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May 16, 2019

Accel: Is being big enough anymore?

VC firm Accel raises a new fund of $575m to invest in European startups — and explains what it offers beyond (lots of) cold hard cash.


Amy Lewin

5 min read

The Accel partners.

Silicon Valley VC firm Accel has raised a new mega fund of $575m to invest in early-stage startups across Europe and Israel. That’s not quite as big as European VC firm Atomico’s latest fund of $765m (which it closed in 2017) — but it’s pretty damn big.

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Photo of VC firm Accel's partners.
Accel's partners. From left, Luca Bocchio, Luciana Lixandru, Harry Nelis, Seth Pierrepont, Sonali De Rycker, Andrei Brasoveanu and Philippe Botteri.
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French doctor booking platform Doctolib's founders: from left, Stanislas Niox-Chateau, Ivan Schneider and Jessy Bernal.
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Amy Lewin

Amy Lewin is Sifted’s editor and host of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow her on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky

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