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 Unified Communications

Winzo Cards

Series A in 2021
Uni provides new-age credit cards for the digital generation. Uni aims to bridge the gap in the credit card market by making them more accessible to consumers across different regions.

unitQ

Series B in 2021
unitQ provides real-time solutions that enable product and engineering teams to monitor and enhance product quality across various platforms, languages, and regions. Headquartered in the United States, the company focuses on delivering insights that help businesses address quality issues promptly and effectively.

Winzo Cards

Seed Round in 2020
Uni provides new-age credit cards for the digital generation. Uni aims to bridge the gap in the credit card market by making them more accessible to consumers across different regions.

Ubiquisys

Venture Round in 2012
Ubiquisys is a mobile communications company specializing in the design and development of communication devices for mobile operators and consumers. The company is recognized for its ZoneGate femtocell system, a compact plug-and-play device that connects to home or office broadband to deliver 3G coverage and support various mobile services. Ubiquisys has established itself as a leader in intelligent small cell technology, with its products deployed by over 70 operators globally. Additionally, the company provides solutions for the wireless-wireline convergence technology market, further enhancing its portfolio in the telecommunications sector.

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.

Ubiquisys

Venture Round in 2010
Ubiquisys is a mobile communications company specializing in the design and development of communication devices for mobile operators and consumers. The company is recognized for its ZoneGate femtocell system, a compact plug-and-play device that connects to home or office broadband to deliver 3G coverage and support various mobile services. Ubiquisys has established itself as a leader in intelligent small cell technology, with its products deployed by over 70 operators globally. Additionally, the company provides solutions for the wireless-wireline convergence technology market, further enhancing its portfolio in the telecommunications sector.

Telepo

Series B in 2010
Telepo provides enterprise mobility and converged communication solutions for businesses and service providers. It offers business communication solution that provides mobile business users and enterprise voice administrators with various services, such as single number reach, presence, personal call routing, unified messaging, least cost routing, PBX features, mobile extension, corporate directory, virtual hosting, web-based provisioning, on-line reporting and usage statistics, and integration with third party business applications, as well as support and roaming between VoIP customers, IP phones, SIP hard phones, and voice over WLAN/Wi-Fi dual mode mobile phones; and over-the-air deployment, configuration, and remote diagnostics of devices and services. The company offers business communication server, a management system for enterprise voice networks; Mobile+, a mobile phone customer software; and Softphone+, a personal computer desktop soft phone that offers access to instant/short messaging, conferencing lists, directory search and contacts with presence information, and monitoring of remote calls and queues. It also offers professional services, including technical and business pre-studies, service strategy, business case development, customization, training, customer-specific operations and maintenance training, consulting, project management, and implementation, as well as provides application managed services. The company's solutions integrate mobile, fixed, and IP-based communications networks. Telepo AB was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

Ubiquisys

Venture Round in 2010
Ubiquisys is a mobile communications company specializing in the design and development of communication devices for mobile operators and consumers. The company is recognized for its ZoneGate femtocell system, a compact plug-and-play device that connects to home or office broadband to deliver 3G coverage and support various mobile services. Ubiquisys has established itself as a leader in intelligent small cell technology, with its products deployed by over 70 operators globally. Additionally, the company provides solutions for the wireless-wireline convergence technology market, further enhancing its portfolio in the telecommunications sector.

Versly

Seed Round in 2010
Versly was acquired by Cisco on August 29, 2011. Versly enables collaboration right inside the applications you already use such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint. It integrates seamlessly with email while also delivering the next generation web and mobile apps.

XConnect Global Networks

Series B in 2009
XConnect is the world's leading provider of next generation interconnection services driving the adoption of IP based multimedia communications. Powered by their award winning ENUM registry and IPX hub technology, XConnect enables our customers to capitalise on their network and technology investments through the delivery of IP voice, video and unified communications (UC) across disparate networks and platforms. Head quartered in London with offices and facilities in the USA, EMEA and Asia, XConnect's extensive customer base spans more than 70 countries. Customers include major carriers, service providers, Unified Communications, and Video Conferencing providers.

