Amit Kumar joined Accel in 2016 and focuses on consumer-facing startups with an emphasis on social, gaming, esports, VR/AR, crypto, and payments. Amit led Accel’s investment in Smash.gg. He also works closely with the teams at Plays.tv, Cornershop, Deserve, and UserTesting. Previously, Amit co-founded Accel-backed CardSpring, a payments infrastructure company, where he led engineering for its developer-facing API platform. Twitter subsequently acquired CardSpring, where Amit led engineering for several of Twitter’s commerce and customer service initiatives. Amit is from Cupertino, California and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in electrical engineering and computer science.
Friday, June 29, 2018
1:00 AM – 4:00 AM UTC
1:00 AM | Networking, Food + Drinks |
2:00 AM | Fireside Chat |
3:00 AM | Networking |