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Our partner Miles Clements sits down with Bloomberg to unpack Accel’s unique approach to growth investing and our deep partnerships with bootstrapped, profitable companies like Atlassian, Qualtrics, and most recently, Laravel: https://lnkd.in/gmV2-xcH

From the very start of Accel Atoms in 2021, I've been passionate about building a community where founders support founders at the earliest stages of their startup journeys. Three years in, I believe we've hit our own product-market fit with our sector-focused, personalized approach to helping pre-seed stage founders thrive. The results have been incredible: 32+ companies with exceptional founders have collectively raised over $200M from global investors, with Accel leading or participating in all follow-on rounds. This is a testament to our belief in partnering with extraordinary teams from seed to scale. Now, with Accel Atoms 4.0, I'm excited to share that we're doubling down on our commitment to founders. We’re launching two powerful cohorts—AI (which I’m leading) and Bharat (led by Anand Daniel). We’re also raising the stakes by committing up to $1 million for selected startups and securing over $5 million in perks from industry leaders to solve for infrastructure needs during the crucial 0→1 phase. Applications open on September 16—I encourage all founders building in these spaces to apply and join us in this transformative journey. Let’s build the future together. More details over at: atoms.accel.com

We’re thrilled to announce our $57M Series A investment in Laravel. Our journey with CEO and founder Taylor Otwell and Laravel also happened to be a global courtship for the ages: ? ?? After a year of persistence, including 21 cold calls, we finally met Taylor over eggs and biscuits in Little Rock, Arkansas. ? ?? We attended Laracons worldwide in Portugal, Ahmedabad, and Nashville, witnessing the passionate Laravel community of developers supporting each other and shipping great products ? ?? Like other bootstrapped founders Accel has been fortunate to partner with over the years, Taylor is customer-obsessed. We can’t wait to help him amplify his ambitious vision to enhance productivity and joy for users, with Laravel Cloud being just the first step. Read more about our Laravel partnership via our partner, Miles Clements: https://lnkd.in/dNQFeYY7 #AccelFamily

This is so cool! ?? AI powered sourcing automates something that has been so manual and time consuming. Not only will this drive efficiency, but it will free up recruiters to focus on the fun, highly nuanced parts of the process, like screening, relationship-building, closing, etc. Congrats Steve Bartel and the entire team at Gem! ??

Join Accel partner Casey Aylward at TechCrunch's #TCDisrupt2024 for a discussion on the future of open source business models with the CEOs of Docker, Inc and Redis https://lnkd.in/ggaxMTzK

Great Inc piece on the launch of Napkin by Brian Contreras ... and the story of repeat co-founders Pramod Sharma & Jér?me Scholler ... https://lnkd.in/gxfgPbar Maggie Philbin Max Gazor CRV Accel VSC Chantelle Darby

Congratulations to the 16 #AccelFamily companies that were included in this year's Forbes’ #Cloud100 list, which showcases the top private cloud companies worldwide! forbes.com/lists/cloud100 ?? 1Password, Algolia, Axonius, BrowserStack, Celonis, Checkr, Inc., Cohesity, Melio, Miro, Netskope, Personio, Scale AI, Snyk, Stacklok, Vercel, Webflow

Eighteen months ago, we embarked on a mission to revolutionize enterprise productivity, pioneering the development of Agentic AI to build universal AI employees. Today, I'm thrilled to share some exciting milestones we've achieved at Ema. We've successfully completed a new round of funding! A heartfelt thank you to our existing and new investors for believing in our vision and supporting us along the way. Your trust and commitment are the driving forces behind our innovation. I'm excited to share that we've been selected to join the prestigious Pegasus Partnership Program by Microsoft. This collaboration is a significant milestone for us, opening new doors for innovation and growth. I'm also proud to announce the launch of our Persona Builder Platform. This cutting-edge platform allows businesses to create customized AI employees (Personas) tailored to their specific needs, bringing unprecedented flexibility and control to our clients--democratizing Agentic AI. Compliance and security have always been at the forefront of our mission. We are already SOC2 Type 2, ISO27001:2022, GDPR, and HIPAA compliant. Recently, we've added NIST CSF 2.0, NIST 800-171, and NIST AI RMF to our compliance standards, ensuring we meet the latest and most rigorous requirements in AI security and risk management. Our hard work is paying off as we've more than tripled our customer base, a testament to the value and impact of our solutions. We are grateful to our clients for their trust and partnership. This is just the beginning. The future holds immense possibilities, and we are more excited than ever to continue pushing the boundaries of AI technology. Thanks to our amazing team for all their incredible work in achieving these milestones. Thank you to our stakeholder for being part of our journey. Stay tuned for more updates! Accel S32 Prosus Group Wipro Sozo Ventures Hitachi Ventures Microsoft for Startups SCB 10X COLLE CAPITAL Frontier Ventures Ema Unlimited #EmaUnlimited #AgenticAI #Innovation #Compliance #MicrosoftPegasus #AIEmployees #TechNews #FutureOfWork https://lnkd.in/gTqZWMeE

???Axle has raised a $9M Seed round, led by Accel, to decarbonise the power grid ?? We’re on a mission to kick fossil fuels off the grid. This’ll require immense amounts of renewables; it’ll also require a new software architecture to tap into the flexibility of EVs, batteries, and other devices to keep the grid humming when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing. The scale of the challenge is immense - and we’re fortunate to be backed by a group of investors with the track record to match. In addition to Accel and existing investors Picus Capital and Eka Ventures, we’re supported by a team of founder-angels (and a former F1 World Champion!) who knows what it takes to hit the track and take pole position. If you’re motivated to join a world-class team tackling the planet’s most pressing problem, reach out - we’re hiring. Read more from TechCrunch’s Natasha Lomas here: https://lnkd.in/gxNFp89x

Surojit and Souvik have made Agentic AI work at an enterprise level with Ema Unlimited. Since emerging from stealth in March, Ema has more than tripled its customer base, helping more organizations boost productivity and catalyze innovation. We're excited to watch the team shape the future of enterprise software. #AccelFamily Read more about our latest investment in Ema:?https://lnkd.in/g7xCp-8v