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 Fraud Detection

Detect Technologies

Series B in 2022
Detect Technologies Private Limited is a Chennai-based company that provides innovative drone-as-a-service solutions tailored for the oil and natural gas industry. Founded in 2013, the company specializes in technologies designed for the inspection and monitoring of high-temperature and hard-to-reach pipelines and industrial assets. Its product offerings include Guided Ultrasonic Monitoring of Pipe Systems (GUMPS), which enables remote monitoring of pipeline integrity; Noctua, a drone designed for inspecting boilers and stacks; SCOPE-I, a manually operated robot for visual inspections of thermal power plant infrastructure; and CSS, which monitors erosion and corrosion in fluid transport systems. These solutions facilitate continuous monitoring, generating real-time data that enhances pipeline health assessment and significantly reduces the risks of leaks and other failures.

Veriff

Series C in 2022
Veriff OÜ is an online identity verification company based in Tallinn, Estonia, founded in 2015. The company offers a highly automated identity verification platform that helps businesses protect themselves and their customers from online identity fraud. By combining machine learning technology and expert manual checks, Veriff provides secure authentication services that facilitate the verification of various identity documents, such as drivers' licenses and passports. This approach enables commercial sectors to enhance fraud prevention and comply with regulatory requirements related to customer identity verification. Veriff’s platform aims to create trust between companies and their customers by ensuring reliable identity verification processes.

Socure

Series E in 2021
Socure Inc. specializes in digital identity verification solutions through its Socure ID+ platform, which utilizes predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to authenticate identities in real-time. The platform aggregates data from various online and offline sources, such as emails, phone numbers, and social media, to support compliance with customer identification programs, know your customer guidelines, and anti-money laundering regulations. In addition to the Socure ID+ platform, the company offers tools like Aida, an AI-driven bot for identity validation, Docv for document verification, and Sigma Synthetic Fraud, which addresses synthetic identity fraud. Socure enhances financial inclusion by approving a significant percentage of millennial and thin-file consumers while substantially reducing fraud in online account openings. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, Socure serves a diverse clientele, including software firms, financial institutions, and integration partners, and has established a strategic partnership with ForgeRock.

Detect Technologies

Series B in 2021
Detect Technologies Private Limited is a Chennai-based company that provides innovative drone-as-a-service solutions tailored for the oil and natural gas industry. Founded in 2013, the company specializes in technologies designed for the inspection and monitoring of high-temperature and hard-to-reach pipelines and industrial assets. Its product offerings include Guided Ultrasonic Monitoring of Pipe Systems (GUMPS), which enables remote monitoring of pipeline integrity; Noctua, a drone designed for inspecting boilers and stacks; SCOPE-I, a manually operated robot for visual inspections of thermal power plant infrastructure; and CSS, which monitors erosion and corrosion in fluid transport systems. These solutions facilitate continuous monitoring, generating real-time data that enhances pipeline health assessment and significantly reduces the risks of leaks and other failures.

IDOVEN

Seed Round in 2021
IDoven develops products to detect heart problems at an early stage to prevent heart diseases.

Veriff

Series B in 2021
Veriff OÜ is an online identity verification company based in Tallinn, Estonia, founded in 2015. The company offers a highly automated identity verification platform that helps businesses protect themselves and their customers from online identity fraud. By combining machine learning technology and expert manual checks, Veriff provides secure authentication services that facilitate the verification of various identity documents, such as drivers' licenses and passports. This approach enables commercial sectors to enhance fraud prevention and comply with regulatory requirements related to customer identity verification. Veriff’s platform aims to create trust between companies and their customers by ensuring reliable identity verification processes.

Socure

Series D in 2021
Socure Inc. specializes in digital identity verification solutions through its Socure ID+ platform, which utilizes predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to authenticate identities in real-time. The platform aggregates data from various online and offline sources, such as emails, phone numbers, and social media, to support compliance with customer identification programs, know your customer guidelines, and anti-money laundering regulations. In addition to the Socure ID+ platform, the company offers tools like Aida, an AI-driven bot for identity validation, Docv for document verification, and Sigma Synthetic Fraud, which addresses synthetic identity fraud. Socure enhances financial inclusion by approving a significant percentage of millennial and thin-file consumers while substantially reducing fraud in online account openings. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, Socure serves a diverse clientele, including software firms, financial institutions, and integration partners, and has established a strategic partnership with ForgeRock.

Galileo Processing, Inc.

Series A in 2019
Galileo Processing, Inc. is a provider of advanced payment processing solutions, offering a versatile platform that supports a wide range of prepaid products, as well as debit and credit solutions. Its offerings include general purpose reloadable cards, gift cards, travel cards, and loyalty programs, among others. The platform also facilitates mobile access, contactless payments, virtual card accounts, and various transaction management features. Additionally, Galileo provides a Cryptocurrency API that enables users to manage accounts and transactions across multiple currencies. The company's services extend to card programs for financial institutions, alongside value-added services such as program management, identity verification, and risk management. Operating primarily in the United States and Canada, Galileo has established a reputation for efficiency and security, with its fraud protection measures significantly reducing fraud losses compared to industry averages. Founded in 2000, Galileo Processing, Inc. is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, with an additional office in Mexico City.

