Accel

Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 in Palo Alto, California, that backs early and growth-stage technology startups worldwide. It concentrates on software, cloud, data, mobile, digital media, and adjacent sectors, including consumer and enterprise technology, fintech, security, and healthcare. The firm supports entrepreneurs with long-term guidance and the resources needed to build world-class, category-defining companies. Accel maintains offices in Palo Alto, San Francisco, London, and Bangalore, and has backed a broad portfolio featuring notable companies such as Atlassian, Facebook, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, and Cloudera.

Pratik Agarwal

Principal

Casey Aylward

Partner

Mahendran Balachandran

Partner

Luca Bocchio

Partner

Philippe Botteri

Partner

Past deals in Art

Sotera Heritage

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Sotera Heritage is an Insurtech company that leverages advanced technology and data analytics to develop risk assessments for unique objects, particularly in the realm of fine art and antiquities. Founded at Cambridge University, the company has engaged with notable institutions such as Lloyds of London and the Visual Geometry Group at Oxford University. Sotera's artificial intelligence platform focuses on identifying the origins of antiquities and assessing the likelihood of their looting, aiming to disrupt the illegal trade in stolen artifacts. Additionally, the company provides a toolkit designed to document at-risk collections, addressing issues related to the looting and trafficking of cultural heritage. Through its innovative approach, Sotera Heritage seeks to enable users to obtain data-driven insurance coverage for valuable items.

Facet

Series A in 2021
Facet is a software company that empowers artists and engineers by offering innovative image editing technology. Its cloud-based platform automates tasks like intelligent layering and AI-assisted adjustments, helping creative teams enhance storytelling efficiency while maintaining consistency across visual assets.

Facet

Venture Round in 2021
Facet is a software company that empowers artists and engineers by offering innovative image editing technology. Its cloud-based platform automates tasks like intelligent layering and AI-assisted adjustments, helping creative teams enhance storytelling efficiency while maintaining consistency across visual assets.

Catawiki

Private Equity Round in 2020
Catawiki is a leading online marketplace for buying and selling unique, rare, and vintage items. With over 75,000 objects offered weekly in auction, each item is reviewed and selected by in-house experts across categories such as art, design, jewelry, classic cars, and collectibles. Headquartered in Amsterdam with over 750 employees worldwide.

Facet

Seed Round in 2020
Facet is a software company that empowers artists and engineers by offering innovative image editing technology. Its cloud-based platform automates tasks like intelligent layering and AI-assisted adjustments, helping creative teams enhance storytelling efficiency while maintaining consistency across visual assets.

Fever

Series D in 2019
Fever is a technology company that operates a live-entertainment discovery platform. Its primary business is to help users find and book unique, local events and experiences in their cities. Fever's platform curates and personalizes event listings based on user preferences, covering a wide range of activities such as immersive art exhibitions, interactive theater, music concerts, and unique pop-ups. The company aims to make culture and entertainment more accessible, while also supporting local creators by providing them with data and technology to help grow their events.

Fever

Series C in 2018
Fever is a technology company that operates a live-entertainment discovery platform. Its primary business is to help users find and book unique, local events and experiences in their cities. Fever's platform curates and personalizes event listings based on user preferences, covering a wide range of activities such as immersive art exhibitions, interactive theater, music concerts, and unique pop-ups. The company aims to make culture and entertainment more accessible, while also supporting local creators by providing them with data and technology to help grow their events.

Fever

Series B in 2015
Fever is a technology company that operates a live-entertainment discovery platform. Its primary business is to help users find and book unique, local events and experiences in their cities. Fever's platform curates and personalizes event listings based on user preferences, covering a wide range of activities such as immersive art exhibitions, interactive theater, music concerts, and unique pop-ups. The company aims to make culture and entertainment more accessible, while also supporting local creators by providing them with data and technology to help grow their events.

