Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 8
CB Rank (Investor) 60,902
  • Primary Job Title Partner
  • Primary Organization 
    Accel
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner

Kevin Comolli joined Accel in 2000 as the Founding Partner of Accel London. Kevin focuses on enterprise software and gaming.

Kevin led Accel London's early-stage investments in Alfresco (acquired by THL), Aorato (acquired by Microsoft), Atlassian (NASDAQ: TEAM), Diligent (acquired by IBM), Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY), Knewton (acquired by Wiley),

Playfish (acquired by Electronic Arts), Simplivity (acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise), Supercell (acquired by SoftBank) and Varonis (NASDAQ: VRNS). These investments have aggregate market capitalizations in excess of $50 billion.

Kevin was an active member of the World Economic Forum for 10 years where he helped develop the Technology Pioneer Program.

Kevin spent the first 14 years of his career in robotics where he held various technical, commercial, and general management roles with Fanuc Robotics.

Kevin is from Pennsylvania and graduated with an engineering degree from Northwestern University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Number of Partner Investments 33
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Investor Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Dec 8, 2020
Weaveworks
Accel
Series C - Weaveworks
$36.6M
May 11, 2016
Weaveworks
Accel
No
Series B - Weaveworks
$20M
Oct 30, 2015
Knewton
Accel
Yes
Series F - Knewton
$42.3M
Mar 19, 2015
Simplivity
Accel
No
Series D - Simplivity
$175M
Feb 5, 2015
ClusterHQ
Accel
Yes
Series A - ClusterHQ
$12M
Dec 3, 2014
Weaveworks
Accel
Yes
Series A - Weaveworks
$5M
Aug 21, 2014
Alfresco
Accel
Series D - Alfresco
$45M
Jan 21, 2014
Aorato
Accel
Yes
Series A - Aorato
$10M
Dec 1, 2013
Knewton
Accel
No
Series E - Knewton
$51M
Nov 18, 2013
Simplivity
Accel
No
Series C - Simplivity
$58M
Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 3
Kevin Comolli is the Partner at Accel. Additionally, Kevin Comolli has had 3 past jobs including Partner at Doughty Hanson & Co.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Doughty Hanson & Co
Partner19962000
Goldman Sachs
Executive Director19941996
GM-FANUC Robotics
Various board, general management, marketing and engineering roles19801994
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 8
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 2
Kevin Comolli holds 8 board and advisor roles including Board of Directors at Simplivity, Board of Directors at Semmle, and Board Member at E8 Storage.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Alfresco
Board Member2018
GetJar
Board DirectorJan 2, 20092012