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Tom Barnds

Investor

Co-Managing Partner at Accel-KKR

Wilson, Wyoming, United States

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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.

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SaaS

Experience

  1. Accel-KKRManaging Partnercurrent2000 — presentMenlo Park, California
  2. Nassau Capital LLCManaging Director1996 — 2000Princeton, New Jersey
  3. Bain & CompanySummer Associate1996San Francisco Bay Area
  4. McGaw, Inc.New Business Development1992 — 1994Irvine, California
  5. Alex. Brown & SonsAnalyst1990 — 1992Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Skills & more

Private Equity10Corporate Development7LBO8Investments3Venture Capital13Financial Modeling5Mergers1Hedge Funds1Cleantech1Corporate Finance4Due Diligence5Equities2
+7 moreInvestment BankingValuationMergers & AcquisitionsPrivate PlacementsAlternative InvestmentsGrowth CapitalM&A experience

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Investments

Board seats

BaswareBlackhawk NetworkEnduranceEpiServerFastSpringimedJAGGAERKantataKerridge Commercial SystemsLemontechNAVTORRecurlySeequentSiigoSmart CommunicationsTELCORTithe.lyVendavoVeryonVitu

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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).

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