About Accolade Partners
Accolade Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2000. It is primarily based out of Washington, DC, United States. As of May 2019, Accolade Partners has invested in 17 companies. It primarily invests in Series E round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Enterprise Infrastructure and Consumer. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series E round of Sun Basket Overall, Accolade Partners portfolio has seen 1 unicorn and 9 acquisitions including key companies like Avant, KnowBe4 and Acquia. A lot of funds co-invest with Accolade Partners, with names like Goldman Sachs sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Accolade Partners has team of 15 people including 5 partners.Key Metrics
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Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series E, Series B & 1 more
Portfolio Unicorns
Portfolio Soonicorns
Accolade Partners' List of Top Investments
Accolade Partners has a portfolio of 17 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investmentis in Sun BasketTheir portfolio spans across United States, Canada, Netherlands and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, Consumer and 10 other sectors, across stages such as Series E, Series B and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Accolade Partners:1. Avant
Online platform for consumer loans. It offers secured and unsecured personal loans and credit lines on the basis of a repayment guarantee. Repayment of loans can be done via credit/debit cards and bank transfers. It offers an app-based platform that is available on iOS and Android platforms.
Key facts about Avant
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Chicago (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $905M
- Employee Count: 978 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: August Capital, Haymaker Growth and 29 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Jul 29, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. KnowBe4
Provider of platform for security awareness training and simulated phishing. The platform delivers personalized education, helping individuals recognize and resist evolving threats. It offers cloud email security, compliance, and AI defense capabilities. The platform empowers employees to make smarter security decisions.
Key facts about KnowBe4
- Founded Year: 2010
- Location: Clearwater (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $100M - $500M as on Dec 31, 2021
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $403M
- Employee Count: 2,637 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Goldman Sachs, El Toro Capital Management and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Jun 12, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. Acquia
Provider of a digital experience platform for content, community, and commerce. It offers tools for building and maintaining websites and content. The platform optimizes content for visibility and relevance. It also activates data-driven decisions for customer engagement and personalization across channels.
Key facts about Acquia
- Founded Year: 2007
- Location: Boston (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $174M
- Employee Count: 1,092 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Goldman Sachs, Centerview Capital and 18 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series G, Sep 22, 2015, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Redwood
Platform offering business and IT process automation solutions. It helps organizations automate manual tasks, orchestrate workflows, and manage IT processes, data, and infrastructure with accuracy, and enhanced decision making. It also offers solutions including devops automation, application management, infrastructure management, report distribution, managed file transfer, incident management, and more.
Key facts about Redwood
- Founded Year: 1993
- Location: Houten (Netherlands)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $383M
- Employee Count: 800 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Accolade Partners and Turn/River
- Latest Funding Round: PE, May 11, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. TigerConnect
Provider of a cloud-based collaboration and communication platform for healthcare professionals. The platform offers features to improve communication networks between patients, providers in hospitals, and healthcare organizations using video, voice, or text. The real-time HIPAA-compliant centralized platform provides secure messaging, EHR integration of the patients, notifications, and reminders for hospitals and care teams. The products of the company are TigerText Essentials, TigerFlow+, TigerTouc+, and TigerFlow Enterprise.
Key facts about TigerConnect
- Founded Year: 2010
- Location: Santa Monica (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $426M
- Employee Count: 340 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Section Partners, Shasta Ventures and 20 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Jan 10, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Accolade Partners' Investments by Stage
Accolade Partners has made 2 investments in Series E stage with an average round size of $32M, 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $15M and 1 investment in Series C stage with an average round size of $50M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series E | 2 |
Series B | 1 |
Series C | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Accolade Partners' Investments by Sector
Accolade Partners has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, Consumer, Food and Agriculture Tech and HealthTech. Notably, it has invested in 14 Tech companies, 13 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 11 Software companies and at least 9 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 3 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 2 |
Consumer | 1 |
Food and Agriculture Tech | 1 |
HealthTech | 1 |
Others | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Accolade Partners' Investments by Geography
Accolade Partners has made most investments in United States (4).Accolade Partners' recent investments
Accolade Partners has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Accolade Partners:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 21, 2019 | United States | Series E | 9712 | [+7] | |
Jan 25, 2018 | United States | Series D | 7570 | [+7] | |
Feb 16, 2017 | United States | Series C | 1548 | [+7] | |
Jul 16, 2016 | United States | Series B | 5507 | ||
Nov 11, 2015 | United States | Series C | 2228 | [+4] |
Unicorns in Accolade Partners' Portfolio
Accolade Partners has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - Avant. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Avant which became a unicorn in 2015, 10 years before Accolade Partners first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Accolade Partners' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
77 | Online platform for consumer loans | 2012 | Chicago | Series E | hrybnvs |
Acquired companies in Accolade Partners' Portfolio
9 companies from Accolade Partners' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was WinWire in May 2026 by NTT DATA for $*****.Here are Accolade Partners' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 15, 2026 | - | - | 7865 | |
Sep 10, 2024 | - | - | 8905 | |
Jul 16, 2024 | - | - | 9529 | |
Oct 12, 2022 | - | - | 6178 | |
Jun 02, 2021 | - | - | 1182 |
Team profile of Accolade Partners
Accolade Partners has a team of 15 members including 5 Partners and 2 Principals located in United States, United Kingdom and 1 more location. Accolade Partners' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Accolade Partners:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Washington, DC | - | ||
Partner | Washington, DC | - | ||
Partner | Washington, DC | - | ||
Partner | Washington | - | ||
Partner | Arlington | - | ||
Principal | Madrid | - | ||
Principal | - | - | - |
Co-investors of Accolade Partners
Over the past 14 years, 50 investors have co-invested in Accolade Partners's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Accolade Partners: Sigma Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners and 27 others have invested in rounds before Accolade Partners. There are 2 companies where Sigma Partners has invested before Accolade Partners and 1 company where North Bridge Venture Partners has invested before Accolade Partners.
- Top Co-investors of Accolade Partners: 7 investors entered a company along with Accolade Partners. These include investors like Goldman Sachs (1 company).
- Invested after Accolade Partners: A total of 14 investors have invested in Accolade Partners's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Split Rock Partners (1 company), New Enterprise Associates (1 company) and Amazon (1 company).
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