# Acacia Capital Partners

> Acacia Capital Partners is a VC fund backing Enterprise Software and Apps. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Nov 2016
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/acacia-capital-partners-limited
- Website: http://www.acaciacp.com

Acacia Capital Partners is an independent management company made up of experienced venture capitalists with in-depth operational and investment management experience. They invest in later stage innovative technology companies both directly and indirectly.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Enterprise Software | 2 | 40% |
| Apps | 1 | 20% |
| Music | 1 | 20% |
| Video | 1 | 20% |
| Big Data | 1 | 20% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |
| Series C | 1 | 20% |
| Series E | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 40% |
| Ireland | 1 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ajay Chowdhury | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ajay-chowdhury |
| Christopher Smart | General Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-smart |
| Hitesh Mehta | General Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hitesh-mehta |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Solarflare Communications | Solarflare Communications is a computer networking company that specializes in providing neural-class networks, technologies for ultra-scale, and software-defined. It also provides a comprehensive, integrated set of technologies for distributed, ultra-scale, software-defined datacenters.It was founded in 2001 and headquartered in Irvine,California. | $22.2M |  | Nov 30, 2016 |  |
| Shazam Entertainment | Shazam Entertainment provides an application for connecting artists and fans through music discovery. It offers Shazam, a mobile application for iOS, Android, and Windows phones that enables people to discover, explore, and share their favorite music and TV. Shazam Entertainment also provides application for MAC and Windows PC platforms. It has astrategic alliance with iHeartMedia, Cumulus, Entercom, Cox, and Sun Broadcast Group. Avery Wang, Chris Barton, Dhiraj Mukherjee, and Philip Inghelbrecht founded Shazam Entertainment on May 22, 2000, with its headquarters in London in the United Kingdom. It has additional offices in New York City, Redwood City, Los Angeles, and San Diego in California, Chicago in Illinois, and North Sydney in Australia. | $20M | Series E | Mar 07, 2014 |  |
| Solarflare Communications | Solarflare Communications is a computer networking company that specializes in providing neural-class networks, technologies for ultra-scale, and software-defined. It also provides a comprehensive, integrated set of technologies for distributed, ultra-scale, software-defined datacenters.It was founded in 2001 and headquartered in Irvine,California. | $32M |  | Dec 28, 2008 |  |
| Skinkers | Skinkers is the UK based software developer that provides communication management software to help organisations overcome the current limitations of existing digital channels. We tick all the boxes!rights for the peer-to-peer technology developed by Microsoft Research. Microsoft has a minority equity stake in Skinkers. Skinkers and Microsoft won the UK Partnering for Innovation Award Livestation was released for beta testing in July to moderate Al Jazeera, BBC World News, Bloomberg Television, EuroNews (English, French, Italian and now Spanish), France 24, i>Tele, Russia Today and BBC World Service. A feature allowing viewers to add their own channels has just been launched and has over 400 channels already. To watch Livestation, users must download a free video player, which is available for beta With added | $16M | Series B | Oct 01, 2007 |  |
| Automsoft | Automsoft's core product, RAPID, collects, stores and analyses data to enable critical decision making in our customers. It has thousands of installations in Utilities, Life Sciences, Oil and Gas, Food and Beverage, Mining, and Pulp and Paper. | $2.3M | Series C | May 01, 2004 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Anthem Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthem-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Oak Investment Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oak-investment-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [América Móvil](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amrica-mvil) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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## FAQ

### What does Acacia Capital Partners invest in?

Acacia Capital Partners invests primarily in Enterprise Software, Apps and Music startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Acacia Capital Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Acacia Capital Partners?

The team at Acacia Capital Partners includes Ajay Chowdhury (Founder), Christopher Smart (General Partner) and Hitesh Mehta (General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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