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

Philippe Botteri

Partner

Andrew Braccia

Partner

Andrei Brasoveanu

Partner

Abhinav Chaturvedi

Partner

Miles Clements

Partner

Kevin Comolli

Founding Partner

Siddhant Dang

Investor

Anand Daniel

Partner

Kevin Efrusy

Partner

Ben Fletcher

Partner

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

Gananath Misra

Investment Team

Subrata Mitra

Partner

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

Sonali De Rycker

Partner

Tracy Sedlock

Chief Operating Partner

Karan Shah

Investor

Manasi Shah

Investor

Barath Subramanian

Partner

Diksha Sundarka

Investor

Prayank Swaroop

Partner

Ryan Sweeney

General Partner

Yuvraj Wadhwa

Investor

Cecilia Wang

vice_president

Lucy Wimmer

Head of Marketing

Eric Wolford

Venture Partner & Investor

Rich Wong

General Partner

Pranay Yadav

Investor

Richard Yanowitch

Venture Partner

Past deals in Digital Media

SureWaves

Series B in 2014
SureWaves MediaTech Private Limited specializes in media convergence solutions, primarily focusing on programmatic television advertising. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Bengaluru, India, with additional offices in major cities and Dubai, the company offers Skynet, a marketplace that helps marketers plan and purchase audiences on broadcast TV channels, and the SureWaves Spot TV Network, which allows brands to reach untapped audiences on local cable and regional satellite channels. The company is known for its innovation, having filed over 40 patents related to its technology. It aims to create the SureWaves Media Grid, an integrated platform for ad aggregation, content delivery, network management, media planning, and reporting across various media formats. Led by a team with extensive experience in media and technology, SureWaves is recognized for its contributions to the digital out-of-home market and has successfully expanded into local television advertising.

SureWaves

Series A in 2011
SureWaves MediaTech Private Limited specializes in media convergence solutions, primarily focusing on programmatic television advertising. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Bengaluru, India, with additional offices in major cities and Dubai, the company offers Skynet, a marketplace that helps marketers plan and purchase audiences on broadcast TV channels, and the SureWaves Spot TV Network, which allows brands to reach untapped audiences on local cable and regional satellite channels. The company is known for its innovation, having filed over 40 patents related to its technology. It aims to create the SureWaves Media Grid, an integrated platform for ad aggregation, content delivery, network management, media planning, and reporting across various media formats. Led by a team with extensive experience in media and technology, SureWaves is recognized for its contributions to the digital out-of-home market and has successfully expanded into local television advertising.

UberMedia

Series B in 2011
UberMedia is a technology company headquartered in Pasadena, California, that specializes in targeted mobile advertising. It processes billions of social, demographic, and location signals daily to provide businesses with insights that enhance decision-making and consumer engagement. By delivering dynamic advertising solutions, UberMedia helps Fortune 500 companies across various sectors, including retail, automotive, entertainment, and consumer markets, achieve specific business goals such as increasing customer visits and boosting sales. The company is recognized as a pioneer in its field and has received accolades for its innovative approach.

Complex

Venture Round in 2009
Complex is an online magazine that features articles about music, styles, pop culture, sports, and sneakers. It is the premier multi-media platform for the most influential young male consumers. This discerning audience is driven by style, music, sneakers, sports, games, gear, and girls. Complex initially reaches these ahead-of-trend influencers through its uniquely credible, authentic viewpoint and is further amplified by its unparalleled social influence. In April 2016, Complex was jointly acquired by Verizon Communications and Hearst Corporation. At the center of the Complex platform, their flagship site, Complex.com, thrives as the online incarnation of the influential Complex Magazine. Proven the voice of the people that matter — Complex has become the go-to resource for the people that matter in an ever-evolving lifestyle. Complex.com is a consumer portal into a complex lifestyle and gives users access to the most definitive and unique content by allowing them to deep dive into their passion points and obsessions. Complex was launched in 2000 in New York, United States.

High Gear Media

Series B in 2009
High Gear Media is a next-generation automotive publisher that connects car-seeking audiences with content and tools to help them make better decisions -- on desktop and mobile devices. High Gear Media's owned and operated automotive destinations have over 7 million visitors monthly and include TheCarConnection.com, the car review site that makes car research easier, its luxury and performance site, MotorAuthority.com, and the leading green car site, GreenCarReports.com. High Gear Media's editorial staff and contributors have written at publications such as Car and Driver, AOL Autos, AutoWeek, Automobile Magazine, and Wired.

RGB Networks

Series D in 2008
RGB Networks, Inc. specializes in network video processing solutions designed for multiscreen IP video delivery. The company offers a range of products, including its video intelligence architecture (VIA), which features a broadcast network processor for grooming and multiplexing, a dynamic bandwidth manager for personalized video services, and a modular media converter for ASI-to-gigabit Ethernet conversion. Additionally, RGB Networks provides a modular video processor for IPTV services, a simulcast edge processor for digital simulcast edge decoding, and a universal scalable modulator for digital edge QAM modulation. These solutions enable multiple system operators and video service providers to effectively implement switched digital networks, enhancing their video delivery capabilities across various platforms.

Mode Media

Series D in 2008
Mode Media, a top 10 U.S. media property with 136 million unique users a month, was founded in Silicon Valley in 2004 with a simple, yet powerful idea—to help people discover relevant content by combining the power of human curation of premium content with technology that distributes the right content to the right people at the right time. Today, Mode Media is building the largest independent premium video and content platform for creators powered by distribution and streaming technology that delivers targeted native videos, content and branded entertainment at scale in real-time. Mode.com is an owned & operated social networking platform where creators can upload videos and build content stories. Content on Mode is curated by professional editors and distributed in user feeds—personalized by the Mode content algorithm technology. Since launch six months ago, Mode has grown from zero to 31 million unique monthly users, and crossed over 1 billion streamed video views.

