Shekhar Kirani
Accel in India. Love to partner with founders. Led investments in Freshworks, Browserstack, Chargebee, FalconX, Zenoti, Amagi, and several others in making
Bengaluru, Karnataka
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2011 - Current
Early-stage investments in India. My focus is on SaaS investments.
Venture Partner
2011 - 2011
Accel is an seed and growth-stage venture capital firm that helps a global community of entrepreneurs.
Investor from seed stage
2011
Partnered with Girish very early in FreshDesk's life...
Freshworks is building and delivering online cloud-based software-as-a-service that provides helpdesk support with automation solutions.
Raised $483,999,930.00 from Steadview Capital.
Series A Investor
2018
An extraordinary platform that helps any org to improve the quality of their software delivered via browser or mobile app.
Investor from seed stage
2019
The most technologically advanced institutional digital asset trading platform in the world
FalconX is a blockchain, cryptocurrency, and fintech company focused on cryptocurrency brokerage and digital asset trading platforms.
Raised $476,999,952.00 from GIC, Adams Street Partners, B Capital, Tiger Global Management, Thoma Bravo and Wellington Management.
Investor from seed stage
2013
More Power to Subscription Businesses. More power to ChargeBee to help subscription businesses worldwide.
Chargebee is the leading revenue growth management platform for subscription businesses.
Raised $468,170,000.00 from Peak XV Partners, Insight Partners, Tiger Global Management, Sapphire Ventures and Steadview Capital.
Investor from seed stage
2015
Great to see Zenoti helping global wellness brands run their business smoothly
Investor
2021
Amagi Media Labs is a media technology company that offers cloud-based solutions for broadcast and connected TV.
Raised $349,700,000.00 from General Atlantic.
Investor from seed stage
2017
Investor from seed stage
2015
Very excited about working with Lalit Ahuja and team in scaling their platform to support tens of high-value customers.
Series A Investor
2017
Partnering with Carestack team in creating a dental SaaS platform that improves patient and dental staff experience while increasing the efficiency of dental offices.