Prateek Dhawan

Bio

Prateek joined Accel in 2010 and focuses on growth investing in India. Prior to joining Accel, Prateek was leading the growth equity investing practice for Goldman Sachs Investment Partners in India where he was responsible for investments in Tikona Digital Networks, Bharti Infratel and Asian Genco. Preceding that, he worked at Cisco Systems Corporate Development Group. Prateek was responsible for investments and acquisitions in the video and service provider markets and was involved with the $7bn acquisition of Scientific Atlanta. Prateek also led several transactions including Arroyo Video and Widevine. Prateek has also held positions at DLJ Merchant Banking and at Centillium Communications. Prateek holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, and graduated with a B. Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.