written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message accel partners type private ownership industry venture capital founded 1983 headquarters palo alto california u.s. products venture capital growth capital website www.accel.com accel formerly known as accel partners is an american venture capital firm . accel funds companies from inception through the growth stage . the company has offices in palo alto california and san francisco california with additional operating funds in london 1 2 india 3 and china through a partnership with international data group idg accel . 4 accel has funded more than 300 companies including facebook 5 slack 6 dropbox 7 atlassian 8 flipkart 9 supercell 10 spotify 11 etsy 12 braintree venmo 13 vox media 14 lynda.com 15 qualtrics 16 dji 17 cloudera 18 jet.com 19 and gofundme . 20 contents 1 history 2 portfolio 3 investments 4 geographies 5 references 6 external links history edit in 1983 accel was founded by arthur patterson and jim swartz . 21 the co founders developed the firm s prepared mind investment philosophy based on the louis pasteur quote chance favors the prepared mind . 22 which requires deep focus 23 and a disciplined and informed approach to investing . 24 in 2000 accel entered into a joint venture with kohlberg kravis roberts to form accel kkr a technology focused private equity investment firm focused on control investments of middle market companies . 25 in 2001 accel opened its first london office to invest in european technology companies 26 focusing on series a and series b investments . 27 its european investments include avito acquired by naspers for 1.2 billion 28 blablacar 29 deliveroo 30 spotify and supercell acquired by tencent for 8.6 billion among others . in addition to accel s continued investments in early stage startups from the accel x early stage fund the firm announced a 480 million growth fund in december 2008 focused on growth equity opportunities in information technology internet digital media mobile networking software and services . 31 in march 2016 accel raised 2 billion 500 million for an early stage venture fund and 1.5 billion for a growth investments . 32 in april 2016 accel raised a separate 500 million fund for investments in europe and israel . 33 portfolio edit accel is a venture capital firm that concentrates on the following technology sectors 34 35 consumer infrastructure media mobile saas security investments edit accel specializes in seed early and growth stage investments . 36 its seed and early stage investments include cloudera dropbox dropcam facebook flipkart jet.com and slack . the firm s growth capital investments focus on more developed companies that require a larger amount of capital to expand their business . 37 examples include atlassian dji and qualtrics . recent exits include atlassian ipo valuation of 4.4 billion in 2015 38 avito acquired by naspers for 1.2 billion in 2015 39 braintree acquired by paypal for 800 million in 2013 40 etsy ipo valuation of 1.78 billion in 2015 41 facebook ipo valuation of 104 billion in 2012 42 fusion io acquired by sandisk for 1.1 billion in 2014 43 jet acquired by walmart for 3.3 billion in 2016 44 lynda.com was acquired by linkedin at a 1.5 billion valuation in 2015 45 legendary pictures acquired by wanda group for 3.5 billion in 2016 46 supercell acquired by softbank for 1.5 billion in 2015 and acquired by tencent for 8.6 billion in 2016 47 trulia ipo valuation of 448 million 48 and acquired by zillow for 3.5 billion in 2014 49 geographies edit accel is headquartered in palo alto california 50 with offices in san francisco california london england and bangalore india . 51 in addition to the u.s. accel has investments across in france 52 germany 53 israel 54 australia 55 new zealand 56 brazil 57 canada 58 china 59 finland india switzerland 60 and more . references edit accel raises 500 million fund to double down on series a and b rounds in europe and israel tech.eu . retrieved 2016 09 12 . private equity week wire for tuesday 6 12 pe hub . pe hub . retrieved 2016 03 04 . russell jon . accel announces new 305 million investment fund for india . techcrunch . retrieved 2016 03 04 . mac ryan march 19 2014 . accel partners raises new funds totaling over 1 billion as facebook investor jim breyer reduces role . forbes . levy ari . accel facebook bet poised to become biggest venture profit tech . bloomberg.com . retrieved 2016 08 15 . loizos connie . andrew braccia s big bet on slack . techcrunch . retrieved 2016 08 15 . dropbox dropbox raises 250 million in series b funding . dropbox . retrieved 2016 08 15 . tam pui wing . accel invests 60 million in atlassian . retrieved 2016 08 15 . flipkart raises 150m from accel partners and tiger global at 850 million valuation . 2012 01 31 . retrieved 2016 08 15 . supercell is accel s fastest growing company ever . and it has a ball pit . pando . 2012 11 28 . retrieved 2016 08 15 . spotify now it s a 1 billion company . retrieved 2016 08 15 . schonfeld erick . etsy raises 27 million ; accel s jim breyer joins board . techcrunch . retrieved 2016 08 15 . mobile payments startup venmo acquired by braintree . 