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Israel has more NASDAQ listings than Europe, China, and Japan combined
“You've got this country that's got, what, like, eight million people, and it's got more NASDAQ-listed companies than all of Europe, plus China, plus Japan combined.”
Accel would back Deliveroo founder Will Shu on virtually any idea
“Will Shue over at Deliveroo. I mean, the guy could get anything off the ground. I think it's just a level of ambition and sheer bloody mindedness that makes you want to back him no matter what company. He could come in with Facebook for dogs and I think we'd p…”
Accel typically knows founders for up to 12 months before investing
“I think overall, we probably know our founders for, you know, upwards of 12 months sometimes before we before we make an investment.”
Containers represent a generational platform shift in IT infrastructure
“We're firmly convinced this is one of those rare sort of developments in IT infrastructure. There's sort of a generational shift which has huge repercussions. I mean, this is similar to what we saw when sort of mainframes went to client server or the advent of…”
Public companies are shifting massive budgets to cybersecurity vendors
“There's not a boardroom at a public company in the country that's not absolutely terrified of the stuff happening to them. And so we're seeing huge amounts of budgets being shifted into cyber security vendors.”
Big data and analytics is technology's most overused buzzword
“I think you ask a lot of people, and they'll tell you sort of that big data and analytics is the most overused buzzword in technology.”
Vertical-specific analytics applications are significantly under-hyped
“I think what's an under-hyped area in the same general ballpark is sort of these vertical specific applications of analytics.”
Enterprise software startups must win the US to become global leaders
“Ultimately, if you're building an enterprise software business today, you know, you want to become a global leader, it means becoming a leader in the US.”
Venture capital naturally flows across borders to back great founders
“Yeah, I mean, I think VC money does flow naturally across borders. I mean, just look at where we invest. We'll come anywhere. We'll go out of our way to find companies.”
Crossing the Chasm has everything needed to scale enterprise software
“More, I think, you know, I think there's everything you ever need to learn about scaling an enterprise software company is in that book.”
Accel rejected James Cameron's startup pitch before hiring him as an investor
“But oddly enough, the first interaction I had with Accel was when I went in there and I was pitching them my business. So I was on the other side of the table from where I am now. And it was a good experience. You know, I was politely shown the door. I said, t…”
Accel made its first New Zealand investment in accounting software Xero
“In New Zealand, even, we did our first Kiwi investment this year, a company called Xero.”
Cybersecurity lifecycles always lag behind major IT platform shifts
“The classic security life cycle is always, You know, infrastructure shifts into a new platform attackers find vulnerabilities in that platform, and then the security community has to come and sort of remediate and solve those problems.”