to be updated . please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . august 2016 accel kkr type private ownership industry private equity founded 2000 headquarters sand hill road menlo park california u.s. total assets 4 billion number of employees 38 website www.accel kkr.com accel kkr is a technology focused private equity firm with 4 billion in capital under management . the firm invests primarily in software and technology enabled services businesses . accel kkr focuses on middle market companies providing capital for buyouts and growth investments across a range of opportunities including recapitalizations divisional carve outs and going private transactions . the company has offices in menlo park california headquarters atlanta georgia and london uk . contents 1 history 2 company ownership 3 previous investments 4 references 5 further reading 6 external links history edit the firm was founded in february 2000 as a partnership between venture capital firm accel partners and kohlberg kravis roberts one of the oldest and largest leveraged buyout firms . 1 however the firm operates independently of either firm since the mid 2000s . the firm s founding partner is tom barnds who is based in menlo park . tom and his co managing partner rob palumbo were both all american lacrosse players at princeton university . accel kkr raised 4 billion of investor commitments . the company is currently 2 investing from its fifth buyout fund accel kkr capital partners v a 1.3 billion fund raised in 2015 and its second minority equity fund accel kkr growth capital partners ii a 350 million fund raised in 2013 . accel kkr has invested in or acquired over 100 software and technology enabled services companies with the majority of such companies in the united states but accel kkr has also acquired or invested in 18 european companies six canadian companies and one australian company . company ownership edit companies owned by accel kkr include 3 abila banker s toolbox cendyn cielo clavis insight clevest clickdimensions datapipe delta data episerver esg eso solutions highjump software highwire press infinisource integrichain kerridge commercial systems mvsc north plains systems oildex one.com opera solutions pageup people paymentus prismhr sciquest smart communications swiftpage telcor vyne yourencore previous investments edit previous investments from which accel kkr has since exited include risesmart sold to randstad for 100 mm in 2015 4 zinc ahead sold to veeva for 130 mm in 2015 5 on center software sold to roper industries for 157 mm in 2015 applied predictive technologies sold to mastercard for 600 mm in 2015 6 itradenetwork sold to roper industries for 525 mm in 2010 endurance international group sold to warburg pincus for 1 billion in 2011 7 saber corporation sold to electronic data systems for 463 mm in 2007 intrinsiq sold to amerisourcebergen for 35 mm in 2011 8 crs retail systems sold to epicor for 121 mm in 2005 savista sold in two transactions to torex and accenture for 100 mm in 2006 systems & software inc. sold to constellation software in 2007 alias systems corporation sold to autodesk for 197 mm in 2006 kana software sold to verint systems for 514 mm in 2014 n able sold to solar winds for 127 mm in 2013 model n which went public on the nyse under the ticker symbol modn in 2013 references edit what s an aging barbarian to do . new york times august 26 2001 defm14a . retrieved 3 september 2016 . portfolio accel kkr . retrieved 3 september 2016 . randstad buys outplacement firm risesmart for 100 million . retrieved 2 october 2016 . veeva scoops up rival zinc ahead to create mega content management platform . retrieved 2 october 2016 . mastercard announces acquisition of applied predictive technologies business wire . retrieved 3 september 2016 . accel kkr group sells web hosting giant endurance international for 1 billion web host industry review . retrieved 3 september 2016 . amerisourcebergen buys chemo i.t. vendor intrinsiq . retrieved 2 october 2016 . further reading edit kkr and accel open atlanta office . new york times july 31 2006 external links edit accel kkr company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title accel kkr & oldid 742340454 ektron categories private equity firms of the united statesventure capital firms of the united statescompanies established in 2000kohlberg kravis robertscompanies based in menlo park californiahidden categories wikipedia articles in need of updating from august 2016all wikipedia articles in need of updating navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial 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