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 

Shekhar Kirani is a Partner at Accel in India, known for leading investments in successful startups like Freshworks, Browserstack, Chargebee, FalconX, Zenoti, Amagi, and others. With a background in SaaS, mobile technology, and venture capital, he excels in partnering with founders and driving strategic partnerships for growth.

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.

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