Accel: The Quiet Firm Behind Facebook, Cursor, Nebius, Lovable, Vercel
Accel Partners Arun Mathew, Miles Clements, & Matt Weigand join Sourcery to go deep into the lore of the quiet, yet legendary, Silicon Valley firm. We go back through Accel's 40 years of history, starting with the 10% Facebook stake and the secondary they modeled at 5X, which under-shot the outcome by an order of magnitude, and how the firm now runs a global AI portfolio spanning chips, neoclouds, labs, and applications, with exposure across Cursor, Anthropic, and Nebius. The three have invested together for 15 years, and they break down how a generalist team wins competitive deals against f…