Accel

venture capital
Palo Alto, United StatesFounded 1983Website

AUM

$20.0M

Team

1

Funds

2

Investment Thesis

Top Sectors

SaaS
AI / ML
Deep Tech

Preferred Stages

Series A
Series B
Seed

Deal Pace

0.8

deals/year avg

Team Activity Score79/100

Investment Team

A
Andrew Braccia
Partner
Warm 79

Portfolio Companies(15)

Calendly

SaaSSeries A
$16.6M
Dec 2024

Scale AI

AI / MLSeed
$4.6M
Aug 2021

Anduril

Deep TechSeries A
$49.1M
Apr 2021

BlockFi

Web3 / CryptoSeries C
$16.7M
Aug 2020

Cohere

AI / MLSeries A
$45.2M
May 2020

Fast

FintechSeries A
$4.0M
Mar 2020

Clari

SaaSSeed
$36.6M
Dec 2019

Convoy

MarketplaceSeries D
$200.0M
Nov 2019

Essential Products

ConsumerSeries B
$75.0M
Jun 2017

Doppler Labs

ConsumerSeries B
$12.0M
Mar 2016

Aria Insights

Deep TechSeries B
$5.5M
Apr 2015

Zenefits

HR TechSeries A
$3.0M
Jun 2014

Portfolio Breakdown

By Sector

SaaS2 deals · 13%
AI / ML2 deals · 13%
Deep Tech2 deals · 13%
Marketplace2 deals · 13%
Consumer2 deals · 13%
Web3 / Crypto1 deal · 7%
Fintech1 deal · 7%
HR Tech1 deal · 7%
Climate Tech1 deal · 7%
Healthcare1 deal · 7%

By Stage

Series A7 deals · 47%
Series B3 deals · 20%
Seed2 deals · 13%
Series C1 deal · 7%
Series D1 deal · 7%
Series E1 deal · 7%
15 tracked deals10 sectors · 6 stages

Deal Activity by Year

2006
1
2008
1
2014
2
2015
1
2016
1
2017
1
2019
2
2020
3
2021
2
2024
1

Fund Vehicles

Accel Fund 1
Hot
Size: $1.3M
deploying26% deployed
Accel Fund 2
Hot
Size: $998.77K
deploying19% deployed