I’ve joined @Accel as their newest Partner. After nearly a decade of founding companies, shipping products, and working with founders, it feels like a homecoming to rejoin Accel and put my energy into supporting the next generation of builders. 🧵1/4
Ivan Zhou
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Ivan Zhou
@ivzhou
Partner, @Accel
- 🎉 Some exciting news: @mayhemapp has been acquired by @NianticLabs! We’re excited to join forces with Niantic and continue building social products that bring people together.
- In this episode of Spotlight On, @amitku and I took time to reflect on the founder journey. A common thread we found is the obsession with a problem that often define's a company's early beginnings. I recall at @mayhemapp feeling like the problem chose us, and we simply couldn’t
00:00 - Excited to announce the @visorgg $4.7M Series A with @amitku at @accel, @ycombinator, @AforeVC, @NextGenVP, and @southpkcommons to bring real-time products to every gamer If you want to help us reinvent the way we all play, drop us a note at [email protected]
- Replying to @ivzhouIf you or anyone you know is starting a company, wants to join an early stage team, or is even just exploring ideas, I’d love to chat! You can reach me at: [email protected] 4/4
- .@DecagonAI is accelerating every layer of the customer operations stack with AI - from support to onboarding and more. We are delighted to lead their Series A, and I’ll be joining the board! @thejessezhang, @AshwinSreenivas, and the team are a force of nature and looking for.@DecagonAI mirrors human capabilities and is designed to accelerate every layer of the customer operations stack. We are delighted to partner with @thejessezhang, @AshwinSreenivas, and the team to redefine how companies engage with customers. accel.com/noteworthy/our…
- Replying to @msquinn and @NianticLabsExcited to be on the team and building with everybody :)
- Replying to @ivzhouJust like the founders we work with, Accel is a high conviction venture firm that endeavors to not just lead investments, but be the first partner to founders on their journey. 2/4
- @anhangzhu and I are thrilled to continue working with @AforeVC to build @visorgg for the next generation of gamers. @anamitra and @gjain are two of the best early stage, product-focused investors - thank you for all the early support. We're excited for the journey ahead.Every Gamer Needs a Visor medium.com/afore/every-ga…
- Excited for all the new founders that will get to work with the awesome duo @rrhoover @vedikaja_in 💯We just closed Weekend Fund 3. 😊 Our latest early-stage fund is backed by 350+ operators and founders, a foundation for our upcoming community projects. Here’s how and why we raised from so many (exceptional) LPs. weekend.fund/1-000-true-lps
