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Amit Kumar

@amitku

7 months

1/ We are entering year 8 (!) of the #AccelScholars program at @UCBerkeley . We are now 200 strong, comprising of engineers, founders, PMs, data specialists at the forefront of innovation at companies like @openai @stripe @figma @nvidia @try_headway @_hex_tech and so many others

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1/ We are entering year 7 (!) of the #AccelScholars program at @UCBerkeley , during which time we've had the pleasure of working closely with 160+ talented, mission-driven, wonderful humans, who together are the most active alum community that @Cal has to offer

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1/ Five years ago, we launched the #AccelScholars at @UCBerkeley , which has coalesced into just the most special community of 130+ brilliant, ambitious, supportive, mission-driven humans. It's surreal to see how far we've come and what they've all gone on to do

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Announcing @ivzhou as our newest partner is a surreal, full-circle moment for me. His arrival mirrors my own journey; I was an @accel founder before joining the early-stage team. I'm so excited to resume the partnership that began many years ago with a Xmas eve termsheet signing

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4 years

Excited to unveil our seed and series A investment in Headway, one of the most important companies I’ll ever be a part of. Proud to work alongside @andrewlangadams and team to build a new mental healthcare system, rewired for access and affordability

Headway raises $26M to help people find therapists, and therapists to accept insurance | TechCrunch

Mental health has taken a nosedive for many people this year -- spurred by economic and political uncertainty, a Covid-19-fueled public health crisis, and

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8 years

So excited to share that I'm joining @Accel , with a focus on early-stage, consumer venture; this is my first week!

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1 year

Ryan is a force of nature. Great news for founders, great news for the @UCBerkeley ecosystem. And he joins a growing, impressive set of investors from Cal @typesfast @kshenster @bdeeter @annbordetsky @mbgilroy @kylelui @darian314 @lennypruss @jfiance

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@amitku

4 years

1/ So honored to join the EECS advisory board at @UCBerkeley and continue helping students prepare to navigate Silicon Valley. This has been my mission at #AccelScholars and it's a privilege to do so in a more official capacity

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@amitku

3 years

Glad to finally see some press for @pitdesi who is otherwise completely absent from social media and avoids the spotlight due to his innate shyness. Ok, maybe not, but truly a one-of-a-kind human and key driving force behind so many global fintech winners

Better Tomorrow Ventures closes on $225M fintech-focused fund, which is triple the size of its last...

Early-stage fintech-focused venture firm Better Tomorrow Ventures has raised $225 million for its second fund -- triple the amount it raised for its debut

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@amitku

7 years

So proud to be leading Accel's long-term commitment to put boots on the ground @Cal to support the next gen of founders & engineers #gobears

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7 years

Thrilled to launch our Accel Scholars program w/ @UCBerkeley . @amitku shared details with @Katie_Roof @techcrunch .

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7 months

Feeling inspired after our first ever #AccelScholars conference. Our speakers @garrytan @ivanhzhao @AshtonJEaton @eekedm and Claire Tomlin of @Berkeley_EECS shared insights weaved together with career journeys and life stories. Just a magical day at the @berkeleycityclb

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@amitku

3 years

It's been such a personal privilege to be with Headway from the earliest days and to see the remarkable progress we've made in bringing to life @andrewlangadams ' vision for a more affordable and accessible mental healthcare system

Series B Announcement | Headway

A post by Team Headway on the Headway blog

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

5 months

No founder's journey is a straight line. In this episode, @ivzhou and I reflect on the ups-and-downs of seed stage company building, and discuss the most valuable lessons from working on @mayhemapp together

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@amitku

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Headway continues to lead the industry, building the definitive mental healthcare network. This investment marks 5 yrs since our original seed and remains among the most important work I'll ever do. An incredible mission and team led by @andrewlangadams

Exclusive: Therapy enabler Headway valued at $2.3B

Headway's valuation has increased by 130% in less than a year.

