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 Visual Search

Searchlight

Series A in 2021
Searchlight is a San Francisco-based company that has developed a modern platform for automated reference checks aimed at enhancing talent assessment. Founded by Kerry Wang and Anna Wang, the platform addresses the challenges candidates face in distinguishing themselves through their resumes by leveraging insights from individuals who have previously worked with them. Searchlight's technology combines reference data with predictive analysis to identify top performers, utilizing an algorithm that analyzes and summarizes feedback from references. By inviting references to share contextualized work experiences through a custom online link, the platform enables recruiters to better assess candidate-position compatibility, ultimately improving the recruitment process.

Diem

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a social search engine intended to dedicate a place for people to search, collect, discover, and share information. The company's platform is inspired by the way women have been passing knowledge to each other for centuries, it builds proprietary search algorithms and offers access to a global community of women, experts, and evidence-based knowledge, it allows people to learn, and imagine, the collective knowledge of entire communities in just a few seconds, enabling women to real-world information through digital communities and education.

Algolia

Series D in 2021
Algolia SAS is a Search-as-a-Service company that provides a hosted search API for websites and mobile applications, enhancing user engagement and conversion rates. Founded in 2012 and based in Paris, France, with an additional office in San Francisco, Algolia enables developers to build and optimize search engines that deliver fast and relevant search experiences. The company operates a distributed search network that synchronizes data globally, ensuring efficient query routing to servers. Algolia serves a diverse clientele across various sectors, including ecommerce and media, allowing consumers to easily find and discover content across digital platforms. As of May 2020, Algolia operates as a subsidiary of Akio SAS.

Lyst

Venture Round in 2021
Lyst Ltd. is a global fashion search platform based in London that connects shoppers with a diverse range of fashion products from leading brands and stores. Founded in 2010, Lyst serves approximately 70 million users annually, offering over 4 million items spanning luxury and contemporary fashion. The platform features a wide selection of products for both men and women, including clothing, shoes, bags, accessories, and jewelry. Users can personalize their shopping experience by creating customized feeds to discover the latest trends. Lyst has attracted significant investment, raising $60 million from notable investors, and continues to innovate in the online fashion marketplace by providing real-time access to changing fashion data and trends.

Algolia

Series C in 2019
Algolia SAS is a Search-as-a-Service company that provides a hosted search API for websites and mobile applications, enhancing user engagement and conversion rates. Founded in 2012 and based in Paris, France, with an additional office in San Francisco, Algolia enables developers to build and optimize search engines that deliver fast and relevant search experiences. The company operates a distributed search network that synchronizes data globally, ensuring efficient query routing to servers. Algolia serves a diverse clientele across various sectors, including ecommerce and media, allowing consumers to easily find and discover content across digital platforms. As of May 2020, Algolia operates as a subsidiary of Akio SAS.

Searchlight

Seed Round in 2019
Searchlight is a San Francisco-based company that has developed a modern platform for automated reference checks aimed at enhancing talent assessment. Founded by Kerry Wang and Anna Wang, the platform addresses the challenges candidates face in distinguishing themselves through their resumes by leveraging insights from individuals who have previously worked with them. Searchlight's technology combines reference data with predictive analysis to identify top performers, utilizing an algorithm that analyzes and summarizes feedback from references. By inviting references to share contextualized work experiences through a custom online link, the platform enables recruiters to better assess candidate-position compatibility, ultimately improving the recruitment process.

Algolia

Series B in 2017
Algolia SAS is a Search-as-a-Service company that provides a hosted search API for websites and mobile applications, enhancing user engagement and conversion rates. Founded in 2012 and based in Paris, France, with an additional office in San Francisco, Algolia enables developers to build and optimize search engines that deliver fast and relevant search experiences. The company operates a distributed search network that synchronizes data globally, ensuring efficient query routing to servers. Algolia serves a diverse clientele across various sectors, including ecommerce and media, allowing consumers to easily find and discover content across digital platforms. As of May 2020, Algolia operates as a subsidiary of Akio SAS.

