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VCGuy

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Accel in India has come a long way. Entered 2008→ acq. Erasmic Venture Fund —transforming EVF’s $10 M seed fund into 'Accel Venture Fund I'. Fund II closed in 08' with $60 M. Fast forward to today, the latest fund has 10x’ed, closed at a $650 M corpus Over 85% of Accel’s bets are at Seed & Series A. In the last 15 years, they’ve backed 240+ startups — playing a pivotal role behind nearly every iconic Indian startup across categories. Probable big wins could include - - Flipkart (2009) - Freshworks (2011) - Swiggy (2015) If you're at the pre-seed stage, Accel offers several initiatives that should be on your radar - a). Accel Atoms: pre-seed accelerator program b). ML Elevate: 6-week accelerator program in collaboration with AWS, supporting generative AI startups c). SeedToScale: Open-source platform providing company-building insights Accel eyes 20–25 startups/year. Soon to happen→ $1.5M in AI astrology startup Vaya, and $4–5M in healthtech firm August AI.

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