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

3 years

We are so fortunate to announce @caseyaylward as @Accel ’s newest early stage partner. Such a great example of why we need more engineers in venture capital, her tech fluency and operating background have made her a perfect partner for founders building infrastructure businesses

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Welcome @caseyaylward to the investment team at @Accel ! Casey is no stranger to partnering with inception-stage technical teams, as a long-time seed investor in many breakout developer, data, and security companies. We’re thrilled to have her! 🎉

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

4 years

Our city leadership has no real strategy to solve our actual problems, so they insist on making up non-problems to solve instead. The latest, embarrassing example

Mark Zuckerberg gave $75 million to a San Francisco hospital. The city has condemned him anyway.

A vote on Tuesday was the latest flashpoint in the debate over the proper role for billionaire philanthropy.

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@amitku

3 years

Last week, we did our first in-person #AccelScholars session after almost two years remote on zoom, feels good to finally be back in the classroom

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@amitku

6 years

1/ We’ve had another incredible year of learning and exploration with this year's cohort of @UCBerkeley #AccelScholars . Looking back, @laurenillovsky and I are so immensely proud of the community we've fostered over the past two years in partnership w/ @Berkeley_EECS

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@amitku

6 years

Today is our flagship event at #AccelScholars , where our superstar @Cal students meet with the leaders & builders behind Silicon Valley's most exciting companies. One of my absolute favorite days of the year. Here is a sneak peak of last year's field trip!

Accel Scholars Field Trip

We took our superstar Accel Scholars from UC Berkeley to meet the leaders and builders behind some of Silicon Valley’s seminal companies: Spoke, Dropbox, Slack,…

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

6 years

Had the privilege of hosting the inspiring ladies from @sheplusplus a couple weeks ago at @accel , and talk to them about how to build a movement. Blown away by the work they are doing in their local communities and hopeful for the change they will bring to our world

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

6 years

Immensely proud of our #AccelScholars Marsalis Gibson for winning the prestigious Eugene L. Lawler Prize and Alvin Wan for winning the distinguished Samuel Silver Memorial Scholarship Award! Congrats guys, you represent the very best of @ucberkeley #gobears

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@amitku

7 years

Last night, we held one of our most special #AccelScholars events of the year: our first annual women’s dinner. Thank you @alizar , @sarerics , @ChristinaPhili5 , @Jocelynkinsey , @elain , and @vrinda_tweets for sharing your personal journies and for being such amazing role models

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@amitku

3 years

Could not be more elated that @SaraIttelson has joined @Accel as our newest early stage partner. Her decade of operating experience at modern consumer marketplaces @faire_wholesale and @uber is going to be invaluable for the founders she partners with

Accel - Welcome, Sara Ittelson!

Accel welcomes Sara Ittelson as a partner. Sara will be leading investments in early-stage companies. Learn more about her here.

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@amitku

3 years

Announcing our series B investment in Unit, which we believe will unlock the next wave of financial products and experiences. @itaidamti & @somdoron are special founders, and I’m so thrilled to be on the journey with them. Developers developers developers!

Unit raises $51M in Accel-led Series B to grow its banking-as-a-service platform | TechCrunch

We’ve all heard the phrase, “Every company is a fintech.” But these days, that’s becoming more and more true as an increasing number of companies that

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

9 years

. @jack o'lantern made by team @amitku @xuanwang @inajna @BernadineLui @amyamok #BooLT /cc @dreamjar @crazyfoo

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@amitku

6 years

Excited to announce our series A in @visorgg , which is poised to unlock a new era of in-game experiences. Our first application is launching today: an app which offers instant insights on a game as it's actually happening! Congrats Ivan, Anhang, and team!

Our Series A Investment in Visor: Applying Artificial Intelligence to Gaming

VentureBeat broke the news and I’m excited to give my perspective on the company.

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

7 years

We often take for granted how lucky we are to be surrounded by dreamers and doers. Congrats to all those who made #forbes30under30 cc @dariaevdo @maiab @alexandr_wang @lucy_guo @aksaigal @mzaveri @Bad2theSloane

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@amitku

6 years

Crazy that @UCBerkeley is still relatively under the radar, but the secret is slowly getting out that it's evolving from a mecca of world-class technical talent to a center for entrepreneurship. The Cal Bear is coming out of hibernation!

