Akkadian Ventures
Venture capitalSan Francisco · Seed–Late Stage · 11 people tracked
Also known as AKKADIAN VENTURES, INC. · POWERLAW FUND ADVISER, LLC
Investment thesis
Akkadian Ventures pursues strategic liquidity in the venture ecosystem through inventive deal structures and trusted access. The firm makes high-conviction primary and secondary investments, having completed over 875 transactions across more than 15 years. Its platform spans a growth-stage venture secondary strategy, a seed-stage strategy, and the RAISE Global community. The team is composed of secondary investors, entrepreneurs, operators, and limited partners, positioning the firm to create access and lasting value while strengthening the broader venture ecosystem.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 11 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 37 of 44 portfolio companiesSaaS ×19Enterprise Software ×18AI & Machine Learning ×10Marketplaces ×8Data & Infrastructure ×7Future of Work ×6Fintech ×5HR Tech ×4
HQs:United States×25
Investments · 44 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathLiftoff provides mobile marketing and monetization solutions including user acquisition, ad monetization, and programmatic advertising powered by Cortex, an AI-enabled growth platform designed for mobile app publishers and advertisers.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningSaaS
Jeremy Bondy(President and Chief Executive Officer and Director)Simon Robert Goldman(Director)Michael Puopolo(Director)Sachin Bavishi(Director)Phil Crosby(Executive Officer, Director)Harry Robertson(Executive Officer, Director)
Navan is an AI-powered platform for corporate travel and expense management that combines booking, policy management, and real-time reporting for enterprise clients.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaSTravel & HospitalityPalo Alto, US
CohenTwig
Uber operates a multi-sided platform providing ride-sharing, food delivery, freight logistics, and business fleet management services across various global markets.
Logistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesMobility & TransportationSan Francisco, US
Travis Kalanick(Co-founder & CEO)Garrett Camp(Co-founder)
Redwood City, US
Adam Marchick(Director)Charles Hudson(Director)Ben Boyer(Director)Omar Hamoui(Director)Sameer Patel(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatAdam Marchick· per SEC Form D · $10M raise · filed Jan 2018
Apptio provides AI investment management software that helps organizations track, optimize, and align AI spending across infrastructure, talent, and tooling from prioritization through ROI measurement.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSaaSUnknown, US
Ajay Patel(General Manager of Apptio and IT Automation at IBM)Larry Blasko(President, Field Operations)Eugene Khvostov(Chief Product Officer)David Buitrago(Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer)Ashok Aletty(Head of Engineering)JOHN MCADAM(Director)
Automattic develops WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Tumblr, Jetpack, and other web tools that enable publishing, commerce, and messaging.
Creator EconomyE-commerceMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSan Francisco, US
Matt Mullenweg(Founder)Toni Schneider(Director)Paul Sieminski(Executive Officer)Philip Black(Director)Ann Dunwoody(Director)Tony Conrad(Director)
BigPanda delivers agentic AI and automation for IT operations, helping enterprise IT teams detect, triage, and respond to incidents in complex hybrid cloud and modern software environments.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSMountain View, US
Assaf Resnick(CEO and co-founder)Shmuel Levy(Director)Robin Vasan(Director)
BoardScott Tobin(Director)
Carbon Health operates a chain of clinics and a companion app offering primary, urgent, and virtual care visits, with same-day appointments, provider chat, and access to medical records.
Digital HealthHealthtech
Eren Bali(Founder)
DataStax provides enterprise-grade database infrastructure and AI development tools, including Astra DB (a NoSQL vector database built on Apache Cassandra), Hyper-Converged Database for on-premises deployments, and Langflow (an open-source low-code platform for building generative AI applications).
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
FirstUp provides a platform for internal employee communications and workforce engagement in enterprises.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS
Bill Schuh(Chief Executive Officer)Kristin Brennen(Chief Marketing Officer)Cheryl Chavez(Chief Product Officer)Vinod Malhotra(Chief Technology Officer)Sabra Sciolaro(Chief People Officer)Mike Skelly(Chief Financial Officer)
Gusto provides payroll processing, employee benefits administration, and HR management tools to businesses, offering integrated software alongside support services for these functions.
Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSan Francisco, US
Josh Reeves(Founder/CEO)inEdward Kim(Founder/Empowering Gusto's Engineering Team)inTomer London(Founder/; Empowering Gusto's Product and Design Teams)in
Housecall Pro is a software platform for service-based businesses (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, cleaning, junk removal, and appliance repair) to manage scheduling, dispatching, invoicing, and customer communication.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS<UNKNOWN>
JOOR is a digital wholesale platform connecting brands and retailers globally for buying and selling fashion products.
B2B MarketplacesE-commerceRetail TechSaaS<UNKNOWN>, US
Kristin Savilia(Executive Officer, Director)Dan Ciporin(Director)Ed Neumann(Director)
BoardMichael Brown(Director)
OfferUp is a mobile marketplace platform that enables buyers and sellers to trade items locally.
ConsumerMarketplaces
Pilot provides bookkeeping and accounting services, modernizing financial operations for small businesses and startups.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechHR TechSaaS
Placer.ai provides location analytics for brick-and-mortar businesses, retailers, restaurants, and municipalities to understand foot traffic patterns and economic development.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwarePropTechRetail TechSaaS
Noam Ben-Zvi(CEO)Oded Fossfeld(CTO)Ofir Lemel(CPO)
Reputation is a reputation management software platform that analyzes reviews, listings, and surveys to deliver actionable insights for businesses managing their online presence across multiple locations.
Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS
RingCentral provides cloud-based unified communications and AI-powered contact center solutions for businesses, serving over 600,000 customers worldwide.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
San Francisco, US
Michael Brown(Director)Greg Goldfarb(Director)Elias Manousos(Executive Officer, Director)Steve Leightell(Director)Jack Russo(Executive Officer, Director)
Roofstock is a digital platform that enables individual and institutional investors to acquire and manage single-family rental homes using proprietary data analytics and local market expertise across the U.S. residential market.
FintechMarketplacesPropTech<UNKNOWN>, US
Gary Beasley(Founder & CEO)in
SafeGraph builds and maintains a global dataset of information about physical places, updated monthly, for application developers and analytics teams.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareRetail TechSaaS<UNKNOWN>, US
Auren Hoffman(Executive Officer, Director)Charles Songhurst(Director)Brent Perez(Executive Officer)Alexander Rosen(Director)
Skycatch provides spatial data capture, processing, and analysis solutions for mining and industrial operations, using AI capabilities to generate near-real-time digital twins and deliver operational insights.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureIrving, US
Christian Sanz(Founder & CEO)Richard Levandov(Director)Catherine Coleman(Director)B. Paul Santos(Director)
Sonder operates a hospitality platform offering managed short-term rental accommodations across multiple cities globally, combining contemporary design with technology-enabled services for guests.
MarketplacesPropTechTravel & HospitalityDenver, US
Francis Davidson(Co-founder & CEO)Martin Picard(Co-founder)
Tintri provides on-premises data management and workload management solutions with autonomous operations and AI-driven analytics for enterprise data centers.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMountain View, US
Adam Grosser(Director)Ian Halifax(Executive Officer)Jeff Horing(Director)Peter Sonsini(Director)Harvey Jones(Director)Christopher Schaepe(Director)
TradingView is a charting platform and social network used by over 100 million traders and investors worldwide to analyze and trade across global financial markets.
Data & InfrastructureFintechNew York City, US
SEBASTIEN ARTHUR M DUCHATEAU(Director)Paul Szurek(Director)Denis Globa(Executive Officer, Director)Konstantin Ivanov(Director)Steven M Farsht(Director)Lonne Jaffe(Director)
Splunk provides a data platform for analyzing machine-generated data, delivering visibility and real-time insights to security operations, IT operations, and engineering teams across networks, endpoints, cloud, and applications.
CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Patrick Coughlin(Executive Officer, Promoter)Paul Kurtz(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Wag! is a marketplace that connects pet owners with local pet caregivers for services including dog walking, drop-in visits, pet sitting, and boarding.
ConsumerMarketplaces
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Akkadian Ventures invest at?
- Akkadian Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What is Akkadian Ventures's typical check size?
- Akkadian Ventures typically writes checks of $250K – $10M.
- What sectors does Akkadian Ventures focus on?
- Akkadian Ventures focuses on Enterprise Software, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Akkadian Ventures located?
- Akkadian Ventures is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamIgnite VC: Ben Black on Turning LP Chaos into a 2x DPI and Building Akkadian Ventures | Ep177
Ignite: Conversations on Startups, VC, and Society · Ben Black
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