Algolia

Series A in 2015
Algolia SAS is a Search-as-a-Service company that provides a hosted search API for websites and mobile applications, enhancing user engagement and conversion rates. Founded in 2012 and based in Paris, France, with an additional office in San Francisco, Algolia enables developers to build and optimize search engines that deliver fast and relevant search experiences. The company operates a distributed search network that synchronizes data globally, ensuring efficient query routing to servers. Algolia serves a diverse clientele across various sectors, including ecommerce and media, allowing consumers to easily find and discover content across digital platforms. As of May 2020, Algolia operates as a subsidiary of Akio SAS.

Lyst

Series C in 2015
Lyst Ltd. is a global fashion search platform based in London that connects shoppers with a diverse range of fashion products from leading brands and stores. Founded in 2010, Lyst serves approximately 70 million users annually, offering over 4 million items spanning luxury and contemporary fashion. The platform features a wide selection of products for both men and women, including clothing, shoes, bags, accessories, and jewelry. Users can personalize their shopping experience by creating customized feeds to discover the latest trends. Lyst has attracted significant investment, raising $60 million from notable investors, and continues to innovate in the online fashion marketplace by providing real-time access to changing fashion data and trends.

ClearGraph

Seed Round in 2015
ClearGraph provides enterprise search solutions to make data accessible to business users at massive scale. The ClearGraph proprietary semantic search platform uses context awareness and natural language processing to intelligently interpret and answer english language queries, making finding and understanding enterprise data as easy as search.

Zettata

Venture Round in 2014
Zettata creates software for e-commerce search.

Lyst

Series B in 2014
Lyst Ltd. is a global fashion search platform based in London that connects shoppers with a diverse range of fashion products from leading brands and stores. Founded in 2010, Lyst serves approximately 70 million users annually, offering over 4 million items spanning luxury and contemporary fashion. The platform features a wide selection of products for both men and women, including clothing, shoes, bags, accessories, and jewelry. Users can personalize their shopping experience by creating customized feeds to discover the latest trends. Lyst has attracted significant investment, raising $60 million from notable investors, and continues to innovate in the online fashion marketplace by providing real-time access to changing fashion data and trends.

Lyst

Series A in 2012
Lyst Ltd. is a global fashion search platform based in London that connects shoppers with a diverse range of fashion products from leading brands and stores. Founded in 2010, Lyst serves approximately 70 million users annually, offering over 4 million items spanning luxury and contemporary fashion. The platform features a wide selection of products for both men and women, including clothing, shoes, bags, accessories, and jewelry. Users can personalize their shopping experience by creating customized feeds to discover the latest trends. Lyst has attracted significant investment, raising $60 million from notable investors, and continues to innovate in the online fashion marketplace by providing real-time access to changing fashion data and trends.

Lyst

Seed Round in 2010
Lyst Ltd. is a global fashion search platform based in London that connects shoppers with a diverse range of fashion products from leading brands and stores. Founded in 2010, Lyst serves approximately 70 million users annually, offering over 4 million items spanning luxury and contemporary fashion. The platform features a wide selection of products for both men and women, including clothing, shoes, bags, accessories, and jewelry. Users can personalize their shopping experience by creating customized feeds to discover the latest trends. Lyst has attracted significant investment, raising $60 million from notable investors, and continues to innovate in the online fashion marketplace by providing real-time access to changing fashion data and trends.

Kosmix

Series D in 2008
Kosmix is a web navigation platform that enables users to explore the Internet by topic. It presents a dashboard filled with relevant multimedia content, including videos, photos, news, and community discussions, all organized into magazine-style topic pages. This categorization engine facilitates user navigation even when they are uncertain about their specific interests. Founded in 2005 by Venky Harinarayan and Anand Rajaraman in Mountain View, California, Kosmix originally began as a vertical search engine with the introduction of RightHealth.com, which has since become a prominent health site. Over time, the company transitioned to a broader approach, expanding its services to cover a wider array of topics. Kosmix has received funding from notable investors, including Accel Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The founders previously established Junglee, the first shopping search engine, and contributed to Amazon's Mechanical Turk.