Catawiki

Series C in 2015
Catawiki is a leading online marketplace for buying and selling unique, rare, and vintage items. With over 75,000 objects offered weekly in auction, each item is reviewed and selected by in-house experts across categories such as art, design, jewelry, classic cars, and collectibles. Headquartered in Amsterdam with over 750 employees worldwide.

Collectabillia.com

Series B in 2015
Collectabillia.com is a celebrity commerce company offering a platform to fans to own memorabilia personally autographed by their icons as well as fan merchandise. It launched its auction platform during the 2012 season of the IPL partnering with master blaster Sachin Tendulkar exclusively to auction limited edition merchandise post his historical ‘hundredth, hundred’. Collectabillia’s objective is to extend the global market of memorabilia into India, allowing the ownership of personalized merchandise along the same lines as that of art, numismatics, and philately. Promoted by Anjana Reddy, a sports enthusiast and national level badminton player, and backed by the Accel Partners of the Angry Birds and Facebook fame, Collectabillia’s goal is to connect celebrities and their ardent fans. Incorporated in 2011, the company is headquartered in Bengaluru.

Fever

Series A in 2014
Fever is a technology company that operates a live-entertainment discovery platform. Its primary business is to help users find and book unique, local events and experiences in their cities. Fever's platform curates and personalizes event listings based on user preferences, covering a wide range of activities such as immersive art exhibitions, interactive theater, music concerts, and unique pop-ups. The company aims to make culture and entertainment more accessible, while also supporting local creators by providing them with data and technology to help grow their events.

Catawiki

Series B in 2014
Catawiki is a leading online marketplace for buying and selling unique, rare, and vintage items. With over 75,000 objects offered weekly in auction, each item is reviewed and selected by in-house experts across categories such as art, design, jewelry, classic cars, and collectibles. Headquartered in Amsterdam with over 750 employees worldwide.

Wrogn

Series A in 2012
Wrogn is a youth-focused fashion brand offering casual wear, denim, shirts, t-shirts, jackets, accessories, and activewear. It has gained popularity among Indian youth for its trendy designs, quality products, and association with Virat Kohli. Wrogn sells through online and offline channels nationwide.

Etsy

Series F in 2012
Etsy operates online marketplaces that connect buyers and sellers of handmade, vintage, and craft items through platforms including Etsy.com and Reverb.com, with a global footprint in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, France, and Australia. The marketplace lists roughly 66 million items and connects about 95 million buyers and 8 million sellers, offering seller services such as payment processing, advertising, and discounted shipping labels, along with tools to manage listings, orders, inventory, and analytics. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, Etsy generates revenue from listing fees, commissions on sales, advertising services, payment processing, and shipping services. The company supports a large community of buyers and sellers and reported gross merchandise volume around $12.5 billion in 2024.

Etsy

Series E in 2010
Etsy operates online marketplaces that connect buyers and sellers of handmade, vintage, and craft items through platforms including Etsy.com and Reverb.com, with a global footprint in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, France, and Australia. The marketplace lists roughly 66 million items and connects about 95 million buyers and 8 million sellers, offering seller services such as payment processing, advertising, and discounted shipping labels, along with tools to manage listings, orders, inventory, and analytics. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, Etsy generates revenue from listing fees, commissions on sales, advertising services, payment processing, and shipping services. The company supports a large community of buyers and sellers and reported gross merchandise volume around $12.5 billion in 2024.

Etsy

Series D in 2008
Etsy operates online marketplaces that connect buyers and sellers of handmade, vintage, and craft items through platforms including Etsy.com and Reverb.com, with a global footprint in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, France, and Australia. The marketplace lists roughly 66 million items and connects about 95 million buyers and 8 million sellers, offering seller services such as payment processing, advertising, and discounted shipping labels, along with tools to manage listings, orders, inventory, and analytics. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, Etsy generates revenue from listing fees, commissions on sales, advertising services, payment processing, and shipping services. The company supports a large community of buyers and sellers and reported gross merchandise volume around $12.5 billion in 2024.
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