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 Video Streaming

100ms

Series A in 2022
100ms is a live-video infrastructure platform that specializes in integrating live video and audio conferencing into applications. The company provides low-code software development kits (SDKs) that allow developers to create virtual events, audio rooms, and classrooms with minimal coding effort. Its technology enables seamless one-on-one video calls and live streaming, all manageable through a single API call. By simplifying the process of incorporating video capabilities, 100ms aims to enhance user experiences in various digital environments.

100ms

Seed Round in 2021
100ms is a live-video infrastructure platform that specializes in integrating live video and audio conferencing into applications. The company provides low-code software development kits (SDKs) that allow developers to create virtual events, audio rooms, and classrooms with minimal coding effort. Its technology enables seamless one-on-one video calls and live streaming, all manageable through a single API call. By simplifying the process of incorporating video capabilities, 100ms aims to enhance user experiences in various digital environments.

Mux

Series D in 2021
Mux is a company focused on enhancing online video infrastructure through advanced performance monitoring and analytics. Initially, it developed Mux Data, a leading tool for performance analytics that is widely used by developers at prominent organizations such as Vimeo, Robinhood, and PBS. Following this, Mux introduced Mux Video, a straightforward API designed for video hosting, encoding, and streaming. This service enables seamless playback of video files and live streams across various devices, incorporating features such as automatic thumbnails and data-driven encoding. Mux emphasizes critical performance metrics relevant to viewer experience, including rebuffering, startup time, and video quality. Its user-friendly dashboard provides insights that help users identify issues and implement improvements, supported by features like A/B testing and detailed analytics for each video view.

Mux

Series D in 2021
Mux is a company focused on enhancing online video infrastructure through advanced performance monitoring and analytics. Initially, it developed Mux Data, a leading tool for performance analytics that is widely used by developers at prominent organizations such as Vimeo, Robinhood, and PBS. Following this, Mux introduced Mux Video, a straightforward API designed for video hosting, encoding, and streaming. This service enables seamless playback of video files and live streams across various devices, incorporating features such as automatic thumbnails and data-driven encoding. Mux emphasizes critical performance metrics relevant to viewer experience, including rebuffering, startup time, and video quality. Its user-friendly dashboard provides insights that help users identify issues and implement improvements, supported by features like A/B testing and detailed analytics for each video view.

Vercel

Series B in 2020
Vercel is a video production company that produces high quality video content for brands like Netflix, Amgen, Willis Towers Watson and UCLA. We have produces videos for a wide array of applications including TV commercials, for websites, trainings, social media, trade shows and sales meetings.

Mux

Series C in 2020
Mux is a company focused on enhancing online video infrastructure through advanced performance monitoring and analytics. Initially, it developed Mux Data, a leading tool for performance analytics that is widely used by developers at prominent organizations such as Vimeo, Robinhood, and PBS. Following this, Mux introduced Mux Video, a straightforward API designed for video hosting, encoding, and streaming. This service enables seamless playback of video files and live streams across various devices, incorporating features such as automatic thumbnails and data-driven encoding. Mux emphasizes critical performance metrics relevant to viewer experience, including rebuffering, startup time, and video quality. Its user-friendly dashboard provides insights that help users identify issues and implement improvements, supported by features like A/B testing and detailed analytics for each video view.

Mux

Series C in 2020
Mux is a company focused on enhancing online video infrastructure through advanced performance monitoring and analytics. Initially, it developed Mux Data, a leading tool for performance analytics that is widely used by developers at prominent organizations such as Vimeo, Robinhood, and PBS. Following this, Mux introduced Mux Video, a straightforward API designed for video hosting, encoding, and streaming. This service enables seamless playback of video files and live streams across various devices, incorporating features such as automatic thumbnails and data-driven encoding. Mux emphasizes critical performance metrics relevant to viewer experience, including rebuffering, startup time, and video quality. Its user-friendly dashboard provides insights that help users identify issues and implement improvements, supported by features like A/B testing and detailed analytics for each video view.

