One of the Best Deal-Makers in High-Tech Venture Capitals 2019, Sameer Gandhi, joined Accel—one of the leading venture capital firms—as a partner in 2008. Gandhi primarily focuses on consumer, software, and services companies, and led Accel’s early investments in AnchorFree, Bonobos (acquired by Walmart), Diapers.com (acquired by Amazon), DJI, Dropbox (DBX), Dropcam (acquired by Google), Fictiv, Jet (acquired by Walmart), Plex, Raise, Rylo, Spotify (SPOT), Venmo (acquired by Braintree/ PayPal), and Yapstone. Gandhi’s work with Accel India led to the first outside investments in four of India’s most prominent technology and consumer companies, namely, Flipkart, BookMyShow, Myntra, and Taxi4Sure (acquired by OLA). Gandhi also worked with Sequoia and led investments in companies like Barracuda Networks, Gracenote, Trulia (acquired by Zillow) and Sourcefire, prior to joining Accel. As a longtime collaborator with Accel’s India team, Gandhi played a part in the firm’s exit from Flipkart, which was acquired by Walmart with a majority stake for $16 billion in August 2018. Gandhi has also invested in India-based start-ups, including Freshworks, BookMyShow, Cure. Fit and USPL World. Being a part of Accel India’s exits from Dropbox and Spotify, both 2018 IPOs, and two acquisitions, Dropcam by Nest in 2015 and Jet.com by Walmart in 2016, Gandhi now is a proud owner of a portfolio that includes dronemaker DJI (valued at $15 billion), and CrowdStrike, the security company last valued at more than $3 billion. Gandhi is also a Board member of World View Enterprises, Crowdstrike Holdings Inc., and Tremus Inc., at present.

Always being an over-achiever, Ravi Mhatre kick-started his career by earning his BS in Electric Engineering, BA in Economics, and an MBA. Mhatre believes that the simple equation of growth and change while learning with experience is an important part of one’s career journey. Helping founders reach their full potential, and hiring new partners to push the firm forward are just a few hats that Mhatre wears in his everyday life. Having an immigrant father and a Brooklyn-born mother, Mhatre had the advantage of exposing himself to different cultures. He owes his diversified personality to the experiences that he collected during his stay in four continents—the same being reflected even now in his business ventures. As a hardworking person who views technology as both his passion and profession, Mhatre soared up in ranks with his investment in software maker MuleSoft. In 2017, Mhatre invested majorly in AppDyanmics, which was later bought by Cisco at $3.7 billion. In 1999, when Mhatre was the product management leader at tech talent hotbed Silicon Graphics, he co-founded the venture firm, LightSpeed Venture Partners. He was sternly focused on enterprise IT, Internet, mobility, and cloud-based services and applications. Mhatre spends a good amount of time monitoring the hiring bid for LightSpeed, which led to the welcoming of five partners and a VP of Growth in the previous year.

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