# Derek Chau

> Derek Chau is a Series A investor at Acorn Pacific Ventures backing Credit and FinTech. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Acorn Pacific Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acornpacific-ventures)
- Location: Burlingame, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derek-chau-b270116
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dchau99

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.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Credit | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Finance | 1 | 50% |
| Payments | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 |  |
| Reap | 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 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Abacus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abacus-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arcadia Funds](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arcadia-funds) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [B Current Impact Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b-current-impact-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Earth Foundry](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/earthfoundry) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fresco Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fresco-capital-advisors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Future Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Acorn Pacific Ventures

VC Fund · Santa Clara, United States

Acorn Pacific Ventures helps entrepreneurs execute technology strategies.

5 contacts available at Acorn Pacific Ventures.

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

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## FAQ

### 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.

### When did Derek Chau last invest?

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.

### 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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