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Read some of our most recent investments, thoughts, and companies updates

Introducing Summit 2025 (May 21st, Park City, Utah)

Acadian Ventures
February 5, 2025

We’re bringing together the industry’s leading CEOs and founders driving breakthrough in work.

Our Investment in SquarePeg

Acadian Ventures
January 22, 2025

We invested in SquarePeg last year, we held off announcing it, but thrilled to kick off the new year with an explanation of why we made the investment.

Announcing the 2024 Future of Work 100

Jason Corsello
September 24, 2024

The Future of Work 100 is a comprehensive list of the leading venture-backed companies that are enabling how work gets done in the future.

Oyster Raises $59M Series D

Acadian Ventures
September 5, 2024

Oyster raises $59M Series D round led by Silver Lake Waterman.

Workpay Raises $5M Series A

Acadian Ventures
August 22, 2024

Workpay raises $5M Series A round led by Norrsken22.

Worky Raises $6M Series A

Acadian Ventures
June 27, 2024

Worky Raises Series A

TechWolf Raises $43M Series B

Jason Corsello
June 25, 2024

We're thrilled to announce our Acadian Ventures portfolio company, TechWolf, has raised a $43M Series B led by Felix Capital.

Our Investment in Fora

Thomas Otter
February 1, 2024

We are thrilled to share our latest investment in Fora, an innovative executive relationship management (ERM) platform poised to transform C-suite decision-making through cutting-edge AI technology.

Work in Progress

by Thomas Otter

Thomas Otter’s reflections on the past, present, and future of work technologies.

AI at Work. Now. In Production. Hear all about it. 6th of March. 17h00 CET. 12 EST.

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Thomas Otter
February 21, 2025

An opportunity to learn from some of the Acadian Ventures portfolio companies.

The difficult second album.

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Thomas Otter
February 17, 2025

Advice for HR TECH vendors on launching a second product.

SquarePeg: Why we invested.

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Thomas Otter
January 22, 2025

Glassboxes, deep domain chops and oodles of grit.

2024 Reflections and review

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Thomas Otter
January 1, 2025

Building Acadian Ventures Fund II.

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