Vercel

Series A in 2020
Vercel is a video production company that produces high quality video content for brands like Netflix, Amgen, Willis Towers Watson and UCLA. We have produces videos for a wide array of applications including TV commercials, for websites, trainings, social media, trade shows and sales meetings.

Frame.io

Series C in 2019
Frame.io, Inc. provides a video review and collaboration platform that enables users to upload, review, and share media with vendors, clients, and offsite team members. Its platform enables creative professionals to streamline the video creation process by centralizing media assets, including dailies, scripts, storyboards, work-in-progress, and more, as well as allows feedback and comments, annotations, and real-time approvals. The company’s platform is used by filmmakers and media professionals. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in New York, New York.

Frame.io

Series C in 2019
Frame.io, Inc. provides a video review and collaboration platform that enables users to upload, review, and share media with vendors, clients, and offsite team members. Its platform enables creative professionals to streamline the video creation process by centralizing media assets, including dailies, scripts, storyboards, work-in-progress, and more, as well as allows feedback and comments, annotations, and real-time approvals. The company’s platform is used by filmmakers and media professionals. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in New York, New York.

Mux

Series B in 2019
Mux is a company focused on enhancing online video infrastructure through advanced performance monitoring and analytics. Initially, it developed Mux Data, a leading tool for performance analytics that is widely used by developers at prominent organizations such as Vimeo, Robinhood, and PBS. Following this, Mux introduced Mux Video, a straightforward API designed for video hosting, encoding, and streaming. This service enables seamless playback of video files and live streams across various devices, incorporating features such as automatic thumbnails and data-driven encoding. Mux emphasizes critical performance metrics relevant to viewer experience, including rebuffering, startup time, and video quality. Its user-friendly dashboard provides insights that help users identify issues and implement improvements, supported by features like A/B testing and detailed analytics for each video view.

Nightcorn

Seed Round in 2018
Nightcorn is a media app designed specifically for video content.

Frame.io

Series B in 2017
Frame.io, Inc. provides a video review and collaboration platform that enables users to upload, review, and share media with vendors, clients, and offsite team members. Its platform enables creative professionals to streamline the video creation process by centralizing media assets, including dailies, scripts, storyboards, work-in-progress, and more, as well as allows feedback and comments, annotations, and real-time approvals. The company’s platform is used by filmmakers and media professionals. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in New York, New York.

Mux

Series A in 2017
Mux is a company focused on enhancing online video infrastructure through advanced performance monitoring and analytics. Initially, it developed Mux Data, a leading tool for performance analytics that is widely used by developers at prominent organizations such as Vimeo, Robinhood, and PBS. Following this, Mux introduced Mux Video, a straightforward API designed for video hosting, encoding, and streaming. This service enables seamless playback of video files and live streams across various devices, incorporating features such as automatic thumbnails and data-driven encoding. Mux emphasizes critical performance metrics relevant to viewer experience, including rebuffering, startup time, and video quality. Its user-friendly dashboard provides insights that help users identify issues and implement improvements, supported by features like A/B testing and detailed analytics for each video view.

Plays.tv

Series A in 2017
Plays.tv, Inc. is a software company that provides tools for gamers to record, replay, and share their gameplay experiences. Founded in 2016 and based in Redwood City, California, the company offers Plays.tv, a platform that allows users to capture high-definition video of their gameplay, create highlight reels, and share these moments with friends and a broader gaming community. The software includes features such as auto-editing, auto-tagging, and a web API that grants access to a library of highlight videos, enabling users to explore and filter content by games, players, and hashtags. Plays.tv aims to foster a community where gamers can discover and relive the best moments from their own gaming sessions as well as those of their friends and top players.

Frame.io

Series A in 2016
Frame.io, Inc. provides a video review and collaboration platform that enables users to upload, review, and share media with vendors, clients, and offsite team members. Its platform enables creative professionals to streamline the video creation process by centralizing media assets, including dailies, scripts, storyboards, work-in-progress, and more, as well as allows feedback and comments, annotations, and real-time approvals. The company’s platform is used by filmmakers and media professionals. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in New York, New York.

