Venture firm in listed AI tools
Accel
Accel has backed 44 companies behind 50 listings on Anchor Terminal.
Companies on Anchor Terminal
1Password Funding round, November 2019, Funding round, July 2021, Funding round, January 2022, led a round
Source 1password.com/blog/…
Squarespace
Anthropic Series G, February 2026
- Claude API BB · Model APIs & inference
- Claude Agent SDK BB · Agent frameworks & SDKs
- Claude Code C · Agent harnesses
Source anthropic.com/news/…
AssemblyAI Series A, March 2022, Series C, December 2023, led a round
Source assemblyai.com/blog/…
AssemblyAI, Inc. Series A, March 2022, Series C, December 2023, led a round
Source assemblyai.com/blog/…
Anthropic, PBC Series G, February 2026
Source anthropic.com/news/…
WizRocket Inc. Seed, July 2014, Series A, August 2015, Series B, April 2019
Source clevertap.com/about-us
commercetools GmbH Series C, September 2021, led a round
Source commercetools.com/…
Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor), a SpaceX subsidiary Series C, June 2025, Series D, November 2025
Source cursor.com/blog/series-c
Anysphere, Inc. / Cursor (acquired by SpaceX per engineer biography) Series C, June 2025, Series D, November 2025
Source cursor.com/blog/series-c
Cognition AI, Inc. Series E, September 2026, led a round
- Devin C · Agent harnesses
Source cognition.com/blog/series-e
Earendil
- Pi B · Agent harnesses
Source earendil.com/posts/…
folk
Source folk.app/articles/…
Framer Series C, September 2023
Source framer.com/blog/series-c
Gem Software, Inc. Series C, September 2021
Source gem.com/blog/series-c
GoCardless $22.5m round, Series E
Source gocardless.com/blog/…
Guru Technologies, Inc. Series C, April 2020, led a round
Source getguru.com/blog/…
Higgsfield Inc. Series A extension, January 2026
Source techcrunch.com/2026/01/15/…
S2 Labs Inc.
Source ycombinator.com/companies/…
Thinking Machines Lab Seed, July 2025
Source techcrunch.com/2025/07/15/…
Linear Series B, September 2023, Series C, June 2025, led a round
Source linear.app/now/series-b
Nuitee Series A, December 2024, led a round
Source nuitee.com/blog/…
Merge Series B, October 2022, led a round
Source merge.dev/blog/…
Merge API, Inc. Series B, October 2022, led a round
Source merge.dev/blog/…
Middesk, Inc. Series B, July 2022
Source middesk.com/blog/…
Miro Series C, January 2022
Modal Series C, May 2026, Series D, October 2026, led a round
Source modal.com/blog/…
n8n Series C, October 2025, led a round
Source n8n.io/press
Nanonets Series B, March 2024, led a round
Source techcrunch.com/2024/03/12/…
Nansen Series B, December 2021, led a round
Source nansen.ai/post/…
PayFit SAS
Source payfit.com/about-us
Radar Labs Series C, February 2022
Source radar.com/blog/…
Recraft Series B, May 2025, led a round
Source recraft.ai/press-releases/…
Remote Technology, Inc. Series C, April 2022
Sentry
Source sentry.io/about
Socure Inc. $100M round, March 2021, Series E, November 2021, led a round
Source socure.com/news-and-press/…
Strapi, Inc. Seed, October 2019, led a round
Source strapi.io/blog/…
Supabase Series D, April 2025, Series E, October 2025, led a round
Source techcrunch.com/2025/10/03/…
Synthflow Series A, June 2025, led a round
Source synthflow.ai/news/…
Vercel Inc. Series F, September 2025, led a round
Source vercel.com/blog/series-f
Vercel Series F, September 2025, led a round
Source vercel.com/blog/series-f
Veriff OÜ Series C, January 2022
Source techcrunch.com/2022/01/26/…
VoidZero (Cloudflare) Seed, October 2024, Series A, October 2025, led a round
Source voidzero.dev/posts/…
Webflow, Inc.
Source webflow.com/company/about
Where they invest
Agent harnesses 4 Identity & business verification 3 Model APIs & inference 2 Agent frameworks & SDKs 2 Conversational voice agents 2 Design workspaces & canvases 2 Open-weight models 2 Code execution sandboxes 2 Databases & files 2 CMS & website publishing 2 Secrets & credential vaults 1 Calendars & scheduling 1 Speech-to-text 1 Personal assistants 1 Lifecycle marketing & customer engagement 1 Commerce & checkout 1 CRM & customer platforms 1 Recruiting & applicant tracking 1 Bank data & open banking 1 Company knowledge & data catalogues 1 Video generation 1 Browser automation 1 Fine-tuning 1 Work & productivity 1 Travel & booking 1 Accounting & invoicing 1 Agent tool access 1 GPU & serverless compute 1 Workflow automation 1 Document parsing & extraction 1 Payroll infrastructure 1 Maps, geocoding & places 1 Image generation 1 HR & employee operations 1 Observability & incidents 1 Agent auth & delegated access 1 Code & developer platforms 1
Founders they backed
- Sara Teare 1Password
- Dave Teare 1Password
- Roustem Karimov 1Password
- Natalia Karimov 1Password
- Dario Amodei Anthropic
- Daniela Amodei Anthropic
- Tom Brown Anthropic
- Jack Clark Anthropic
- Jared Kaplan Anthropic
- Sam McCandlish Anthropic
- Chris Olah Anthropic
- Dylan Fox AssemblyAI, AssemblyAI, Inc.
