Accel

Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 and based in Palo Alto, California. It specializes in early and growth-stage investments, focusing primarily on technology startups in sectors such as cloud computing, software, digital media, and fintech. With additional offices in San Francisco, London, and Bangalore, Accel employs localized strategies to identify and support entrepreneurs capable of building category-defining businesses. The firm has a notable portfolio featuring companies like Facebook, Spotify, and Slack, reflecting its commitment to fostering innovation across various industries. Accel manages several funds, targeting investments ranging from $5 million to $15 million, and has a robust global presence that includes partnerships in India and China.

Radhika Ananth

Vice President

Radhika Ananth

Vice President

Yudi Anugrah

Investor

Casey Aylward

Partner

Julien Bek

Principal

Luca Bocchio

Partner

Andrew Braccia

General Partner

Andrei Brasoveanu

Partner

Katie Brown

Investor

Miles Clements

Partner

Adrian Colyer

Venture Partner

Kevin Comolli

Founding Partner

Anand Daniel

Partner

Ben Dooley

CFO

Peter Doyle

Investor

Christine Esserman

Partner

C. Alex Estevez

Venture Partner

Candice du Fretay

Investor

Rohit Ganapathy

Investor

Sameer Gandhi

Partner

Rishika Garg

Vice President

Martin Gibson

Technology Investor

Praachi Goenka

Investor

Bruce Golden

Partner

Graham Hutson

Investor

Sara Ittelson

Partner

Myrel Iturrey

Investor

Tanay Jagani

Investor

Chitranjan Jain

Investor

Dinesh Katiyar

Partner

Sanjay Khatri

Investor

Richard Kotite

Vice President

Gagan Kumar

General Partner

Ping Li

Partner

John Locke

Partner

Zhenya Loginov

Partner

Steve Loughlin

Partner

Eknoor Malhotra

Investor

Arun Mathew

Partner

Jonathan Mendelson

Investor

Gonzalo Mocorrea

Investor

Vasant Natarajan

Partner

Vas Natarajan

Partner

Harry Nelis

Partner

Nate Niparko

Partner

Maya S. Noeth

Partner

Rachit Parekh

Principal

Vijaysai Patnaik

Associate

Anagh Prasad

Investor

Varun Purandare

Principal and Investor

Ben Quazzo

Partner

Rafael Quintanilla

Investor

Aman Rai

Investor

Tim Rawlinson

Investor

Sagar Sanghvi

Partner

Antra Saxena

Investor

Tracy Sedlock

Chief Operating Partner

Jess Segal

IR Partner

Karan Shah

Investor

Manasi Shah

Investor

Sarthak Singh

Investor

Robert E. Sternberg

Investor

Diksha Sundarka

Investor

Prayank Swaroop

Partner

Ryan Sweeney

General Partner

Charles Tananbaum

Investor

Humza Tariq

Investor

Yuvraj Wadhwa

Investor

Cecilia Wang

Vice President

Matt Weigand

Partner

Eric Wolford

Venture Partner

Richard Wong

General Partner

Ivan Zhou

Partner

Hendrik Nelis Ph.D

Partner

Past deals in Design

DhiWise

Series A in 2022
DhiWise is a developer of a visual programming platform aimed at enhancing the efficiency of web and mobile application development. The platform allows developers to create clean, scalable, and customizable native and hybrid applications. It offers features such as team collaboration tools, integrated development environment plugin version control, and reverse code syncing, which collectively enable developers to streamline their workflows. By automating ordinary and repetitive tasks, DhiWise empowers individuals and organizations to focus on high-value aspects of their work, thereby fostering greater productivity and innovation in the IT community. The name "DhiWise" reflects a blend of Indian heritage and a commitment to global technological advancement.

Locofy

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Locofy provides a service that converts designs into code. Locofy.ai aims to take away the menial work of engineers without adding complexity i.e. automating 50% or more of the current workflow starting with frontend code, allowing teams to convert their designs to code and an interactive and responsive live prototype (that runs on code), without writing a single line of code.

Spacejoy

Seed Round in 2022
Spacejoy is an e-design studio that specializes in home design using interactive 3D technology. The company provides a platform that allows users to engage in do-it-yourself decoration and home design through an intuitive and user-friendly interface. By leveraging expert design principles, Spacejoy helps customers visualize their spaces and create personalized designs that align with their style and budget. This innovative approach democratizes home design, making it accessible for individuals to transform their living environments in real time.

Dovetail

Series A in 2022
Dovetail Research Pty. Ltd., established in 2016 and located in Surry Hills, Australia, offers a cloud-based platform designed for user research and customer feedback. The platform facilitates the analysis, organization, collaboration, and storage of research data and insights, enabling researchers, analysts, designers, and product managers to manage user research effectively. By centralizing user and customer data, Dovetail allows teams to analyze qualitative information, uncover patterns, and share findings across their organizations, thus enhancing the decision-making process and fostering a deeper understanding of user needs. The company serves a global clientele, addressing the growing demand for streamlined research processes in various industries.

Whimsical

Series A in 2021
Whimsical is a visual workspace for teams. Share your ideas visually. Lightning fast.

HomeLane

Series E in 2021
HomeLane is a home interior company focused on serving the urban Indian middle class by providing a comprehensive end-to-end platform for home design and furnishings. The company has successfully delivered over 4,000 projects nationwide, showcasing its extensive experience in creating personalized interior spaces. HomeLane offers a wide range of services, including interior design, modular furniture, and decor products, along with additional services such as painting, appliances, and home automation. Customers benefit from the ability to visualize various design options in three dimensions and receive instant quotes, all at no extra cost for design services, making the process of transforming their homes both efficient and tailored to individual preferences.

HomeLane

Convertible Note in 2020
HomeLane is a home interior company focused on serving the urban Indian middle class by providing a comprehensive end-to-end platform for home design and furnishings. The company has successfully delivered over 4,000 projects nationwide, showcasing its extensive experience in creating personalized interior spaces. HomeLane offers a wide range of services, including interior design, modular furniture, and decor products, along with additional services such as painting, appliances, and home automation. Customers benefit from the ability to visualize various design options in three dimensions and receive instant quotes, all at no extra cost for design services, making the process of transforming their homes both efficient and tailored to individual preferences.

Spacejoy

Seed Round in 2020
Spacejoy is an e-design studio that specializes in home design using interactive 3D technology. The company provides a platform that allows users to engage in do-it-yourself decoration and home design through an intuitive and user-friendly interface. By leveraging expert design principles, Spacejoy helps customers visualize their spaces and create personalized designs that align with their style and budget. This innovative approach democratizes home design, making it accessible for individuals to transform their living environments in real time.

HomeLane

Series D in 2019
HomeLane is a home interior company focused on serving the urban Indian middle class by providing a comprehensive end-to-end platform for home design and furnishings. The company has successfully delivered over 4,000 projects nationwide, showcasing its extensive experience in creating personalized interior spaces. HomeLane offers a wide range of services, including interior design, modular furniture, and decor products, along with additional services such as painting, appliances, and home automation. Customers benefit from the ability to visualize various design options in three dimensions and receive instant quotes, all at no extra cost for design services, making the process of transforming their homes both efficient and tailored to individual preferences.

Spacejoy

Seed Round in 2019
Spacejoy is an e-design studio that specializes in home design using interactive 3D technology. The company provides a platform that allows users to engage in do-it-yourself decoration and home design through an intuitive and user-friendly interface. By leveraging expert design principles, Spacejoy helps customers visualize their spaces and create personalized designs that align with their style and budget. This innovative approach democratizes home design, making it accessible for individuals to transform their living environments in real time.

HomeLane

Series D in 2019
HomeLane is a home interior company focused on serving the urban Indian middle class by providing a comprehensive end-to-end platform for home design and furnishings. The company has successfully delivered over 4,000 projects nationwide, showcasing its extensive experience in creating personalized interior spaces. HomeLane offers a wide range of services, including interior design, modular furniture, and decor products, along with additional services such as painting, appliances, and home automation. Customers benefit from the ability to visualize various design options in three dimensions and receive instant quotes, all at no extra cost for design services, making the process of transforming their homes both efficient and tailored to individual preferences.

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.

Snaptrude

Seed Round in 2018
Snaptrude is an innovative design tool tailored for architects that transforms hand-drawn floorplan sketches into 3D Building Information Models (BIM) with minimal effort. The platform streamlines the concept design process, which typically requires multiple fragmented tools, allowing architects and design teams to save significant time and reduce costs associated with iterative design work. By facilitating real-time collaboration among users, Snaptrude enhances efficiency in building design while providing critical insights on budget, compliance, and environmental factors. This enables design teams to make informed decisions and create more sustainable structures in a fraction of the time traditionally required.

HomeLane

Series C in 2017
HomeLane is a home interior company focused on serving the urban Indian middle class by providing a comprehensive end-to-end platform for home design and furnishings. The company has successfully delivered over 4,000 projects nationwide, showcasing its extensive experience in creating personalized interior spaces. HomeLane offers a wide range of services, including interior design, modular furniture, and decor products, along with additional services such as painting, appliances, and home automation. Customers benefit from the ability to visualize various design options in three dimensions and receive instant quotes, all at no extra cost for design services, making the process of transforming their homes both efficient and tailored to individual preferences.

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.

InVision

Series E in 2017
InVisionApp is a design collaboration platform that serves startups, corporations, and design agencies, facilitating the research, design, review, and testing of products for both web and mobile applications. The platform offers a suite of tools for prototyping, task management, version control, and collaborative feedback, enabling users to effectively brainstorm, create, and develop new ideas. InVisionApp also includes Studio, a tool for screen design that enhances user experience, and provides enterprise solutions such as project management, workflow integration, and security features. With over 5 million users, including all Fortune 100 companies and notable organizations like Airbnb, Amazon, and Netflix, InVision operates as a fully distributed organization with employees across 28 countries. Founded in 2011 by Clark Valberg and Ben Nadel, the company continues to improve team collaboration and streamline workflows across diverse disciplines.

InVision

Series D in 2016
InVisionApp is a design collaboration platform that serves startups, corporations, and design agencies, facilitating the research, design, review, and testing of products for both web and mobile applications. The platform offers a suite of tools for prototyping, task management, version control, and collaborative feedback, enabling users to effectively brainstorm, create, and develop new ideas. InVisionApp also includes Studio, a tool for screen design that enhances user experience, and provides enterprise solutions such as project management, workflow integration, and security features. With over 5 million users, including all Fortune 100 companies and notable organizations like Airbnb, Amazon, and Netflix, InVision operates as a fully distributed organization with employees across 28 countries. Founded in 2011 by Clark Valberg and Ben Nadel, the company continues to improve team collaboration and streamline workflows across diverse disciplines.

InVision

Series C in 2015
InVisionApp is a design collaboration platform that serves startups, corporations, and design agencies, facilitating the research, design, review, and testing of products for both web and mobile applications. The platform offers a suite of tools for prototyping, task management, version control, and collaborative feedback, enabling users to effectively brainstorm, create, and develop new ideas. InVisionApp also includes Studio, a tool for screen design that enhances user experience, and provides enterprise solutions such as project management, workflow integration, and security features. With over 5 million users, including all Fortune 100 companies and notable organizations like Airbnb, Amazon, and Netflix, InVision operates as a fully distributed organization with employees across 28 countries. Founded in 2011 by Clark Valberg and Ben Nadel, the company continues to improve team collaboration and streamline workflows across diverse disciplines.

99designs

Series B in 2015
99designs Pty Ltd operates an online graphic design platform that connects designers with clients seeking a range of design services, including logo creation, web and application design, branding, and packaging. Established in 2006 and headquartered in Richmond, Australia, with additional offices in Melbourne, Oakland, and Berlin, the company facilitates graphic design contests, allowing businesses and organizations to solicit creative ideas from a global community of designers. Its platform also features a ready-made logo store and project management tools, enabling ongoing collaboration between clients and designers. Since becoming a subsidiary of VistaPrint.com, Inc. in 2020, 99designs continues to expand its offerings, supporting small businesses and entrepreneurs in developing effective design solutions.

Design Ventures

Seed Round in 2014
Design Ventures is a venture production and design studio that is focussed on helping organizations and businesses explore and discover unserved, hidden and new opportunities; provide innovative and disruptive design solutions that delight their audience and grow their business. Design Ventures is backed by a 'Top 10 Venture Capital Firms' - to set up a world class technologically advanced studio and a great work environment that encourages creative thinking.

Jasper Design Automation

Venture Round in 2012
Jasper Design Automation is an electronic design automation company based in Mountain View, California, founded in 1999. The company specializes in providing verification solutions for semiconductor design and development. Its core product, the JasperGold verification system, offers advanced bug detection and debugging capabilities, while the GamePlan verification planner facilitates effective verification planning. Additionally, Jasper Design Automation develops ActiveProp, a property synthesis tool that enhances assertion-based verification and simulation processes. The company also offers a range of services, including customer support, methodology consulting, training, and turnkey proof kit development. Furthermore, it provides on-site consulting to help clients implement structured verification methodologies and create formal test plans tailored to specific designs.

99designs

Series A in 2011
99designs Pty Ltd operates an online graphic design platform that connects designers with clients seeking a range of design services, including logo creation, web and application design, branding, and packaging. Established in 2006 and headquartered in Richmond, Australia, with additional offices in Melbourne, Oakland, and Berlin, the company facilitates graphic design contests, allowing businesses and organizations to solicit creative ideas from a global community of designers. Its platform also features a ready-made logo store and project management tools, enabling ongoing collaboration between clients and designers. Since becoming a subsidiary of VistaPrint.com, Inc. in 2020, 99designs continues to expand its offerings, supporting small businesses and entrepreneurs in developing effective design solutions.

Jasper Design Automation

Series D in 2009
Jasper Design Automation is an electronic design automation company based in Mountain View, California, founded in 1999. The company specializes in providing verification solutions for semiconductor design and development. Its core product, the JasperGold verification system, offers advanced bug detection and debugging capabilities, while the GamePlan verification planner facilitates effective verification planning. Additionally, Jasper Design Automation develops ActiveProp, a property synthesis tool that enhances assertion-based verification and simulation processes. The company also offers a range of services, including customer support, methodology consulting, training, and turnkey proof kit development. Furthermore, it provides on-site consulting to help clients implement structured verification methodologies and create formal test plans tailored to specific designs.

Jasper Design Automation

Series C in 2004
Jasper Design Automation is an electronic design automation company based in Mountain View, California, founded in 1999. The company specializes in providing verification solutions for semiconductor design and development. Its core product, the JasperGold verification system, offers advanced bug detection and debugging capabilities, while the GamePlan verification planner facilitates effective verification planning. Additionally, Jasper Design Automation develops ActiveProp, a property synthesis tool that enhances assertion-based verification and simulation processes. The company also offers a range of services, including customer support, methodology consulting, training, and turnkey proof kit development. Furthermore, it provides on-site consulting to help clients implement structured verification methodologies and create formal test plans tailored to specific designs.
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