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2 years

We love our #AccelScholars women’s dinner so much, this year we did a doubleheader to make up for the one we missed because of Covid. One of my absolute favorite nights of the year

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@amitku

7 years

Great panel on #VR funding trends with fellow venture investors at the inaugural #VRTLSummit @ParamountPics . Thx @SunDhillon for organizing!

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

6 years

Such a pleasure to share the stage with engineering leaders from @airbnb , @fitbit , @netflix , and @uber to talk about empathy and diversity of opinions when building for global audiences at #UberTechDay . Thanks @annbordetsky and #ladyeng for hosting! /cc @mbraimah_ @elenatej

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@amitku

8 years

So proud of @chander . Rare to find an engineer with the initiative & talent to drive company-level impact #gozippygo

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@amitku

7 years

Last week, @laurenillovsky and I took our superstar Accel Scholars from @ucberkeley to meet the leaders and builders behind some of Silicon Valley’s seminal companies. Our agenda was beautifully captured by our very own @techgalsal

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@amitku

4 years

Absolutely thrilled to lead @tailscale ’s series A and work with @apenwarr , @davidcrawshaw , & @dfcarney to build the future of private networks — simple, human-scale, trustworthy, performant, and reliable

Tailscale raises $12 million for its WireGuard-based corporate VPN | TechCrunch

Tailscale has raised a $12 million funding round. Accel is leading the round, with Heavybit and Uncork Capital participating. The company is building a

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@amitku

6 years

This week, we kicked off the school year for our newest #AccelScholars with a super relevant session on career planning and negotiation. Thank you @dustinpicasso and @PaulaJudge2 for your anecdotes, wisdom, and insights on what recruiters are looking for #gobears

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@amitku

2 years

Super intrigued by the emergence of "zoomtowns" (coining this!) - predominantly online workers coalescing around and building community in places where real estate was artificially priced low because it had historically been too far to commute to any nearby economic center

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@amitku

5 years

Excited to welcome @amy to the team! Can't wait to see her support this next generation of founders

Accel

@Accel

5 years

We're thrilled to welcome @amy to the #AccelFamily ! With deep product and marketing experience from @Stripe & @Twitter , and a strong background working with budding startups, she will lead early investments in consumer and enterprise companies:

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4 years

A bit late to tweet this out, good thing no other name-brand company IPO'd in the meanwhile so this is not at all confusing, but congratulations @t_xu for an extraordinary founder’s journey, filled with all the grit and persistence that should make all @Cal bears proud #gobears

DoorDash

@DoorDash

4 years

DoorDash is officially on the @NYSE ! We’re proud to take the next step toward our mission of growing and empowering local economies.

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@amitku

5 years

Incredible panel on the ups and downs and most importantly the why behind starting a company. Thank you @typesfast @joeldflory and @stevoloughlin for sharing your wisdom and love of learning with our #accelscholars

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@amitku

3 years

Congrats @AirbyteHQ on closing your series A just two months (!) after our seed round. A testament to the movement @MichelTricot & @JeanLafleur have created + the rapid adoption of modern data tooling at leading companies. Welcome @chetanp to team Airbyte!

Airbyte announces $26M Series A for open-source data connector platform | TechCrunch

One of the major issues facing companies these days isn't finding relevant data so much as moving it to where it's needed. Enter Airbyte, an early-stage

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@amitku

7 months

@garrytan @ivanhzhao @AshtonJEaton @eekedm @Berkeley_EECS @berkeleycityclb Followed of course by our 2nd #AccelScholars alum weekend retreat among the redwoods. Such a personal privilege to be part of this movement we are collectively building, and to see the kindness, ambition, and curiosity that pervades our community #gobears 📸 @simonguozirui

