# ACVC Partners

> ACVC Partners is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: California, United States
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last fund: Apr 2020
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/acvc-partners/
- Website: https://www.acvc.partners/

ACVC Partners is a deep tech venture fund that invests early in deep tech companies. ACVC Partners is made of industry leaders who not only have deep industry insights but also can provide portfolio companies with business development opportunities.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 39% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 33% |
| Machine Learning | 4 | 22% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 17% |
| Automotive | 2 | 11% |

35 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 8 | 44% |
| Series A | 4 | 22% |
| Series C | 2 | 11% |
| Seed | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 9 | 50% |
| South Korea | 2 | 11% |
| Canada | 1 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eun Jung Choi | Chief Financial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eun-jung-choi |
| Joon Lee | Managing Director and Founding Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joon-lee-3 |
| HoChan Lee | Managing Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hochan-lee |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sepion Technologies | Sepion is an advanced membrane company offering a platform suite of highly-tunable nanoscale membranes for multiple industrial markets. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Emeryville, California, United States. | $10M | Series B | Mar 26, 2026 |  |
| Select Star | Select Star is an artificial intelligence-based crowd-sourcing platform for the annotation of data and it acquires data collection pools and large sets of data. It develops 'Datumo Eval,' a solution for building AI training data and verifying AI reliability. The company is involved in AI data and reliability evaluation. It automaticallybuilds a data catalog, lineage maps, and documentation so teams can see where data comes from and how it is used across tools and databases. | $14.8M | Series B | Aug 12, 2025 |  |
| Datumo | Datumo got your back!Obtaining the proper data has always been the top issue for many AI labs/companies. To solve this problem, Datumo provides a platform that connects your company to the crowd-workers.It's MORE than just a connection! We passionately research crowd-workers and your project to develop cutting-edge technologies forthe optimized mobile crowd-sourcing.Keep disrupting the world! Just for your project, we are here to maintain the quality, cost-efficiency, or any other burdens related to the data. Datumo was founded in 2018. | $15.5M | Series B | Aug 11, 2025 |  |
| Elegen | Elegen is a biotechnology company that develops microfluidic technology. It is driven by a mission to deploy this technology in a new generation of DNA synthesizers aimed at enabling and accelerating biomedical advances. The company was founded in 2017 and led by Dr. Matthew Hill. | $35M | Series B | May 14, 2024 |  |
| EnCharge AI | EnCharge AI delivers AI compute solutions that span from edge to cloud, catering to various business needs. The company focuses on providing transformative technology for AI computation, emphasizing efficiency and sustainability. EnCharge AI's offerings enable businesses to utilize advanced AI models without being constrained by power, space,or cost limitations. Their products are designed to support a wide range of applications, facilitating enhanced performance and scalability in AI-driven initiatives. By integrating cutting-edge technology, EnCharge AI aims to streamline the computational demands of modern AI workloads. | $22.6M | Series A | Dec 05, 2023 |  |
| Helm.ai | Helm.ai develops next-generation AI software for ADAS, autonomous driving, and robotics automation. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Redwood City, CA, the company reimagines AI software development to make scalable autonomous driving a reality. Helm.ai offers full-stack real-time AI solutions, including deep neural networks for highway andurban driving, end-to-end autonomous systems, and development and validation tools powered by Deep Teaching™ and generative AI. The company collaborates with global automakers on production-bound projects. | $55M | Series C | Aug 16, 2023 |  |
| Debut | Debut Biotech develops biotechnology-based beauty ingredients and formulations in a vertically integrated manner, beginning with AI-powered discovery and continuing through biosynthesis, biomanufacturing, downstream processing, and finished formulations. The company utilizes its BeautyORB platform to computationally screen vast chemical librariesand predict novel bioactives, which then proceed through validation, safety testing, and formulation for skincare and haircare applications. Debut employs both engineered microbial fermentation and cell-free enzymatic systems to produce these novel ingredients sustainably and then transitions them into proprietary formulations or custom white-label products. | $34M | Series B | Jun 01, 2023 |  |
| Debut | Debut Biotech develops biotechnology-based beauty ingredients and formulations in a vertically integrated manner, beginning with AI-powered discovery and continuing through biosynthesis, biomanufacturing, downstream processing, and finished formulations. The company utilizes its BeautyORB platform to computationally screen vast chemical librariesand predict novel bioactives, which then proceed through validation, safety testing, and formulation for skincare and haircare applications. Debut employs both engineered microbial fermentation and cell-free enzymatic systems to produce these novel ingredients sustainably and then transitions them into proprietary formulations or custom white-label products. | $40M | Series B | Jun 01, 2023 |  |
| Helm.ai | Helm.ai develops next-generation AI software for ADAS, autonomous driving, and robotics automation. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Redwood City, CA, the company reimagines AI software development to make scalable autonomous driving a reality. Helm.ai offers full-stack real-time AI solutions, including deep neural networks for highway andurban driving, end-to-end autonomous systems, and development and validation tools powered by Deep Teaching™ and generative AI. The company collaborates with global automakers on production-bound projects. | $31M | Series C | Dec 19, 2022 |  |
| Boston Materials | Boston Materials manufactures Z-axis Carbon Fiber products that can revolutionize the $130B+ lightweight materials market and unlock significant GHG emissions reductions across industries. Boston Materials products add new conductivity, stiffness, and durability benefits to existing composite materials, like carbon fiber, and sheet metals. Thecompany's products are made using 100 percent reclaimed carbon fiber enabling up to 80 percent GHG emissions savings compared to standard composite materials and metals. | $12M | Series A | Nov 03, 2022 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fine Structure Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fine-structure-venture) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Amplo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amplo) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Cultivian Sandbox Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cultivian-sandbox-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Freeman Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/freeman-group-2) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Material Impact](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/material-impact-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Accelr8](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accelr8) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does ACVC Partners invest in?

ACVC Partners invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact ACVC Partners?

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### Who are the partners at ACVC Partners?

The team at ACVC Partners includes Eun Jung Choi (Chief Financial Officer), Joon Lee (Managing Director and Founding Partner) and HoChan Lee (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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