Accel Partners adds Prateek Dhawan to growth investing team

Accel Partners, a leading global venture capital and growth equity firm today appointed Prateek Dhawan in the growth equity investing team in India as a Principal.

At Accel, he will focus on growth stage investments of $10-$50 million in mid-sized Indian companies across different sectors. Prior to Accel, Prateek was Vice President, Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, where he was leading the fund’s private equity investments in India.

At Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, Prateek was involved in investments in Tikona Digital Networks, Bharti Infratel and Asian Genco.  Preceding that, he worked at Cisco Systems in corporate development.