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Venture Capital Intelligence
Firms, funds, partners, companies and rounds from sworn filings, firm sites and announcements, kept as a graph with a date and a source on every edge. Facts, inferences and estimates are labelled as such. A fund target is never a close, GAV is never dry powder, and a round size is never an investor’s check.
Firms / Acorn Pacific Ventures
Acorn Pacific Ventures
both early and growth/opportunity families, reported GAV $100M
Importance
34
moderate
Active deployment
55
elevated
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
69
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
19
moderate
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- San Mateo, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 411 BOREL AVE, SUITE 650, San Mateo, CA, 94402adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 925-388-6439adviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC adviser type
- exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 29, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 5 (5 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $122Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- business email
- contact@acornpacific.venturesacornpacific.venturespublished by the subject
- business phone
- 925-388-6439adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
38 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- logistics, industrial
- Stages
- early
- Geography
- asia, silicon valley, united states
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation: no observed deals yet
Stage at first entry: no observed deals yet
Sectors
unknown 92%Other Technology 5%Other 3%
lead rate n/afollow-on rate n/anew logos, 12 months 38
Funds and vehicles
5 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acorn Pacific Ventures Svc LLC | Fund | 2024 adv first reported | Early deployment | $2.1M Mar 27, 2024 | 13 | unknown | unknown |
| Acorn Pacific Ventures Fund II, LP | Fund | 2022 adv first reported | Active deployment | $14.7M Mar 27, 2024 | 21 | $0 of $100M | Oct 22, 2021 |
| Acorn Pacific Opportunities Fund, LP | Opportunity fund | 2019 form d first sale | Mature | $15.3M Mar 27, 2024 | 5 | $9.0M of $20.0M | Apr 23, 2019 |
| Acorn Guardian Fund, LP | Fund | 2018 adv first reported | Harvest | $12.2M Mar 27, 2024 | 5 | unknown | unknown |
| Acorn Pacific Ventures Fund I, L.P. | Fund | 2015 form d first sale | Harvest | $56.0M Mar 27, 2024 | 13 | $50.0M of $50.0M | May 11, 2015 |
GAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.
Investment team
10 current, 0 departed
Derek Chau
Founder or executiveChairman Of Acorn Pacific Ventures Taiwan Corporation · since Dec 1, 2019
Cheng Chih-Kai
General partnerMember Of Acorn Pacific Ventures Fund Ii Gp, Llc · since Mar 1, 2019
Howard Chau
Managing partnerManaging Member Of Acorn Pacific Ventures Fund Ii Gp, Llc · since Mar 1, 2019
Peter Hsieh
Managing partnerManaging Member Of Acorn Pacific Ventures Fund Ii Gp, Llc · since Mar 1, 2019
David Wu
PartnerPARTNER
Derek Chau
PartnerPARTNER
Peter Hsieh
PartnerPARTNER
Ck Cheng
PrincipalPRINCIPAL
Benny Liao
Venture partnerVENTURE PARTNER
Howard Chau
Venture partnerVENTURE PARTNER
Investments on record
38 edges, 38 companies, 0 partner-attributed
“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.
Co-investors
11 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
Brick & Mortar Ventures Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeCivilization Ventures Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeScale Venture Partners 1 shared · one timeSJF Management LLC 1 shared · one time8-Bit Capital Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeGeneration Partners Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeParade Ventures Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeArrowroot Capital Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeGrdnt LLC 1 shared · one timeCompound Advisors, LLC 1 shared · one timeMNS Global Capital Managers, LLC 1 shared · one time
Limited partners
0 disclosed
No LP commitment on record. An LP edge needs a public disclosure with a quote: a pension report (see Limited partners for the plans read), a fund announcement naming the LP, or a Form ADV owner. The fund page carries the LP’s reported performance.
Timeline
6 dated events
- Mar 27, 2024Acorn Pacific Ventures Svc LLC first reported on Form ADV by Acorn Pacific Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $2,109,438Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactAcorn Pacific Ventures Svc LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 23, 2022Acorn Pacific Ventures Fund II, LP first reported on Form ADV by Acorn Pacific Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $1,660,833Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactAcorn Pacific Ventures Fund II, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 20, 2020Acorn Pacific Opportunities Fund, LP first reported on Form ADV by Acorn Pacific Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $9,119,284Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactAcorn Pacific Opportunities Fund, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 16, 2018Acorn Guardian Fund, LP first reported on Form ADV by Acorn Pacific Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $9,968,890Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactAcorn Guardian Fund, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jun 19, 2015Acorn Pacific Ventures first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jun 19, 2015Acorn Pacific Ventures Fund I, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Acorn Pacific Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $1,760,613Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactAcorn Pacific Ventures Fund I, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
Classification history
- Sep 12, 2026Multi-stage venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)both early and growth/opportunity families, reported GAV $100M
Evidence
50 observations from 3 sources