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About
Tom Barnds co-founded Accel-KKR in 2000 and serves as Co-Managing Partner. Before that, he was a Managing Director at Nassau Capital, where he led growth equity investments and buyouts across technology, energy, media, and healthcare, and earlier held roles at McGaw and in the M&A group at Alex. Brown & Sons. He holds an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business and an A.B. from Princeton University.
Invests in
SaaS
Experience
- Accel-KKRManaging Partnercurrent2000 — presentMenlo Park, California
- Nassau Capital LLCManaging Director1996 — 2000Princeton, New Jersey
- Bain & CompanySummer Associate1996San Francisco Bay Area
- McGaw, Inc.New Business Development1992 — 1994Irvine, California
- Alex. Brown & SonsAnalyst1990 — 1992Washington DC-Baltimore Area
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Investment BankingValuationMergers & AcquisitionsPrivate PlacementsAlternative InvestmentsGrowth CapitalM&A experienceFrom Tom's professional profile.
Investments
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tom Barnds?
- Tom Barnds co-founded Accel-KKR in 2000 and serves as Co-Managing Partner. Before that, he was a Managing Director at Nassau Capital, where he led growth equity investments and buyouts across technology, energy, media, and healthcare, and earlier held roles at McGaw and in the M&A group at Alex. Brown & Sons. He holds an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business and an A.B. from Princeton University.
- Where does Tom Barnds work?
- Tom Barnds is Co-Managing Partner at Accel-KKR.
- What does Tom Barnds invest in?
- Tom Barnds invests in SaaS.
- What boards does Tom Barnds sit on?
- Tom Barnds holds tracked board seats at Basware, Blackhawk Network, Endurance, EpiServer, FastSpring, imed, JAGGAER, Kantata, Kerridge Commercial Systems, Lemontech.
- Where did Tom Barnds go to school?
- Tom Barnds studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (MBA); Princeton University (A.B., Economics).
Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at Bain & Company1,302
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