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316 people in our graph share verified history with Tom β schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Mike VolpiunlockedTom: together at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (1994)
Γ6Tom: together at Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Γ3Tom: together at Princeton University
Tom: together at Accel-KKR
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 β presentMenlo Park, California
- Nassau Capital LLCManaging Director1996 β 2000Princeton, New Jersey
- Bain & CompanySummer Associate1996San Francisco Bay Area
- McGaw, Inc.New Business Development1992 β 1994Irvine, California
- Alex. Brown & SonsAnalyst1990 β 1992Washington DC-Baltimore Area
Skills & more
Private Equity10Corporate Development7LBO8Investments3Venture Capital13Financial Modeling5Mergers1Hedge Funds1Cleantech1Corporate Finance4Due Diligence5Equities2
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Investment BankingValuationMergers & AcquisitionsPrivate PlacementsAlternative InvestmentsGrowth CapitalM&A experienceFrom Tom's professional profile.
Investments
Per the firm's website.
Colleagues at Accel-KKR
Adam Malinowski
Principal at Accel-KKR
Aleha Amjad
Analyst at Accel-KKR
Alifya Moskowitz
Principal at Accel-KKR
Alissa Palatiello El-Sayed
Principal at Accel-KKR
Andrew Fluevog
Senior Associate at Accel-KKR
Andrew Zbella
Managing Director at Accel-KKR
Andy Rich
Managing Director at Accel-KKR
Ankur Patel
Principal at Accel-KKR
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
Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business2,000
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Also attended Princeton University884
Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ LabsRyan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Dario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of AnthropicFei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at StanfordCat WuInvestor at Index VenturesAndrewAdvisor at Clear Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Bain & Company1,094
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Also worked at Alex. Brown & Sons17
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