Nafis Jamal
Venture Partner at Accel
San Francisco, California
Nafis Jamal, Venture Partner at Accel is an active investor based in San Francisco, California. This profile covers what Nafis Jamal backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.
Dr. Nafis Jamal serves as Venture Partner at Accel. He served as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Billeto. He co-founded and served as Chief Executive officer at Elements. He co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer at MoPub. Prior to MoPub, he worked at AdMob on the product team with Jim and Herman on advertiser productsHe has been a member of the Accel Family for nearly 15 years, having worked at 3 Accel-backed early-stage companies. He started his career as a product manager at AdMob (acquired by Google in 2010). After that acquisition, he went on to co-found MoPub (acquired by Twitter in 2013) and serve as its CTO, where Accel was the seed and Series A lead. He was then CEO of Elements (acquired by Circle in 2022), a developer API for payments. For over a decade, he has co-invested alongside Accel and served as a technical advisor to several companies in the Accel Family. He graduated with a BS and MS from Stanford, and PhD, all in Electrical Engineering and Physics.
- Investor type
- AngelVCPECorporate VCAcceleratorInvestor
- Stages
- Early Stage VentureSeed
- Invests in
- FintechSaaS & EnterpriseMarketing & AdTechFoodTech & Agriculture
- Location
- San Francisco, California
- Typical check
- $375K
- Past investments
- 7
Notable investments
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