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Acadian Ventures
Madison, United States
Acadian Ventures invests in early‑stage companies that build technology solutions to improve the way people work. Their focus is on work‑tech, enterprise software and AI‑driven platforms that increase productivity, emplo...
Portfolio
42+
Employees
15+
Founded
2019
AUM
≈ $60.0M
Investment focus
Stages
Pre-Seed → Series A
Industries
Software OnlyArtificial IntelligenceEnterprise Software
Geographic scope
Global
Fund details
Funds
Acadian Ventures Fund I
$12.0M
Acadian Ventures Fund II
Vintage 2024 • $30.0M
Check sizes
Min: $500.0K
Typical: $750.0K
Max: $1.0M
Sources
Acadian Ventures
Acadian Ventures invests in early‑stage companies that build technology solutions to improve the way people work. Their focus is on work‑tech, enterprise software and AI‑driven platforms that increase productivity, employee well‑being, and organizational efficiency. They aim to back visionary founders worldwide to create profitable, impact‑driven businesses.
Portfolio
42+
Employees
15+
Founded
2019
AUM
≈ $60.0M
Funds
Acadian Ventures Fund I · $12.0M
Acadian Ventures Fund II · Vintage 2024 • $30.0M
Check Sizes
Min: $500.0K
Typical: $750.0K
Max: $1.0M
Stages
Pre-Seed → Series A
Industries
Software OnlyArtificial IntelligenceEnterprise Software
Geographic scope
Global
Sources
Showing 24 of 28 matched portfolio companies
AG5 is a skills management software that centralizes and automates the tracking of workforce skills and training requirements, eliminating the inefficiencies and inaccuracies associated with traditional spreadsheet methods. By providing real-time updates and collaborative features, AG5 enables organizations to easily identify skill gaps and maintain compliance, resulting in significant time and cost savings.
Arist provides a platform that integrates learning and training directly into messaging tools like Teams and Slack, utilizing AI to convert extensive documentation into interactive courses in minutes. This approach enables companies to deliver training at the moment of need, significantly improving employee performance and reducing training time by up to 10 times.
Funding: $16.1M
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Funding: $16.1M
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The startup offers a human capital management platform that enables employees to recognize and reward their peers through personalized messages and incentives. This system provides leaders with analytics on culture spending and workforce engagement, enhancing motivation and accountability for specific tasks and projects.
Funding: $15.7M
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Alpha Edison
Alpha Edison
Funding: $15.7M
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BrioHR offers a modular cloud-based HR management system that integrates payroll, performance management, and recruitment functionalities into a single platform. This solution streamlines HR processes, reducing administrative burdens and enhancing compliance with local regulations, ultimately allowing HR teams to focus on strategic initiatives.
Funding: $2.1M
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Funding: $2.1M
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This company provides an AI platform designed to assist enterprise compensation teams with pay decisions using proprietary market data. The platform features AI agents that analyze market trends for compensation analysts and scale expertise for HR and recruiting stakeholders. It integrates with existing HR infrastructure to ensure accurate, real-time compensation alignment with company strategy.
Funding: $24.0M
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Funding: $24.0M
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The startup offers a cloud-based plagiarism detection platform that utilizes artificial intelligence algorithms to identify instances of content duplication across the internet. By providing detailed reports on high-correlation content, the platform enables clients to safeguard their intellectual property from copyright infringement.
Funding: $8.4M
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JAL Ventures
JAL Ventures
Funding: $8.4M
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datascalehr provides a global payroll API that connects, merges, and reconciles payroll and HR data from any source without requiring coding or configuration. This solution eliminates the need for data modification and transformation, enabling payroll specialists to streamline operations and improve efficiency.
Degreed provides an AI‑driven learning experience platform that unifies skill data from HR, talent, and learning systems into a single skill graph. The platform uses skill intelligence to identify gaps and recommend personalized learning pathways, while analytics track proficiency and ROI. It integrates with LMS, HCM, and collaboration tools through open APIs for enterprise‑scale upskilling.
Ezra provides incentive compensation platforms designed to align frontline worker performance with business value creation. The system enables employers to implement variable pay structures that reward employees for achieving specific operational and service metrics. This approach aims to improve service quality, drive revenue growth, and increase employee engagement through shared financial success.
The startup develops business training software that transitions employees from theoretical learning to practical application through personalized, measurable action plans. This approach enhances information retention and supports professional advancement by integrating daily practice into the training process.
Funding: $11.1M
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Signals Venture Capital
Signals Venture Capital
Funding: $11.1M
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Figures is a cloud‑based compensation platform that integrates with over 30 HRIS systems to provide real‑time market benchmark data, dynamic salary bands, and collaborative review workflows. It enables HR and compensation leaders to run pay‑equity analyses, generate EU pay‑transparency compliance reports, and simulate budget impacts, all while ensuring secure, GDPR‑compliant data handling.