- Karan Ahuja Anthropic, PBC
- Sunil Thomas WizRocket Inc.
- Anand Jain WizRocket Inc.
- Suresh Kondamudi WizRocket Inc.
- Dirk Hoerig commercetools GmbH
- Denis Werner commercetools GmbH
- Michael Truell Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor), a SpaceX subsidiary
- Sualeh Asif Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor), a SpaceX subsidiary
- Aman Sanger Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor), a SpaceX subsidiary
- Arvid Lunnemark Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor), a SpaceX subsidiary
- Scott Wu Cognition AI, Inc.
- Steven Hao Cognition AI, Inc.
- Walden Yan Cognition AI, Inc.
- Armin Ronacher Earendil
- Colin Daymond Hanna Earendil
- Koen Bok Framer
- Jorn van Dijk Framer
- Rolands Mesters GoCardless
- Roberts Bernans GoCardless
- Hiroki Takeuchi GoCardless
- Tom Blomfield GoCardless
- Rick Nucci Guru Technologies, Inc.
- Mitch Stewart Guru Technologies, Inc.
- Shri Sukhani S2 Labs Inc.
- Akshay Shekhawat S2 Labs Inc.
- Mira Murati Thinking Machines Lab
- John Schulman Thinking Machines Lab
- Med Benmansour Nuitee
- Shensi Ding Merge, Merge API, Inc.
- Gil Feig Merge, Merge API, Inc.
- Kyle Mack Middesk, Inc.
- Kurt Ruppel Middesk, Inc.
- Andrey Khusid Miro
- Sarthak Jain Nanonets
- Prathamesh Juvatkar Nanonets
- Alex Svanevik Nansen
- Lars Bakke Krogvig Nansen
- Evgeny Medvedev Nansen
- Nick Patrick Radar Labs
- Coby Berman Radar Labs
- Job van der Voort Remote Technology, Inc.
- Marcelo Lebre Remote Technology, Inc.
- David Cramer Sentry
- Chris Jennings Sentry
- Johnny Ayers Socure Inc.
- Paul Copplestone Supabase
- Ant Wilson Supabase
- Hakob Astabatsyan Synthflow
- Albert Astabatsyan Synthflow
- Sassun Mirzakhan-Saky Synthflow
- Guillermo Rauch Vercel Inc., Vercel
- Vlad Magdalin Webflow, Inc.
- Sergie Magdalin Webflow, Inc.
- Bryant Chou Webflow, Inc.
Questions
Which AI tools has Accel invested in?
Anchor Terminal lists 1Password, Squarespace, Anthropic, AssemblyAI, AssemblyAI, Inc., Anthropic, PBC, WizRocket Inc., commercetools GmbH, Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor), a SpaceX subsidiary, Anysphere, Inc. / Cursor (acquired by SpaceX per engineer biography), Cognition AI, Inc., Earendil, folk, Framer, Gem Software, Inc., GoCardless, Guru Technologies, Inc., Higgsfield Inc., S2 Labs Inc., Thinking Machines Lab, Linear, Nuitee, Merge, Merge API, Inc., Middesk, Inc., Miro, Modal, n8n, Nanonets, Nansen, PayFit SAS, Radar Labs, Recraft, Remote Technology, Inc., Sentry, Socure Inc., Strapi, Inc., Supabase, Synthflow, Vercel Inc., Vercel, Veriff OÜ, VoidZero (Cloudflare) and Webflow, Inc. backed by Accel.
How are Accel's companies graded?
On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, 1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP (BB, 71.8), Acuity Scheduling API (E, 42.5), Claude API (BB, 77.3), Claude Agent SDK (BB, 70.1), Claude Code (C, 59.9), AssemblyAI Speech-to-Text (Universal) (B, 66.9), AssemblyAI Voice Agent API (B, 64.6), Claude Duet (F, 17.9), CleverTap (D, 49), commercetools (BB, 71.4), Cursor Agent SDK (B, 63.6), Cursor CLI (F, 35.4), Devin (C, 55.7), Pi (B, 68.6), folk API + MCP (C, 60.9), Framer Server API (D, 52.6), Gem (D, 53.4), GoCardless Bank Account Data (E, 41.8), Guru (E, 45.3), Higgsfield API (B, 63.6), Hyperbrowser (B, 67.1), Inkling (B, 64.2), Inkling-Small (B, 66.5), Tinker (D, 51.2), Linear MCP (D, 53.9), LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) (D, 53.2), Merge Accounting API (BB, 70.2), Merge Agent Handler (B, 69.6), Middesk (C, 59.1), Miro API + MCP (B, 65), Modal (B, 63.7), Modal Sandboxes (B, 66), n8n API + MCP (D, 53.2), Nanonets API + MCP (E, 42.7), Nansen x402 API (B, 67.4), PayFit (C, 55.5), Radar (D, 53.3), Recraft API (D, 52.9), Remote (BB, 70.8), Sentry MCP (BB, 70.2), Socure RiskOS (B, 63.5), Strapi (B, 65.7), Supabase API + MCP (BB, 75.6), Synthflow API + MCP (D, 51.3), Vercel AI Gateway (B, 66.8), Vercel Connect (B, 68.8), Vercel Sandbox (BB, 73.5), Veriff (C, 61.1), Void (B, 62.3) and Webflow (B, 69.4).
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