Overview
Accel is a global venture capital firm that positions itself as a first partner to exceptional startup teams worldwide [1]. The firm was founded in 1983 [2]. Accel lists its headquarters address as 500 University Avenue, Palo Alto, California, 94301 [3].
Leadership & org chart
8 alumniInvestments
Cyera
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PermitFlow
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Forus
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Gloat
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Cinder
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Knoetic
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Silna Health
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RapidClaims
New York company automating medical coding and revenue cycle work with AI.
In the news
- Ando wants to take on Slack with a team messaging app that lets humans and agents work togetherThe app gives agents their own identities and inboxes and lets them partake in conversations as naturally as people can.
TechCrunch Startups · Sep 24, 2026
- The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 9/14/26The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 9/12/26 featuring funding details for Fab2, Maven Robotics, Latitude, and thirty-six other deals representing $10.2B in new funding that you need to know about.
AlleyWatch · Sep 13, 2026
- Accel reportedly in talks to lead $1B round for Thinking Machines at $40B valuationThe high-profile startup's annual revenue run rate stands at over $100 million.
- The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 8/31/26The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 8/29/26 featuring funding details for Liner, CivilGrid, Transfyr, and thirty-two other deals representing $2.0B in new funding that you need to know about.
- Bill Gates wants to see a robot tax and ‘Human Reserved’ jobs to mitigate harms from AIGates is mostly in the Responsible AI camp, but there are a few ideas in here we hadn't heard before.
- Surprise: Z.ai is the AI lab behind the mysterious Ox Alpha modelZ.ai confirms it is behind Ox Alpha, the mysterious open AI model topping benchmarks and leaderboards, and its weights are set to be released soon.
- Gamma acquires Accel-backed design startup LicaLica co-founders are going to work on Gamma's new research team.
- Accel-backed Keenable is indexing the web for AI agentsNow exiting stealth mode with a $26 million seed round, Keenable has been building a vast web search index for AI agents.
Alumni
Jessi WatersExecutive in Residence→Finance at Turnkey
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