Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 9
CB Rank (Investor) 53,494
  • Primary Job Title Partner
  • Primary Organization 
    Accel
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner

John Locke joined Accel in 2010 and helps lead the firm’s growth fund.

Over the last decade, John has led or worked closely on Accel's investments in Braintree/Venmo (acquired by PayPal), Crowdstrike (CRWD), Galileo, GoFundMe, Invoice2go, Lightspeed (LSPD), Lower, Monzo, QMC Telecom, SeatGeek, Socure, The Zebra, Tenable (TENB), Zepz,

and Xero (XRO), as well as a number of other companies.

John grew up in Ashland, Ohio, and graduated from Princeton.

Number of Partner Investments 24
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Investor Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Aug 31, 2022
SeatGeek
Accel
Yes
Series E - SeatGeek
$238M
Dec 15, 2021
Sysdig
Accel
Series G - Sysdig
$350M
Nov 9, 2021
Socure
Accel
Yes
Series E - Socure
$450M
Jun 23, 2021
Lower
Accel
Yes
Series A - Lower
$100M
Apr 28, 2021
Sysdig
Accel
Series F - Sysdig
$188M
Apr 12, 2021
The Zebra
Accel
Series D - The Zebra
$150M
Feb 5, 2020
The Zebra
Accel
Yes
Series C - The Zebra
$43.5M
Oct 17, 2019
Galileo Financial Technologies
Accel
Yes
Series A - Galileo Financial Technologies
$77M
Sep 11, 2018
Invoice2go
Accel
Series C - Invoice2go
$10M
Oct 12, 2017
Sysdig
Accel
Yes
Series C - Sysdig
$25M
Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 2
John Locke is the Partner at Accel. Additionally, John Locke has had 2 past jobs including Senior Associate at Housatonic Partners.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Housatonic Partners
Senior Associate
Summit Partners
Associate
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 9
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 1
John Locke holds 9 board and advisor roles including Board Member at Lower, Board Member at SeatGeek, and Member of the Board of Directors at GoFundMe.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Lightspeed Commerce
Member of the Board of DirectorsJul 1, 2012
Number of Events 2
John Locke has participated in 2 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, TechCrunch Disrupt 2020 on Sep 14, 2020.