AccelByte
AccelByte sells backend software for game studios to build and operate online games, with a focus on cross-platform play and progression. The company raised $70M in a Series B round in May 2022 and employs 145 people.
The growth story
AccelByte grew from 257 to 145 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $70M along the way, most recently a Series B in May 2022.
About
AccelByte provides white-label backend infrastructure for game studios to develop and manage games-as-a-service. Their platform supports cross-platform play and progression, enabling studios to connect games and players across different devices. The company targets game developers seeking to scale their online services without building their own infrastructure.
Founded in 2016, AccelByte has raised $70M in funding, including a Series B round backed by major gaming and tech investors like Sony Interactive Entertainment and SoftBank Vision Fund. The company employs 145 people, primarily in engineering roles.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is the largest function at AccelByte, with 77 employees. The company has a median tenure of 4 years, indicating relatively stable staffing. Leadership includes founders with experience in large-scale game services.
The AccelByte org chart
Junaili Lie (Co-Founder and CEO) leads 35 mapped leaders with 3 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 91 (-32% YoY), Information Technology 10 (-29% YoY), Human Resources 7 (-12% YoY), Program and Project Management 7 (-36% YoY), Quality Assurance 6 (-25% YoY), Business Development 4 (0% YoY).
Talent flow
AccelByte hires heavily from gaming companies like Gameloft and Electronic Arts, as well as Indonesian universities such as Diponegoro University and Universitas Gadjah Mada. Alumni frequently move to tech and gaming companies like Xsolla, Grab, and tiket.com.
Most common previous employers of AccelByte staff: Gameloft (15), Diponegoro University (4), PT Gamatechno Indonesia (4), Electronic Arts (EA) (3), Mitrais (3), Bangkit led by Google, Goto, and Traveloka (3). Former AccelByte employees most often moved to tiket.com (4), Xsolla (4), SoftwareSeni (4), kloia (3), Grab (3), ASTRO (3).
Alumni worth knowing
The AccelByte mafia
AccelByte alumni have founded 5 companies, including Codedcloud, Stablebase AI, and Assist.wtf, with most ventures having 1-3 staff members.
5Keith Fenech, was Site Reliability Engineer until 2022Alaa Qutaish, was SRE Team Lead | Gaming Infrastructures until 2022Michael Assis, was Technical Consultant until 2022Brian Spanton, was Senior VP of Engineering until 2024Shintaro Kai, was Techincal Producer until 2024Web traffic
Traffic mix: 0% direct, 0% search, 0% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at AccelByte: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) (67), Python (Programming Language) (48), HTML (43), C++ (41), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (40), Kubernetes (38), Java (36), JavaScript (35).
Where the team actually sits
AccelByte people are concentrated in Yogyakarta, Indonesia (27), Central Java, Indonesia (17), Indonesia (11), Jakarta, Indonesia (9).
Search footprint
AccelByte attracts about 548 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $3K a month if bought through ads. It gained 135 ranking keywords and lost 110 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.90 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.50 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.60 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.80 / 5
Frequently asked
AccelByte has 145 employees as of September 2026.
AccelByte has raised $70M in total, most recently a Series B round in May 2022.
AccelByte was founded in 2016 by Junaili Lie.
Junaili Lie (Co-Founder and CEO) sits at the top of AccelByte's reporting structure, with 3 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current AccelByte staff are Gameloft (15 people), Diponegoro University (4 people), PT Gamatechno Indonesia (4 people).
Former AccelByte employees most often move to tiket.com (4), Xsolla (4), SoftwareSeni (4).
At least 5 companies have a founder who previously worked at AccelByte, including Codedcloud, Stablebase AI, Assist.wtf.
AccelByte attracts about 548 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $3K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among AccelByte staff are Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Python (Programming Language), HTML, C++, Amazon Web Services (AWS).
AccelByte staff are concentrated in Yogyakarta, Indonesia (27), Central Java, Indonesia (17), Indonesia (11).
AccelByte has about 91 people in Engineering, down 32% over the past year, as of September 2026.
AccelByte has about 10 people in Information Technology, down 29% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 116 current and 267 former AccelByte profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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