2012 08 16 . retrieved 2016 08 15 . eldon eric . why accel is leading a 40m round in vox media a digital content company . techcrunch . retrieved 2016 08 15 . empson rip . after 17 years education platform lynda.com raises its first round of funding 103m from accel & spectrum . techcrunch . retrieved 2016 08 15 . ha anthony . qualtrics raises 70m from accel and sequoia the biggest software company you haven t heard of . techcrunch . retrieved 2016 08 15 . reuters 2015 05 06 . chinese drone maker dji gets 75 million from accel partners . recode . retrieved 2016 08 15 . wauters robin . cloudera raises 5 million series a round for hadoop commercialization . techcrunch . retrieved 2016 08 15 . the man who knows amazon s brutal tactics better than anyone just sealed 80 million in funding for his new company . retrieved 2016 08 15 . gofundme gets undisclosed funding led by accel partners tcv xconomy . 2015 06 24 . retrieved 2016 08 15 . accel team jim swartz . a venture capitalist view of the top 5 entrepreneurial energy opportunities . retrieved 2016 09 19 . accel partners venture capital fund andrew braccia investments . www.fundingpost.com . retrieved 2016 09 19 . accel boosts team pe hub . 2013 07 24 . retrieved 2016 09 19 . history of kohlberg kravis robert & co. . kapner suzanne 2001 05 30 . u.s. venture capital sees treasure in europe . the new york times . issn 0362 4331 . retrieved 2016 08 23 . dillet romain . venture firm accel just raised a new 500 million european fund . techcrunch . retrieved 2016 08 23 . naspers acquires russia s avito in 1.2 billion transaction . retrieved 2016 08 23 . rao leena . accel leads 10m round in european airbnb for car ride sharing blablacar . techcrunch . retrieved 2016 08 23 . deliveroo grabs 25m to bring its premium meal delivery service to more cities . venturebeat . retrieved 2016 08 23 . accel closes two funds totaling more than 1b . http www.nytimes.com 2016 03 16 business dealbook accel raises 2 billion to invest in start ups.html r 0 dillet romain . venture firm accel just raised a new 500 million european fund . techcrunch . retrieved 2016 08 11 . accel . www.accel.com . retrieved 2016 08 12 . accel partners teardown . 2016 02 05 . retrieved 2016 08 12 . accel partners teardown . 2016 02 05 . retrieved 2016 08 19 . loizos connie . venture firm accel partners just raised 2b from its investors . techcrunch . retrieved 2016 08 19 . the strategist . www.thestrategist.media . retrieved 2016 08 18 . chrisspillane ilya khrennikov christopher spillane . naspers takes control of russia s avito in 1.2 billion purchase . bloomberg.com . retrieved 2016 09 06 . rao leena ; perez sarah ; lunden ingrid . ebay s paypal acquires payments gateway braintree for 800m in cash . techcrunch . retrieved 2016 09 06 . etsy prices its ipo at 16 per share making it worth 1.78 billion . retrieved 2016 08 18 . raice shayndi ; das anupreeta ; letzing john 2012 05 18 . facebook prices ipo at record value . wall street journal . issn 0099 9660 . retrieved 2016 08 18 . cao jing ; king ian . sandisk to buy fusion io for 1.1 billion . bloomberg.com . retrieved 2016 09 06 . selina y wang shannon pettypiece spettypi selina wang . wal mart to acquire jet.com for 3.3 billion to fight amazon . bloomberg.com . retrieved 2016 08 18 . linkedin enters ed tech with lynda.com acquisition its largest acquisition ever . 2015 04 09 . retrieved 2016 08 18 . it s official china s wanda acquires legendary entertainment for 3.5 billion . retrieved 2016 08 18 . osawa juro ; needleman sarah e. 2016 06 21 . tencent seals deal to buy clash of clans developer supercell for 8.6 billion . wall street journal . issn 0099 9660 . retrieved 2016 08 18 . a sigh of relief for silicon valley as consumer web stock trulia soars in ipo . retrieved 2016 09 06 . christie les 2014 07 28 . zillow buys trulia for 3.5 billion . cnnmoney . retrieved 2016 09 06 . accel . www.accel.com . retrieved 2016 09 15 . accel . www.accel.com . retrieved 2016 09 15 . boosting the french ecosystem by philippe botteri accel partners bonjour la french tech . 2015 10 15 . retrieved 2016 09 15 . accel partners is coming to town and here is how you meet them . 2014 07 09 . retrieved 2016 09 15 . accel partners hires facebook exec to focus funds on israel . geektime . 2016 06 08 . retrieved 2016 09 15 . inside accel partners us200m search for australia s next tech titan . 2014 10 07 . retrieved 2016 09 15 . ryall jenni . new zealand startup xero scores 147 million from silicon valley investor . mashable . retrieved 2016 09 15 . shieber jonathan . accel renews commitment to brazilian startups with 10m eduk investment . techcrunch . retrieved 2016 09 15 . as canadian startups grow local venture capital funding dries up . retrieved 2016 09 15 . barboza david . accel s breyer to partner with venture capital firm in china . retrieved 2016 09 15 . 100 tech investors active in the nordics standout capital . 2014 04 02 . retrieved 2016 09 15 . external links edit accel company website crunchbase profile v t e private equity and venture capital investment firms investment strategy venture growth mezzanine secondaries leveraged buyout history history of private equity and venture capital early history of private equity private equity in the 1980s private equity in the 1990s private equity in the 2000s investors angel investor corporate venture capital commercial bank crowdfunding institutional investor insurance company investment bank endowment family office fund of funds high net worth individual merchant bank pension fund sovereign wealth fund private equity 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