Amit Kumar
Amit Kumar joined Accel in 2016 and focuses on next-generation infrastructure, security, and enterprise software startups. He also helps lead Accel’s early-stage efforts around healthcare.
Amit led Accel’s investments in Tailscale, Chainalysis, Smallstep, Headway,Mayhem (acquired by Niantic), and Smash.gg (acquired by Microsoft). He also works with the teams at UserTesting and Process Street.
Previously, Amit co-founded Accel-backed CardSpring, where he led engineering for its developer-facing API platform. Twitter subsequently acquired CardSpring, where Amit led engineering for several of Twitter’s commerce initiatives.
Amit is from Cupertino, California and graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in electrical engineering and computer science.