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@amitku

6 years

One of the most special events of my year: our #AccelScholars women’s dinner — and just in time for #IWD2019 . Thank you to all our students and speakers for bringing your whole selves and being so open with us #SheInspiresMe /cc @sarerics @techgalsal @alizar @laurenillovsky

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@amitku

7 years

Fantastic summit of talent leaders yesterday at @accel . Enlightening presentations on cutting edge HR tech, diversity/inclusion and more. Thank you Fern Mandelbaum, @jay_srinivasan and @danielyanisse for presenting #AccelFamily

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@amitku

7 years

Thank you @mrabkin and @sarerics for sharing your wisdom on how to be a successful engineer with the #AccelScholars ! Direct, authentic, and accessible. Loved every minute of it. Perfect way to kick off this semester’s programming

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@amitku

4 years

Helping some of our #AccelScholars negotiate new grad offers & it's astounding how much FUD some mid-stage, VC-backed companies introduce in how to value their equity. Hoping the cadre of newly-funded compensation platforms @figurehr , @welcome_hq , Trove, Pequity improve things

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@amitku

3 years

Brimming with pride to see @unit_co_ and @try_headway recognized as some of the most promising startups in their respective categories by talented team @theinformation . Read more at

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@amitku

4 years

Excited to unveil our seed investment in @AirbyteHQ , a data integration platform that’s taking a community-based approach to commoditizing connectors, and the latest chapter in @Accel 's long tradition of backing open source companies

Airbyte raises $5.2M for its open-source data integration platform | TechCrunch

Airbyte, an open-source data integration platform, today announced that it has raised a $5.2 million seed funding round led by Accel. Other investors

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@amitku

3 years

Could not be more bullish on #nyctech , which was already having its moment, but now seeing so many talented builders & founders make their way out east during the pandemic, even more so. Excited to continue backing exceptional teams wherever they build 🗽🏙🍎

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Frame’s acquisition is a HUGE win for #nyctech , following in the footsteps of some giants like @squarespace @Etsy , Jet and others. Many more to come from this amazing ecosystem @CatalystIO @chainalysis @try_headway , Donut, @Public …

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@amitku

7 years

Honored to judge the #Calhacks4 finals w/ @qasar @ccheever @benjaminjun . Energized by the curiosity, creativity, and raw hustle on display

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@amitku

3 years

Over the moon for both @ariellezuck and @longjourneyvc , a pairing so obvious I’m kind of mad I didn’t think of it first. Arielle's consumer instincts are second to none, an incredible partner to inception-stage founders pushing the bounds of possible

Arielle Zuckerberg leaves Coatue for Long Journey Ventures

She calls her famous last name a "double-edged sword" for her career.

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

7 years

Excited to be working with the @smashgg team to build the infrastructure layer powering the future of esports

Smash.gg raises $11 million for esports tournament platform

GamesBeat Next is almost here! GB Next is the premier event for product leaders and leadership in the gaming industry. Coming up October 28th and 29th, join fellow leaders and amazing speakers like...

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@amitku

3 years

Incredible milestone for team @AirbyteHQ . What an absolute whirlwind it's been since we led their seed round earlier this year (!) but a real testament to @MichelTricot @JeanLafleur identifying a massive pain point for thousands of data-first organizations

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@amitku

2 years

Could not be prouder of #AccelScholars @AlfredoAndere and @maximsmol as they build the definitive data platform for biotech. Congrats to the super talented team @latchbio and go bears!

LatchBio empowers scientists with a code-free platform for handling big biotech data | TechCrunch

Biologists and other scientists are confronted these days with a deep sea of data and a bewildering panoply of tools to apply to it — many of which

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@amitku

1 year

Last night we held our first ever dinner for under represented minorities in the #AccelScholars program. Just a special night of conversations and community. Thank you Omotara for being our inspiration and spearheading!

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

3 years

As an engineer, @getsentry and @pagerduty were critical to my workflow. @UseAvenue is building the same tooling for ops teams, increasingly the backbone for so many of today's fastest growing companies. Excited to announce my latest seed investment

Operations observability platform Avenue launches with $4M | TechCrunch

Avenue is building a command center for operations teams.

