We’re delighted to welcome @kerryxwang as Accel’s newest early-stage partner. We’ve worked with Kerry across many chapters — as a founder, operator, and advisor — and it’s a privilege to now call her a partner. At Accel, Kerry will focus on the earliest stages. It’s here that her past experience as a founder gives her a unique advantage: a blend of technical and go-to-market fluency, as well as the perspective on the ups and downs and day-to-day challenges. Welcome, Kerry!

Lovable is building a coding tool for the masses, says Accel partner Ben Fletcher, who led the $200 million investment in the Swedish startup

At @lovable_dev, @antonosika is making building software as simple as sketching on paper, a mission that’s attracted 2.3 million users in just eight months. We spoke with him at the Lovable office in Stockholm on the eve of their Series A announcement. “The long-term outcome here is that anyone will be able to build software thanks to AI.” “Going from 0 to 1 for so many more people is going to have more impact.” “Many of the unique ideas, some of the best ideas, they don’t come from engineers, right?” Watch/listen to the whole bonus episode of Spotlight On: Spotlight On: YT: Spotify:

Great companies aren't made in their easy moments. They're formed by how they respond to their most challenging ones: How quickly they take accountability. How clearly and swiftly they communicate. And how ambitiously they choose to transform. Between July 19, 2024 and July 19, 2025, CrowdStrike has given us master class on how, as @George_Kurtz says, you transform a challenging moment into a defining one:

Launching two new Accel Atoms programs led by @prayanks, @_AnandDaniel & @_pagarwal — Partners at @Accel. Ambition is borderless. So are Indian-origin founders, building ambitious companies around the world. This year, we’re meeting them wherever they’re building from. Read more here:

We're excited to finally release our next big product after launching Perplexity in 2022: Comet. Comet is a browser that's designed to be a thought partner and assistant for every aspect of your digital life: work and personal.

. @dmwoodside's career reads like a tour through the world’s most complex operational challenges: ✅opening new markets at pre-IPO Google ✅ wrangling billion-dollar losses in hardware ✅ guiding Impossible Foods from scrappy upstart to mainstream staple. Now, he’s helming @FreshworksInc , the first Indian SaaS company to list on @Nasdaq . This week on Spotlight On, he caught up with @skg_accel about: - how he’s helping the company to expand globally while honoring its Chennai heritage - the five-page document he writes for each new leader he hires - building AI agents that represent the frontline of your brand. You can listen to the full episode here:

@dmwoodside's career reads like a tour through the world’s most complex operational challenges: ✅opening new markets at pre-IPO Google ✅ wrangling billion-dollar losses in hardware ✅ guiding Impossible Foods from scrappy upstart to mainstream staple. Now, he’s helming @FreshworksInc , the first Indian SaaS company to list on @Nasdaq . This week on Spotlight On, he caught up with @skg_accel about: - how he’s helping the company to expand globally while honoring its Chennai heritage - the five-page document he writes for each new leader he hires - building AI agents that represent the frontline of your brand. You can listen to the full episode here:

Morning. Here are our guest call-ins today: – @willccbb (Prime Intellect) – @willobri (Ulysses) – @joshim5 (Chai Discovery) – @john__glasgow (Campfire) See you all on the stream.

Congrats to the @meet_campfire team on their $35M Series A! Campfire is building the AI-first ERP powering modern finance & accounting teams. It offers a general ledger, revenue automation, close management, and more—all on one unified platform.