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Acadian Ventures
Venture capital · Madison, CT, United States · North America
Acadian Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that focuses exclusively on work and people technologies. It backs companies building the infrastructure, intelligence, automation, experience, and compliance layers of modern work software.
Invests inHuman ResourcesFintechAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsfuture of workenterprise softwareai agentsautomationhr techcompliance
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Or find every investor that fitsAcadian Ventures lists 41 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 6 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Pre-seed, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Human Resources (40%), Fintech (19%) and AI & Machine Learning (16%). 44% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Soma Capital and Connect Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Acadian Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Acadian Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 6 companies; its own site lists 41. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 50% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 50% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 5 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 78th | 41 companies |
| Recent activity | 89th | 6 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 73th | 50% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 70th | 7% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 74th | 40% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 93th | 9 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Human Resources | 40% | 1% |
| Fintech | 19% | 12% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 16% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 11% | 8% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 6% | 15% |
| Education | 4% | 7% |
| Space & Defense | 1% | 3% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 1% | 6% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 5 |
| Soma Capital | 4 |
| Connect Ventures | 2 |
| Felix Capital | 2 |
| Kickstart | 2 |
| Mighty Capital | 2 |
| PeopleTech Partners | 2 |
| Robin Capital | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers3995%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company25%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Acadian Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Acadian Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 20 Oct 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 11 Aug 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Series A | |
| 18 Feb 2026 | Series A |
Round details for Acadian Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Acadian Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
41 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Arist conducts AI research to help businesses understand the reasons behind certain outcomes and make consequential decisions | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Beeline provides software solutions for managing extended workforces | Enterprise SoftwareHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides human resource management and payroll software solutions. | Human ResourcesEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Colare provides technical assessments for screening hardware talent | Human ResourcesEducation | Oct 2026Pre-Seed | Funding round | |
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Datascalehr connects any HR system to any payroll in any country and reconciles the results | Human ResourcesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Degreed provides a learning and upskilling platform with AI-powered solutions for workforce development | EducationHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Fifty provides an AI coach to help transform employee behaviors and intentions into concrete actions. | AI & Machine LearningHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Figures provides compensation management software solutions | Human ResourcesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides AI-powered hiring and planning solutions for talent acquisition and management | AI & Machine LearningHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Autumn is now part of the Qualtrics team and provides a service related to preventing burnout and improving team well-being. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Getro provides a job board and warm introduction solution for recruiting and networking | Human ResourcesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Holivia accompanies companies to positively impact the mental health of their teams. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Assembly provides employee recognition software | Human ResourcesSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Spine provides a platform for benefits plan optimization, compliance, and people operations for companies | Healthcare & BiotechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company operates a rewards app that allows users to earn points from various brands, employers, and activities, which can be redeemed in the Jolly Shop. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Kombo provides a unified API for integrating various human resources systems, such as HRIS, ATS, LMS, and Payroll. | Human ResourcesFintech | Feb 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Linc provides payroll software for demanding firms. | FintechHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Sol is an agentic HR system built for how work is changing | Human Resources | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 11 Nov 2026- Site
- acadianventures.com
- Last read
- 11 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 2 Dec 2025
- Companies checked
- 41
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