# Acorn Pacific Ventures

> Acorn Pacific Ventures is a VC fund backing Software. See 34 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Santa Clara, United States
- Total investments: 34
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 15%
- Fund size: $9M
- Last fund: Apr 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/acorn-pacific-ventures/
- Website: http://www.acornpacific.ventures/

Acorn Pacific Ventures is a VC fund in Santa Clara focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Acorn Pacific Ventures helps entrepreneurs execute technology strategies.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $250k–$4.7M |
| Series A | $1.1M–$24M |
| Series B | $1.5M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 29% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 7 | 21% |
| Machine Learning | 6 | 18% |
| Analytics | 5 | 15% |
| SaaS | 4 | 12% |

88 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 12 | 35% |
| Seed | 10 | 29% |
| Series B | 3 | 9% |
| Convertible Note | 3 | 9% |
| Series C | 2 | 6% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 25 | 74% |
| Taiwan | 2 | 6% |
| China | 1 | 3% |
| France | 1 | 3% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 3% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| C.K. Cheng | Co-founder and General Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/c-k-cheng-346c |
| Derek Chau | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/derek-chau |
| Peter Hsieh | General Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chung-kao-hsieh |
| C.K. Cheng | Co-founder and General Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/c-k-cheng |
| Howard Chau | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/howard-chau-35f1 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Expert Intelligence | Expert Intelligence develops AI systems to scale expert decision-making in regulated laboratory conditions where data is restricted, stakes are high, and validation is required. | $4.7M | Seed | Feb 04, 2026 |  |
| CreatorDB | At CreatorDB we believe that influencer marketing is the most important advancement in digital advertising since it’s inception. But we also believe that brands aren’t utilizing the full potential of influencer marketing as it can be extremely difficult to nearly impossible to discover the optimal influencers to work with. Then there are severalincreasingly difficult questions for the brand to answer such as, “How do we know the influencer’s following is real?”, “Is the quote they gave us competitive?”, or “How can we engage with this influencer in a way which is natural for their audience?”East West IMG looks to answer these questions and many more by combining large amounts of data we collect ourselves with an internal creative marketing process to make sure the branding can land with the influencer’s audience. Operating since 2019, we’ve continued to evolve to match the needs of our those we work with.We also provide services to brands that only need a portion of what we offer such as influencer data or helping prepare marketing copy for an influencer campaign.The world deserves to hear about your brand so let us help you spread the message. | $4.7M | Series A | Sep 16, 2025 |  |
| Atolio | Get internal RAG-based chat with document-level permissions...but ensure your IP stays behind your firewall. | $24M | Series A | Sep 08, 2025 |  |
| BentoML | BentoML is the platform for AI developers to build, ship, and scale AI applications. Headquartered in San Francisco, BentoML’s open-source products are enabling thousands of organizations’ mission-critical AI applications around the globe. Our serverless cloud platform brings developer velocity and cost-efficiency to enterprise AI use cases.BentoML is on a mission to empower every organization to compete and succeed with AI | $10M | Series A | Apr 11, 2025 |  |
| Rezilient Health | Rezilient Health bridges the convenience of telehealth with the broad scope of in-person care by offering neighborhood hubs where families can get virtual access to their doctor as well as physical exams, labs, and imaging. | $10M | Series A | Oct 03, 2024 |  |
| PopChill | PopChill generates an online marketplace for second-hand trade, enabling users to share their fashion styles and sell idle items. | $3.1M | Seed | May 21, 2024 |  |
| Earthshot Labs | Earthshot Labs brings together investors, carbon buyers, and land stewards in an AI powered platform to finance ecological restoration projects that are equitable for local communities. | $5.5M | Series A | May 10, 2024 |  |
| Avatar Medical | The company generates 3D patient avatars to help surgeons visualize medical images, assess surgical options, train fellows, and engage patients. | $5.4M | Seed | Feb 19, 2024 |  |
| PopChill | PopChill generates an online marketplace for second-hand trade, enabling users to share their fashion styles and sell idle items. | $1.9M | Seed | Oct 19, 2023 |  |
| Socialtrait Inc | Socialtrait is a developer of AI-powered solutions for predicting, measuring, and amplifying the performance of brand concepts. | $3M | Seed | Jul 15, 2023 |  |

10 of 34 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [AVA Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ava-angels) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [AVA Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-to-venture-accelerator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Darwin Venture Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/darwin-venture-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Dell Technologies Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dell-technologies-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [GOVO Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/govo-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Acorn Pacific Ventures invest in?

Acorn Pacific Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 34 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 Acorn Pacific Ventures's check size?

Acorn Pacific Ventures typically joins rounds of $250k–$4.7M at Seed, $1.1M–$24M at Series A and $1.5M–$20M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Acorn Pacific Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Acorn Pacific Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Acorn Pacific Ventures?

The team at Acorn Pacific Ventures includes C.K. Cheng (Co-founder and General Partner), Derek Chau (Partner) and Peter Hsieh (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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