Telepo

Venture Round in 2008
Telepo provides enterprise mobility and converged communication solutions for businesses and service providers. It offers business communication solution that provides mobile business users and enterprise voice administrators with various services, such as single number reach, presence, personal call routing, unified messaging, least cost routing, PBX features, mobile extension, corporate directory, virtual hosting, web-based provisioning, on-line reporting and usage statistics, and integration with third party business applications, as well as support and roaming between VoIP customers, IP phones, SIP hard phones, and voice over WLAN/Wi-Fi dual mode mobile phones; and over-the-air deployment, configuration, and remote diagnostics of devices and services. The company offers business communication server, a management system for enterprise voice networks; Mobile+, a mobile phone customer software; and Softphone+, a personal computer desktop soft phone that offers access to instant/short messaging, conferencing lists, directory search and contacts with presence information, and monitoring of remote calls and queues. It also offers professional services, including technical and business pre-studies, service strategy, business case development, customization, training, customer-specific operations and maintenance training, consulting, project management, and implementation, as well as provides application managed services. The company's solutions integrate mobile, fixed, and IP-based communications networks. Telepo AB was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

Mu Dynamics

Series C in 2008
Mu Dynamics helps network operators and their diverse product suppliers build and operate higher quality, more reliable and robust networks that have minimal downtime. Operators need their revenue-critical next-gen IP services to be robust, available and secure to ensure minimal customer churn and costly downtime issues.

United Mobile

Venture Round in 2008
United Mobile allows travelers to use their cell phones and make calls at low prices (without roaming fees) while traveling abroad. The company operates a global cell network and sells United Mobile SIM cards that enable a user's cell phone to make calls on United Mobile's network. As a low-cost calling option for international travelers, United Mobile offers an alternative to [Skype](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/skype).

Ubiquisys

Series B in 2007
Ubiquisys is a mobile communications company specializing in the design and development of communication devices for mobile operators and consumers. The company is recognized for its ZoneGate femtocell system, a compact plug-and-play device that connects to home or office broadband to deliver 3G coverage and support various mobile services. Ubiquisys has established itself as a leader in intelligent small cell technology, with its products deployed by over 70 operators globally. Additionally, the company provides solutions for the wireless-wireline convergence technology market, further enhancing its portfolio in the telecommunications sector.

XConnect Global Networks

Series A in 2007
XConnect is the world's leading provider of next generation interconnection services driving the adoption of IP based multimedia communications. Powered by their award winning ENUM registry and IPX hub technology, XConnect enables our customers to capitalise on their network and technology investments through the delivery of IP voice, video and unified communications (UC) across disparate networks and platforms. Head quartered in London with offices and facilities in the USA, EMEA and Asia, XConnect's extensive customer base spans more than 70 countries. Customers include major carriers, service providers, Unified Communications, and Video Conferencing providers.

Mobile Cohesion

Series B in 2006
As of July 6, 2008, Mobile Cohesion, Ltd. went out of business. Mobile Cohesion, Ltd. provides partner relationship management solutions for the telecommunications industry. Its products include 3PRM, which enables application developers and service providers to develop, deploy, and execute convergent services; HYDRA, a definitive platform for performance and profit focused partner management for operators, MVNOs, and aggregators; and HYDRALIVE, a hosted partner management solution. The company was incorporated in 2001 and is based in Belfast, the United Kingdom.

Telepo

Series A in 2006
Telepo provides enterprise mobility and converged communication solutions for businesses and service providers. It offers business communication solution that provides mobile business users and enterprise voice administrators with various services, such as single number reach, presence, personal call routing, unified messaging, least cost routing, PBX features, mobile extension, corporate directory, virtual hosting, web-based provisioning, on-line reporting and usage statistics, and integration with third party business applications, as well as support and roaming between VoIP customers, IP phones, SIP hard phones, and voice over WLAN/Wi-Fi dual mode mobile phones; and over-the-air deployment, configuration, and remote diagnostics of devices and services. The company offers business communication server, a management system for enterprise voice networks; Mobile+, a mobile phone customer software; and Softphone+, a personal computer desktop soft phone that offers access to instant/short messaging, conferencing lists, directory search and contacts with presence information, and monitoring of remote calls and queues. It also offers professional services, including technical and business pre-studies, service strategy, business case development, customization, training, customer-specific operations and maintenance training, consulting, project management, and implementation, as well as provides application managed services. The company's solutions integrate mobile, fixed, and IP-based communications networks. Telepo AB was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

