Investors / Accel / Compare with Forerunner
Accel vs Forerunner
Accel lists 711 portfolio companies and has joined 350 funding rounds; Forerunner lists 28 companies and has joined 34 rounds. Accel comes in most often at Seed (38% of its entries), Forerunner comes in most often at Series A (37% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Decagon, monarch.com and Wonder.
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| Accel | Forerunner | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 711 | 28 |
| Funding rounds joined | 350 | 34 |
| Rounds led | 220 | 18 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 121 | 15 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $5M to $20M | $20M to $100M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageAccelForerunner
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| Accel | Forerunner | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 1% | 0% |
| Seed | 38% | 23% |
| Series A | 32% | 37% |
| Series B | 13% | 23% |
| Growth | 17% | 17% |
Themes
share of checked companiesAccelForerunner
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| Accel | Forerunner | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 24% | 32% |
| Enterprise Software | 13% | 15% |
| Fintech | 14% | 9% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 7% | 9% |
| Media & Entertainment | 4% | 9% |
| Cybersecurity | 8% | 0% |
Companies both back
3Shared companies are those both firms' own portfolio pages list, each checked against the company's site. The same comparison through the API is POST /v1/overlap, for up to 20 firms. How the data is graded
Compare Accel and Forerunner as data
Pull both portfolios and every co-investor through one API key or MCP, and lay up to 20 firms side by side with POST /v1/overlap. A free account adds Ask AI searches and alerts when either firm adds a company.
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- Full listsEvery portfolio row and two-firm overlap
- API and MCP100 REST or MCP calls a month, one key
- AlertsFollow 5 investors for portfolio and fund changes
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/accel.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/forerunnerventures.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/accel.com/coinvestors