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

5 years

So many tweets yesterday about why @jenntejada is an absolute star, but the reason I most admire her is she quietly puts in the work behind-the-scenes to lift up & support others. Privileged to have seen this multiple times. Congrats Jenn — you’re one of a kind and a true leader

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@amitku

4 years

Affordable mental health care is not a nice-to-have, it’s a need-to-have. @andrewlangadams & the Headway team are fixing the broken system - now in New York, Florida and North Carolina 👏

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@amitku

4 years

Announcing our series A investment in @miflink , a fast-growing retail trading platform in Mexico. Thrilled to partner with @serch_jim and support his vision of financial inclusivity to create a level playing field

Mary Ann Azevedo - out of office

@bayareawriter

4 years

More fintech funding news out of LatAm. @miflink raises $12M in an @Accel -led Series A. Since launching its first brokerage product in July of 2020, Flink has surpassed 1M users and 800K active brokerage accounts.

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6 years

Anarghya is tenacious and has a motor that just will not stop. An incredible ambassador both for @maveron and for venture capital in general. So well deserved. Congrats @anarghya503 !

Forbes

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Maveron, the VC firm cofounded by Howard Schultz, has a new investment partner: 29-year-old Anarghya Vardhana

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@amitku

3 years

2/ Our scholars are building the future as PMs, engineers, and data scientists at leading companies like @stripe @figma @slackhq @scale_ai @ironclad_inc @trustvanta . We even have our share of emerging founders such as @alfredoandere @jimmyliu @shohinigupta @zkirby2020 @averyyip

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

6 years

Congrats @dojiboy9 and team @forethought_ai on winning #tcdisrupt2018 ! Absolutely incredible. Can’t wait to see the next few steps of your journey!

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@amitku

6 years

Nice interview with one of our #accelscholars , @techgalsal . Helping her start her career with @qualtrics is the sort of outcome we were hoping for when we instantiated our program which focuses on personalized mentorship. So proud of her!

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@amitku

4 years

Really excited to see the marriage between @mayhemapp 's vision of connected communities and @NianticLabs ' broad reach & scale. Watch this space to see what these killer teams build together. Congrats @ivzhou , @anhangzhu , @johnhanke , @msquinn and everyone!

Niantic buys competitive gaming platform Mayhem | TechCrunch

Pokémon GO creator Niantic has acquired a small SF gaming startup building a league and tournament organization platform to help gamers create their own

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

3 years

So immensely proud that Leyla Kabuli has been honored with the University Medal. One of the brightest stars I've ever met, Leyla embodies intellectual rigor and curiosity. She represents the very best of Berkeley and the #AccelScholars

Top graduating senior a tech whiz and gifted musician - Berkeley News

With full-ride fellowship offers from Stanford and MIT, she’s sticking with Berkeley

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

1 year

We've been steadfast supporters of @alizar for many years now, since she was a rising star PM @twitter . Could not be prouder to partner with her and her team @rexapp , an intelligent platform that magically creates recommendations from your photos

Rex's new app makes it easy to discover and share recommended places with friends | TechCrunch

A team of Twitter alumni is today launching a new consumer social app, Rex, aimed at helping people share their personal recommendations of places to

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

7 months

I don't do many podcasts, but couldn't say to longtime friends @shaherose and @avirani when they asked me to join them for a conversation. We cover a whole host of topics, including my journey into venture @accel , my investment in @try_headway , and more

First Funders | 04: 3x tech founder turned seed VC brings a founder...

Amit Kumar, former founder and angel investor, is a generalist venture capitalist at Accel focused on dev tools, healthcare, and fintech startups. Twitter acquired Amit’s third company, and it was ...

