Famous Early-Stage Venture Capitalist Investor, Anand Daniel

Anand Daniel is a notable early-stage venture capitalist (VC) investor in India’s consumer tech market, based in Bangalore, and has supported category-defining companies such as Swiggy, Bounce, and TaxiForSure, among others.

Anand graduated from MIT with an MBA, Purdue with an MS in Electrical Engineering, and the University of Madras with a BE in Computer Science. Since 2006, he has been investing in technology firms, first with Intel Capital in Silicon Valley and then with Boston-based Flybridge Capital Partners. Prior to that, he worked for Intel Corporation for numerous years in significant engineering and managerial positions.
Anand For over a decade, Daniel has been a partner at Accel India, where he has overseen investments in leading early-stage firms. His investments are concentrated in major consumer technology categories like online marketplaces, digital healthcare, foodtech, edtech, mobility, and so on. BlackBuck, Bounce, Forus, EduPristine, Rupeek, SenseHQ, Spinny, Swiggy, TaxiForSure, Vedantu, Vokal, and others are among the companies in which Anand has led investments. He also serves on the boards of these businesses.

Anand specializes in consumer technology, online marketplaces, and healthcare technology investments at Accel. Anand knows how to spot the next big disruptor and what it takes to give entrepreneurs that extra push, having spent over a decade as an investor in some of the most inventive companies. He is convinced that the Indian economy would rise in the next 5-10 years, with entrepreneurship as the key driver.
Anand’s next great focus, as someone who is passionate about both technology and healthcare, is on the interaction between the two, with an eye toward the post-pandemic future of digital health.

Anand is the host of Accel’s Insight Podcast Series, in which he presents engaging entrepreneurial stories about the amazing journeys of India’s top start-up founders.
The podcast offers practical advice and wisdom from those who have learned the hard way, in order to inspire and educate new entrepreneurs. Swiggy’s first 500 days, Fresh Works global expansion, and Flipkart’s technical scale-up are just a few of the stories they’ve covered.