Xoopit

Series A in 2008
[Xoopit](https://www.xoopit.com/) is an email organizational tool. Xoopit has invented an email and web indexing architecture similar to a web search engine to help its users retrieve meaningful content from their archived email. Xoopit features: - email content search - add links, maps, etc. from the web to a mail being composed - exposes information about all senders on a thread: profile pics, recent conversations and attachments and media they've sent. testing

KAYAK

Series D in 2007
KAYAK helps millions of travelers around the globe make confident travel decisions. As one of the world’s leading travel search engines, KAYAK searches other sites to show travelers the information they need to find the right flights, hotels, rental cars and vacation packages. KAYAK offers a variety of tools and features such as KAYAK trips, explore, and price forecast. In addition, KAYAK also manages a portfolio of metasearch brands including: SWOODOO, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi and HotelsCombined that together process 6 billion queries across our platforms each year. KAYAK is part of Booking Holdings Inc. and operates sites in more than 60 countries and territories. KAYAK was launched in the US in 2004 by a team of industry leaders including Steve Hafner (CEO) a co-founder of Orbitz, Paul English (CTO) a former VP of technology at Intuit, Terrell Jones (Chairman), founder of Travelocity, and Greg Slyngstad (Director), a co-founder of Expedia.

Kosmix

Series C in 2007
Kosmix is a web navigation platform that enables users to explore the Internet by topic. It presents a dashboard filled with relevant multimedia content, including videos, photos, news, and community discussions, all organized into magazine-style topic pages. This categorization engine facilitates user navigation even when they are uncertain about their specific interests. Founded in 2005 by Venky Harinarayan and Anand Rajaraman in Mountain View, California, Kosmix originally began as a vertical search engine with the introduction of RightHealth.com, which has since become a prominent health site. Over time, the company transitioned to a broader approach, expanding its services to cover a wider array of topics. Kosmix has received funding from notable investors, including Accel Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The founders previously established Junglee, the first shopping search engine, and contributed to Amazon's Mechanical Turk.

EveryZing

Series B in 2007
EveryZing is a media merchandising platform that helps content producers and web publishers dynamically increase the volume of consumable online multimedia content while simultaneously enhancing its monetary value. Unlike other general web search and aggregation services that work only on meta data and tags, EveryZing leverages its unique speech to text, search, and optimization technologies to unlock the content within multimedia and automatically process and organize it to power a compelling ecosystem which easily connects media companies with publishers, consumers, and advertisers.

KAYAK

Series C in 2006
KAYAK helps millions of travelers around the globe make confident travel decisions. As one of the world’s leading travel search engines, KAYAK searches other sites to show travelers the information they need to find the right flights, hotels, rental cars and vacation packages. KAYAK offers a variety of tools and features such as KAYAK trips, explore, and price forecast. In addition, KAYAK also manages a portfolio of metasearch brands including: SWOODOO, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi and HotelsCombined that together process 6 billion queries across our platforms each year. KAYAK is part of Booking Holdings Inc. and operates sites in more than 60 countries and territories. KAYAK was launched in the US in 2004 by a team of industry leaders including Steve Hafner (CEO) a co-founder of Orbitz, Paul English (CTO) a former VP of technology at Intuit, Terrell Jones (Chairman), founder of Travelocity, and Greg Slyngstad (Director), a co-founder of Expedia.

Kosmix

Series B in 2006
Kosmix is a web navigation platform that enables users to explore the Internet by topic. It presents a dashboard filled with relevant multimedia content, including videos, photos, news, and community discussions, all organized into magazine-style topic pages. This categorization engine facilitates user navigation even when they are uncertain about their specific interests. Founded in 2005 by Venky Harinarayan and Anand Rajaraman in Mountain View, California, Kosmix originally began as a vertical search engine with the introduction of RightHealth.com, which has since become a prominent health site. Over time, the company transitioned to a broader approach, expanding its services to cover a wider array of topics. Kosmix has received funding from notable investors, including Accel Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The founders previously established Junglee, the first shopping search engine, and contributed to Amazon's Mechanical Turk.
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