Accel

Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 and based in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in San Francisco, London, and Bangalore. The firm specializes in early and growth-stage investments, focusing on technology sectors such as software, big data, cloud technologies, fintech, healthcare, and digital media. Accel is known for backing innovative entrepreneurs and has a history of investing in notable companies including Facebook, Dropbox, and Spotify. With over three decades of experience, Accel employs dedicated teams that utilize market-specific strategies to identify and support the next generation of industry leaders. The firm manages approximately $9.6 billion and carries out investments typically ranging from $5 million to $15 million, aiming to foster the development of world-class, category-defining businesses globally.

Pratik Agarwal

Principal

Sankalpana Agrawal

Investment Team

Radhika Ananth

Vice President

Casey Aylward

Partner

Mahendran Balachandran

Partner

Ayush Banerjee

Investment Team

Yashwini Bansal

Investment Team

Lakshay Bansal

Investment Team

Carlo Biggio

Vice President

Nir Blumberger

Venture Partner

Luca Bocchio

Partner

Luca Bocchio

Partner

Philippe Botteri

Partner

Andrew Braccia

Partner

Andrei Brasoveanu

Partner

Katie Brown

Investor

Abhinav Chaturvedi

Partner

Ethan Choi

Partner

Miles Clements

Partner

Kevin Comolli

Founding Partner

Siddhant Dang

Investor

Anand Daniel

Partner

Kevin Efrusy

Partner

Christine Esserman

Partner

Ben Fletcher

Partner

Candice du Fretay

Investor

Sameer Gandhi

Partner

Vandit Gandotra

Investment Team

Rishika Garg

Senior Associate

Bruce Golden

Partner

Harjas Gulati

Investor

Zhicheng Ho

CFO for China office

Graham Hutson

Investor

Sara Ittelson

Partner

Myrel Iturrey

Investor

Henry Jefferies

Investor

Dinesh Katiyar

Partner

Sophiya Khan

Investment Team

Shekhar Kirani Ph.D

Partner

Daniel Levine

Partner

Ping Li

Partner

John Locke

Partner

Steve Loughlin

Partner

Arun Mathew

Partner

Jonathan Mendelson

Investor

Gananath Misra

Investment Team

Subrata Mitra

Partner

Gonzalo Mocorrea

Investor

Vas Natarajan

Partner

Hendrik W. Nelis

General Partner

Harry Nelis

Partner

Nate Niparko

Partner

Maya S. Noeth

Partner

Rachit Parekh

Investment Team

Arthur C. Patterson

Co-Founder

Seth Pierrepont

Partner

Prashanth Prakash

Partner

Ben Quazzo

Partner

Rafael Quintanilla

Investor

Tim Rawlinson

Investor

Sonali De Rycker

Partner

Sagar Sanghvi

Partner

Tracy Sedlock

Chief Operating Partner

Karan Shah

Investor

Manasi Shah

Investor

Robert E. Sternberg

Investor

Barath Subramanian

Partner

Diksha Sundarka

Investor

Prayank Swaroop

Partner

Ryan Sweeney

General Partner

Humza Tariq

Investor

Jonathan Turner

Partner

Yuvraj Wadhwa

Investor

Cecilia Wang

vice_president

Matthew Weigand

Partner

Lucy Wimmer

Head of Marketing

Eric Wolford

Venture Partner & Investor

Rich Wong

General Partner

Pranay Yadav

Investor

Richard Yanowitch

Venture Partner

Past deals in Amsterdam

commercetools

Series C in 2021
commercetools GmbH, founded in 2006 and based in Munich, Germany, is a software technology company that specializes in Commerce-as-a-Service. The company provides a cloud commerce platform that allows retailers to build unique and engaging digital commerce experiences through an API-driven approach. Their offerings include solutions for cart and order management, marketing, internationalization, integration, and cloud hosting, catering to various industries such as fashion, beauty, sports, and food and beverage. Commercetools aims to enhance profitability by reducing the time and resources needed for businesses to adopt modern commerce technologies. The company serves both B2C and B2B clients globally, including notable brands like Audi and Lego. Commercetools operates additional offices in Berlin, Jena, Amsterdam, London, and Durham, North Carolina, and is backed by investment from Insight Partners and the REWE Group.

Catawiki

Private Equity Round in 2020
Catawiki is an online catalog and auction house for rare, vintage, and hard to find items. The marketplace hosts weekly auctions for categories such as collectibles, art, design, jewelry, watches, and classic cars, comic books, coins, stamps, model trains, wine, vinyl records, jewelry, ceramics, books, and many more. Catawiki’s business model enables its enthusiasts to discover and buy special objects to fulfill their passions. Buyers can also keep track of their own collection based on the company's central catalog. Catawiki was founded in 2008 by Marco Jansen and René Schoenmakers and is headquartered in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands.

