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Accel India
Real assets (RE/Infra) · Consumer Internet & Marketplaces · Bengaluru
At a glance
- Stage focus
- Real assets (RE/Infra)
- Primary sector
- Consumer Internet & Marketplaces
- City
- Bengaluru
- HQ / office
- India office (Bangalore): 886/A, 6th Cross, 6th Block, Opposite Koramangala Club, Koramangala, Bangalore, Karnataka 560095 (registered address of Accel Partners India LLP). Global HQ: 500 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA.
- Fund registered
- 1983
- Investments on record
- 8
- Corpus (as reported)
- India Fund VIII closed at USD 650 million (announced Jan 2025; raised 2024); prior India Fund VII (March 2022) was also USD 650 million. With Fund VIII, Accel's total commitment to the India ecosystem is reported at roughly USD 3 billion. Accel globally manages far larger multi-billion-dollar AUM across US/Europe/India.
- Website
- accel.com
- Profile ↗
About
Accel is a global venture capital firm (founded 1983 in the US) that launched its dedicated India practice in 2008, headquartered in Bangalore (its roots trace to Erasmic Ventures, co-founded 2004, which became Accel India). It backs early- and growth-stage technology founders. India partners include Prashanth Prakash, Subrata Mitra, Anand Daniel, Shekhar Kirani, Mahendran Balachandran, Dinesh Katiyar, Abhinav Chaturvedi, Barath Shankar Subramanian and Prayank Swaroop. It is best known in India for first-cheque investments in Flipkart and Swiggy.
Investment focus
Early-stage / seed and Series A (also growth) venture capital. Sector-agnostic technology focus: consumer internet, SaaS/enterprise software, fintech/wealth-tech, AI, manufacturing, and "Bharat" (smaller-town India) startups.
Cheque size
Seed through Series A (early-stage); cheque sizes scale from seed to growth across funds
As compiled from public sources — verify with the investor.
SEBI registration
Registration category not stated — reported as “Major VC”
SIDBI Fund of Funds
None found
Notable portfolio
Flipkart; Swiggy; Freshworks; Myntra; BlackBuck; Urban Company; BrowserStack; Zetwerk
Team & organisation
Large multi-partner team (India + global); specific India partner count not disclosed on site
Global multi-fund VC; India funds run as India-dedicated vehicles (Accel India I–VIII). Distinct from US/Europe funds. Entity-level India AIF structure not published on site.
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Frequently asked
- What does Accel India invest in?
- Early-stage / seed and Series A (also growth) venture capital. Sector-agnostic technology focus: consumer internet, SaaS/enterprise software, fintech/wealth-tech, AI, manufacturing, and "Bharat" (smaller-town India) startups.
- What cheque size does Accel India write?
- As compiled from public sources: Seed through Series A (early-stage); cheque sizes scale from seed to growth across funds
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About this record
- ⚑ Name collision (CONFIRMED): accel-india.com is "Accel Limited," a separate Chennai-based IT services/cybersecurity/education/media/realty group founded by N.R. Panicker — NOT this VC firm; do not use that site or any of its emails. No email is published on Accel's own official site (accel.com) — only a contact form; any '[contact on file]' pattern (e.g., from scraper sites like RocketReach) is unverified and must not be used. Global HQ is in the US (Palo Alto); the India arm operates via Accel Partners India LLP, Bangalore. Private VC firm (not a government/DFI/university vehicle).
Compiled from public sources as of 2026-07. iHub India lists investors neutrally and does not endorse, rank, or verify investment terms — confirm all details directly with the investor before transacting.
Sources: https://www.accel.com/; https://www.accel.com/news/fueling-the-future-announcing-our-viii-fund-for-indias-boldest-founders