# Acorn Ventures, Inc.

> Acorn Ventures, Inc. is a VC fund in San Francisco backing Software and Wireless. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jan 2008
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.acorn-ventures.com

Acorn Ventures, Inc. is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Software and Wireless. Acorn Ventures manages an investment fund and portfolio with broad coverage of emerging Internet, E-Commerce, Wireless Services and Software companies. Currently we are seeking investments for our $100,000,000 Acorn Ventures VI Fund in 2004. Acorn is affiliated with major Angel and Venture Capital Companies in Silicon Valley. This provides us withunique access to investment opportunities and venture capital relationships for emerging companies.Acorn Ventures offers the emerging company a unique combination of skills and experience to support your company. Our principals have experience both as entrepreneurs and as corporate leaders. These skills and experiences assure you quality insight and leadership in addition to financial and management resources to help your company grow rapidly and manage that explosive growth. In partnership with your company, we try to create a synergy among companies in our portfolio with whom we are affiliated. The key to your success on the Internet is to partner. We will do our part to support your success.Acorn Ventures is evaluating opportunities for our portfolio. Read a little about our company and which types of companies we are currently investing. Once you send us a copy of your plan. It usually takes us about 10 days to evaluate an opportunity and get back to you!

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Wireless | 1 | 50% |
| Automotive | 1 | 50% |
| Nanotechnology | 1 | 50% |
| Product Design | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series F | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Airbiquity | Airbiquity is at the forefront of change in the automotive industry, integrating advances in software, communications technology and wireless services with vehicles. Its connected vehicle solutions offer automakers a flexible platform for delivering innovative applications and services that help automobiles adapt to the driver's digitallifestyle. For more information, visit www.airbiquity.com The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. | $25M | Series F | Jan 01, 2008 |  |
| Lumera | Lumera develops proprietary polymer materials and is developing products based on these materials for a broad range of applications. They design and synthesize polymer materials at the molecular level—using their expertise in nanotechnology, which is the development of products and production processes at a scale smaller than 100 nanometers (ananometer is one-billionth of a meter)—to optimize their electrical, optical and surface properties. | $24M |  | Mar 27, 2001 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Barksdale Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barksdale-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cisco](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cisco) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ignition Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ignition-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kirnaf LTD](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kirnaf-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Shell Internet Ventures B.V](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shell-internet-ventures-b-v) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [WRF Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wrf-capital-282a) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Acorn Ventures, Inc. invest in?

Acorn Ventures, Inc. invests primarily in Software, Wireless and Automotive startups, most often at Series F and Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Acorn Ventures, Inc. last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Acorn Ventures, Inc. closed in Jan 2008. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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