Thomas Barnds

Founder at

Accel-KKR LLC

Net worth: 362 M $ as of 2026-08-30

57 year

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Mr. Thomas Barnds is a Co-Managing Partner at Accel-KKR LLC.
He is on the Board of Directors at Bright Market LLC.
Mr. Barnds was previously employed as an Independent Director by Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc., a Managing Director by Nassau Capital Advisors LLC, a Chairman by Abila, Inc., and a Principal by Alex.
Brown & Sons, Inc. He also served on the board at Optimizely AB, Applied Predictive Technologies, Inc., DataPipe, Inc. and Layered Technologies, Inc. He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and an MBA from Stanford University.

Known holdings in public companies

Company	Date	Number of shares	Valuation	Valuation date
Paymentus Holdings, Inc. Paymentus Holdings, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides cloud-based bill payment technology and solutions 9.91%	2026-08-25	10,116,936 ( 9.91% )	360 M $	2026-08-30
Paymentus Holdings, Inc. Paymentus Holdings, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides cloud-based bill payment technology and solutions 0.1%	2026-08-25	64,308 ( 0.1% )	2 M $	2026-08-30

Thomas Barnds active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Accel-KKR LLC Accel-KKR LLC Investment ManagersFinance Accel-KKR invests in middle market companies located across the globe with revenues up to USD 200 Million. The firm focuses on the software and tech-enabled services sectors. It participates in buyout, minority growth capital, corporate carveout, take-private, credit investment, and secondary. It acquires minority stakes.	Founder	2000-05-31
Bright Market LLC Bright Market LLC Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Operates e-commerce payment processing and e-commerce sales platform	Director/Board Member	-

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Former positions of Thomas Barnds

Companies	Position	End
Nassau Capital Advisors LLC Nassau Capital Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance Nassau Capital Advisors specializes in real estate financial strategies. They provide debt and equity financing for income property including conventional mortgage loans, joint venture equity, securitized debt, participating loans and mezzanine funding and government agency financing for multi-family and economic development projects	Corporate Officer/Principal	2000-05-30
Abila, Inc. Abila, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides management software solutions	Chairman	-
Layered Technologies, Inc. Layered Technologies, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Provides compliant and secure cloud hosting services	Director/Board Member	-
BLACKHAWK NETWORK HOLDINGS INC	Director/Board Member	-
DataPipe, Inc. DataPipe, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Provides custom managed hosting solutions	Director/Board Member	-

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Private companies	12
Layered Technologies, Inc. Layered Technologies, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Provides compliant and secure cloud hosting services	Technology Services
DataPipe, Inc. DataPipe, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Provides custom managed hosting solutions	Technology Services
Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc. Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates payments and branded value company that offers prepaid & gift cards, digital payments, rewards, loyalty and incentive programs	Commercial Services
Stanford University Stanford University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Alex. Brown & Sons, Inc. Alex. Brown & Sons, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides investment and investment banking services to individuals and entities	Finance
Nassau Capital Advisors LLC Nassau Capital Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance Nassau Capital Advisors specializes in real estate financial strategies. They provide debt and equity financing for income property including conventional mortgage loans, joint venture equity, securitized debt, participating loans and mezzanine funding and government agency financing for multi-family and economic development projects	Finance
Accel-KKR LLC Accel-KKR LLC Investment ManagersFinance Accel-KKR invests in middle market companies located across the globe with revenues up to USD 200 Million. The firm focuses on the software and tech-enabled services sectors. It participates in buyout, minority growth capital, corporate carveout, take-private, credit investment, and secondary. It acquires minority stakes.	Finance
Princeton University Princeton University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Applied Predictive Technologies, Inc. Applied Predictive Technologies, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides cloud-based predictive analytics software solutions	Technology Services
EPiServer AB EPiServer AB Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops digital delivery platform	Technology Services
Bright Market LLC Bright Market LLC Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Operates e-commerce payment processing and e-commerce sales platform	Technology Services
Abila, Inc. Abila, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides management software solutions	Technology Services