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Read some of our most recent investments, thoughts, and companies updates
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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.
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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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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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Acadian Ventures raises $30M for VC fund focused on the future of work
Acadian Ventures raised $30 million for its second venture capital fund to focus on technologies for the future of work.
Announcing Acadian Ventures Fund II
Announcing our second fund, Acadian Ventures Fund II, a $30M early stage fund focused on the next generation of work technologies
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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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.
Work in Progress
by Thomas Otter
Thomas Otter’s reflections on the past, present, and future of work technologies.
Building a raving community of fans.
Learn from Charlie and Compa.
Otter's AGI test.
Apologies to Turing, Gödel and Minsky.
Explaining M&A through the lens of Income Statement v Balance Sheet.
Two very different recent acquisitions. ServiceNow and Moveworks. Deel and the global payroll business of Safeguard.
Suites and niches.
That old nugget