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Accel in India has come a long way. Entered 2008โ acq. Erasmic Venture Fund โtransforming EVFโs $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 10xโed, closed at a $650 M corpus Over 85% of Accelโs bets are at Seed & Series A. In the last 15 years, theyโve backed 240+ startups โ 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 20โ25 startups/year. Soon to happenโ $1.5M in AI astrology startup Vaya, and $4โ5M in healthtech firm August AI.
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Accel closed its 8th India fund with a $ 650 M corpus. Since entering India in 2008, Accel has been a key investor in some of the most influential startups. ๐A few early investments of Accel that have become behemoths today - - Myntra: Seed inv. i
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Q1 25 - Startups have secured just over $3.1 B in funding, across 232 deals. Several VC firms have recently closed or launched new funds in the last quarterโคต๏ธ - Bessemer VP โ Closed a $350 M India Fund II - Accel โ Raised $650 M for India Fund VIII
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With $650 million in investor commitments, Accel, an early-stage investor of Flipkart and Swiggy, has closed its eighth fund dedicated to India. With this, Accel will have committed over $3 billion in investments in India overall, as per reported by
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WTF is An Accelerator โ๏ธ๐ค Accelerator program is a Cohort based , fixed termed and mentorship driven program which is done occasionally for early staged startups. Let's understand it simply, think a bootcamp of start-ups where they connect with e
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6 Government Accelerators & Programs to Apply For 1. Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS) https://seedfund.startupindia.gov.in/ 2. Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) https://aim.gov.in/ 3. SAMRIDH Accelerator Program (MeitY) https://meitystartuphub.i
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Indian startups funded by YC have fallen sharply over the years. Several reasons appear to be behind the drop - - Registration requirement in US, Canada, Singapore, or the Cayman Islands. - Increased access to capital via accelerator programs in I
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Superfone, an all-in-one business phone and CRM app for SMBs, has raised $1.9 million in its pre-Series A funding round. The round was led by YourNest Venture Capital with an investment of $950,000, along with participation from Ankur Capital, Finsig
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