MessageBird

Series C in 2020
MessageBird B.V. specializes in cloud-based software solutions designed for customer communication, including voice services, text messaging, programmable conversations, and notifications. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Amsterdam, the company operates additional offices in cities such as San Francisco, Singapore, and London. As a unique cloud communications platform with its own telecommunications carrier infrastructure, MessageBird connects over 15,000 enterprises with their global customers through reliable SMS, Voice, and Chat APIs. The company's mission is to modernize customer communication by simplifying complex processes, and it is supported by a diverse team representing over 20 nationalities.

Miro

Series B in 2020
Miro, formerly known as RealtimeBoard, Inc., is a company that specializes in a collaborative whiteboarding platform designed to enhance teamwork among distributed and remote teams. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, Miro's platform enables users, including managers, designers, and marketers, to effectively collaborate, visualize ideas, and share work across various formats and channels. The platform supports a range of activities such as brainstorming sessions, project planning, and product design, facilitating agile methodologies and user experience research. Miro boasts over 7 million users and 20,000 paying customers, including a significant portion of Fortune 100 companies. The platform integrates seamlessly with popular applications like Atlassian JIRA, Slack, and Google Drive, allowing organizations to maintain existing workflows. Accessible via web browsers, desktop applications, and mobile devices, Miro's service ensures that collaboration is effective and secure, regardless of team members' locations. Additional offices are located in Los Angeles, Perm, and Amsterdam.

Framer

Series B in 2018
Framer is a tool to design interactive high-fidelity prototypes for iOS, Android, desktop, or the web. It enables users to turn static mockups into interactive prototypes and to experiment quickly with dynamic, native-feeling animations and interactions. Framer integrates with design tools, exports smoothly to mobile devices, and is powered by the language of the modern web, Javascript. The company was founded by Jorn Dijk and Koen Bok.

Miro

Series A in 2018
Miro, formerly known as RealtimeBoard, Inc., is a company that specializes in a collaborative whiteboarding platform designed to enhance teamwork among distributed and remote teams. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, Miro's platform enables users, including managers, designers, and marketers, to effectively collaborate, visualize ideas, and share work across various formats and channels. The platform supports a range of activities such as brainstorming sessions, project planning, and product design, facilitating agile methodologies and user experience research. Miro boasts over 7 million users and 20,000 paying customers, including a significant portion of Fortune 100 companies. The platform integrates seamlessly with popular applications like Atlassian JIRA, Slack, and Google Drive, allowing organizations to maintain existing workflows. Accessible via web browsers, desktop applications, and mobile devices, Miro's service ensures that collaboration is effective and secure, regardless of team members' locations. Additional offices are located in Los Angeles, Perm, and Amsterdam.

Framer

Series A in 2017
Framer is a tool to design interactive high-fidelity prototypes for iOS, Android, desktop, or the web. It enables users to turn static mockups into interactive prototypes and to experiment quickly with dynamic, native-feeling animations and interactions. Framer integrates with design tools, exports smoothly to mobile devices, and is powered by the language of the modern web, Javascript. The company was founded by Jorn Dijk and Koen Bok.

MessageBird

Series A in 2017
MessageBird B.V. specializes in cloud-based software solutions designed for customer communication, including voice services, text messaging, programmable conversations, and notifications. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Amsterdam, the company operates additional offices in cities such as San Francisco, Singapore, and London. As a unique cloud communications platform with its own telecommunications carrier infrastructure, MessageBird connects over 15,000 enterprises with their global customers through reliable SMS, Voice, and Chat APIs. The company's mission is to modernize customer communication by simplifying complex processes, and it is supported by a diverse team representing over 20 nationalities.

Catawiki

Series C in 2015
Catawiki is an online catalog and auction house for rare, vintage, and hard to find items. The marketplace hosts weekly auctions for categories such as collectibles, art, design, jewelry, watches, and classic cars, comic books, coins, stamps, model trains, wine, vinyl records, jewelry, ceramics, books, and many more. Catawiki’s business model enables its enthusiasts to discover and buy special objects to fulfill their passions. Buyers can also keep track of their own collection based on the company's central catalog. Catawiki was founded in 2008 by Marco Jansen and René Schoenmakers and is headquartered in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands.

Catawiki

Series B in 2014
Catawiki is an online catalog and auction house for rare, vintage, and hard to find items. The marketplace hosts weekly auctions for categories such as collectibles, art, design, jewelry, watches, and classic cars, comic books, coins, stamps, model trains, wine, vinyl records, jewelry, ceramics, books, and many more. Catawiki’s business model enables its enthusiasts to discover and buy special objects to fulfill their passions. Buyers can also keep track of their own collection based on the company's central catalog. Catawiki was founded in 2008 by Marco Jansen and René Schoenmakers and is headquartered in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands.