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 Geospatial

True Anomaly

Series C in 2025
True Anomaly develops space security and resilience solutions by integrating autonomous spacecraft operations, artificial intelligence, and mission-specific software. The company designs, builds, and fields technologies that enable secure and sustainable access to orbital environments for defense agencies, allied governments, and commercial operators. Its offerings improve orbital situational awareness, maintain operational continuity, and support long-term space sustainability across critical infrastructure and strategic missions.

Dash0

Seed Round in 2024
Founded in 2023, Dash0 is a New York-based company specializing in OpenTelemetry native observability platforms. Its platform offers real-time visibility across applications and infrastructure through granular monitoring of logs, traces, and metrics. Dash0 simplifies data collection with its intuitive visual editor for open telemetry collector configuration.

Radar

Series C in 2022
Radar is a location data infrastructure platform that enables app developers to create location-aware experiences. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, the company provides a suite of tools, including geofencing, place detection, and location tracking, to enhance mobile applications across various industries such as retail, travel, and logistics. Radar's platform features APIs and SDKs that facilitate easy integration, allowing developers to implement contextually relevant functionalities in their applications. With a strong focus on privacy and security, Radar ensures that location data is managed responsibly. The company also offers additional APIs in private beta, including geocoding, which converts addresses to coordinates, and tools for searching geofences and calculating distances between locations.

CARTO

Series C in 2021
Carto is a location intelligence platform that turns spatial data into actionable insights for logistics, marketing, and site optimization. The cloud-based mapping, analysis, and visualization engine enables data scientists, developers, and analysts to treat location as an active analytical dimension, solving spatial problems, optimizing business processes, and predicting outcomes. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York City, Carto operates with offices in Madrid, Seville, and Washington, DC, and serves thousands of customers worldwide, including Mastercard, Vodafone, Bain & Company, and Coca-Cola, with hundreds of thousands of users. The company is backed by leading venture investors Accel Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Earlybird Ventures, and Kibo Ventures, underscoring its position in location intelligence.

Radar

Series B in 2020
Radar is a location data infrastructure platform that enables app developers to create location-aware experiences. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, the company provides a suite of tools, including geofencing, place detection, and location tracking, to enhance mobile applications across various industries such as retail, travel, and logistics. Radar's platform features APIs and SDKs that facilitate easy integration, allowing developers to implement contextually relevant functionalities in their applications. With a strong focus on privacy and security, Radar ensures that location data is managed responsibly. The company also offers additional APIs in private beta, including geocoding, which converts addresses to coordinates, and tools for searching geofences and calculating distances between locations.

Radar

Series A in 2019
Radar is a location data infrastructure platform that enables app developers to create location-aware experiences. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, the company provides a suite of tools, including geofencing, place detection, and location tracking, to enhance mobile applications across various industries such as retail, travel, and logistics. Radar's platform features APIs and SDKs that facilitate easy integration, allowing developers to implement contextually relevant functionalities in their applications. With a strong focus on privacy and security, Radar ensures that location data is managed responsibly. The company also offers additional APIs in private beta, including geocoding, which converts addresses to coordinates, and tools for searching geofences and calculating distances between locations.

Transit

Series B in 2018
Transit is a mobile app intended to help its users navigate their cities. Transit simplifies local travel in 125 cities worldwide. Upon launch, the bright, intuitive interface shows all nearby transportation options and departures. Users can plan trips, set reminders, and get notifications about disruptions. Plus, Transit also integrates other sustainable transport modes -- bike sharing, car sharing and Uber -- so users can determine the best way to get from A to B. With millions of active users in the US and Canada, Transit has emerged as the leading urban transit app in North America. The company is based in Montreal, Quebec.

DeepMap

Series B in 2018
DeepMap, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in high-definition mapping and localization solutions for autonomous vehicles. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in Beijing and Guangzhou, the company focuses on enabling safe navigation in complex driving environments. DeepMap offers precise HD maps and ultra-accurate real-time localization, which are essential for self-driving cars to operate effectively across various road types and conditions. The company's solutions also include a robust infrastructure designed to support large-scale deployments of autonomous technology, thereby enhancing the safety and efficiency of self-driving vehicles.

Propeller Aero

Series A in 2018
Propeller Aero is a global leader in drone mapping and analytics solutions, headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with an additional office in Denver, USA. Founded in 2014 by Francis Vierboom and Rory San Miguel, the company provides innovative hardware and software products tailored for the construction, aggregates, mining, and waste management industries. Propeller's platform empowers worksites to measure and manage their operations effectively using user-friendly visual tools accessible from any device. This flexibility enhances worksite management efficiency and collaboration while helping to reduce costs and risks. Through its solutions, Propeller serves thousands of worksites worldwide, enabling teams to track, inspect, and report on job progress and productivity with accuracy and safety.

World View

Series C in 2018
World View Enterprises, Inc., established in 2012 and headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, specializes in space travel services for research, education, and scientific purposes. The company pioneers the exploration of the stratosphere, offering stratospheric remote sensing services and space tourism experiences. World View's innovative, patented technology enables long-duration, high-resolution data collection and affordable alternatives to traditional imagery providers. With over 115 successful stratospheric flights and 10,274,598 vertical feet flown, the company has earned the trust of NASA and other organizations, providing meaningful space tourism and valuable data services to both public and private sectors.

Blue Vision Labs

Series A in 2018
Blue Vision Labs Inc. is a company specializing in augmented reality and machine perception technologies aimed at enhancing self-driving cars and collaborative AR applications. Founded in 2016 and based in Los Angeles, California, Blue Vision Labs has developed a cloud platform that generates a three-dimensional map of urban environments, allowing users' devices to determine their positions using visual information from cameras. This innovative approach enables developers to create immersive augmented reality experiences where users can interact with digital content in real time and in the correct spatial context. The founding team comprises engineers and researchers with backgrounds from prestigious institutions such as Oxford, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft, collectively bringing extensive expertise in robotics, computer vision, and advanced technology development. Since October 2018, Blue Vision Labs has operated as a subsidiary of Lyft, Inc.

Radar

Seed Round in 2017
Radar is a location data infrastructure platform that enables app developers to create location-aware experiences. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, the company provides a suite of tools, including geofencing, place detection, and location tracking, to enhance mobile applications across various industries such as retail, travel, and logistics. Radar's platform features APIs and SDKs that facilitate easy integration, allowing developers to implement contextually relevant functionalities in their applications. With a strong focus on privacy and security, Radar ensures that location data is managed responsibly. The company also offers additional APIs in private beta, including geocoding, which converts addresses to coordinates, and tools for searching geofences and calculating distances between locations.

Transit

Series A in 2017
Transit is a mobile app intended to help its users navigate their cities. Transit simplifies local travel in 125 cities worldwide. Upon launch, the bright, intuitive interface shows all nearby transportation options and departures. Users can plan trips, set reminders, and get notifications about disruptions. Plus, Transit also integrates other sustainable transport modes -- bike sharing, car sharing and Uber -- so users can determine the best way to get from A to B. With millions of active users in the US and Canada, Transit has emerged as the leading urban transit app in North America. The company is based in Montreal, Quebec.

DeepMap

Series A in 2017
DeepMap, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in high-definition mapping and localization solutions for autonomous vehicles. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in Beijing and Guangzhou, the company focuses on enabling safe navigation in complex driving environments. DeepMap offers precise HD maps and ultra-accurate real-time localization, which are essential for self-driving cars to operate effectively across various road types and conditions. The company's solutions also include a robust infrastructure designed to support large-scale deployments of autonomous technology, thereby enhancing the safety and efficiency of self-driving vehicles.

Omni

Series A in 2017
Omni aims to revolutionise mobility in cities and campuses by empowering residents with cleaner, more efficient, and affordable transportation options that improve urban sustainability in the United Kingdom. By systematically deploying thousands of smart-bikes, enabled with GPS, wireless technology, and self-locks, we will dramatically improve urban mobility by making the first and last mile faster, cheaper, and healthier. We take city and school friendly approach and seek for partnership to work on this challenging problem.

Propeller Aero

Series A in 2016
Propeller Aero is a global leader in drone mapping and analytics solutions, headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with an additional office in Denver, USA. Founded in 2014 by Francis Vierboom and Rory San Miguel, the company provides innovative hardware and software products tailored for the construction, aggregates, mining, and waste management industries. Propeller's platform empowers worksites to measure and manage their operations effectively using user-friendly visual tools accessible from any device. This flexibility enhances worksite management efficiency and collaboration while helping to reduce costs and risks. Through its solutions, Propeller serves thousands of worksites worldwide, enabling teams to track, inspect, and report on job progress and productivity with accuracy and safety.

Transit

Seed Round in 2016
Transit is a mobile app intended to help its users navigate their cities. Transit simplifies local travel in 125 cities worldwide. Upon launch, the bright, intuitive interface shows all nearby transportation options and departures. Users can plan trips, set reminders, and get notifications about disruptions. Plus, Transit also integrates other sustainable transport modes -- bike sharing, car sharing and Uber -- so users can determine the best way to get from A to B. With millions of active users in the US and Canada, Transit has emerged as the leading urban transit app in North America. The company is based in Montreal, Quebec.

Blue Vision Labs

Seed Round in 2016
Blue Vision Labs Inc. is a company specializing in augmented reality and machine perception technologies aimed at enhancing self-driving cars and collaborative AR applications. Founded in 2016 and based in Los Angeles, California, Blue Vision Labs has developed a cloud platform that generates a three-dimensional map of urban environments, allowing users' devices to determine their positions using visual information from cameras. This innovative approach enables developers to create immersive augmented reality experiences where users can interact with digital content in real time and in the correct spatial context. The founding team comprises engineers and researchers with backgrounds from prestigious institutions such as Oxford, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft, collectively bringing extensive expertise in robotics, computer vision, and advanced technology development. Since October 2018, Blue Vision Labs has operated as a subsidiary of Lyft, Inc.

Transit

Seed Round in 2015
Transit is a mobile app intended to help its users navigate their cities. Transit simplifies local travel in 125 cities worldwide. Upon launch, the bright, intuitive interface shows all nearby transportation options and departures. Users can plan trips, set reminders, and get notifications about disruptions. Plus, Transit also integrates other sustainable transport modes -- bike sharing, car sharing and Uber -- so users can determine the best way to get from A to B. With millions of active users in the US and Canada, Transit has emerged as the leading urban transit app in North America. The company is based in Montreal, Quebec.

CARTO

Series B in 2015
Carto is a location intelligence platform that turns spatial data into actionable insights for logistics, marketing, and site optimization. The cloud-based mapping, analysis, and visualization engine enables data scientists, developers, and analysts to treat location as an active analytical dimension, solving spatial problems, optimizing business processes, and predicting outcomes. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York City, Carto operates with offices in Madrid, Seville, and Washington, DC, and serves thousands of customers worldwide, including Mastercard, Vodafone, Bain & Company, and Coca-Cola, with hundreds of thousands of users. The company is backed by leading venture investors Accel Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Earlybird Ventures, and Kibo Ventures, underscoring its position in location intelligence.

Dasher

Seed Round in 2015
Dasher is a messaging platform founded in 2013 and headquartered in the United States. The company's application focuses on enhancing communication among users by offering a variety of features, including live location sharing, map sharing, GIFs, and photos. It also enables users to conduct polls within their groups and delete messages after sending them. Additionally, Dasher integrates peer-to-peer payments through a partnership with Venmo, allowing seamless financial transactions among users. The platform is designed to keep individuals connected with friends and family while providing an array of interactive tools to enrich their social experience.

Qriously

Series A in 2013
Qriously is a global market research company that specializes in real-time, location-based sentiment analysis. It offers a software-as-a-service platform that replaces ads with surveys in mobile applications, enabling businesses to gather insights from diverse audiences worldwide. The company, founded in 2010, is headquartered in London with offices in New York and Los Angeles, and operates as a subsidiary of Runtime Collective Limited. Qriously's platform collects data through various survey types, including trackers, real-time polls, and location-based surveys, providing valuable consumer insights for marketing, planning, and investment decisions.

Booyah

Series C in 2013
Booyah is the market leader in real-world & location–based gaming. The company is founded on the premise that "where you play matters" and creates compelling, innovative mass-market games and entertainment products that have been enjoyed by tens of millions of worldwide. By integrating real-world signals into its portfolio of products, Booyah is more than a games company…literally changing how people play and delivering more personal, more social & more meaningful ways for gamers of all ages to play & interact with their friends & the world around them. Booyah has partnered with leading consumer brands including H&M, Pantene, Olay, Paul Frank, Disney, Subway, Adidas, MTV and others to connect engaged gamers with the products they love. To learn more about advertising & sponsorship opportunities, click here. The company draws its creativity and inspiration from the mobile, consumer web, social and traditional gaming space with a leadership team drawn from the world’s top interactive companies including Electronic Arts, Blizzard Entertainment, Glu Mobile, Crowdstar, LucasArts, Kabam and Insomniac Games. Booyah is financed by Accel Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers’ iFund.

Kekanto

Series B in 2013
Kekanto, established in 2010 in São Paulo by Bruno Yoshimura, Fernando Okumura, and Allan Panossian, operates a social network platform focused on facilitating reviews and recommendations for places and services within cities. The company's software serves as an interactive city guide, harnessing the collective knowledge of local users to provide insights into attractions, venues, and other points of interest. Users can connect with one another, share opinions, and receive updates on happenings in their city through Kekanto's platform.

Kekanto

Series A in 2011
Kekanto, established in 2010 in São Paulo by Bruno Yoshimura, Fernando Okumura, and Allan Panossian, operates a social network platform focused on facilitating reviews and recommendations for places and services within cities. The company's software serves as an interactive city guide, harnessing the collective knowledge of local users to provide insights into attractions, venues, and other points of interest. Users can connect with one another, share opinions, and receive updates on happenings in their city through Kekanto's platform.

Qriously

Seed Round in 2011
Qriously is a global market research company that specializes in real-time, location-based sentiment analysis. It offers a software-as-a-service platform that replaces ads with surveys in mobile applications, enabling businesses to gather insights from diverse audiences worldwide. The company, founded in 2010, is headquartered in London with offices in New York and Los Angeles, and operates as a subsidiary of Runtime Collective Limited. Qriously's platform collects data through various survey types, including trackers, real-time polls, and location-based surveys, providing valuable consumer insights for marketing, planning, and investment decisions.

Booyah

Series C in 2010
Booyah is the market leader in real-world & location–based gaming. The company is founded on the premise that "where you play matters" and creates compelling, innovative mass-market games and entertainment products that have been enjoyed by tens of millions of worldwide. By integrating real-world signals into its portfolio of products, Booyah is more than a games company…literally changing how people play and delivering more personal, more social & more meaningful ways for gamers of all ages to play & interact with their friends & the world around them. Booyah has partnered with leading consumer brands including H&M, Pantene, Olay, Paul Frank, Disney, Subway, Adidas, MTV and others to connect engaged gamers with the products they love. To learn more about advertising & sponsorship opportunities, click here. The company draws its creativity and inspiration from the mobile, consumer web, social and traditional gaming space with a leadership team drawn from the world’s top interactive companies including Electronic Arts, Blizzard Entertainment, Glu Mobile, Crowdstar, LucasArts, Kabam and Insomniac Games. Booyah is financed by Accel Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers’ iFund.

Xoopit

Series A in 2008
Xoopit is a developer of innovative email organizational tools designed to enhance user experience in managing and retrieving content from archived emails. By employing a unique indexing architecture akin to a web search engine, Xoopit enables users to efficiently search for meaningful information within their emails. The platform offers features such as comprehensive email content search, the ability to incorporate web links and maps into emails, and a detailed overview of all senders in a conversation, including profile pictures, recent interactions, and shared media. With its focus on personal indexing and search capabilities, Xoopit aims to streamline the way users browse and share files, photos, and videos within everyday applications like webmail.
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