To head up one of Europe’s biggest venture capital groups for more than two decades, entrusted with hundreds of millions of dollars at a time to make visionary bets, you need a healthy appetite for risk.
But Harry Nelis, who has been a general partner at Accel’s Europe office since 2004, knows this isn’t enough. Alongside academic prowess or proven success as an entrepreneur, he expects his future colleagues, armed with a $650 million purse, to have the right kind of appetite for risky bets.