High Gear Media

Series A in 2007
High Gear Media is a next-generation automotive publisher that connects car-seeking audiences with content and tools to help them make better decisions -- on desktop and mobile devices. High Gear Media's owned and operated automotive destinations have over 7 million visitors monthly and include TheCarConnection.com, the car review site that makes car research easier, its luxury and performance site, MotorAuthority.com, and the leading green car site, GreenCarReports.com. High Gear Media's editorial staff and contributors have written at publications such as Car and Driver, AOL Autos, AutoWeek, Automobile Magazine, and Wired.

Mode Media

Series C in 2006
Mode Media, a top 10 U.S. media property with 136 million unique users a month, was founded in Silicon Valley in 2004 with a simple, yet powerful idea—to help people discover relevant content by combining the power of human curation of premium content with technology that distributes the right content to the right people at the right time. Today, Mode Media is building the largest independent premium video and content platform for creators powered by distribution and streaming technology that delivers targeted native videos, content and branded entertainment at scale in real-time. Mode.com is an owned & operated social networking platform where creators can upload videos and build content stories. Content on Mode is curated by professional editors and distributed in user feeds—personalized by the Mode content algorithm technology. Since launch six months ago, Mode has grown from zero to 31 million unique monthly users, and crossed over 1 billion streamed video views.

RGB Networks

Series C in 2006
RGB Networks, Inc. specializes in network video processing solutions designed for multiscreen IP video delivery. The company offers a range of products, including its video intelligence architecture (VIA), which features a broadcast network processor for grooming and multiplexing, a dynamic bandwidth manager for personalized video services, and a modular media converter for ASI-to-gigabit Ethernet conversion. Additionally, RGB Networks provides a modular video processor for IPTV services, a simulcast edge processor for digital simulcast edge decoding, and a universal scalable modulator for digital edge QAM modulation. These solutions enable multiple system operators and video service providers to effectively implement switched digital networks, enhancing their video delivery capabilities across various platforms.

Mode Media

Series B in 2005
Mode Media, a top 10 U.S. media property with 136 million unique users a month, was founded in Silicon Valley in 2004 with a simple, yet powerful idea—to help people discover relevant content by combining the power of human curation of premium content with technology that distributes the right content to the right people at the right time. Today, Mode Media is building the largest independent premium video and content platform for creators powered by distribution and streaming technology that delivers targeted native videos, content and branded entertainment at scale in real-time. Mode.com is an owned & operated social networking platform where creators can upload videos and build content stories. Content on Mode is curated by professional editors and distributed in user feeds—personalized by the Mode content algorithm technology. Since launch six months ago, Mode has grown from zero to 31 million unique monthly users, and crossed over 1 billion streamed video views.

RGB Networks

Series B in 2005
RGB Networks, Inc. specializes in network video processing solutions designed for multiscreen IP video delivery. The company offers a range of products, including its video intelligence architecture (VIA), which features a broadcast network processor for grooming and multiplexing, a dynamic bandwidth manager for personalized video services, and a modular media converter for ASI-to-gigabit Ethernet conversion. Additionally, RGB Networks provides a modular video processor for IPTV services, a simulcast edge processor for digital simulcast edge decoding, and a universal scalable modulator for digital edge QAM modulation. These solutions enable multiple system operators and video service providers to effectively implement switched digital networks, enhancing their video delivery capabilities across various platforms.

Omneon

Venture Round in 2004
Omneon Video Networks, Inc. specializes in providing digital content storage and processing systems tailored for media companies, facilitating the production and distribution of digital video and audio. The company develops and markets a variety of products, including Spectrum video servers and MediaGrid active storage systems, along with related software applications. Spectrum video servers are designed for real-time applications, such as multi-channel broadcast playout, while MediaGrid systems support file-based content storage, offering high-bandwidth, simultaneous multi-user access and integrated digital media processing capabilities. Omneon's products are compatible with various complementary technologies and include application programming interfaces for enhanced functionality. Their offerings cater to a diverse clientele, including multinational media conglomerates, commercial and public broadcast networks, content networks, satellite broadcasters, television service providers, local television stations, and mobile television providers. Omneon sells its products both directly to end users and indirectly through system integrators across regions such as the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific. Founded in 1998, the company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Urban Media

Venture Round in 2000
UrbanMediaTM is a next-generation On-site Service Provider (OSP) that delivers FREE and open access to the broadband Internet economy. UrbanMedia furthers this unprecedented service by providing each desktop with e-business services, content and applications through the innovative UrbanCenter. Businesses located in UrbanMedia powered buildings can compete more effectively by capitalizing on the inherent opportunities in business-to-business e-commerce.

Omneon

Series B in 1999
Omneon Video Networks, Inc. specializes in providing digital content storage and processing systems tailored for media companies, facilitating the production and distribution of digital video and audio. The company develops and markets a variety of products, including Spectrum video servers and MediaGrid active storage systems, along with related software applications. Spectrum video servers are designed for real-time applications, such as multi-channel broadcast playout, while MediaGrid systems support file-based content storage, offering high-bandwidth, simultaneous multi-user access and integrated digital media processing capabilities. Omneon's products are compatible with various complementary technologies and include application programming interfaces for enhanced functionality. Their offerings cater to a diverse clientele, including multinational media conglomerates, commercial and public broadcast networks, content networks, satellite broadcasters, television service providers, local television stations, and mobile television providers. Omneon sells its products both directly to end users and indirectly through system integrators across regions such as the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific. Founded in 1998, the company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.