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Accel is a global venture capital firm founded in 1983 by Arthur Patterson and Jim Swartz and headquartered in Palo Alto, with investment teams in San Francisco, London and Bangalore. It invests from the early stage through the growth stage in technology companies, mainly AI, cloud/SaaS, security, developer tools, fintech, consumer and marketplaces, across the US, Europe, Israel and India. In August 2026 it closed $3.5B across four funds: its ninth Europe and Israel early-stage fund ($800M), a US early-stage fund ($800M), an India fund ($550M) and a $1.35B global expansion fund. Its portfolio includes Facebook, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, Atlassian, CrowdStrike, UiPath, Deliveroo, Supercell, Monzo, Lovable, Perplexity and Vercel, and its exits include the IPOs of Facebook, Atlassian, CrowdStrike, Spotify and Qualtrics and Walmart's acquisition of Flipkart.
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| 2024-03-20 | Imperia | Seed | €3M |
Samaipata
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| 2023-10-16 | Vivla | Seed (estimated) | €2.7M |
Lead unknown
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| 2023-01-18 | Wallapop | Series G | €81M |
Korelya Capital
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| 2022-03-22 | Vivla | Seed (estimated) | $3.5M |
Samaipata
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| 2021-12-14 | CARTO | Series C | $61M |
Insight Partners
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| 2021-05-24 | Idoven | Seed | €2M incl. debt: equity and debt, the split was not disclosed |
Lead not disclosed
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| 2021-02-24 | Wallapop | Series G | €157M |
Korelya Capital
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| 2019-08-04 | Fever | Series D (estimated) | $35M |
Rakuten Capital
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| 2018-07-05 | Fever | Series C | $20M |
Atresmedia
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| 2015-11-24 | Fever | Series B | $12M |
Accel
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| 2015-09-10 | CARTO | Series B | $23M |
Accel
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| 2015-04-30 | Fever | Series A | $8.3M |
14W
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| 2015-01-20 | Flywire | Series C | $22M |
Bain Capital Ventures
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| 2014-10 | Wallapop | Series B | $25M |
Insight Venture Partners
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| 2014-06 | Wallapop | Series A | €3M | Accel Partners |
| 2011-08-15 | Flywire | Series A | $7.5M |
Spark Capital
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| 2026-09-03 |
Accel reportedly in talks to lead $1B round for Thinking Machines at $40B valuation ↗
TechCrunch
2026-09-03 |
| 2026-08-12 |
Monzo and Lovable backer Accel raises enlarged $800M early-stage fund ↗
Tech.eu
2026-08-12 |
| 2026-04-15 |
Accel raises $5B to back late-stage bets ↗
TechCrunch
2026-04-15 |
| 2025-11-12 |
Accel's 2025 Globalscape report: AI models and apps fuel record funding ↗
Tech.eu
2025-11-12 |
| 2025-09-29 |
The startup behind open source tool Polars raises $21M from Accel ↗
TechCrunch
2025-09-29 |
| 2024-05-13 |
Accel has a fresh $650M to back European early-stage startups ↗
TechCrunch
2024-05-13 |
| 2024-03-20 |
Valencia-based Imperia raises €3 million to become the go-to SaaS for supply chain management in Europe ↗
BeBeez International
2024-03-20 |