Talk:Accel (company)
Latest comment: 17 days ago by SClay53 in topic Consolidation and Clarity
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Overall Quality of the Article
editThis reads like a PR statement from the company, and has clearly been written by someone promoting the fund. This is not what wikipedia is for.
Name of the WP Article
editThe name of the firm is "Accel", not Accel Partners. The name of the article should be changed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.196.163.157 (talk) 06:10, 10 February 2018 (UTC)
Consolidation and Clarity
editHello, I'd like to suggest improvements to this article that would consolidate some of the information, introduce sourcing where needed, and present the data more coherently. My initial suggestion is to merge the current Portfolio and Investments sections, replacing them with an Investment section with the following text and chart:
- Accel focuses on enterprise/SaaS and consumer investments and works with seed, early, growth-stage companies worldwide.[1] The firm's growth capital investments focus on more developed companies that require a larger amount of capital to expand their business. Notable investments include:
| Year | Investment | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | Bumble[2], Klaviyo[3], Linear[4], Synthesia[5] H Company[6], Vercel[7] | |
| 2010s | 1Password[8], Atlassian[9], CrowdStrike[10], Deliveroo[11], Docusign[12] Dropcam[13], Fiverr[14] Frame.io[15], Freshworks[16] Jet.com[17], Lynda[18], Miro[19], Qualtrics[20], Scale AI[21], Segment[22], Spotify[23], Supercell[24] Squarespace[25], Swiggy[26], Tenable[27],UiPath[28] Venmo[29] | |
| 2000s | Cloudera[30], Dropbox[31], Facebook[32], Flipkart (acquired by Walmart)[33], Groupon[34], Slack[35], Kayak[36] | |
| 1980s-1990s | MetroPCS[37], UUNet[38], Polycom[39], RealNetworks[40] |
References
- ^ "Accel Partners Teardown". CB Insights. 2016-02-05.
- ^ Ross, Matican. "Bumble Sets IPO Pricing Range". The Information.
- ^ Miller, Ron (17 November 2020). "Marketing automation platform Klaviyo scores $200M Series C on $4.15B valuation". TechCrunch.
- ^ "Linear Raises $35M in Series B Funding". Finsmes. 17 September 2023.
- ^ Wiggers, Kyle (14 June 2023). "Synthesia secures $90M for AI that generates custom avatars". TechCrunch.,
- ^ Bergen, Mark (21 May 2024). "Holistic AI is now H, a new French startup with $220 Million Out of the Gate". Bloomberg.
- ^ Pimentel, Benjamin (21 April 2020). "The 29-year-old founder of Vercel used this pitch deck to raise $21 million from investors like Accel and GitHub's CEO to build faster websites". Business Insider.
- ^ Miller, Ron (14 November 2019). "Fourteen years after launching, 1Password takes a $200M Series A". TechCrunch.
- ^ Schonfeld, Erick (14 July 2010). "Product Management Software Company Atlassian Takes A Huge, $60 Million First Round of Funding From Accel". TechCrunch.
- ^ "CrowdStrike closes Series B with USD 30 million". Venture Capital Post. 9 September 2013.
- ^ Cook, James (29 January 2015). "Deliveroo, the Online Food Delivery Service Just for Restaurants, Is Raising £16 Million". Business Insider.
- ^ Ha, Anthony (12 July 2012). "E-Signature Company DocuSign Raises $47.5M Led By Kleiner Perkins, Mary Meeker Joins the Board". TechCrunch.
- ^ Rao, Leena (21 September 2011). "Accel Leads $6M Round in Video Monitoring And Cloud Streaming Service Dropcam". TechCrunch.
- ^ Rao, Leena (3 May 2012). "Task-Based Marketplace Fiverr Raises $15M From Accel and Bessemer". TechCrunch.
- ^ Ha, Anthony (5 October 2015). "Video Collaboration Startup Frame.io Raises $2.2M". TechCrunch.
- ^ Barik, Soumyarendra (22 September 2021). "Freshworks becomes first Indian Saas startup to list in US after $1 Bn IPO". entrackr.com.
- ^ Kerr, Ronny (16 May 2017). "When Jet.com was young". Vator News.
- ^ Empson, Rip (15 January 2013). "After 17 Years, Education platform Lynda.com Raises Its First Round of Funding, $103M from Accel & Spectrum". TechCrunch.
- ^ Hall, Christine (5 January 2022). "Visual Collaboration company Miro valued at $17.5B following $400M in new funding". TechCrunch.
- ^ Ha, Anthony (15 May 2012). "Qualtrics Raises $70M From Accel and Sequoia: The Biggest Software Company You haven't heard of". TechCrunch.
- ^ Etherington, Darrell (9 April 2021). "Scale CEO Alex Wang and Accel's Dan Levine explain why sometimes unconventional VC deals are best". TechCrunch.
- ^ "Segment Raises $15M in Series A Funding". Finsmes. 8 October 2014.
- ^ Constine, Josh (21 November 2013). "Technology Crossover Ventures Funds All of Spotify's $250M International Growth Round". TechCrunch.
- ^ Butcher, Mike (26 May 2011). "Supercell Raises $12m from Accel Partners to power social web games". TechCrunch.
- ^ "Squarespace Raises $38.5 Million From Accel, Index Ventures". TechCrunch. 13 July 2010.
- ^ Magee, Christine (9 June 2015). "Swiggy Scoops Up $16.5M to Reinvent Food Delivery in India". TechCrunch.
- ^ Ha, Anthony (5 September 2012). "Network Security Company Tenable Raises a $50M Series A From Accel". TechCrunch.
- ^ Sawers, Paul (18 September 2018). "Automation software platform UiPath raises $225 million from CapitalG, Sequoia, and Accel at $3 billion valuation". VentureBeat.
- ^ Lardinois, Frederic (16 August 2012). "Online Payments Service Braintree Acquires Social Payments Startup Venmo". TechCrunch.
- ^ "Cloudera Raises $5 Million Series A Round For Hadoop Commercialization". TechCrunch. 16 March 2009.
- ^ Kincaid, Jason (4 November 2009). "Dropbox Raised $6 Million Sequoia-Led Series A In October 2008". TechCrunch.
- ^ Mangalindan, JP (11 January 2011). "Timeline: Where Facebook got its funding". Fortune.
- ^ J, Anand (10 May 2018). "Accel Partners Reveals Why It Invested in Flipkart At A Time When It Had No Backers". VC Circle.
- ^ Arrington, Michael (2 December 2009). "Groupon Gets a Hefty $30 Million from Accel for Local Offers Service". TechCrunch.
- ^ Chapman, Lizette (21 June 2019). "This VC Firm Invested $200 Million in Slack. Now Its Stake Is Worth $4.6 Billion". Fortune.
- ^ Schaal, Dennis (22 September 2016). "Kaya's Co-Founder and the Secret of Travel Startup Success". Skift.
- ^ "MetroPCS Director's $13 Million Sale". Barron's. 21 September 2011.
- ^ Flynn, Laurie (5 February 1995). "Technology; Internet Server Takes a Big Step". New York Times.
- ^ "Picture this". Forbes. 11 March 1998.
- ^ "Accel Partners starts international fund". CNET. 2 January 2002.
I'm grateful for any feedback and assistance the community can provide toward updating this page. Thank you, SClay53 (talk) 12:28, 26 September 2024 (UTC)::
I've implemented these changes as it has been hard to get community engagement. Happy to discuss with the community if there are any objections or additional suggestions. SClay53 (talk) 04:33, 11 December 2024 (UTC)