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SeedToScale | Curated by Accel
Accel launched SeedToScale in August 2020 to remove information asymmetry in the startup ecosystem and make a founder's path to success as frictionless as possible. We aim to achieve this by providing the best source of knowledge and actionable insights for company building. In the three years sinc...
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Lessons for founders from an early backer of Figma, CRED, Curefit, Airtable, and Postman | SeedToScale Specials
Founders today are building in an environment shaped by constant technological shifts and evolving team dynamics.
In this episode, Gokul...
How investors evaluate startups: Insights from India's leading VCs | SeedToScale Specials
Behind every funding decision lies hours of evaluation founders never get to witness.
This episode of SeedToScale offers a rare backstage...
A Founder’s Guide to the Ultimate Pitch Memo ft. Accel’s Pratik Agarwal | PitchCraft Season 2
“Founders need to stop assuming VCs are Excel junkies.”
In this episode of PitchCraft, Pratik Agarwal, Partner at Accel, breaks down how...
How August Is Building the 'World’s Largest Consumer Health AI' | Decoding AI Episode 12
Doctor visits are short. Health journeys are long.
In this episode, Anuruddh Mishra, Founder & CEO of August AI, talks about building an...
Haber: Building Smarter, More Efficient Factories with AI-Driven Automation | Decoding Manufacturing
Everyone’s talking about generative AI.
Few talk about industrial AI: where the data meets the factory floor.
In this episode of D...
Mastering Data: How Turing Is Powering the Next Leap in Artificial Superintelligence | Decoding AI Episode 11
Everyone’s talking about AI models. Few talk about the data that moves them forward.
In this episode of Decoding AI, Jonathan Siddharth,...
Building AI-First Products: Lessons from Microsoft on the Next Era of Productivity | Decoding AI Episode 10
The next big shift in AI isn’t about models getting smarter, it’s about how we work.
In this episode of Decoding AI, Aparna Chennapragada...
Fabheads: Building Advanced Composites for the World’s Most Demanding Industries | Decoding Manufacturing
Every metal behaves predictably, but carbon fiber doesn’t.
Its strength depends on how every fiber is laid, making it one of the hardest...
Ather Energy: Building India’s Next-Generation Electric Scooters | Decoding Manufacturing
For decades, India’s two-wheeler industry perfected manufacturing at scale,
but not innovation. Then came Ather Energy.
Tarun Meht...
AgniKul: Building Rockets for India’s Leap Into Space | Decoding Manufacturing
What if a rocket engine could be 3D-printed in a single shot?
What if a launch pad could move wherever permission is granted?
Pitching Jewelry for the Digital Age: Inside BlueStone’s Original Deck | PitchCraft Season 2
In this episode of PitchCraft Season 2, Gaurav Singh Kushwaha, Founder and CEO of BlueStone and Prashanth Prakash, Partner at Accel, revisit the 33-pa...
Breaking Down Razorpay’s Original Pitch With Harshil Mathur | PitchCraft Season 2
In this episode of PitchCraft Season 2, Chandra Srikanth sits down with Harshil Mathur, Co-founder and CEO of Razorpay, and Vikram Vaidyanathan of Z47...
Inside Swiggy's First-Ever Pitch Deck With Sriharsha Majety | PitchCraft Season 2
In the debut episode of PitchCraft's Season 2, Chandra Srikanth speaks to Sriharsha Majety, Co-Founder and CEO of Swiggy, and Accel's Anand Daniel as...
Engineering Chemicals for the World: Scimplify | Decoding Manufacturing
India today stands at the cusp of a new wave in advanced manufacturing. With global supply chains shifting, demand for cost-effective innovation risin...
Building India's First AI Tutor: How Arivihan is Redefining Education | Decoding AI Episode 9
AI is rewriting the rules of education, turning personalized tutoring from a privilege of the few into a possibility for every student, regardless of...
Building AI4Bharat: Why India Needs Its Own AI Stack, With IIT Prof. Mitesh Khapra | Decoding AI Episode 8
It’s almost a consensus view that India can’t build its AI future on borrowed code. It needs infrastructure rooted in Indian languages, accents, and r...
Reimagining Contracts for the AI Era: Inside SpotDraft’s Playbook | Inside the Engine Room
Contracts are the backbone of every business, every dollar in or out is tied to one. Yet, they remain one of the most antiquated, slow, and expensive...
Solving India’s Traffic Crisis with Air Taxis: Sarla Aviation | Decoding Manufacturing
India today stands at a once-in-a-generation moment to establish itself as a global leader in advanced manufacturing. With deep-tech innovation, shift...
