# Accel > Accel's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, 1Password, Squarespace, Anthropic, AssemblyAI and 40 more, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/accel/ - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/accel/index.md (~5,150 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/accel/index.min.md (~4,880 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/accel/index.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json) - Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt) - API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json - MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (the whole catalogue as tools, no key) - Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data) - Updated: 2026-10-28 Venture firm. Website: https://www.accel.com ## Companies on Anchor Terminal - **1Password**, Funding round, November 2019, Funding round, July 2021, Funding round, January 2022, led a round - [1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/1password.md), graded BB, 71.8/100 - Source: https://1password.com/blog/investing-in-our-future-again - **Squarespace** - [Acuity Scheduling API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/acuity-scheduling.md), graded E, 42.5/100 - Source: https://www.permira.com/news-and-insights/announcements/permira-completes-acquisition-of-squarespace - **Anthropic**, Series G, February 2026 - [Claude API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/anthropic-api.md), graded BB, 77.3/100 - [Claude Agent SDK](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-agent-sdk.md), graded BB, 70.1/100 - [Claude Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-code.md), graded C, 59.9/100 - Source: https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-raises-30-billion-series-g-funding-380-billion-post-money-valuation - **AssemblyAI**, Series A, March 2022, Series C, December 2023, led a round - [AssemblyAI Speech-to-Text (Universal)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/assemblyai-stt.md), graded B, 66.9/100 - Source: https://www.assemblyai.com/blog/announcing-our-50m-series-c-to-build-superhuman-speech-ai-models - **AssemblyAI, Inc.**, Series A, March 2022, Series C, December 2023, led a round - [AssemblyAI Voice Agent API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/assemblyai-voice-agent.md), graded B, 64.6/100 - Source: https://www.assemblyai.com/blog/announcing-our-50m-series-c-to-build-superhuman-speech-ai-models - **Anthropic, PBC**, Series G, February 2026 - [Claude Duet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-duet.md), graded F, 17.9/100 - Source: https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-raises-30-billion-series-g-funding-380-billion-post-money-valuation - **WizRocket Inc.**, Seed, July 2014, Series A, August 2015, Series B, April 2019 - [CleverTap](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clevertap.md), graded D, 49/100 - Source: https://clevertap.com/about-us/ - **commercetools GmbH**, Series C, September 2021, led a round - [commercetools](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/commercetools.md), graded BB, 71.4/100 - Source: https://commercetools.com/press-releases/commercetools-secures-140m-series-c-funding-round-to-accelerate-global-growth - **Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor), a SpaceX subsidiary**, Series C, June 2025, Series D, November 2025 - [Cursor Agent SDK](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cursor-agent-sdk.md), graded B, 63.6/100 - Source: https://cursor.com/blog/series-c - **Anysphere, Inc. / Cursor (acquired by SpaceX per engineer biography)**, Series C, June 2025, Series D, November 2025 - [Cursor CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cursor-cli.md), graded F, 35.4/100 - Source: https://cursor.com/blog/series-c - **Cognition AI, Inc.**, Series E, September 2026, led a round - [Devin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/devin.md), graded C, 55.7/100 - Source: https://cognition.com/blog/series-e - **Earendil** - [Pi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/earendil-pi.md), graded B, 68.6/100 - Source: https://earendil.com/posts/announcement-reflection/ - **folk** - [folk API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk.md), graded C, 60.9/100 - Source: https://www.folk.app/articles/this-is-how-our-team-used-folk-to-raise-3-3m - **Framer**, Series C, September 2023 - [Framer Server API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/framer.md), graded D, 52.6/100 - Source: https://www.framer.com/blog/series-c/ - **Gem Software, Inc.**, Series C, September 2021 - [Gem](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gem.md), graded D, 53.4/100 - Source: https://www.gem.com/blog/series-c - **GoCardless**, $22.5m round, Series E - [GoCardless Bank Account Data](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gocardless-bank-account-data.md), graded E, 41.8/100 - Source: https://gocardless.com/blog/announcing-22m-in-new-funding - **Guru Technologies, Inc.**, Series C, April 2020, led a round - [Guru](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/guru.md), graded E, 45.3/100 - Source: https://www.getguru.com/blog/guru-closes-30-million-series-c-funding-led-by-accel - **Higgsfield Inc.**, Series A extension, January 2026 - [Higgsfield API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/higgsfield.md), graded B, 63.6/100 - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/15/ai-video-startup-higgsfield-founded-by-ex-snap-exec-lands-1-3b-valuation - **S2 Labs Inc.** - [Hyperbrowser](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperbrowser.md), graded B, 67.1/100 - Source: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/hyperbrowser - **Thinking Machines Lab**, Seed, July 2025 - [Inkling](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/inkling.md), graded B, 64.2/100 - [Inkling-Small](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/inkling-small.md), graded B, 66.5/100 - [Tinker](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tinker.md), graded D, 51.2/100 - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/15/mira-muratis-thinking-machines-lab-is-worth-12b-in-seed-round/ - **Linear**, Series B, September 2023, Series C, June 2025, led a round - [Linear MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linear-mcp.md), graded D, 53.9/100 - Source: https://linear.app/now/series-b - **Nuitee**, Series A, December 2024, led a round - [LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/liteapi.md), graded D, 53.2/100 - Source: https://www.nuitee.com/blog/Nuitee-raises-USD48M-Series-A-led-by-Accel - **Merge**, Series B, October 2022, led a round - [Merge Accounting API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/merge-accounting.md), graded BB, 70.2/100 - Source: https://www.merge.dev/blog/announcing-merges-55-million-series-b - **Merge API, Inc.