It paired up with the top venture firm in China, the International Data Group, and its Accel-IDG funds are outperforming almost all other U.S. funds in China.
And both Eventifier and its investor Accel believe its solution is unique, at least for now.
So to attract more API businesses and share its insights, Accel is announcing a new investment focus in what it calls "APX," the API-ification of business.
As Facebook prepared to price its offering, Accel's partners were back at work on Thursday.
In 2005 Accel Partners closed its $440 million Accel 9 Fund.
"PeopleDoc has never lost a customer which speaks very highly to the strength of its solution," Accel partner Philippe Botteri said.
The company partnered with its investor Accel in May to launch the SkyFund to make investments in unmanned aerial vehicle startups.
Following a hugely successful run with Playfish, he's leaving the social game developer today to start as an entrepreneur in residence at one of its investors, Accel, according to sources.
With over $6 billion under its management, Accel has invested in over 300 companies including: Alfresco, AdMob, Baidu, BBN, Brightcove, ComScore, Etsy, Facebook, Foundry Networks, GlamMedia, JBoss, and going back further, Macromedia.
Accel has to date invested in 17 startups in India at the seed stage from its $150 million+ Accel III fund.
Its next fund, Accel VI, which closed in 1998, was generating returns above 100% per year at the height of the bubble.
