Derek Chau
Partner @ Acorn Pacific Ventures
Burlingame, United States
Derek Chau is a Series A investor at Acorn Pacific Ventures in Burlingame focused on Credit and FinTech. Derek Chau is based out of San Mateo, California, and is the Partner of Acorn Pacific Ventures. Derek previously worked at Accela as a COO. Derek Chau attended Harvard Law School.
- Total investments:
- 2
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
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Industries Derek Chau invests in
Stages Derek Chau invests in
Countries Derek Chau invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Credit 1 (50%)
- FinTech 1 (50%)
- Finance 1 (50%)
- Payments 1 (50%)
- Software 1 (50%)
Country
- Hong Kong 1 (50%)
- United States 1 (50%)
Investments
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| 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 | ||
| Reap is a financial platform that develops financial infrastructure and payment technology focused on stablecoin-enabled transactions and cross-border money movement. The company provides corporate cards, payment APIs, expense management tools, and embedded finance solutions that connect digital assets with traditional financial systems. Itsplatform supports stablecoin-funded payments, card-issuing programs, treasury management, and international payouts for businesses operating across multiple markets. Reap also offers application programming interfaces that allow fintech companies and enterprises to integrate payment and card functionality into their own products and services. The company works with digital asset ecosystems, financial institutions, and Web3 businesses to support settlement, compliance, and financial operations. Its services are used for cross-border payments, digital asset spending, business expense management, and embedded financial workflows. | $40M / Series A / Oct 26, 2022 |
Co-Investors
About Acorn Pacific Ventures
Acorn Pacific Ventures helps entrepreneurs execute technology strategies.
Acorn Pacific Ventures Contacts
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C.K. Cheng
Co-founder and General Partner
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C.K. Cheng
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Derek Chau
Partner
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Peter Hsieh
General Partner
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Howard Chau
Partner
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What does Derek Chau invest in?
Derek Chau invests primarily in Credit, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Hong Kong. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Derek Chau closed in May 2024. 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.
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