Acadian Ventures Management, Llc — Full Portfolio

Arist delivers entrepreneurship education courses to high school students in conflict zones.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechEnterprise SoftwareHR TechImpact & Social GoodNew York City, US

Michael Ioffe(Founder)inRyan Laverty(Founder)in

Co-investorsEmles Venture PartnersNeer Venture PartnersRebel FundY CombinatorRainfall Ventures

Employee engagement platform offering recognition, collaboration, and feedback tools integrated with workplace software.

Co-investorsAlpha Edison

Assembly is an employee recognition and rewards platform that helps organizations celebrate achievements, milestones, and team contributions to build stronger culture and retention.

HR TechSaaS

Co-investorsAlpha EdisonHomebrewWonder Ventures

Autumn was an employee experience platform that has been acquired and is now part of Qualtrics.

HR Tech

Co-investorsHyperplane Venture Capital

Beeline provides vendor management system (VMS) software for managing contingent and external workforces, including staffing suppliers and shift-based labor.

Future of WorkHR TechSaaS

Co-investorsBain Capital Life Sciences

brioHR is an all-in-one HR software platform that automates repetitive HR tasks and employee engagement for organizations.

Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSKuala Lumpur, MY

Benjamin Croc(Founder)inNabil Oudghiri(Founder)in

Co-investorsImmeasurableOpenspace VenturesOyster VenturesSuper Capital VCY Combinator

The page is now owned by Hello Inbox, which provides free email deliverability testing tools and SPF, DKIM, and DMARC record generators to help businesses protect against email spoofing and phishing.

CybersecuritySaaS

Co-investorsMS&AD Ventures

Co-investorsRobin Capital

Compa builds compensation management software to help organizations establish fair and competitive compensation.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS

Co-investorsStorm Ventures2.12 AngelsCrosscut VenturesDragonXPermanent Capital Ventures

Alon Yamin(Founder)in

Co-investorsConnecticut InnovationsICONYC labsJAL Ventures Ltd.

datascalehr builds a modern data platform for global payroll that automatically learns and adapts to varying data structures and formats across multiple countries and providers.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareHR Tech

Luke(Chief Architect)in

Degreed provides an enterprise learning experience platform that helps organizations collect, understand, and develop workforce skills through AI-driven learning experiences.

EdTechEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

David Blake(CEO)inDavid Wiley(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardChris McCarthy(Director)Brandon Tidwell(Director)in

Co-investorsBYU Cougar CapitalContour Venture PartnersElevate Innovation PartnersETS Strategic CapitalFounders Circle CapitalGSV Ventures+11 more

Bridges the intention-action gap in training and development.

Paris, FR

Alexia Cordier(Founder)

Figures provides compensation management software that helps HR teams and managers make data-driven pay decisions, ensure fairness, and maintain compliance with pay transparency regulations.

Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS

Bastien F.(Founder)inVirgile Raingeard(Founder)in

Co-investorsEntrée CapitalKima VenturesPoint Nine

Findem provides talent intelligence and people analytics for leaders and hiring teams, helping them understand candidate backgrounds and potential beyond resume information to make better hiring and team-building decisions.

AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaSRedwood City, US

Raghu Batta Venkat(Executive Officer, Director)Hariharan Kolam Govindarajan(Executive Officer, Director)Hariharan Kolam(Founder)in

BoardGaurav Garg(Director)inShawn O'Neill(Director)

Co-investorsHarmony PartnersWingFour Rivers Group

FORA is an AI platform for organizational leadership that captures and analyzes qualitative data from meetings, emails, chat platforms, and CRM systems.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsOUTBOUND CAPITAL

Getro is a network-based recruiting platform that helps companies hire faster by leveraging employee referrals and professional networks.

HR TechMarketing TechSaaSBoulder, US

Evan Walden(Founder)

Co-investorsBlindspot Ventures Management CoEmbedded CapitalMotive PartnersOIF VenturesOur Innovation FundSamaipata+4 more

Holivia provides an AI-powered mental health platform for enterprise employees, combining self-care content, personalized care pathways, and access to a network of psychologists.

