Prayank Swaroop

Prayank Swaroop is an investor at Accel, focusing on cybersecurity, developer tools, marketplaces, and SaaS. He has leveraged his diverse experience from previous roles at Adobe and Standard Chartered Bank, where he worked across engineering, product marketing, pre-sales, and product management. Swaroop holds degrees from IIT Delhi and the Indian School of Business.

Known for his passion for coding, Swaroop actively builds practical products and prototypes using tools like Jupyter notebooks, Django, Supabase and Llama, although he prefers backend development over frontend technologies. Despite a demanding schedule engaging with founders, he enjoys hands-on product experimentation.

Swaroop values the skill of prioritisation, recognising the challenge of balancing numerous important tasks within a limited time. He advocates empowering teams and focusing on asking the right questions rather than micro-managing, continually refining his approach to effective leadership.

Outside of work, Swaroop humorously envisions innovations that blend utility with lifestyle—for instance, clothing that burns calories when worn. Based in Bengaluru, Swaroop contributes significantly to Accel’s portfolio and its evolving focus on emerging technologies in AI, cybersecurity, and SaaS.