Harry Nelis joined Accel in 2004 and focuses on software, fintech and consumer internet companies.

Harry led Accel’s investments in Carto, KAYAK (NASDAQ: KYAK; acquired by Booking.com), Showroomprive (EPA: SRP), Funding Circle (LON: FCH), Callsign, Celonis, CHECK24, Instana (acquired by IBM), Miro, Taxdoo and Zepz.

Harry started his career in Silicon Valley as an engineer at Hewlett-Packard before founding a venture-backed software company.

Harry is from the Netherlands and graduated from Harvard Business School and Delft University of Technology.

Hear Harry's thoughts on the importance of the right founder-VC relationship and whether an IPO route is best for your business HERE