Accel KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIS INVESTOR DESCRIPTION Offices Palo Alto, San Francisco, London, Accel is a leading early- and growth-stage venture capital firm, powering a global community of entrepreneurs. Accel backs entrepreneurs who have Bangalore what it takes to build a world-class, category-defining business. Founded in 1983, Accel brings more than three decades of experience building and supporting hundreds of companies. Accel's vision for entrepreneurship and business enables it to identify and invest in the companies that will be Active Markets Worldwide responsible for the growth of next-generation industries. Accel has backed a number of iconic global platforms, which are powering new experiences for mobile consumers and the modern enterprise, including Atlassian, Avito, BlaBlaCar, Celonis, Deliveroo, Dropbox, Etsy, Facebook, Flipkart, Funding Circle, Kayak, QlikTech, Simplivity, Slack, Spotify, Supercell, UiPath, WorldRemit and others. Founded 1983 Employees 50 investment professionals, of which 12 in Europe Current Fund Size $3bn across the US, Europe and India SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES Use of Debt No Largest global social network AUM $10bn+ Target Investment Size $1-100m Largest global music subscription service Target Geographies Global Game studio behind among others Clash of Clans, highest ever grossing mobile app Target Sectors Technology and technology-enabled services Full Portfolio • www.accel.com Investment Style Active KEY CONTACTS Deal Structures Minority Sonali De Ryker Sonali De Rycker focuses on consumer, software and financial services businesses. Exceptional entrepreneurs looking to build Partner She led Accel’s investments in Avito (acquired by Naspers), Lyst, Key Investment Criteria category-defining businesses Spotify, Wallapop, KupiVIP, Calastone, Catawiki, JobToday, Shift Technology, SilverRail (acquired by Expedia), Kry and Soldo. Prior to Accel, Sonali was with Atlas Ventures. Website www.accel.com Andrei Brasoveanu Andrei Brasoveanu focuses on software, fintech and data businesses. He helped lead Accel’s investments and ongoing work in Celonis, Contact Email [email protected] Principal UiPath, Instana, DashDash, Carto, Semmle and JobToday. Prior to Accel, Andrei worked with Foundation Capital and KCG, the largest equities high-frequency trading firm in the US. Previously, he helped build an algorithmic trading startup on Wall Street focused on Contact Phone +44 20 7170 1000 commodity futures. INVESTOR BOOK 128
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