Accel

Focus: Legal & compliance, Robotics & hardware, Defence & space, Mobility & logistics, AI, Cybersecurity, Climate & energy, Fintech, Developer tools

Accel took part in 18 of the startup funding rounds we tracked in 2026, leading or co-leading 7 worth $4.13bn. By money raised, its biggest sectors were AI and Defence & space. The largest was Cognition's $2bn Series D+ round. The most recent was PowerUp Money's Series B round in November 2026.

Deployed as lead$4.13bn

Rounds led7

Rounds joined18

Largest round$2bn

Rounds led (7)

CognitionSeries D+ · AI · San Francisco · 8 Sep$2bn ModalSeries D+ · AI · New York · 14 Oct$750m LegoraSeries D+ · Legal & compliance · Stockholm · 10 Mar$550m Mind RoboticsSeries A · Robotics & hardware · Palo Alto · 11 Mar$500m FractileSeries B · Robotics & hardware · London · 14 May$220m ViktorSeries A · AI · Warsaw · 19 May$75m ScubaSeed · AI · New York · 13 Oct$34m

Also invested (11)

PowerUp MoneySeries B · Fintech · Bengaluru · 3 Nov$10m SimplismartSeries B · Developer tools · India · 27 Oct$14m CoastGrowth · Fintech · New York · 22 Oct$35m ScimplifySeries C · Climate & energy · Bengaluru · 14 Oct$25m EmaSeries B · AI · Mountain View · 23 Sep$77m Nuance LabsSeries A · AI · Seattle · 14 Sep$50m LovableSeries C · AI · Stockholm · 12 Aug$400m Cambridge AerospaceSeries C · Defence & space · London · 10 Aug$300m CyeraSeries D+ · Cybersecurity · Israel · 10 Jun$600m RapidoGrowth · Mobility & logistics · Bengaluru · 15 May$240m True AnomalySeries D+ · Defence & space · Centennial · 28 Apr$650m

Accel

Rounds led (7)

Also invested (11)

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