Accel Partners, a venture capital and growth equity firm operating in Silicon Valley, Europe, Israel, China and India, has added Prateek Dhawan to its growth equity investing team in India as a principal.
Prior to Accel, Dhawan was vice president at Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, where he was leading the fund’s private equity investments in India.
At Accel, he will focus on growth stage investments of USD10m to USD50m in mid-sized Indian companies across different sectors.
Neeraj Bharadwaj, managing director, Accel India Growth, says: "We are delighted to welcome Prateek to the Accel team. His investment experience and track record will be invaluable in building the franchise in India."
At Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, Dhawan was involved in investments in Tikona Digital Networks, Bharti Infratel and Asian Genco. Preceding that, he worked at Cisco Systems in corporate development where he was involved with several acquisitions and investments including Scientific Atlanta, Arroyo Video and Widevine.