**, Series B, October 2022, led a round - [Merge Agent Handler](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/merge-agent-handler.md), graded B, 69.6/100 - Source: https://www.merge.dev/blog/announcing-merges-55-million-series-b - **Middesk, Inc.**, Series B, July 2022 - [Middesk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/middesk.md), graded C, 59.1/100 - Source: https://www.middesk.com/blog/announcing-our-57m-series-b - **Miro**, Series C, January 2022 - [Miro API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/miro.md), graded B, 65/100 - Source: https://miro.com/newsroom/miro-series-c/ - **Modal**, Series C, May 2026, Series D, October 2026, led a round - [Modal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/modal.md), graded B, 63.7/100 - [Modal Sandboxes](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/modal-sandboxes.md), graded B, 66/100 - Source: https://modal.com/blog/1-billion-annualized-run-rate-series-d - **n8n**, Series C, October 2025, led a round - [n8n API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/n8n.md), graded D, 53.2/100 - Source: https://n8n.io/press/ - **Nanonets**, Series B, March 2024, led a round - [Nanonets API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nanonets.md), graded E, 42.7/100 - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/12/nanonets-funding-accel-india/ - **Nansen**, Series B, December 2021, led a round - [Nansen x402 API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nansen-x402-api.md), graded B, 67.4/100 - Source: https://nansen.ai/post/nansen-raises-75-million-in-series-b-funding - **PayFit SAS** - [PayFit](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/payfit.md), graded C, 55.5/100 - Source: https://payfit.com/about-us/ - **Radar Labs**, Series C, February 2022 - [Radar](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/radar.md), graded D, 53.3/100 - Source: https://radar.com/blog/radar-raises-55-million-series-c - **Recraft**, Series B, May 2025, led a round - [Recraft API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/recraft.md), graded D, 52.9/100 - Source: https://www.recraft.ai/press-releases/series-b-announcement - **Remote Technology, Inc.**, Series C, April 2022 - [Remote](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/remote.md), graded BB, 70.8/100 - Source: https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/remote-secures-300-million-series-c-financing-to-power-global-employment/ - **Sentry** - [Sentry MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sentry-mcp.md), graded BB, 70.2/100 - Source: https://sentry.io/about/ - **Socure Inc.**, $100M round, March 2021, Series E, November 2021, led a round - [Socure RiskOS](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/socure-riskos.md), graded B, 63.5/100 - Source: https://www.socure.com/news-and-press/socure-closes-100-million-raise-led-by-accel-to-eliminate-id-fraud-and-ensure-100-trust-on-the-internet - **Strapi, Inc.**, Seed, October 2019, led a round - [Strapi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/strapi.md), graded B, 65.7/100 - Source: https://strapi.io/blog/announcing-strapi-4m-seed-funding-round - **Supabase**, Series D, April 2025, Series E, October 2025, led a round - [Supabase API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/supabase-mcp.md), graded BB, 75.6/100 - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/03/supabase-nabs-5b-valuation-four-months-after-hitting-2b/ - **Synthflow**, Series A, June 2025, led a round - [Synthflow API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/synthflow.md), graded D, 51.3/100 - Source: https://synthflow.ai/news/synthflow-raises-20m-series-a - **Vercel Inc.**, Series F, September 2025, led a round - [Vercel AI Gateway](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-ai-gateway.md), graded B, 66.8/100 - [Vercel Connect](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-connect.md), graded B, 68.8/100 - Source: https://vercel.com/blog/series-f - **Vercel**, Series F, September 2025, led a round - [Vercel Sandbox](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-sandbox.md), graded BB, 73.5/100 - Source: https://vercel.com/blog/series-f - **Veriff OÜ**, Series C, January 2022 - [Veriff](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/veriff.md), graded C, 61.1/100 - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/26/identity-verification-provider-veriff-raises-100m-series-c-co-led-by-tiger-global-and-alkeon/ - **VoidZero (Cloudflare)**, Seed, October 2024, Series A, October 2025, led a round - [Void](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/void.md), graded B, 62.3/100 - Source: https://voidzero.dev/posts/announcing-series-a - **Webflow, Inc.