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@amitku

3 years

@semil Cheeseboard

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

9 years

Often overlooked: the high compound interest from connecting with and helping other people early in one's career

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@amitku

1 year

The content lineup at the first #tailscaleup was exactly what you’d expect: community-powered, deep in the technical details, and a showcase of the creative breadth of use cases of @tailscale in the wild

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

8 years

Launched @cardspring 5 yrs ago at #SXSW . Such a great platform for emerging tech. Now here reppin' @accel , DM if you wanna meet!

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@amitku

8 years

Pitch perfect conditions for cricket in beautiful Napa. A memorable day of wine and wickets with @birdswithbats

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@amitku

2 years

So thrilled for @neelsalami , one of our very first #AccelScholars , on announcing Eclipse, a universal layer-2 platform. There's a tidal wave of entrepreneurship emerging from @ucberkeley , and I could not be prouder to play my part in supporting this next generation. Go bears!

Eclipse (🐮,🌑)

@EclipseFND

2 years

We are excited to announce we've raised $15M for Eclipse: customizable modular rollups using the @Solana virtual machine, using any chain under the hood.

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@amitku

6 years

Excited to see @SkipScooters bring scooters back to San Francisco successfully with their blend of hardware innovation and responsible civic engagement. Ride on and #skipthetraffic !

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

4 years

3/ We’ve worked with 100+ talented, ambitious, wonderful humans who are engineers and product managers building the future at @stripe @figmadesign @rippling @try_headway @RobinhoodApp @plaid @ironclad_inc @affirm and other leading companies, not to mention a few PhDs & founders

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

7 years

What a year it's been! Getting to know our scholars personally and watching them grow has been nothing short of amazing. Apply to be part of our next cohort at

Accel

@Accel

7 years

We’ve had an enriching year of learning and exploration with our first group of @UCBerkeley #AccelScholars . Help us find the talented and curious for the next class. Applications are open at . Please spread the word! #AccelFamily

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

6 years

Wonderful session last week for our #accelscholars about what it takes to become a great engineer out of school. Thank you @shivanisharma29 @jdrishel @elicollins for sharing your wisdom, anecdotes, and experience with our students. Insanely valuable

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@amitku

3 years

Proud to see @miflink flying high in its mission of driving financial inclusion behind @serch_jim 's passion and grit. After being early investors here and in other emerging companies like @atratopago @nuvemshop @cornershop @beek_io expect us to invest even more in LATAM

Flink

@miflink

3 years

💎¡Hoy es un día increíble para nosotros! Cerramos nuestra ronda de inversión serie B de 57M USD liderada por @lightspeedvp 🎉 y con la participación nuevamente de @Accel @ALLVP_ Clocktower y los nuevos integrantes @mantisVC donde el dueto de DJ's @TheChainsmokers son socios. 1/5

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

3 years

“Well well well, if it isn’t the consequences of my own actions”

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

7 months

2/ Entrepreneurship is rife at @Cal , and Accel scholars are no different, having founded companies in a variety of fields to push the boundaries of possible, including @thekaizenlabs @latchbio @eclipseFND @kalder_xyz @vocodehq , which are currently worth in excess of $1b+

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

3 years

Just an incredible loss. He embodied intellectual curiosity, love of life, and kindness in such a wonderfully authentic way. If I could live even a fraction of his life, it would be a life well lived.

TechCrunch

@TechCrunch

3 years

Naren Gupta, co-founder of Nexus Venture Partners, passes away by @refsrc

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

7 years

Energized after hearing perspectives from both the publisher and content side of the exploding eSports phenomenon. Thanks @LeoOlebe and @ed_chang for sharing the stage with me today at #startupgrind2018 !

