# Acadian Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Acadian Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 4 investments on record, 2 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026.

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# Acadian Ventures

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 4 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $777M, Sept 2026 VC firm

Series A Work Software Infrastructure Intelligence

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**100%** of best year **2** **cheques in 12 months**, 4 on record

Since the last cheque **6** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$3.1M** Rounds led **1 of 4**

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## Acadian Ventures highlights

- 01 2 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Pre-seed and Seed: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Led 1 rounds

## What they do

> Backing founders building the new architecture of work. We invest in infrastructure, intelligence, automation, experience, and compliance technologies. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Series A
- **Sectors:** Work Software Infrastructure Intelligence
- **Based in:** Madison, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **4 appearances**

- **2026** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[Colare](https://millionrounds.com/company/colare)** Pre-seed · US · Silicon Angle **$2.5M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Gradient](https://millionrounds.com/company/gradient)** Pre-seed · US · Tech Funding News **$4.0M** With 4 others
- **2025** 1 round
- **May** **[Penzilla](https://millionrounds.com/company/penzilla)** Seed · DE · Firms' own news pages **$3.6M** *Led*
- **2019** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Jobpal](https://millionrounds.com/company/jobpal)** Seed · DE · TechCrunch **$2.7M** With 2 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **8 named**

AV **Alexandre Voitenok** Executive Officer of the Managing Member of the Managing Member i Filing they signed

BB **Brendan Bradley** Executive Officer of the Managing Member of the Managing Member i Filing they signed

CC **Charmaine Catania** Executive Officer of the Managing Member of the Managing Member i Filing they signed

JC **Jason Corsello** Managing Member i Form ADV

KY **Kelly Young** Executive Officer of the Managing Member of the Managing Member i Filing they signed

SP **Scott P. Dias** Executive Officer of the Managing Member of the Managing Member i Filing they signed

TN **Theodore Noon** Executive Officer of the Managing Member of the Managing Member i Filing they signed

TO **Thomas Otter** Managing Member i Filing they signed

We also hold **20** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$85M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Acadian Ventures Management, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 329726

New fund on file

**$777M**

raised in Sept 2026

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Series A

Median round joined **$3.1M** the round, not its cheque

Led 1 of 4 rounds **25%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Pre-seed *2*
- Seed *2*
- Series A said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Acadian Ventures put money into.

[**Gradient** $4.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/gradient)[**Penzilla** $3.6M · May 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/penzilla)

## On podcasts

2 episodes naming Acadian Ventures in the title.

- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) 27 Aug 2026 · 7 min Investor Stories 490: Investors from Volition, Acadian Ventures, and Interplay Ventures on Building Competence, Operating Experience, and Investing with Purpose (Cheng, Black, Peter Davis) With [Peter Davis](https://millionrounds.com/person/peter-davis) Mentions [Acadian Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/acadian-ventures)[Volition Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/volition-capital)[Larry Cheng](https://millionrounds.com/person/larry-cheng) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) 6 Aug 2026 · 9 min Investor Stories 487: Legal Battles, Founder Fraud, and High-Stakes Conflict, Lessons from Investors at Acadian Ventures, Interplay Ventures, and OneBrief (Demaree, Black, Peter Davis) With [Peter Davis](https://millionrounds.com/person/peter-davis) Mentions [Acadian Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/acadian-ventures) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Acadian Ventures

### What does Acadian Ventures invest in?

Acadian Ventures invests most often at Pre-seed and Seed (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Work Software, Infrastructure and Intelligence.

### How active is Acadian Ventures?

4 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Acadian Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Colare (Pre-seed, Oct 2026), Gradient (Pre-seed, Oct 2026) and Penzilla (Seed, May 2025).

### How big are Acadian Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $3.1M.

### Is Acadian Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.

### What kind of investor is Acadian Ventures?

Acadian Ventures is a VC firm based in Madison, United States.

### How much does Acadian Ventures manage?

About $85M, as gross assets of its private funds (Oct 2026).

### Has Acadian Ventures raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Sept 2026, reporting $777M raised.

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