# Acadian Ventures

> Acadian Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Human Resources. See 39 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 39
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 15%
- Fund size: $30M
- Last fund: Jul 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/acadianventures
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/acadianventures
- Website: https://www.acadianventures.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Acadian-Ventures-379060035908389/

Acadian Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in the new architecture of work. Founded in 2019 and led by executives from Cornerstone, SAP SuccessFactors, and Workday, Acadian is the world’s leading firm focused at the intersection of work and technology, on a mission to make work better and meaningful, creating a progressiveapproach to human productivity. For more information, visit acadianventures.com.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.3M–$10M |
| Pre-Seed | $1M–$4.2M |
| Series A | $6.7M–$25M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 21 | 54% |
| Human Resources | 17 | 44% |
| SaaS | 9 | 23% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 15% |
| Internet | 5 | 13% |

40 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 18 | 46% |
| Series A | 9 | 23% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 13% |
| Series B | 2 | 5% |
| Series E | 1 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 14 | 36% |
| France | 4 | 10% |
| Germany | 3 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 5% |
| Italy | 1 | 3% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jason Corsello | Founder and General Partner | 12 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-corsello |
| Thomas Otter | General Partner | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-otter |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Linc | Linc is a platform that delivers data retrieval and analysis services tailored to business needs. The company offers solutions supporting bookkeeping and payroll workflows alongside information management capabilities. Linc offerings streamline data management processes and enable organizations to operationalize their data more effectively. | $9.7M | Seed | Jun 23, 2026 |  |
| Origin | Origin is the world’s first AI-powered Global Benefits Intelligence platform, purpose-built to bring clarity, control, and visibility to global benefits management. At the heart of Origin is Cuido™, our Artificial Benefits Intelligence™, which enables teams to cut costs, ensure compliance, and make smarter, faster decisions. Co-created by leadingglobal employers including Pfizer, BCG, bp, EA, Comcast, Organon and Iveco, Origin empowers benefits teams to move beyond outdated tools and fragmented processes—unlocking a new era of insight-driven, scalable global benefits management. Learn more at originbenefits.com. | $30M | Series A | Mar 25, 2026 |  |
| Kombo | Kombo is an API for HR, Payroll, ATS and Recruiting integrations | $25M | Series A | Feb 18, 2026 |  |
| Colare | Colare is an AI-powered hiring platform that uses real engineering simulations to help hardtech companies assess and hire engineers faster and more accurately. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 05, 2026 |  |
| Pack | Great Resignations are killing the market. More than 40% of workers are not satisfied with their work and the GenZ starts to reclaim different work policies and a better environment. Companies are now starting to fight the challenge but they are losing it miserably. Mentoring is the game changer. We developed a scientific methodology based on datato run global mentoring programs with world star mentors from more than 10 countries. We are able to mix neuroscience, behavioural sciences and positive psychology to foster people growth and offer to HR departments a complete overview of performance and happiness of employees | $6.7M | Series A | Dec 02, 2025 |  |
| Origin | Origin is the world’s first AI-powered Global Benefits Intelligence platform, purpose-built to bring clarity, control, and visibility to global benefits management. At the heart of Origin is Cuido™, our Artificial Benefits Intelligence™, which enables teams to cut costs, ensure compliance, and make smarter, faster decisions. Co-created by leadingglobal employers including Pfizer, BCG, bp, EA, Comcast, Organon and Iveco, Origin empowers benefits teams to move beyond outdated tools and fragmented processes—unlocking a new era of insight-driven, scalable global benefits management. Learn more at originbenefits.com. | $21M | Series A | May 14, 2025 |  |
| Penzilla | At Penzilla, we believe it's time to make corporate pension provision the way it really should be - simple. That's why we offer a solution that helps everyone get the maximum benefit from corporate pension options. Most importantly, we enable every employer to achieve true corporate social responsibility with 100% compliance and everyemployee to receive a fair pension. This is how corporate pension provision works with Penzilla: Let's "Simply Provision" together. | $3.6M | Seed | May 14, 2025 |  |
| Jolly | Jolly is a rewards platform for the workplace that incentivizes employee performance. It implements performance-based incentives to increase employees utilization, compliance, referrals, and loyalty. | $16.5M | Series A | Feb 10, 2025 |  |
| datascalehr | datascalehr develops AI Agents and APIs to natively connect to, and reconcile any Payroll and any HR data source in the world. datascalehr Payroll Providers and Global EORs more profitable by recognizing revenue 6-9 months faster and increasing gross margins 10%+. The company serves multi-country payroll, global employer of record / EOR,payroll service providers and payroll business process outsourcing companies. |  | Seed | Oct 25, 2024 |  |
| datascalehr | datascalehr develops AI Agents and APIs to natively connect to, and reconcile any Payroll and any HR data source in the world. datascalehr Payroll Providers and Global EORs more profitable by recognizing revenue 6-9 months faster and increasing gross margins 10%+. The company serves multi-country payroll, global employer of record / EOR,payroll service providers and payroll business process outsourcing companies. |  | Seed | Oct 25, 2024 |  |

10 of 39 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Alpha Edison](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpha-edison) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Connect Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/connect-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Felix Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/felix-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Acadian Ventures invest in?

Acadian Ventures invests primarily in Software, Human Resources and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 39 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Acadian Ventures's check size?

Acadian Ventures typically joins rounds of $2.3M–$10M at Seed, $1M–$4.2M at Pre-Seed and $6.7M–$25M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Acadian Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Acadian Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Acadian Ventures?

The team at Acadian Ventures includes Jason Corsello (Founder and General Partner) and Thomas Otter (General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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