Venture capital fund · 16 deals
Every published round Accel took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
Companies Accel has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Password | Nov 2019, Series A | 1 | 0 | |
| Atlassian | Jul 2010, Series A | 1 | 1 | |
| Chronicle | 22 Feb 2023, Seed | 1 | 1 | |
| Dash0 | Mar 2026, Series B | 1 | 0 | |
| Dovetail | 7 Feb 2022, Series A | 1 | 1 | |
| Fluency | 4 Aug 2026, Seed | 1 | 1 | |
| Instant | 7 Feb 2022, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Invoice2Go | 2014 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mind Robotics | 2026, Series A | 1 | 1 | |
| Process Street | 1 Mar 2020, Series A | 1 | 0 | |
| Pyn | 27 Jul 2020, Pre-seed | 4 | 2 | |
| World View | 15 May 2024, Series D+ | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Accel, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Accel has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Accel did.
Stories naming Accel. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Startmate brought its 2026 intake to San Francisco for investor meetings and a Demo Day hosted by Stripe; Melbourne alumnus Fluency's Accel-led US$6 million seed round is recalled.
Observability platform Dash0 has announced a $110m Series B round, with publisher Balderton leading and DTCP Growth, Accel, Cherry Ventures, DIG Ventures and strategic partners taking part, at a billion-dollar valuation.
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Rivian chief RJ Scaringe has secured US$500m for Mind Robotics, his AI robotics venture, with Accel and Andreessen Horowitz co-leading and Eclipse Capital adding funds, valuing the months-old company at US$2bn.
Startmate will resume taking founders to Silicon Valley this May and stage its first San Francisco Demo Day; the article also recalls Fluency's recent US seed round led by Accel.
Weekly roundup of ten Australian and New Zealand startup raises totalling nearly $194 million, topped by Neara's $90 million round at a $1.1 billion valuation, with Splose, Operata, HAMR Energy and Adora also covered.
Melbourne work-documentation startup Fluency raised a US$6 million seed led by Accel at a $30 million valuation, with DST Global and others participating; its founders previously raised $1.5 million.
Crunchbase's 2026 forecast lists fifteen late-stage companies it deems probable or very likely IPO candidates, profiling each with past raises, valuations and secondary sales; Australia's Canva makes the list.
Crunchbase News profiles 14 venture-backed companies its predictive models flag as likely IPO candidates, from Stripe to Sierra Space, recapping their funding histories, valuations and financial milestones.
Sydney venture firm Airtree has completed the close of its fifth fund at $650 million, drawing backing from US institutional investors and Australian superannuation funds, with allocations set for early and growth stages.
Weekly roundup covering several startup acquisitions, a clutch of venture rounds across AI and other sectors, a Clay employee share sale, and Marathon Venture Capital's new fund close.
US construction software firm Beam has announced an $11 million Series A led by Zigg Capital, joined by Accel, Teamworthy, RXR and 20Sales, to grow its platform for builders.
Crunchbase's October 2023 unicorn board update: nine newcomers led by two cybersecurity firms, with Sydney's Employment Hero reaching unicorn status, Shield AI revalued upward, and Convoy and Olive AI shutting down.
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Weekly roundup covering four startup raises: DataMesh's bank-backed Series A, GigaComm's shareholder funding, Chronicle's presentation-tool round, and MGA Thermal's seed via Shell's accelerator.
Presentation startup Chronicle, based in Sydney and San Francisco, announced a $7.5 million seed round led by Accel and Square Peg, with angels from several major tech companies participating.
Weekly roundup of agrifoodtech raises including Roslin Technologies, Sistema.bio, Buddha Brands, Proper Good, Perfekto, Agriconomie, FishLog, PasarMikro, DataFarming, Carble, Sabanto and BioRaptor, plus partnerships, a product launch and layoffs.
Roundup of design-sector startup funding covering recent raises by Picsart, LottieFiles, Gravity Sketch and Superside, plus Canva's standing, alongside Adobe's agreed multibillion-dollar purchase of Figma.
Banking SaaS firm Pismo has hired Simon Keys to lead business development across Oceania. The article also recalls the company's $108 million Series B, led by Amazon, SoftBank and Accel, in October 2021.
Israeli workforce software company Gloat raised a $90 million Series D led by Generation Investment Management, with Lumir Ventures joining to help the company expand across the Asia-Pacific region.
Ignition Lane's weekly tech roundup: AirTree raises $700m across three new funds, dozens of Australian startups announce rounds, a wave of acquisitions including Block completing its Afterpay buy, plus Web3 commentary and US market moves.
Weekly roundup reporting Invoice2go's sale to Bill.com, raises by Go1, Employment Hero, InDebted and others, Rokt's secondary sale, Wildcard Ventures' launch, plus global deals including Zoom-Five9 and Salesforce-Slack.
Weekly roundup reporting Gilmour Space's raise, several startup funding rounds, KKR's Education Perfect deal, ASX listings, new funds from Accel and the Albert family, and global tech listings and acquisitions.
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Weekly roundup covering CBA's strategic stakes in Little Birdie and Amber, several Australian funding rounds, Zip's BNPL acquisitions, Tritium's planned NASDAQ listing, Amazon's MGM purchase and other global tech news.
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Australian startup Pyn announced an $8 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Accel and two angels, to personalise internal employee communications.
Weekly roundup covering Main Sequence's second-fund close, operating partner hires at Blackbird and AirTree, raises by Sea Forest, Adventus.io, Halter and others, acquisitions by Equiem, Stripe and Toyota, plus Big Tech earnings.
Ignition Lane's weekly column rounds up Australian raises including Octopus Deploy, Neara, Mr Yum and Archistar, ThinkTilt's sale to Atlassian, Latitude's ASX listing, and US moves by Tiger Global, UiPath and Squarespace.
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Roundup covering Instacart's US$265 million raise, Xendit's Series B, EZZ Life Science's ASX debut, Grimes' NFT art sales, Service NSW app usage figures, and a Cicada Innovations women-in-STEM event.
Blackbird's year-end review covers its fourth fund announcement, investments in companies including See-Mode, Morse Micro and SafetyCulture, Startmate's climate cohort intakes, Mike Cannon-Brookes joining its board, and numerous team hires.
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Calastone says Carlyle Group has agreed to buy a majority stake from shareholders including Octopus Ventures and Accel, with management keeping a minority; terms undisclosed, regulatory approval pending.
Culture Amp and Atlassian alumni founded Pyn, which raised seed funding led by Accel with Skip Capital and Jay Simons taking part, to improve employer communication with remote workers.
TechCrunch interviews former Atlassian president Jay Simons about crafting the company's 2015 IPO roadshow deck, covering its Australian origins, its all-secondary private funding, and its listing.
Blackbird's February newsletter reports new investments in Roborigger and Dovetail plus Process Street's Series A, alongside portfolio updates, a founder spotlight and hiring notices.
Crunchbase News interviews founders of Atlassian, Qualtrics, Webflow and VSCO about why profitable bootstrapped companies eventually took venture capital, covering their first external rounds, Accel's involvement and later exits.
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Roundup covering Afterpay's eBay partnership and Coatue's $200m placement, Bay City Labs appointing a head of growth, a NASA executive keynoting StartCon, and 1Password's US$200m Series A.
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Blackbird's retrospective of its 2018: a third fund launched, new partners and staff hired, Startmate cohorts run, numerous portfolio raises led, Shape Analytics sold, and Shoes of Prey shut down.
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