Vectra

Series E in 2019
Vectra AI, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in San Jose, California, specializing in artificial intelligence-based solutions for detecting and responding to cyberattacks across cloud, data center, and enterprise infrastructures. Established in 2010, Vectra focuses on safeguarding cloud and data center workloads as well as user and IoT devices. Its flagship Cognito platform enhances threat detection and investigation by leveraging AI to collect, store, and enrich network metadata, enabling real-time detection and analysis of both known and unknown threats. The company offers three key applications within the Cognito platform: Cognito Stream, which transmits security-enriched metadata to data lakes and SIEMs; Cognito Recall, a cloud-based tool for storing and investigating threats; and Cognito Detect, designed to swiftly reveal and prioritize hidden attackers. Vectra AI also has research and development centers in Dublin, Ireland; Austin, Texas; and Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Truora

Seed Round in 2019
Truora, Inc. operates an online platform specializing in background checks and identity theft detection. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in Colombia, Mexico, and Brazil, the company utilizes advanced technologies such as optical character recognition (OCR) for digital onboarding, real-time face recognition for user validation, and identity management to streamline the Know Your Customer (KYC) process. Truora's platform can handle over 10,000 checks per hour, offering fast and innovative solutions tailored to the needs of various clients, including national and international retailers, banks, human resource firms, and marketplaces. By leveraging its technical and analytical expertise, Truora ensures a high-quality service experience for its clients' risk management and digital teams.

Vectra

Series D in 2018
Vectra AI, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in San Jose, California, specializing in artificial intelligence-based solutions for detecting and responding to cyberattacks across cloud, data center, and enterprise infrastructures. Established in 2010, Vectra focuses on safeguarding cloud and data center workloads as well as user and IoT devices. Its flagship Cognito platform enhances threat detection and investigation by leveraging AI to collect, store, and enrich network metadata, enabling real-time detection and analysis of both known and unknown threats. The company offers three key applications within the Cognito platform: Cognito Stream, which transmits security-enriched metadata to data lakes and SIEMs; Cognito Recall, a cloud-based tool for storing and investigating threats; and Cognito Detect, designed to swiftly reveal and prioritize hidden attackers. Vectra AI also has research and development centers in Dublin, Ireland; Austin, Texas; and Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Simility

Series B in 2017
Simility helps companies prevent fraud in real-time with machine learning, big data analytics, and data visualization capabilities. It levels the playing field against even the most sophisticated fraud ring by enabling analysts to create and configure detection mechanisms without having to write one line of code. It is free to analyze trends and test insights at will, analysts can now match fraudster's move for move.

Callsign

Series A in 2017
Callsign has built a secure mobile multi-factor authentication and authorisation engine, through the introduction of patented machine-learning biometric, behavioural, geo-location and identity analysis, combined with traditional methods. Designed for the Financial Services and IOT markets, Callsign’s crypto-engine provides unparalleled security across the enterprise, retail and consumer sectors to enable secure access, and to combat real-time phishing, Man-in-the-Middle and malware threats. Their pre-defined API connectors simplify integration into existing directory and fraud solutions, enabling highly configurable, seamless and secure access that replaces costly and unpopular device-based solutions.

IDVigil

Series A in 2016
IDVigil offers identity breach notification service.

Vectra

Series C in 2015
Vectra AI, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in San Jose, California, specializing in artificial intelligence-based solutions for detecting and responding to cyberattacks across cloud, data center, and enterprise infrastructures. Established in 2010, Vectra focuses on safeguarding cloud and data center workloads as well as user and IoT devices. Its flagship Cognito platform enhances threat detection and investigation by leveraging AI to collect, store, and enrich network metadata, enabling real-time detection and analysis of both known and unknown threats. The company offers three key applications within the Cognito platform: Cognito Stream, which transmits security-enriched metadata to data lakes and SIEMs; Cognito Recall, a cloud-based tool for storing and investigating threats; and Cognito Detect, designed to swiftly reveal and prioritize hidden attackers. Vectra AI also has research and development centers in Dublin, Ireland; Austin, Texas; and Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Simility

Seed Round in 2015
Simility helps companies prevent fraud in real-time with machine learning, big data analytics, and data visualization capabilities. It levels the playing field against even the most sophisticated fraud ring by enabling analysts to create and configure detection mechanisms without having to write one line of code. It is free to analyze trends and test insights at will, analysts can now match fraudster's move for move.

Vectra

Series B in 2014
Vectra AI, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in San Jose, California, specializing in artificial intelligence-based solutions for detecting and responding to cyberattacks across cloud, data center, and enterprise infrastructures. Established in 2010, Vectra focuses on safeguarding cloud and data center workloads as well as user and IoT devices. Its flagship Cognito platform enhances threat detection and investigation by leveraging AI to collect, store, and enrich network metadata, enabling real-time detection and analysis of both known and unknown threats. The company offers three key applications within the Cognito platform: Cognito Stream, which transmits security-enriched metadata to data lakes and SIEMs; Cognito Recall, a cloud-based tool for storing and investigating threats; and Cognito Detect, designed to swiftly reveal and prioritize hidden attackers. Vectra AI also has research and development centers in Dublin, Ireland; Austin, Texas; and Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Impermium

Seed Round in 2011
Impermium is a cybersecurity technology startup focused on protecting internet sites from account hijacking and malicious user behavior. Over its three-year history, the company has secured more than 1.5 million sites and processed over 8 billion transactions. Impermium's advanced risk-evaluation platform enhances account management by detecting fraudulent registrations, compromised logins, and risky transactions in real-time. Utilizing a combination of machine learning, statistical anomaly detection, and a proprietary database of known malicious actors, the platform effectively prevents fraudulent user account registrations at high transaction rates. By monitoring the web in real-time, Impermium enables organizations to combat user-generated spam, account hacking, and other forms of online fraud and abuse.