Jason Corsello
Founder and General Partner @ Acadian Ventures
New York, United States
Jason Corsello is a seed investor at Acadian Ventures in New York focused on Human Resources and Software. Jason Corsello is the Founder and General Partner at Acadian Ventures. Previously, Corsello was the Senior Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development for Cornerstone OnDemand [NASDAQ: CSOD]. Corsello joined Cornerstone in 2011, bringing more than 15 years of experience in enterprise software, market research, and management consulting.In this role, Corsello was responsible for driving innovation, go-to-market strategies and new corporate initiatives including guiding M&A, leading the company's corporate venture investments and accelerator program and overseeing new product initiatives including platform, big data, analytics and mobile.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
Last updated:
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Industries Jason Corsello invests in
Stages Jason Corsello invests in
Countries Jason Corsello invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $1.9M–$7.8M
- Series A
- $6.7M–$20M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Human Resources 8 (67%)
- Software 6 (50%)
- SaaS 3 (25%)
- Recruiting 3 (25%)
- Internet 2 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (42%)
- Series A 4 (33%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (8%)
- Series E 1 (8%)
- Convertible Note 1 (8%)
Country
- United States 7 (58%)
- Germany 2 (17%)
- Italy 1 (8%)
- Belgium 1 (8%)
Investments
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Great Resignations are killing the market. More than 40% of workers are not satisfied with their work and the GenZ starts to reclaim different work policies and a better environment. Companies are now starting to fight the challenge but they are losing it miserably. Mentoring is the game changer. We developed a scientific methodology based on datato run global mentoring programs with world star mentors from more than 10 countries. We are able to mix neuroscience, behavioural sciences and positive psychology to foster people growth and offer to HR departments a complete overview of performance and happiness of employees | $6.7M / Series A / Dec 02, 2025 | |
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Jolly is a rewards platform for the workplace that incentivizes employee performance. It implements performance-based incentives to increase employees utilization, compliance, referrals, and loyalty. | $16.5M / Series A / Feb 10, 2025 | |
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Bountiful is a platform that leverages the power of social networks to drive exceptional job seekers and develop strong teams. | Seed / Jun 27, 2023 | |
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Kombo is an API for HR, Payroll, ATS and Recruiting integrations | $7.8M / Seed / Nov 15, 2022 | |
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TechWolf develops an AI-based talent intelligence platform that allows enterprises to adopt a skills-based talent model. The company's platform automatically monitors employees’ skills based on HR information and their digital footprint on the work floor. Its AI-based software offers organizations an overview of skills and skill gaps acrosstheir workforce and actionable insights on current and future skill needs. | $10.5M / Series A / May 10, 2022 | |
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Make life work better. | $1M / Pre-Seed / Feb 02, 2022 | |
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SmartRecruiters is an end-to-end recruiting platform used to find, engage, and hire talent. It includes features for recruitment marketing and collaborative hiring and is built on a cloud-based system with an open marketplace for third-party recruitment services. | $110M / Series E / Jul 20, 2021 | |
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Assembly is an Internal Communication tool with an AI-Powered Intranet! Engagement and communication doesn't have to be that hard! | $4.5M / Seed / Jul 16, 2021 | |
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Oyster is on a mission to create a more equal world by making it possible for companies everywhere to hire people anywhere. The company's HR platform for globally distributed companies enables growing organizations to give valued international team members the experience they deserve, without the usual headaches or expense. Oyster empowershiring anywhere in the world with reliable, compliant payroll and great local benefits and perks. Founded in January 2020 by Tony Jamous and Jack Mardack, Oyster is itself a fully remote company with a diverse, globally distributed team. | $20M / Series A / Feb 02, 2021 | |
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Arist is a tool that helps enterprise L&D and HR teams rapidly create, deliver, and analyze message-based courses, which are bite-size learning experiences delivered in the flow of SMS, Slack, and MS Teams.Along with saving over $200/employee/year with more efficient training, Arist helps companies create and track clear behaviorchange and performance improvement outcomes while delivering learning with an NPS of >90 and adoption rates that are 5x higher than traditional learning tools. | $1.9M / Seed / Oct 15, 2020 | |
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Co-Investors
About Acadian Ventures
Acadian Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in the new architecture of work. Founded in 2019 and led by executives from Cornerstone, SAP SuccessFactors, and Workday, Acadian is the world’s leading firm focused at the intersection of work and technology, on a mission to make work better and meaningful, creating a progressiveapproach to human productivity. For more information, visit acadianventures.com.
Acadian Ventures Contacts
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Jason Corsello
Founder and General Partner
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Thomas Otter
General Partner
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FAQ
What does Jason Corsello invest in?
Jason Corsello invests primarily in Human Resources, Software and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 12 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 Jason Corsello's check size?
Jason Corsello typically joins rounds of $1.9M–$7.8M at Seed and $6.7M–$20M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Jason Corsello participates in.
When did Jason Corsello last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Jason Corsello closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 12 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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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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