AI & Machine LearningHR TechMental Health

Co-investors50 Partners

Jolly is an AI and data-science platform that uses gamified, performance-based incentives to improve workforce utilization, compliance, referrals, and loyalty.

AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaS

Co-investorsBullpen CapitalDorm Room

Kombo provides a unified API platform that integrates HRIS, ATS, LMS, and payroll systems, allowing B2B companies to offer hundreds of pre-built integrations to their customers without building custom connectors.

Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSBerlin, DE

Alexander Kübel(Founder)inAike Hillbrands(Founder)inFabian Rothfuß(Founder)in

Co-investorsVolition CapitalY Combinator468 Capital

Linc is payroll software designed for accounting firms and payroll managers, offering transparent calculation rules, monthly audit verification, and integrations to improve efficiency in payroll processing.

Enterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsKima Ventures

Luc Dudler builds a mobile job search application.

HR Tech

Luc Dudler

Co-investors500 GlobalInreach Ventures

Salt Lake City, US

Brent Alvord(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Brent Hill(Director)Deborah Quazzo(Director)Mark Newman(Director)

Co-investorsSalesforce Ventures

Nomi Health provides direct healthcare services and streamlines payment, claims, and contracts to reduce costs.

Digital HealthEnterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtech

Mark Newman(Founder)inJoshua Walker(Founder)in

Co-investorsArbor VenturesKickstartPeterson VenturesRose Park AdvisorsMaverick Ventures

Origin provides in-home pediatric speech, occupational, and physical therapy, connecting families with local licensed therapists and offering insurance-covered sessions.

Digital HealthHealthtechMarketplaces

Gabe Hart(Founder)in

Co-investorsDistributed VenturesNFPThe MBA FundFELIX CAPITALNotion Capital

Origin is an AI-powered Enterprise Benefits Intelligence platform that provides global benefits teams with unified visibility, intelligence, and governance across all benefits data and vendors.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR Tech

Co-investorsFELIX CAPITALNotion Capital

Oyster is an employer of record (EOR) platform that lets companies hire, pay, and manage full-time employees and contractors in over 180 countries without setting up local entities, handling compliant onboarding, contracts, payroll, and benefits.

Future of WorkHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Ally Fekaiki(CEO and Founder)Tony Jamous(Executive Chairman)inJack Mardack(Founder)Hadi Moussa(CEO)

Co-investorsAtento CapitalAvid VenturesEmergence Capital PartnersG2 Venture PartnersStripes

Palette Desktop is a workspace application designed for non-engineering professionals to manage writing, research, planning, operations, and design tasks across shared folders using AI agents.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsBain Capital VenturesExfinity Venturespi VenturesTin Men CapitalTwenty Two Ventures

Palette Cloud operates a housing/living platform for the real estate industry, offering services to real estate operators as well as tenants, unified through its "Palette ID" (OpenID) system.

PropTechSaaS

Co-investorsZ Venture CapitalEmblemUgly Duckling Ventures

Palette is a project management and collaboration platform for creative and video production teams, offering frame-by-frame drawover, real-time boards, timelines, version tracking, and task management tied to assets and reviews.

Future of WorkMedia & EntertainmentSaaS

Co-investorsSTARTUP IGNITION VENTURESEmblemUgly Duckling Ventures

Palm.hr is an HR management platform built for UAE and MENA compliance that automates payroll, attendance tracking, and workforce management for companies.

Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSDubai, AE

Christoph Czichna(Founder)inOmar Koleilat(Founder)in

Co-investorsRAED VenturesWamda CapitalNama Ventures

Penzilla provides a digital platform and full-service solution for German companies to manage occupational pension schemes (bAV), including consultation, administration, and payroll integration.

Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS

Co-investorsRobin CapitalDelin Ventures

PeopleReign develops AI-powered technology using natural language processing and machine learning to automate routine business processes for enterprise employees.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSan Jose, US

Dan Turchin(CEO)

BoardJonathan Perl(Director)in

Co-investorsBoulder VenturesJC2 VenturesMighty CapitalMoxxie VenturesSterling Road

Progression offers software for building career progression frameworks, with a template library of best-practice content to help teams define roles and support employee career growth.

