Rachit Parekh

Accel is a global venture capital firm that is the first partner to exceptional teams everywhere, from inception through all phases of private company growth. Atlassian, Bumble, CrowdStrike, Fiverr, Flipkart, Freshworks, Qualtrics, Scale, Segment, Slack, Spotify, Squarespace, Tenable, and UiPath are among the companies Accel has backed over the past 40+ years. We help ambitious entrepreneurs build iconic global businesses. For more, visit www.accel.com or www.twitter.com/accel.

Accel is a global venture capital firm that is the first partner to exceptional teams everywhere, from inception through all phases of private company growth. Atlassian, Bumble, CrowdStrike, Fiverr, Flipkart, Freshworks, Qualtrics, Scale, Segment, Slack, Spotify, Squarespace, Tenable, and UiPath are among the companies Accel has backed over the past 40+ years. We help ambitious entrepreneurs build iconic global businesses. For more, visit www.accel.com or www.twitter.com/accel.

McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm. We are the trusted advisor to the worlds leading businesses, governments, and institutions. We work with leading organizations across the private, public and social sectors. Our scale, scope, and knowledge allow us to address problems that no one else can. We have deep functional and industry expertise as well as breadth of geographical reach. We are passionate about taking on immense challenges that matter to our clients and, often, to the world. We work with our clients as we do with our colleagues. We build their capabilities and leadership skills at every level and every opportunity. We do this to help build internal support, get to real issues, and reach practical recommendations. We bring out the capabilities of clients to fully participate in the process and lead the ongoing work.

Helion Ventures Partners is a $605 Million India-focused, early to mid-stage venture fund, investing in technology-powered and consumer service businesses in sectors like Outsourcing, Internet, Mobile, Technology Products, Retail Services, Healthcare, Education and Financial Services. Our mission is “Partnering with entrepreneurs to build world-class companies”. We believe that companies are fundamentally built from inside, but as Board members we play an active role. Typically we help companies in making strategic choices and in building an organization that can execute on strategy. We have access to world-class executives that we can bring to our portfolio companies. We also help in building a high quality Board of Directors / Advisors. We also team with the management and provide operational value add in the area of finance, HR, technology, marketing and operations. In helping manage rapid growth, we participate in future rounds of financing in syndication with other venture partners. Our prior experience in M&A is also available to entrepreneurs in driving inorganic growth. Most of all, we act as a sounding board to the CEOs as they navigate challenges of building world-class organizations.