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

3 years

3/ Importantly, many of our alums are now engaged with our current students; we're building the alum network I always wish I'd had. Help us keep our momentum going. Applications for our newest class are open, please spread the word! Go bears! 🐻

Accel Scholars Program - EECS at Berkeley

eecs.berkeley.edu

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

9 years

So proud of @sarerics @TweetingWater @arkadiyt @thind @roopakv and all the other #sfmarathon finishers! #worththehurt http://t.co/SsrnxLheCn

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

7 years

Stop 2: Learning about early stage dynamics at Accel-backed @askspoke with founders @pratyus and @DavidKaneda , and early team members @roopakv , @isabelle_bilmes , and @QiyunCai

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

11 months

The team at Unit continues to be heads down, pushing the state-of-the art forward in BaaS with their thoughtful blend of product velocity, compliance-forward posture, and developer centricity

Unit

@unit_co_

11 months

We’re excited to announce White-Label App 🎨⚡️ It’s the fastest and easiest way for software companies to launch branded banking and lending��with one line of code. Learn more:

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

8 years

Thrilled to be part of an amazing and growing team @accel

Growing the Team

Welcoming Amit Kumar, Nate Niparko and Nir Blumberger to the Accel team.

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

7 years

Speaking to a classroom of women engineers at @ucberkeley about entrepreneurship and the #AccelScholars program. Thank you @techgalsal and @aweberkeley for hosting!

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

1 year

. @AlfredoAndere is one of our shining stars in the #AccelScholars program and it's been a privilege to see his and his team's vision @LatchBio for a data cloud for biotech companies slowly unfold with relentless execution and focus

The Cloud for Biology

Pre-configured for high-throughput biological data, enabling immediate analysis following best data practices.

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

3 years

It's only fitting that on the heels of #WorldMentalHealthDay , @Forbes spotlighted Headway and their mission to improve access and affordability of mental healthcare for millions of Americans. So proud to be on the journey with @andrewlangadams & team

Next Billion-Dollar Startups 2021

A $1 billion valuation isn’t what it used to be, as companies reach that milestone with breakneck speed, but there are still plenty of up-and-comers worth keeping an eye on. Here are Forbes’ picks...

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

7 years

Huge congrats to @thehousecal for last nights launch of AI @TheHouse . Incredible to see the Cal community — alumni, investors, founders, professors — coalesce to form a new center of gravity for AI innovation #gobears /cc @jain_ankit @KurtKeutzer @pabbeel @dawnsongtweets @shabihr

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

5 years

Make no mistake, Stripe is leaving SF because of Prop C. Policies have consequences. People and companies will vote with their feet

Roland Li

@rolandlisf

5 years

Stripe, the second most valuable U.S. startup, is leaving San Francisco

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

3 months

. @mrdksimon and the team at @coastpayments have been heads-down executing, stitching together a compelling set of modern payment card products, now serving 3500+ fleets and growing quickly. Another emerging success story for the NY tech/fintech scene

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

4 years

Another important milestone for @gronager and @jony_levin along the path to building an iconic company, which is underpinning all the exciting innovation we’re seeing in crypto. Welcome @FEhrsam and @paradigm to team @chainalysis !

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

8 years

Inadvertently getting into the same #uberpool post goodbye is the new walking in the same direction post goodbye

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

7 years

Huge thank you to everyone who took time away from their busy schedules and helped make this unbelievable day a reality! #AccelFamily #gobears

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

4 years

@david_perell Twitter smartly offered an in-house improv class. Hugely valuable for helping you think on your feet, be an empathetic listener, collaborate with others, and amp up the humor cc @dickc

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

8 years

Last wk, was honored to be invited back to @UCBerkeley to present as part of their ongoing Newton speaker series

A. Richard Newton Distinguished Innovator Lecture Series - Amit Kumar

Amit Kumar, Accel Partners and cofounder CardSpring (acquired by Twitter)

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

8 years

Privileged to represent @Accel in judging @CalHacks this past weekend. Inspired by all the teams' fearlessness, hustle, and creativity.

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Amit Kumar

@amitku

2 years

Tailscale is proof that if you focus on the fundaments, the rest takes care of itself. A company built first and foremost around people, craftsmanship, vision, and purpose. Proud to be building alongside @apenwarr @davidcrawshaw @dfcarney and many others

Tailscale lands $100 million to 'transform' enterprise VPNs

Tailscale, a startup developing 'mesh' VPN technology, today announced it raised $100 million in a venture round that values the company at over $1 billion CAD.

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