# Accolade Partners

> Accolade Partners is a VC fund backing Software and Collaboration. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Washington, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Feb 2023
- Lead investor: 14%
- Fund size: $325M
- Last fund: Oct 2023
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/470898/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/AccoladePrtnrs
- Website: http://accoladepartners.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Accolade-Partners-142682079124630/

Accolade Partners is a fund of funds organized primarily to invest in a diversified portfolio of top-tier venture capital and growth equity funds. These funds principally invest in technology and healthcare. The firm invests in the United States. Accolade Partners was founded in 2000 and is based in Washington, DC.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Accolade Partners. Shizune tracks 5 team members at Accolade Partners. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/accolade-partners?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 29% |
| Collaboration | 2 | 29% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 29% |
| SaaS | 1 | 14% |
| Mobile | 1 | 14% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 2 | 29% |
| Series E | 2 | 29% |
| Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 43% |
| India | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Salembier | COO/Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-salembier |
| Aram Verdiyan | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aram-verdiyan |
| Atul Rustgi | Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atul-rustgi |
| Evan MacQueen | Vice President | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evan-macqueen |
| Joelle Kayden | Managing Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joelle-kayden |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LoanKuber | LoanKuber is the lowest cost lender to Yest-to be Bankable - enabling borrowing with trust and confidence. | $2M | Series A | Feb 16, 2023 |  |
| LoanKuber | LoanKuber is the lowest cost lender to Yest-to be Bankable - enabling borrowing with trust and confidence. | $1.7M | Seed | Aug 20, 2021 |  |
| SunBasket | Sun Basket is a healthy cooking service that delivers organic ingredients and customized recipes weekly to customers' doors. It allows customers to choose meals each week or opt into a menu plan, including Paleo, Gluten-Free, and Vegetarian options.Sun Basket makes it easy to cook delicious meals, eat clean, and feel great. The company grewfrom sales by 1300% in 2016 and went from 0 to 1200 employees from 2014 to 2017. The service sources organic and sustainable ingredients from over 135 farms, ranches, and fishermen, featuring organic & non-GMO produce, antibiotic and hormone-free meats, and seafood that follows the Monterey Bay Aquarium sustainability standards. | $30M | Series E | May 21, 2019 |  |
| SunBasket | Sun Basket is a healthy cooking service that delivers organic ingredients and customized recipes weekly to customers' doors. It allows customers to choose meals each week or opt into a menu plan, including Paleo, Gluten-Free, and Vegetarian options.Sun Basket makes it easy to cook delicious meals, eat clean, and feel great. The company grewfrom sales by 1300% in 2016 and went from 0 to 1200 employees from 2014 to 2017. The service sources organic and sustainable ingredients from over 135 farms, ranches, and fishermen, featuring organic & non-GMO produce, antibiotic and hormone-free meats, and seafood that follows the Monterey Bay Aquarium sustainability standards. | $15M | Series C | Feb 17, 2017 |  |
| SunBasket | Sun Basket is a healthy cooking service that delivers organic ingredients and customized recipes weekly to customers' doors. It allows customers to choose meals each week or opt into a menu plan, including Paleo, Gluten-Free, and Vegetarian options.Sun Basket makes it easy to cook delicious meals, eat clean, and feel great. The company grewfrom sales by 1300% in 2016 and went from 0 to 1200 employees from 2014 to 2017. The service sources organic and sustainable ingredients from over 135 farms, ranches, and fishermen, featuring organic & non-GMO produce, antibiotic and hormone-free meats, and seafood that follows the Monterey Bay Aquarium sustainability standards. | $15M | Series B | Jul 26, 2016 |  |
| TigerConnect | TigerConnect is a provider of clinical communication solutions, TigerConnect helps physicians, nurses, and other staff communicate and collaborate more effectively, accelerating productivity, reducing costs, and improving patient outcomes. Trusted by more than 4,000 healthcare organizations, TigerConnect maintains 99.99% uptime and processes over10 million messages each day. Its category-leading product innovations and advanced integrations with critical hospital systems deliver high value for hospitals and large health systems.Their commitment to client success is reflected in their broad support organization that works directly with clients at every stage to streamline communication workflows and achieve the highest possible ROI. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. | $50M | Series C | Nov 12, 2015 |  |
| Hightail | Hightail is a cloud service that lets users send, receive, digitally sign, and synchronize files. Hightail addresses the problems of creative collaboration and visual project management between teams of creative professionals and their clients and other stakeholders. An innovator in the cloud since before the term was even coined, Hightail (FKAYouSendIt) began as a simple way to send files that were too large for email and have since grown to evolve the cloud into a virtual workspace that enables seamless collaboration on visual projects from concept to completion. | $34M | Series E | Nov 19, 2013 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Baseline Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baseline-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [PivotNorth Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pivotnorth-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Relevance Ventures (formerly Relevance Capital)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/relevance-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Inflection Point Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inflection-point-ventures-d275) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LVX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/letsventure) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Shea Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shea-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Accolade Partners invest in?

Accolade Partners invests primarily in Software, Collaboration and Information Technology startups, most often at Series C and Series E stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Accolade Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Accolade Partners?

The team at Accolade Partners includes Andrew Salembier (COO/Partner), Aram Verdiyan (Partner) and Atul Rustgi (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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