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 Ohio

Securden

Series A in 2022
Securden, Inc. develops, owns, and operates a platform that helps to prevent identity thefts, malware propagation, cyber attacks, and insider exploitation. The company’s platform helps to reduce security risks, maintain control, operational efficiency, and productivity. Its products include windows privilege manager, privileged account manager, password vault for enterprises, enterprise privileged password management, password management for IT teams, secure remote access without VPN, and endpoint application control. It serves small, medium, and large enterprises. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Newark, Delaware.

Corelight

Series D in 2021
Corelight, Inc. provides network visibility solutions aimed at enhancing information security for enterprises, government entities, and educational institutions. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company specializes in network traffic analysis to help security professionals understand network behavior and detect cyberattacks. Corelight's offerings include sensors, a fleet manager, and software products designed to secure networks. Central to its solution is Bro, an open-source network analysis framework that delivers actionable, real-time data for security teams globally. In addition to its headquarters, Corelight maintains offices in Santa Clara, California, and Columbus, Ohio.

Lower

Series A in 2021
Lower Financial is a technology company established in 2018 and based in New Albany, Ohio that operates as a direct mortgage lender. The firm uses artificial intelligence technology to provide services such as financing for home purchases, customer service, and home refinancing along with cash-out loans, consumer lending, student loans, and VA, FHA, & USDA loans.

Securden

Seed Round in 2020
Securden, Inc. develops, owns, and operates a platform that helps to prevent identity thefts, malware propagation, cyber attacks, and insider exploitation. The company’s platform helps to reduce security risks, maintain control, operational efficiency, and productivity. Its products include windows privilege manager, privileged account manager, password vault for enterprises, enterprise privileged password management, password management for IT teams, secure remote access without VPN, and endpoint application control. It serves small, medium, and large enterprises. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Newark, Delaware.

Corelight

Series C in 2019
Corelight, Inc. provides network visibility solutions aimed at enhancing information security for enterprises, government entities, and educational institutions. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company specializes in network traffic analysis to help security professionals understand network behavior and detect cyberattacks. Corelight's offerings include sensors, a fleet manager, and software products designed to secure networks. Central to its solution is Bro, an open-source network analysis framework that delivers actionable, real-time data for security teams globally. In addition to its headquarters, Corelight maintains offices in Santa Clara, California, and Columbus, Ohio.

Corelight

Series A in 2017
Corelight, Inc. provides network visibility solutions aimed at enhancing information security for enterprises, government entities, and educational institutions. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company specializes in network traffic analysis to help security professionals understand network behavior and detect cyberattacks. Corelight's offerings include sensors, a fleet manager, and software products designed to secure networks. Central to its solution is Bro, an open-source network analysis framework that delivers actionable, real-time data for security teams globally. In addition to its headquarters, Corelight maintains offices in Santa Clara, California, and Columbus, Ohio.