# Accolade Partners: portfolio, investments and team > Accolade Partners is a fund of funds based in United States. 6 investments on record, latest May 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/accolade-partners (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Accolade Partners Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Oct 2026, closing $51M. Last cheque observed May 2019. Email Quiet New fund $51M, Oct 2026 Fund of funds Growth Seed Series A Quality Assurance Software Venture Capital & Private Equity Follow Accolade Partners and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Faccolade-partners) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 6 on record Since the last cheque **2720** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$23M** Rounds led **0 of 6** Sole investor **1 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 100%** Pitch Accolade Partners ## Accolade Partners highlights - 01 6 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Series C and Series E: 67% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $15M ## What they do > Venture capital and growth equity fund of funds From their own website - **Type:** Fund of funds - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Growth Seed Series A - **Sectors:** Quality Assurance Software Venture Capital & Private Equity - **Based in:** Washington, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **6 appearances** - **2019** 1 round - **May** **[Sun Basket](https://millionrounds.com/company/sun-basket)** Series E · US · FinSMEs **$30M** With 8 others - **2018** 1 round - **Jan** **[Sun Basket](https://millionrounds.com/company/sun-basket)** Series D · US · FinSMEs **$58M** With 7 others - **2017** 1 round - **Feb** **[Sun Basket](https://millionrounds.com/company/sun-basket)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$15M** With 7 others - **2016** 1 round - **Jul** **[Sun Basket](https://millionrounds.com/company/sun-basket)** Series B · US · GeekWire **$15M** Sole investor - **2015** 1 round - **Nov** **[TigerText](https://millionrounds.com/company/tigertext)** Series C · US **$50M** With 5 others - **2013** 1 round - **Nov** **[Hightail](https://millionrounds.com/company/hightail)** Series E · US · techcrunch.com **$34M** With 6 others An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **12 named** AW **Andrew Winter Salembier** Chief Operating Officer i Form ADV AM **Aram M. Verdiyan** Executive Officer i Filing they signed AK **Atul Kumar Rustgi** Executive Officer i Filing they signed CM **Caitlin Margaret Mulligan** Chief Compliance Officer i Form ADV JK **Jennifer Kopp** Executive Officer i Filing they signed JM **Joelle Moira Kayden** Executive Officer i Filing they signed KA **Karl Andrew Reid** Executive Officer i Filing they signed MV **Marcos Veremis** Executive Officer i Filing they signed MP **Meera Patel** Executive Officer i Filing they signed PA **Patrick Abrahamsen** Executive Officer i Filing they signed ZS **Zachary Siddique** Executive Officer i Filing they signed ZS **Zack Siddique** Executive Officer i Filing they signed We also hold **17** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. ## What the register says From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law **$9.3B** assets it manages Oct 2026 **Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC - **Legal name:** Accolade Capital Management LLC - **SEC number:** CRD 160802 Funds on its Form ADV **54** private funds, **$6.3B** in gross assets · filed Jun 2024 Fund of funds **53** Open ended fund of funds **1** - Accolade Partners IX, L.P. *Fund of funds* 378 investors $501M - Accolade Partners VI, L.P. *Fund of funds* 169 investors $490M - Accolade Partners VII, L.P. *Fund of funds* 234 investors $459M - Accolade Partners VIII, L.P. *Fund of funds* 309 investors $439M - Accolade Partners V, L.P. *Fund of funds* 144 investors $394M - Accolade Partners Growth I, L.P. *Fund of funds* 100 investors $358M - Accolade Blockchain Access Fund I, L.P. *Fund of funds* 1,200 investors $328M - Accolade Empowerment Fund II, L.P. *Fund of funds* 64 investors $322M - Accolade Partners Growth III, L.P. *Fund of funds* 372 investors $292M - Accolade Partners Growth II, L.P. *Fund of funds* 200 investors $248M And 44 more on the filing. Funds they back ## 2 fund commitments on record - **Managers:** 2 Every fund on record that it has committed money to, and the managers who invest it. Source: fund news. Managers it backs most - [Collide Capital 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collide-capital) - [Inflection 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inflection-angel-list-syndicate) Most recent commitments - [Collide Capital Fund II](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collide-capital) - [Inflection Inflection Mercury](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inflection-angel-list-syndicate) New fund on file **$51M** raised in Oct 2026 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Growth Seed Series A Median round joined **$23M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$15M** Led 0 of 6 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** 1 rounds - **Last cheque:** May 2019 Rounds by stage said on their site - Series C *2* - Series E *2* - Series B *1* - Series D *1* - Growth said *-* - Seed said *-* - Series A said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2013 2019 Often in the room with - [Founders Circle Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-circle-capital) 3 - [Relevance Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/relevance-ventures) 3 - [Correlation Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/correlation-ventures) 2 - [PivotNorth Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pivotnorth) 2 - [Unilever Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unilever-ventures) 2 - [Vulcan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vulcan) 2 **Pitching Accolade Partners?