Decoding Manufacturing | Teaser
Every economic superpower has been built on the backbone of manufacturing.
Today, with global supply chains being rewritten and the world...
Building the world's fastest inference engine and redefining enterprise AI: Lessons from Simplismart | Inside the Engine Room
The fastest solution is not always the smartest one.
Even the world’s fastest inference engine can’t win on speed alone.
Tha...
Building World's Fastest Text-to-Speech Model: Lessons from Smallest.ai | Inside the Engine Room
How fast can AI really talk back?
For Smallest.ai, the answer is 45 milliseconds.
In this episode, Akshat Mandloi, Co-found...
Reimagining E-Commerce with an AI-Native OS: Inside ShopOS | Inside the Engine Room
What if your entire brand could run on autopilot?
Sai Krishna, Co-founder, ShopOS, shares how AI agents will redefine the way brand-owne...
Building the future of agentic actions: Lessons from Composio | Inside the Engine Room
Integrations are the hidden bottleneck in modern engineering slowing teams down, draining time, and killing creativity.
What if AI could...
Building a New Category of Applied AI: Bridgetown Research | Decoding AI Episode 7
AI is stepping into uncharted territory, assisting decision-makers with high-stakes, low-frequency calls that shape the future of enterprises. These d...
AI for E-commerce: Insights from Meesho | Decoding AI Episode 6
Meesho is redefining the role of AI in e-commerce, driving innovations that scale to meet the demands of millions. From handling over 60,000 voice bot...
Google DeepMind's Manish Gupta on Opportunities for AI Startups in India | Decoding AI Episode 5
Google DeepMind stands at the cutting edge of AI innovation, solving some of the most intricate scientific and engineering challenges. From protein st...
Inside IIT Madras: India's AI Research Powerhouse | Decoding AI
India is making strides in artificial intelligence, blending academic rigor with real-world applications. In Episode 4 of Decoding AI, Prayank Swaroop...
Building AI Infrastructure from India for the World: Insights from Simplismart | Decoding AI
Simplismart is an AI infrastructure company building the critical platform-agnostic middleware to deploy, train/customize, and serve open-source AI mo...
Lessons on Product, Pricing, and Trust: Insights from ServiceNow | Decoding AI
GenAI is growing rapidly, evolving from a mere tool into an intelligent partner that empowers businesses to scale with greater speed and efficiency.
Building Agentic AI for the Enterprise with Ema | Decoding AI
With GenAI on the rise, software is evolving from a tool that needs constant supervision to an intelligent partner that handles tasks autonomously, si...
Timeless Lessons for the Future | SeedToScale Specials
2023 is particularly momentous to Accel as we complete 40 years as a global fund and 15 years in India.
As we celebrate this milestone, w...
Learnings from 40 Years in VC | SeedToScale Specials
2023 is particularly momentous to Accel as we complete 40 years as a global fund and 15 years in India.
As we celebrate this milestone, w...
Masterclass #9 | How Urban Company created tech-led value in the at-home services space
Know what is harder than pivoting when the going gets tough? Pivoting when the going is good.
On the surface, most metrics were scaling e...
Masterclass #8 | How Infra.Market offers concrete solutions through its construction marketplace
At their core, marketplaces are in the business of efficiency. Deeply optimized supply was the need of the hour in the world of construction, where ac...
Masterclass #7: Lessons from Myntra on how to build a long-lasting marketplace
What does it take to build a timeless marketplace? Time.
Long-lasting marketplaces have little to do with restless hustling, and a lot t...
Masterclass #6: Spinny’s Lessons on Winning Customer Trust In A Crowded Market
When Niraj Singh started up Spinny, the used-car market in India was already crowded with cash-rich competitors. More and more Indian buyers were lean...
Masterclass #5: How BlackBuck drove digitization in the complex world of trucking
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Masterclass #4: How Zetwerk disrupted manufacturing by using technology to cut delays
Cutting out the intermediary helps many industries. Not so in manufacturing. It needed a middle layer. Suppliers routinely failed to deliver on time,...
Masterclass #3: How Captain Fresh reeled in B2B success using clarity, capital, and talent
Give someone a fish, you feed them for a day. Give someone reliable access to seafood in a supply-deprived industry, you go on to create a successful...
Masterclass #2: How Swiggy fell in love with the problem, and not their solutions
It’s essential to keep things as simple as possible initially, with a total focus on understanding the consumer problem statement. Because when it com...