Activate Capital Competitors

Accel is a global venture capital firm that aims to be the first partner to exceptional teams everywhere, from inception through all phases of private company growth. Accel has been operating in India since 2008, and its investments include companies like BookMyShow, BrowserStack, Flipkart, Freshworks, FalconX, Infra.Market, Chargebee, Clevertap, Cure Fit, Musigma, Moneyview, Mensa Brands, Myntra, Moglix, Ninjacart, Swiggy, Stanza Living, Urban Company, Zetwerk, and Zenoti, among many others. We help ambitious entrepreneurs build iconic global businesses.

Atomico is the founder-built European venture capital firm. For two decades, we have partnered with Europe’s most ambitious entrepreneurs using technology to rewire the world and strengthen Europe’s long-term resilience. Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström launched Atomico in 2006 on the conviction that Europe’s best founders should be able to build global companies without leaving Europe to do it. That conviction continues to guide us: backing founders building critical technological capabilities in Europe, reducing strategic dependencies and strengthening its global leverage. With dedicated teams in Paris, Berlin, London and Stockholm, Atomico partners with founders at every stage of their journey. 150 of Europe’s most ambitious founders have partnered with Atomico, including Aiven, Bird, Callosum, DeepL, Hinge Health, Jobandtalent, Klarna, Mews, Neko Health, Pipedrive, Stripe, Supercell, Perk and Wellhub.

Dawn is Europe’s leading specialist B2B software investor, with total commitments of $2bn. Dawn partners with founders building the next generation of global software leaders, supporting them to harness extraordinary teams, exceptional technology and scalable business models to create category-defining global companies. Dawn is an early-stage investor, backing companies from Series A and B, and continuing to fund the top-performing through growth rounds to exit. Its roster of investments includes Mimecast (formerly NASDAQ-listed, taken private by Permira in a $5.8bn transaction), iZettle (sold to PayPal for $2.2bn cash), Tink (purchased by Visa for $2.0bn), LeanIX (acquired by SAP), as well as current leaders, Collibra, Dataiku, Quantexa, amongst many others.