Amit Kumar

Amit has spent a decade at Accel investing in early-stage founders building across categories such as infrastructure, financial services, and healthcare. Before joining Accel, he co-founded CardSpring, where he led engineering for its developer-facing API platform. After Twitter acquired CardSpring, he led engineering for several of Twitter's commerce initiatives.

Originally from Cupertino, Amit graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in electrical engineering and computer science (EECS). Today, he leads the Accel Scholars program at Berkeley and sits on the EECS external advisory board.

Get to know Amit

What’s your favorite invention or innovation?

It's sort of even hard to remember what SF was like pre-ridesharing, that's how game-changing Uber has been. A remarkable marriage of software orchestration and physical infrastructure at a global scale. I'm a very happy DAU.

Who most inspires you?

Anyone who knows me, knows about the Accel Scholars program, a community of exceptional, startup-minded Cal Berkeley students and grads. In addition to keeping me artificially gen-z relevant, its original stated purpose, it’s become a permanent source of inspiration and optimism for me. The kids are, in fact, alright.

What’s your go-to productivity hack?

Fly United. The wifi never works, so you tend to have lots of uninterrupted focus time for deep work. Note: this hack may no longer work after they switch over to Starlink.