Future of WorkHR TechSaaS

Jonny Burch(Founder)in

Progression is a platform that helps companies build career frameworks, skills matrices, and progression pathways for their employees, using AI to generate content and track skill growth.

Future of WorkHR TechSaaS

Quantum Workplace provides an all-in-one HR software platform that connects employee engagement, performance management, development, and recognition data in a single view for HR leaders, managers, and executives.

Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS

Co-investorsJurassic CapitalLLR

Co-investorsDraper Goren Blockchain

SmartRecruiters provides a hiring platform that uses AI agents and autonomous talent acquisition capabilities to help organizations manage recruitment processes.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSan Francisco, US

Jerome Ternynck(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardRajeev Batra(Director)inDoug Schrier(Director)Brent Queener(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsBonfire VenturesMayfield FundRembrandt Venture PartnersW Capital PartnersCounterview Capital

SquarePeg provides AI-powered recruitment automation that screens candidates, sources qualified applicants, and integrates with existing ATS systems for hiring teams.

AI & Machine LearningHR Tech

Co-investorsBread And Butter Ventures, LlcLoyal VCNext Frontier CapitalSilicon Road Ventures

Superthread is a unified workspace combining task management, project documentation, and AI-powered meeting transcription for engineering and product teams.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS

Ben(Chief Technology Officer)

Co-investorsConnect Ventures

TechWolf builds AI-driven skills intelligence software that helps enterprises capture and use skills data about their workforce for skill-based talent management.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSGhent, BE

Mikael WornooAndreas De NeveinJeroen Van Hautte(Founder)inYasamin Karimi(Chief Product Officer)in

Co-investorsNotion CapitalSemperVirens Venture CapitalSyndicate One20VCFELIX CAPITALWorkday Ventures

TechWolf builds AI-driven skills intelligence software that helps enterprises unlock and manage talent based on skills rather than job titles or credentials.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechGhent, BE

Mikael WornooAndreas De NeveinJeroen Van HautteinJeroen Van Hautte 🐺(Founder)in

Co-investorsFELIX CAPITALPMVSyndicate One

Pack is a digital platform for corporate mentoring, coaching, and professional development, helping HR teams map skills, identify strategic gaps, and build personalized development plans.

Future of WorkHR TechSaaSMilan, IT

Pietro Picogna

Ezra provides an incentive compensation and rewards platform aimed at frontline workers, letting them share in the value they create through pay-for-performance programs.

Future of WorkHR TechSaaS

Co-investorsBetter Tomorrow Ventures

Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Annrai O'Toole(Founder and CEO)Paddy Benson(Co-Founder and CTO)Dan Beck(Co-Founder and COO)David Petroni(CFO)Murali Mazhavanchery(VP, Product)Conor Halpin(Head of Sales)

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesMosaic VenturesGreylock PartnersWorkday Ventures

VCola provides a platform for rapidly building customized enterprise applications using AI, targeting organizations that need to deploy business software at scale without compromising on traditional enterprise software principles.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsFrontline Ventures

Workpay provides HR, payroll, compliance, and benefits administration services for businesses with remote and local teams across Africa.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechHR TechSaaSNairobi, KE

Paul Kimani(Founder)inJackson Kibigo Kungu(Founder)inEdwin Njuguna Mwangi(Executive Officer)David Maina Kariuki(Executive Officer)Paul Njoroge Kimani(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardNgetha Waithaka(Director)

Co-investorsY CombinatorNorrsken22P1 VenturesSaviu VenturesVKAV (Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures)Launch Africa Ventures+2 more

Worky is a payroll and human resources management platform for Mexican companies that automates the calculation, legal filing, and distribution of employee payments in real time, while managing workforce operations from hiring through payroll processing.

Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSMexico City, MX

Maya Dadoo(Founder)

Co-investorsAmador HoldingsBDev VenturesBoost Capital PartnersIGNIAKube VCOutbound Ventures+2 more