Ideas
Read some of our most recent investments, thoughts, and companies updates
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Exclusive: $30m Acadian Ventures closes second work tech fund
Acadian Ventures, an early stage VC firm specializing the future of work, has just closed its second fund.
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Compa closes $10M Series A to fix compensation market data for the world’s best companies
Compa raised its Series A funding led by Storm Ventures, including participation from Penny Jar Capital, HR Tech Investments (an affiliate of Indeed), NJP Ventures, Base10 Partners, and Acadian Ventures.
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Compa grabs more capital amid customer quest for real-time compensation data
Compa today announced $10 million in Series A funding. Storm Ventures led the investment with participation from Penny Jar Capital, HR Tech Investments (an affiliate of Indeed), NJP Ventures, Base10 Partners and Acadian Ventures.
Our Investment in Kombo
A summary of our investment in Kombo
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Venture Capital in Silicon Valley is Broken
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Our Investment in Bountiful
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The VC Market Has Never Been Worse...
The VC market is running historically dry, but this downturn could give way to another market boom. Commentary by Acadian Ventures General Partner, Jason Corsello.
Our Investment in 2045
2045 is building the future of leadership, focused on accomplished, underserved leaders. 2045 combines the reach of a digital network with curated, in-person experiences to ensure members have every level of support they need.
Work in Progress
by Thomas Otter
Thomas Otter’s reflections on the past, present, and future of work technologies.
The power of doubt
Module 4 of the Oxford Dip AI.
Founders and New York
Making AI actually work. Ecosystems, category creation and disruption. Arist, Fora and datascalehr.
Systems of record and transaction in an AI agent world
Coming up roses.
Why we invested in datascalehr
The messiest, most intractable integration problem meets AI and experience