Arthur Patterson

Arthur Patterson, Co-Founder of Accel

Arthur Patterson is the co-founder of Accel, one of the most prominent venture capital firms over the past four decades. He founded Accel in 1983 with Jim Swartz, and under their leadership, Accel has grown into a highly respected firm known for its "Prepared Mind" investment philosophy.12

Some key facts about Arthur Patterson:

• Prior to co-founding Accel, he was a General Partner at Adler & Company and started his venture capital career at Citicorp Venture Capital13
• As the lead investor at Accel, he has helped management teams develop their companies into market-defining leaders over an incredible four decades3
• He has served as the President of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists and as Director of the National Venture Capital Association3
• Arthur Patterson is considered one of the "godfathers of Silicon Valley" for founding Accel and growing it into a top VC firm4

Some of Accel's notable investments and exits under Arthur's leadership include Facebook, Dropbox, Atlassian, Cloudera, Spotify, Supercell, and UiPath.2 Arthur continues to work with entrepreneurial teams in software and services as Accel's co-founder and lead investor.35