Thursday’s listing marked a special milestone for Geetansh and the @rentomojo team in their 11-year journey so far. A fitting moment to pause, take it all in, and reflect on everything it took to get here. We spent the evening celebrating the people behind the story: the team, families, co-investors and friends who have all played a part in shaping Rentomojo over the years. There were stories from the early days, familiar faces coming together again, and a memorable performance by Lucky Ali that made it an evening to remember. As Rentomojo steps into its new home, we’re excited for the next chapter. #AccelFamily • @prashanthp • @GeetanshBamania

Today, @Rentomojo goes public. An idea about renting became a business that helped India feel at home. We look back at what it took to get here. Congratulations to the entire team on your IPO and your own new beginning. #AccelFamily • @prashanthp

A quiet moment. Building a company rarely allows for much of that. So we asked for a pause. A little room to look back at everything it took to get here. Before facing what comes next.

Meesho was the leader in reselling when it walked away from the category entirely and became a consumer app, as that was the signal that came from the ground. @viditaatrey, Co-founder & CEO, @Meesho_Official, on the decision and what it took to execute it. Legendary Pivots Ep. 3 trailer, out now.

"We could no longer have our feet in two boats." @urbancompany_UC had ~100 service categories. Only one was working. @abhirajbhal on why he shut the rest down and took the company from 100 to 50 overnight. Two years later, the remaining business had gone from 50 to 600. But the part worth hearing is how long it took him to get there, and why he says he should have moved sooner. Watch Ep. 1 of Legendary Pivots, Out Now: bit.ly/4pY82Kd @AditiS90 @madhavchanchani @thearc_hq

We are deeply saddened by the passing of our colleague Akhilesh. Akhilesh joined Accel in October 2025 with a focus on deep-tech. In a short time, he built a meaningful body of work and earned a special place in the deep-tech community, and a more special one among us who worked alongside him. He was generous with his time, quick to believe in people, and unfailingly kind. He brought energy and laughter into every room. We feel his absence. The outpouring of grief from founders, investors, and friends describes exactly the person we knew. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends. Rest well, Akhilesh.

We just closed our Series B. $33M at $200M valuation. 3.3x step-up from Series A. I'll be honest, I almost didn't post about this. Valuation is the easiest number in a startup to celebrate. It's also the least real. It's just a number that our investors and us agreed on in a room. That's it. The numbers we actually celebrate are different ones: → 4 lakh demat accounts. Each customer acquired by our marketing teams, with honest messaging and sharp targeting. → 96% of orders executed under 10ms. Each millisecond fought for by our engineers who care deeply about slippage and losses. → 40+ product releases in 1 year. Each one shipped by a super lean product and tech team that is innovating at AI native speed. → 130 million trades processed since launch. Each one processed flawlessly by our dedicated Operations team, every single day → 90% CSAT positive rating. Each customer interaction carefully resolved with genuine care by our Customer Delight team These numbers don't come from capital. They come from the team. This Series B funding isn't a finish line. It's just rocketfuel for the team that built and operates this thing. And so, I raise a toast to the Team at @Sahi_HQ . Thank you for everything you bring to work every single day, and the impact you create. Onwards and upwards.

After an extensive search for startups building the next generation of AI, we are pleased to announce the AI Cohort 2026. From a global pool of thousands of applicants, five companies have been selected for this program—a strategic partnership between Accel Atoms and @Google's @AIFuturesFund. Meet them here.

Excited to partner with @s2_streamstore, who're making streams a cloud storage primitive with a simple API and zero infrastructure overhead.

Had a great conversation with @_AnandDaniel from @Accel on @Seed2Scale. We went deep on a few topics I care about: -- Why I back founders, not ideas - and how I test for obsession -- Why one person should own both the decision and its consequences -- How AI is reshaping the build vs. buy equation -- When legacy companies should cannibalize themselves - and when it's too late Have a listen!

The founders who win aren't the most credentialed. They're the ones who can't imagine doing anything else. I sat with @gokulr to unpack what 300+ investments taught him about obsession, decision-making, and why AI changes everything.

Great healthtech companies in India are rare, because the execution is brutal. @tarunbhambra & @dhruvg have built @OrangeHealth_ with the rigour of consumer tech and the conviction of a team that genuinely cares - a combination that is rare. We are proud to partner with them.

Investors fund conviction, not pitches. I sat with @RajanAnandan and @mukularora to unpack what founders rarely see: how investors really decide who to back

(1/7) Most pitch decks explain what you do. Investors are deciding why this deserves attention over 300 other ideas in their inbox. That gap is where most decks fail.

Jonathan Siddharth, CEO and co-founder of Turing, has been at the center of the AI data revolution. In a recent Decoding AI conversation with @_AnandDaniel, Partner at @Accel, he shared a shift every AI founder needs to understand: the bar for data that can actually improve models has fundamentally changed.

We're excited to announce AI Cohort 2026 in partnership with Google's AI Futures Fund—a global first for @Google and a landmark moment for India's AI ecosystem. Together, we're backing India's next generation of AI founders, building for a billion people and beyond.

India has emerged as one of the most active IPO markets globally, especially with top-tier startups making their debut on bourses. The story goes beyond tapping the public markets. Founders are building enduring companies rooted in stronger governance, scale, and global relevance. In The Wall Street Journal’s latest feature by @Kimberley_Kao and @NegrinOchoa, @_AnandDaniel, Partner at Accel, noted that AI-led companies in India have entered the scale-up phase. As these startups mature, they’re poised to drive the next wave of listings, a reflection of how resilient and diversified India’s innovation economy has become.

Helping the @accelindia team hire and I’m betting Twitter > Consultants. We’re expanding Consumer team and looking for an early-career trend-spotter who lives and breathes consumer culture. Bonus: fast-growing consumer startup exp. Refer with: LinkedIn + 1 line on why they’re great fit! This is a super fun role. Here's quick dirty note of what a consumer pod member spent time doing last quarter. DMs open for any Qs.

For 11 years, Urban Company has reimagined how India experiences services, and how we value the professionals behind them. Congratulations on your IPO, @urbancompany_UC. Proud to have been part of this journey from the start. We celebrate this milestone with Work, In Progress, A Short Film by Accel.

Just three years ago, @SimplismartHQ was 10 days away from shutting down. Fundraising felt impossible. Amritanshu Jain and his Co-founder had taken 190 investor meetings and still couldn’t crack the story. The refrain they kept hearing: ‘How will 24-year-old engineers from Bengaluru build something this technical?’ The turning point came when they stopped talking about cost savings and reframed what they had really built: the world’s fastest inference engine. That shift changed everything. In a single month, Simplismart leapt from zero revenue to ₹80 lakh ARR. On #InflectionPoint, @amritanshu_jain shares the near-death moments, the pivot in positioning, and how Simplismart is now chasing the ambition of building India’s own AI infrastructure giant.