investor in analytics technologies, which includes both data- and software-based companies. Examples include GoodData, Fiorano, Confluent, and Zaloni.
The firm has invested in companies leading the shift to cloud computing, such as Eucalyptus and are broadening their investments in developing disruptive machine learning and AI technologies like Nara Logics.
Overall, Accel Partners is one of the top venture capital firms’ in Silicon Valley and is highly sought after by entrepreneurs, who look to leverage their expertise, network, and resources to create successful tech-focused companies.
Accel’s mission is to provide entrepreneurs with the resources, resources and knowledge to enable them to scale their businesses to phenomenal heights. The firm’s approach is to be an active and engaged investor, helping entrepreneurs to not only build innovative companies, but also helping them access the right strategic resources and advice, that enables these companies to become competitive in the market.
At Accel, they believe Silicon Valley is a powerful epicenter of innovation and that its potential can create even more opportunities for entrepreneurs globally. That’s why they’ve established a global footprint, with offices in London, India, China and more, to support entrepreneurs everywhere.
For over three decades, Accel has been at the forefront of innovation, helping to discover and launch disruptive companies like Dropbox, Spotify, GoodData and many more. And as the market continues to evolve, Accel is prepared to continue to be an active and committed venture capital partner to entrepreneurs, helping them succeed both in the present and the future.
