<p>Rob Solomon, the former president and chief operating officer for Groupon, has joined Silicon Valley venture firm Accel Partners as a venture partner. He will focus on evaluating early stage and growth equity opportunities with Accel. Prior to Groupon, Solomon was a venture partner at TCV and also worked as chief executive of travel-focused search engine SideStep.</p><p>PRESS RELEASEAccel Partners, a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm focusing on early stage and growth equity investments, today announced the addition of Rob Solomon as Venture Partner. Most recently, he served as President & COO for Groupon responsible for sales, marketing, business development, operations & international as the company experienced rapid growth going from 100 employees to 6,000.</p><p>As Venture Partner, Rob will be evaluating early stage and growth equity opportunities with Accel. He will also play a major role in advising the firm's portfolio companies on a wide range of strategic and operational issues like product management, scaling infrastructure, business operations, and mergers and acquisitions. Accel Partners has been an early investor in leading consumer internet companies including Dropbox, Etsy, Facebook, Kayak, Prezi, Rovio (Angry Birds), Trulia, and Vox Media.</p><p>"Rob is a successful and proven executive and investor who adds tremendous value to our firm and we are excited to have him join us," said Accel Partner Andrew Braccia. "He has been at the helm of some of the most high profile consumer internet brands and has demonstrated a unique ability to inspire and lead teams through both rapid growth and challenging times."</p><p><a href="http://www.pehub.com/199088/accel-partners-names-rob-solomon-venture-partner/">Keep reading...</a></p>
