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Acadian Ventures

VC
New York, NYWebsite

Acadian Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Other. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 7 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$3.0M
Portfolio
7 companies on record
Partners
2 listed
AUM
$60M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other
HQ
New York, NY

Last verified: 2026-05-25

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $3.0M

AUM

$60M

Portfolio

7+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused exclusively on HR Tech and solutions addressing employee enablement and career development.

How Acadian Ventures invests

Acadian Ventures is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other.

Acadian Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $60M in assets under management.

Acadian Ventures has backed 7 companies in our records, including Humu, Pyn, Compa.

Partners & Team

AH

Audrey Handem

Principal

JC

Jason Corsello

Founder & GP

HR Tech
Workplace SaaS

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other

Portfolio Companies (7)

Other

HU

Humu

HR Tech
PY

Pyn

Career Coaching SaaS
CO

Compa

TE

Techwolf

WO

Worky

KO

Kombo

OR

Origin

How to pitch Acadian Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Audrey Handem, Principal.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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