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Acumen Partners — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($75K–$300K Checks)

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New York, NYWebsite

Acumen Partners is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY. The firm typically writes $75K–$300K checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$75K–$300K
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
2 listed
AUM
$153M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
HQ
New York, NY

Last verified: 2026-07-28

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$75K – $300K

AUM

$153M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investment Thesis

Focused on startups delivering solutions for talent optimization, leadership development, and future-proofing workplace skills.

How Acumen Partners invests

Acumen Partners is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.

Acumen Partners typically writes checks of $75K–$300K per investment, backed by approximately $153M in assets under management.

Acumen Partners has backed 2 companies in our records, including BetterUp, Humu.

Partners & Team

DM

Doug McCormack

General Partner

GC

Geremy Connor

Partner

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

BE

BetterUp

Corporate Coaching
HU

Humu

Future of Work
How to pitch Acumen Partners
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $75K – $300K check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Doug McCormack, General Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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