Frame.io

Seed Round in 2015
Frame.io, Inc. provides a video review and collaboration platform that enables users to upload, review, and share media with vendors, clients, and offsite team members. Its platform enables creative professionals to streamline the video creation process by centralizing media assets, including dailies, scripts, storyboards, work-in-progress, and more, as well as allows feedback and comments, annotations, and real-time approvals. The company’s platform is used by filmmakers and media professionals. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in New York, New York.

Pond5

Series A in 2014
Pond5 Inc. operates a comprehensive online marketplace for video and multimedia content, allowing users to upload and sell royalty-free footage, photos, illustrations, music, sound effects, and 3D models. Established in 2006 and headquartered in New York, the company serves filmmakers, creators, and producers across various media sectors. As the largest video-first content marketplace, Pond5 distinguishes itself by sharing licensing revenue with its contributors, fostering a vibrant community of over 60,000 professional visual and audio creators. The platform features innovative tools such as visual search capabilities and integrates seamlessly with major video-editing software, enhancing the user experience. With additional offices in Prague, Geneva, and Dublin, Pond5 is committed to supporting creative professionals in achieving their artistic visions while facilitating their sustainable livelihoods.

Dropcam

Series C in 2013
Dropcam is revolutionizing the way people stay connected to the places they care about. With the Dropcam and Dropcam Pro Wi-Fi video monitoring cameras and optional Cloud Recording (CVR) service, you can remotely drop in on your house, baby, pets, business or anything else from a smartphone,tablet or computer.

Dropcam

Series B in 2012
Dropcam is revolutionizing the way people stay connected to the places they care about. With the Dropcam and Dropcam Pro Wi-Fi video monitoring cameras and optional Cloud Recording (CVR) service, you can remotely drop in on your house, baby, pets, business or anything else from a smartphone,tablet or computer.

Airtime

Series B in 2012
At Airtime, we’re changing the way people interact online, making the internet a more welcoming and truly social place. Social networks have the power to bring people together, but they have often proven to do the opposite. In a world of social platforms that filter and curate our lives, social media has made us antisocial. That’s why we created Airtime. It’s a new kind of social space. No matter what you’re into—lofi hip hop, airbrush makeup, or improv comedy—drop in any time. There’s a room for you on Airtime that’s always open, live, and ready to welcome you in. Our company was founded by Sean Parker and is backed by Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, and a host of other incredible partners. We have a world-class leadership team and over 100 wonderful employees in three offices across the country. We're working hard to create the most welcoming online live social space out there, not only in our product but also in our organization.

Dropcam

Series A in 2011
Dropcam is revolutionizing the way people stay connected to the places they care about. With the Dropcam and Dropcam Pro Wi-Fi video monitoring cameras and optional Cloud Recording (CVR) service, you can remotely drop in on your house, baby, pets, business or anything else from a smartphone,tablet or computer.

Metacafe

Debt Financing in 2010
Entertainment online platform icated to showcasing the best videos from the world of movies, video games, sports, music and TV

Brightcove

Series D in 2010
Brightcove is a provider of cloud-based platforms designed for the publication and distribution of digital media. Its flagship product, Brightcove Video Cloud, allows customers to upload, manage, and distribute video content across various internet-connected devices. The platform includes features such as video encoding, content management, live streaming, and analytics, facilitating a comprehensive video delivery experience. Additionally, Brightcove offers several other services, including Zencoder for video encoding, Brightcove Once for ad insertion, and Brightcove Gallery for creating video portals. The company also provides Brightcove Perform, which enhances video player experiences, and the Video Marketing Suite, tailored to meet the needs of marketers aiming to increase engagement and conversions. Founded in 2004, Brightcove is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

