Company Overview
Highlights
A venture capital partnership that invests in networking and software enterprises.
Invests in companies at all stages of their development.
Accel Partners has enjoyed spectacular returns with several successful IPOs, including that of UUNet, a Web service provider that was among the venture community’s first forays into the Internet arena. The firm has been in business for more than 25 years and has backed more than 200 companies. The firm forms investment partnerships that include prominent companies such as Microsoft, General Motors, Dell, and Disney. It has backed a variety of IT start-ups, including video player RealNetworks and social networking superpower Facebook, and enterprise software players such as Agile Software and Remedy. Accel’s software portfolio includes BB&T, Lightspan (now a part of Plato Learning), and Walmart.com. The firm has also teamed with IDG Technology Ventures on the IDG-Accel China Growth Fund.