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Investor profile

Ping Li

Partner, Accel

About

Ping Li is a veteran security investor at Accel who focused on enterprise security and infrastructure software long before it became a mainstream VC theme, with repeat wins across companies like Demisto and consistent recognition on the Forbes Midas List for enterprise and security outcomes. He helped launch and manage Accel's $100M Big Data Fund and has been closely associated with category-defining data platforms like Cloudera, emphasizing his early and enduring conviction that big data represents a rare, once-every-few-years platform opportunity that can underpin multi-billion-dollar software companies. Ping Li is a veteran security investor at Accel who focused on enterprise security and infrastructure software long before it became a mainstream VC theme, with repeat wins across companies like Demisto and consistent recognition on the Forbes Midas List for enterprise and security outcomes. He helped launch and manage Accel's $100M Big Data Fund and has been closely associated with category-defining data platforms like Cloudera, emphasizing his early and enduring conviction that big data represents a rare, once-every-few-years platform opportunity that can underpin multi-billion-dollar software companies.

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Investment focus

Stages
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Sectors
SaaS
Consumer
FinTech
AI
Cybersecurity

Investment details

Avg check size$1M - $70M
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
USA
Africa
LatAm
India
Asia-Pacific
Europe
Canada
Israel
ANZ
MENA