ABOUT ACCEL PARTNERS
Founded in 1983, Accel Partners is a venture capital firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurs build world class technology companies. Accel invests in software, Internet and communications companies and prefers early stage investments. This focused approach has allowed it to build rich networks of portfolio companies, corporate partners and executive management candidates in each of its target sectors. Accel's companies' managements have benefited substantially from these networks, both in terms of access to industry leaders as well as relationships with a group of peers that help each other solve the continuing challenges of distribution, access to technology, recruiting and corporate partnering.Accel is regarded as a venture capital leader and has built a substantial list of contacts in the technology industry over the past two decades. Accel has backed over 200 companies and has a history of leading investments in category-defining technology companies such as Facebook, Real Networks, Veritas, UUNET, Foundry Networks, AMCC, Agile Software, Portal Software, Actuate, Walmart.com, Remedy Corporation and Macromedia.