Funding: $6.8M
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+ 7 Other investorsPoint Nine
+ 7 Other investorsPoint Nine
Funding: $6.8M
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Findem provides an AI-driven Talent Data Cloud that automates talent acquisition workflows and consolidates top-of-funnel activities, enabling recruiters to access and engage a vast pool of enriched candidate profiles. By leveraging 3D data and continuous updates, Findem enhances sourcing precision and candidate rediscovery, significantly improving hiring efficiency and diversity.
Funding: $67.2M
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Four Rivers GroupQuarry
Four Rivers GroupQuarry
Funding: $67.2M
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FORA is an intelligence platform that ingests and analyzes enterprise communication data from meetings, email, chat, and CRM systems. It transforms this qualitative data into actionable insights for leadership decisions across performance, retention, and project management. The platform provides enterprise-grade security, automated compliance monitoring, and AI-powered risk detection to safeguard organizational data.
Funding: $3.8M
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Converge
Converge
Funding: $3.8M
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Futurz provides a platform for managing employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) by automating the administrative and legal processes involved in their implementation and execution. The solution simplifies the calculation of exercise prices and potential gains, enabling companies to attract and retain talent while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
The startup offers a well-being platform that provides employees with access to mental health professionals, self-care resources, and personalized guidance. This platform enables organizations to enhance employee mental health, leading to improved workplace productivity and reduced absenteeism.
Funding: $2.6M
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Funding: $2.6M
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jobpal develops custom chatbots that enhance communication between companies and job candidates by automating the engagement process. This technology streamlines recruitment workflows, reducing time-to-hire and improving candidate experience.
Funding: $2.7M
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Acadian VenturesInReach Ventures
Acadian VenturesInReach Ventures
Funding: $2.7M
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Mighty Labs provides a platform that utilizes performance analytics and team engagement tools to enhance productivity in remote and fast-paced work environments. The solution addresses challenges in team motivation and management by offering real-time feedback and insights to improve collaboration and accountability.
Nomi Health provides a direct healthcare platform that utilizes real-time analytics and a digital-first approach to streamline healthcare purchasing and payment processes for employers and patients. By connecting buyers directly with providers and offering pharmacy management services, the company reduces administrative costs and enhances access to affordable care.
Funding: $228.2M
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Arbor VenturesRose Park Advisors
Arbor VenturesRose Park Advisors
Funding: $228.2M
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Oyster is an automated global employment platform that enables companies to hire, manage, and pay employees and contractors in over 180 countries without the need to establish local entities. By providing compliant employment agreements, payroll processing in 140+ currencies, and localized benefits packages, Oyster simplifies the complexities of international hiring and ensures adherence to local labor laws.
Funding: $288.2M
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ServiceNow Ventures
ServiceNow Ventures
Funding: $288.2M
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Palette aggregates data from enterprise SaaS tools into a continuously updated organizational graph and provides access through RESTful and GraphQL APIs and a web dashboard. This enables internal applications and generative AI models to query real‑time workflow, ownership, and dependency information, reducing knowledge fragmentation and improving decision‑making.
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300+Approximate amount of employees
Palmhr offers a cloud‑based human resources platform that streamlines employee data management, payroll processing, and compliance reporting. The service enables businesses to automate routine HR tasks, improve data accuracy, and gain actionable insights into workforce performance.
Funding: $5.0M
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+ 1 Other investorRaed VenturesSpeedinvest
+ 1 Other investorRaed VenturesSpeedinvest
Funding: $5.0M
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This startup develops human resource software that integrates with existing HR systems to automate the evaluation of employee pension provisions, ensuring compliance with regulations. By streamlining the pension management process, it enables employers to fulfill their corporate social responsibility while providing fair pension compensation to employees.
Funding: $2.7M
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Motive Partners
Motive Partners
Funding: $2.7M
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PeopleReign provides an AI-powered virtual agent platform designed to automate and resolve employee service requests for IT and HR departments. This platform uses action-taking AI and pre-configured workflows to autonomously handle common issues, reducing ticket volume and operational costs. It integrates with enterprise systems to deliver instant issue resolution and provide predictive analytics for proactive service management.
Funding: $4.0M
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Funding: $4.0M
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SquarePeg provides an AI-powered talent intelligence platform that integrates with existing Applicant Tracking Systems to parse resumes, enrich candidate profiles, and assign real‑time skill‑based scores. The system continuously rescoring candidates as job requirements change, surfaces passive talent, and revives archived applicants, presenting match percentages and actionable insights through an interactive dashboard for faster hiring decisions.
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