Vas Natarajan
VCPartner, Accel
Accel partner focused on dev tools and infrastructure
Background
Vas Natarajan is a Partner at Accel who joined the firm in 2010 after starting his career at Insight Partners. He focuses on early-stage investments in data infrastructure, APIs, developer tools, and enterprise software. Natarajan aims to be the founding investor on cap tables and takes an operator-like approach, guiding portfolio companies on hiring and organizational design. He studied finance and entrepreneurship at the University of Pennsylvania. Notable investments include Segment, Webflow, Vercel, Linear, 1Password, and Tailscale.
Investment Thesis
Backs software primitives and central control points in developer workflows — tools that other products get built on top of, especially as AI agents proliferate.
Investment Focus
Stages
Typical check: $1-12M (seed: $1-4M; Series A: $6-12M)
Sectors
Based in: Global, headquartered in San Francisco, CA (North America)
Notable Investments
Segment
Customer data infrastructure; acquired by Twilio
Webflow
Low-code web development platform
Vercel
Frontend deployment platform
Linear
Project management for software teams
1Password
Password management
Tailscale
Zero-config VPN and networking
Ironclad
Contract management platform
Gamma
AI-powered presentation and document builder; Accel seed lead 2021, Series A 2024