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Accolade Partners. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Founders Circle Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-circle-capital)[**Relevance Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/relevance-ventures)[**Correlation Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/correlation-ventures)[**PivotNorth Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pivotnorth)[**Unilever Ventures** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unilever-ventures)[**Vulcan** Investment firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vulcan) ## On podcasts 6 episodes naming Accolade Partners in the title, and 3 more that mention it. - [Origins: Inside Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/origins-openlp) 28 Apr 2023 · 1h 1m LP Market Perspective - Nick & Beezer co-host Atul Rustgi, Accolade Partners Mentions [Accolade Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accolade-partners)[University of Michigan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/university-of-michigan) Apple PodcastsShow page - [Capital Allocators](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/capital-allocators) 27 Feb 2023 · 56 min [REPLAY] Joelle Kayden – Canvassing the Landscape at Accolade Partners, Venture is Eating the Investment World 7 (Capital Allocators, EP.235) With [Joelle Kayden](https://millionrounds.com/person/joelle-kayden) Mentions [Accolade Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accolade-partners) Apple PodcastsShow page - [Origins: Inside Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/origins-openlp) 10 May 2022 · 59 min Accolade Partners hosts Santiago Santos Mentions [Accolade Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accolade-partners)[Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[Aram Verdiyan](https://millionrounds.com/person/aram-verdiyan) *+1* Apple PodcastsShow page - [Origins: Inside Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/origins-openlp) 5 Apr 2022 · 51 min Accolade Partners hosts Chris Ebeling, Zed Run Mentions [Accolade Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accolade-partners)[Marcos Veremis](https://millionrounds.com/person/marcos-veremis) Apple PodcastsShow page - [Capital Allocators](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/capital-allocators) 14 Feb 2022 · 56 min Joelle Kayden – Canvassing the Landscape at Accolade Partners, Venture is Eating the Investment World 7 (Capital Allocators, EP.235) With [Joelle Kayden](https://millionrounds.com/person/joelle-kayden) Mentions [Accolade Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accolade-partners) Apple PodcastsShow page - [Origins: Inside Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/origins-openlp) 2 Jun 2020 · 47 min Atul Rustgi, Accolade Partners With [Atul Rustgi](https://millionrounds.com/person/atul-rustgi) Mentions [Accolade Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accolade-partners) Apple PodcastsShow page ### Mentioned in - [Superclusters](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/superclusters) 22 Apr 2024 · 1h 1m How to Get Six Top Quartile Fund of Funds in a Row | Aram Verdiyan | Superclusters | S2E7 Apple PodcastsShow page - [Capital Allocators](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/capital-allocators) 27 Feb 2023 · 55 min Venture Capital Panel – Beezer Clarkson, Chris Douvos, and Joelle Kayden (Capital Allocators, EP.299) Apple PodcastsShow page - [Capital Allocators](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/capital-allocators) 13 Jun 2022 · 53 min Marcos Veremis – Allocator's Perspective on Blockchain (EP.254, Crypto for Institutions 2, EP.01) Apple PodcastsShow page ## Quick answers about Accolade Partners ### What does Accolade Partners invest in? Accolade Partners invests most often at Series C and Series E (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Quality Assurance, Software and Venture Capital & Private Equity. ### How active is Accolade Partners? 6 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in May 2019. ### What has Accolade Partners invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Sun Basket (Series E, May 2019). ### How big are Accolade Partners's cheques? The median round it joins is $23M. ### Does Accolade Partners lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 6 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Accolade Partners invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%). ### Is Accolade Partners investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in May 2019. ### Who does Accolade Partners invest alongside? 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