StreamBase Systems

Series D in 2009
StreamBase Systems provides software for rapidly building systems that analyze and act on real-time streaming data for instantaneous decision-making. StreamBase's Event Processing Platform combines a rapid application development environment, a low-latency high-throughput event server, and the broadest connectivity to real-time and historical data. Investment banks, hedge funds, and government agencies use StreamBase to power applications that increase revenue, lower costs, and reduce risk. The company is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts

BitTorrent

Series C in 2008
Protocol that creates advanced technologies to efficiently move large files across the internet

RayV

Series B in 2007
Stealth company RayV, which has received healthy funding from [Facebook](http://crunchbase.com/organization/facebook) Investor Accel Partners, is rumored to be a P2P live broadcasting service. Users will be able to create video playlists at very high video quality and broadcast them online. Like [Joost](http://crunchbase.com/organization/joost), RayV will require a download.

Metacafe

Series B in 2007
Entertainment online platform icated to showcasing the best videos from the world of movies, video games, sports, music and TV

StreamBase Systems

Series C in 2007
StreamBase Systems provides software for rapidly building systems that analyze and act on real-time streaming data for instantaneous decision-making. StreamBase's Event Processing Platform combines a rapid application development environment, a low-latency high-throughput event server, and the broadest connectivity to real-time and historical data. Investment banks, hedge funds, and government agencies use StreamBase to power applications that increase revenue, lower costs, and reduce risk. The company is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts

BitTorrent

Series B in 2006
Protocol that creates advanced technologies to efficiently move large files across the internet

Metacafe

Series B in 2006
Entertainment online platform icated to showcasing the best videos from the world of movies, video games, sports, music and TV

Brightcove

Series B in 2005
Brightcove is a provider of cloud-based platforms designed for the publication and distribution of digital media. Its flagship product, Brightcove Video Cloud, allows customers to upload, manage, and distribute video content across various internet-connected devices. The platform includes features such as video encoding, content management, live streaming, and analytics, facilitating a comprehensive video delivery experience. Additionally, Brightcove offers several other services, including Zencoder for video encoding, Brightcove Once for ad insertion, and Brightcove Gallery for creating video portals. The company also provides Brightcove Perform, which enhances video player experiences, and the Video Marketing Suite, tailored to meet the needs of marketers aiming to increase engagement and conversions. Founded in 2004, Brightcove is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Brightcove

Series A in 2005
Brightcove is a provider of cloud-based platforms designed for the publication and distribution of digital media. Its flagship product, Brightcove Video Cloud, allows customers to upload, manage, and distribute video content across various internet-connected devices. The platform includes features such as video encoding, content management, live streaming, and analytics, facilitating a comprehensive video delivery experience. Additionally, Brightcove offers several other services, including Zencoder for video encoding, Brightcove Once for ad insertion, and Brightcove Gallery for creating video portals. The company also provides Brightcove Perform, which enhances video player experiences, and the Video Marketing Suite, tailored to meet the needs of marketers aiming to increase engagement and conversions. Founded in 2004, Brightcove is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

StreamBase Systems

Series B in 2005
StreamBase Systems provides software for rapidly building systems that analyze and act on real-time streaming data for instantaneous decision-making. StreamBase's Event Processing Platform combines a rapid application development environment, a low-latency high-throughput event server, and the broadest connectivity to real-time and historical data. Investment banks, hedge funds, and government agencies use StreamBase to power applications that increase revenue, lower costs, and reduce risk. The company is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts

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.

Maven Networks

Series B in 2004
Maven Networks is an online video platform provider with end-to-end video syndication, content management and advertising solution. Maven helps media companies create, distribute and profit from direct-to-consumer Internet TV channels and networks. The Maven Internet TV Platform(TM) is used by organizations such as CanWest, CBS Sports, CBC, CNET, Gannett, The Financial Times, Fox Business Network, Fox News, Hearst, MediaNews Group, Ogilvy, Scripps Networks, Sony BMG, Sony Pictures Television, and TV Guide.

FastForward Networks

Venture Round in 2000
FastForward Networks provides software and streaming media technology to the content distribution and internet service providers.It was incorporated in 1998, based in San Francisco, California.

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.