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    Acadian

    Acadian is a pre-seed to Series B stage investment firm. It has made 18 investments. 45% of their portfolio is in HR & Talent. Their most common stage is series-a (40% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $16.7M (across 16 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    18

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Marlene Shaw

    Marlene Shaw

    Senior Vice President, Director, Americas Relationship Management

    Ryan Taliaferro

    Ryan Taliaferro

    Senior Vice President, Director of Investment Strategies

    Alexandre Voitenok

    Alexandre Voitenok

    Executive Vice President, Deputy Chief Investment Officer

    Brendan Bradley

    Brendan Bradley

    Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer

    Charmaine Catania

    Charmaine Catania

    Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

    James Crumlish

    James Crumlish

    Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer

    James Soper

    James Soper

    Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer

    Michael Brewer

    Michael Brewer

    Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer

    Scott Dias

    Scott Dias

    Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer

    Ted Noon

    Ted Noon

    Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer

    Kelly Young

    Kelly Young

    Chief Executive Officer

    IS

    Ian Shea

    Managing Director

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    20 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Origin logoOriginSeries A$30MJan 2026
    Fora logoForaPre-Seed$60MJan 2026
    Linc logoLincSeed—Jan 2026
    Origin logoOriginSeries A$21MJan 2025
    Origin logoOriginSeries A$21MJan 2025
    PPackSeries A—Jan 2025
    Workpay logoWorkpaySeries A$5MAug 2024
    TechWolf logoTechWolfSeries B$42.8MJun 2024
    Workpay logoWorkpaySeries A$2.7MFeb 2023
    Kombo logoKomboSeries A$25MJan 2022
    SquarePeg logoSquarePegSeed$3.5M—
    Utmost logoUtmostSeries B$21M—
    SSpotlyfePre-Seed$1M—
    MMessageDeskSeed$1.6M—
    AG5 logoAG5Unknown——
    Palette logoPalettePre-Seed——
    Kombo logoKomboSeries A$25M—
    Pass It Down logoPass It DownUnknown$2M—
    MMighty LabsSeed$4.3M—
    BBleach CyberPre-Seed$2M—

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    Last updated: 20 October 2026