Ubiquisys

Series A in 2006
Ubiquisys is a mobile communications company specializing in the design and development of communication devices for mobile operators and consumers. The company is recognized for its ZoneGate femtocell system, a compact plug-and-play device that connects to home or office broadband to deliver 3G coverage and support various mobile services. Ubiquisys has established itself as a leader in intelligent small cell technology, with its products deployed by over 70 operators globally. Additionally, the company provides solutions for the wireless-wireline convergence technology market, further enhancing its portfolio in the telecommunications sector.

Mu Dynamics

Series B in 2006
Mu Dynamics helps network operators and their diverse product suppliers build and operate higher quality, more reliable and robust networks that have minimal downtime. Operators need their revenue-critical next-gen IP services to be robust, available and secure to ensure minimal customer churn and costly downtime issues.

Mu Dynamics

Series A in 2005
Mu Dynamics helps network operators and their diverse product suppliers build and operate higher quality, more reliable and robust networks that have minimal downtime. Operators need their revenue-critical next-gen IP services to be robust, available and secure to ensure minimal customer churn and costly downtime issues.

Leapstone Systems

Series B in 2003
Leapstone Systems, Inc. provides communication software solutions to network operators in the United States. The company offers Communications Convergence Engine that is a software platform, which enables operators to design, package, deploy, and manage a range of compelling content and services. Its products include CCE serviceBROKER's, which enables operators to integrate various services, including voice, IPTV,

Lycium Networks

Venture Round in 2002
Lycium Networks develops a high-speed convergence technology of Voice and Data over next generation networks. Lycium was founded by Doron Barack, Ron Cohen and Yehuda Wieder. Barack, who was previously VP for R&D at Be Connected, has extensive experience in the Israeli communications industry, and held various positions in companies such as RadWiz, Orckit and ECI-Telecom. Cohen's last position was as a senior technical leader in Cisco Israel, and prior to that at Class-Data, which was acquired by Cisco. Wieder's last position was as a VP of business development at Redux, and before that he held various senior marketing and sales positions at Be Connected and Orckit.

Vertical Networks

Series F in 2001
Vertical Networks is a distributor of IP-PBX software and communications solutions for branch offices and stores, delivers customizable solutions to several industries, including financial services, healthcare, publishing, and retail.

Infinera

Series A in 2001
Infinera Corporation is a global provider of optical transport networking equipment, software, and services, utilizing advanced photonic integration technology. The company offers a diverse portfolio that includes modular platforms, coherent optical transport systems, and packet-optical transport solutions, enabling high-performance networking across various applications. Notable products include the Infinera Groove series, FlexILS open line systems, and XTC multi-terabit platforms, which support operators in managing and processing data effectively. Infinera's digital transport node (DTN) system leverages photonic integrated circuits to facilitate digital processing and wavelength division multiplexing, enhancing network capabilities. The company serves a wide range of customers, including telecommunications service providers, internet content providers, cable operators, educational institutions, and government entities. Infinera also provides a comprehensive suite of support services, including technical support, installation, and professional services, ensuring robust operation of its networking solutions. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Infinera was founded in 2000 and has established itself as a key player in the optical networking market.

Informio,Inc

Series A in 2000
Informio,Inc trial service delivers Internet content and voice applications through any wireless phone. It has been developed by people who pioneered voice messaging systems and the World Wide Web. Find out about what they're doing by subscribing to their mailing list.

2nd Century

Venture Round in 2000
2nd Century Communications, an open network application service provider.

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.

Vertical Networks

Venture Round in 1999
Vertical Networks is a distributor of IP-PBX software and communications solutions for branch offices and stores, delivers customizable solutions to several industries, including financial services, healthcare, publishing, and retail.

UUNET

Venture Round in 1993
UUNET is a commercial internet services provider. It offers internet access options and application services. Additionally, it also offers software wholesale services. Founded in 1987, UUNET is based in Fairfax, Virginia. It operates as a subsidiary of Verizon Business.