John Locke - Partner @ Accel - Crunchbase Person Profile

Overview

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

CB Rank (Investor)

Primary Job Title Partner
Primary Organization
Accel

Location San Francisco, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male
Also Known As John

Investor Type
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Website www.accel.com/team/john-locke
LinkedIn View on LinkedIn

John Locke is based out of San Francisco, California and is the partner of Accel. John previously worked at Housatonic Partners as a Senior Associate. John attended the Princeton University.

Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Campfire	Accel	Yes	Series B - Campfire	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Filevine	Accel	Yes	Series E - Filevine	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Campfire	Accel	Yes	Series A - Campfire	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	SeatGeek	Accel	Yes	Series E - SeatGeek	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	CoinTracker	Accel	Yes	Series A - CoinTracker	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Sysdig	Accel	—	Series G - Sysdig	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Socure	Accel	Yes	Series E - Socure	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Pismo	Accel	Yes	Series B - Pismo	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Lower	Accel	Yes	Series A - Lower	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Sysdig	Accel	—	Series F - Sysdig	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

John Locke

is the

Partner

Accel

. Additionally,

John Locke

has had

past jobs including

Senior Associate

Housatonic Partners

Accel PartnerJan 2014

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Housatonic Partners	Senior Associate	—	—
Summit Partners	Associate	—	—

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

John Locke

holds

board and advisor roles including

Board Member

Lower

Board Member

SeatGeek

, and

Member of the Board of Directors

GoFundMe

Lower Board MemberJun 23, 2021
SeatGeek Board MemberAug 28, 2014
GoFundMe Member of the Board of Directors
The Zebra Board Member
Wyzant Member of the Board of Directors
Campfire Board Member
QMC Telecom Member of the Board of Directors
Invoice2go Member of the Board of Directors
Pond5 Member of the Board of Directors

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Lightspeed Commerce	Member of the Board of Directors	Jul 1, 2012	—
Galileo Financial Technologies	Board Of Director	—	—

Related Hubs

Hub Name	CB Rank (Hub)
United States Convertible Note Investors	31,747
Venture Stage Investors with Investments in San Francisco, California	7,616
Investors with Funds Raised in 2015	16,146
West Coast Investors with Funds Raised in 2011	77,395
Venture Capital Investors with Investments in United States (Top 10K)	730
San Francisco Bay Area Investors with Funds Raised in 2005	94,168
California Convertible Note Investors	75,206
Western US Investors with Funds Raised in 2011	74,564
West Coast Investors with Funds Raised in 2000	83,422
West Coast Investors with Funds Raised in 2020	44,404

Education

John Locke

studied at

Princeton University

Princeton University MSunknown

Events

Number of Events

John Locke

has participated in

events. They most recently attended, or will attend,

TechCrunch Disrupt 2020

Sep 14, 2020

TechCrunch Disrupt 2020 SpeakerSep 14, 2020
Startup Grind Global Conference 2017 Speaker Redwood City, California, United States, North AmericaFeb 21, 2017

Recent News and Activity

Number of News Articles

103

News•

Oct 15, 2025