** - [Webflow](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/webflow.md), graded B, 69.4/100 - Source: https://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](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sara-teare/), 1Password - [Dave Teare](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dave-teare/), 1Password - [Roustem Karimov](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/roustem-karimov/), 1Password - [Natalia Karimov](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/natalia-karimov/), 1Password - [Dario Amodei](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dario-amodei/), Anthropic - [Daniela Amodei](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/daniela-amodei/), Anthropic - [Tom Brown](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tom-brown/), Anthropic - [Jack Clark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jack-clark/), Anthropic - [Jared Kaplan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jared-kaplan/), Anthropic - [Sam McCandlish](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sam-mccandlish/), Anthropic - [Chris Olah](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chris-olah/), Anthropic - [Dylan Fox](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dylan-fox/), AssemblyAI, AssemblyAI, Inc. - [Karan Ahuja](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/karan-ahuja/), Anthropic, PBC - [Sunil Thomas](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sunil-thomas/), WizRocket Inc. - [Anand Jain](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/anand-jain/), WizRocket Inc. - [Suresh Kondamudi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/suresh-kondamudi/), WizRocket Inc. - [Dirk Hoerig](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dirk-hoerig/), commercetools GmbH - [Denis Werner](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/denis-werner/), commercetools GmbH - [Michael Truell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/michael-truell/), Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor), a SpaceX subsidiary - [Sualeh Asif](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sualeh-asif/), Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor), a SpaceX subsidiary - [Aman Sanger](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/aman-sanger/), Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor), a SpaceX subsidiary - [Arvid Lunnemark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/arvid-lunnemark/), Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor), a SpaceX subsidiary - [Scott Wu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/scott-wu/), Cognition AI, Inc. - [Steven Hao](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/steven-hao/), Cognition AI, Inc. - [Walden Yan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/walden-yan/), Cognition AI, Inc. - [Armin Ronacher](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/armin-ronacher/), Earendil - [Colin Daymond Hanna](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/colin-daymond-hanna/), Earendil - [Koen Bok](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/koen-bok/), Framer - [Jorn van Dijk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jorn-van-dijk/), Framer - [Rolands Mesters](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rolands-mesters/), GoCardless - [Roberts Bernans](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/roberts-bernans/), GoCardless - [Hiroki Takeuchi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/hiroki-takeuchi/), GoCardless - [Tom Blomfield](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tom-blomfield/), GoCardless - [Rick Nucci](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rick-nucci/), Guru Technologies, Inc. - [Mitch Stewart](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mitch-stewart/), Guru Technologies, Inc. - [Shri Sukhani](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/shri-sukhani/), S2 Labs Inc. - [Akshay Shekhawat](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/akshay-shekhawat/), S2 Labs Inc. - [Mira Murati](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mira-murati/), Thinking Machines Lab - [John Schulman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/john-schulman-2/), Thinking Machines Lab - [Med Benmansour](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/med-benmansour/), Nuitee - [Shensi Ding](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/shensi-ding/), Merge, Merge API, Inc. - [Gil Feig](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/gil-feig/), Merge, Merge API, Inc. - [Kyle Mack](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kyle-mack/), Middesk, Inc. - [Kurt Ruppel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kurt-ruppel/), Middesk, Inc. - [Andrey Khusid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andrey-khusid/), Miro - [Sarthak Jain](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sarthak-jain/), Nanonets - [Prathamesh Juvatkar](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/prathamesh-juvatkar/), Nanonets - [Alex Svanevik](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/alex-svanevik/), Nansen - [Lars Bakke Krogvig](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/lars-bakke-krogvig/), Nansen - [Evgeny Medvedev](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/evgeny-medvedev/), Nansen - [Nick Patrick](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/nick-patrick/), Radar Labs - [Coby Berman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/coby-berman/), Radar Labs - [Job van der Voort](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/job-van-der-voort/), Remote Technology, Inc. - [Marcelo Lebre](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/marcelo-lebre/), Remote Technology, Inc. - [David Cramer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/david-cramer/), Sentry - [Chris Jennings](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chris-jennings/), Sentry - [Johnny Ayers](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/johnny-ayers/), Socure Inc. - [Paul Copplestone](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/paul-copplestone/), Supabase - [Ant Wilson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ant-wilson/), Supabase - [Hakob Astabatsyan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/hakob-astabatsyan/), Synthflow - [Albert Astabatsyan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/albert-astabatsyan/), Synthflow - [Sassun Mirzakhan-Saky](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sassun-mirzakhan-saky/), Synthflow - [Guillermo Rauch](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/guillermo-rauch/), Vercel Inc., Vercel - [Vlad Magdalin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/vlad-magdalin/), Webflow, Inc. - [Sergie Magdalin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sergie-magdalin/), Webflow, Inc. - [Bryant Chou](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/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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