ACVC Partners is a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley that specializes in early-stage funding for deep technology companies. The firm focuses on opportunities where complex scientific and engineering advances meet high-potential markets. Led by a team with extensive startup and corporate experience, ACVC collaborates with limited partners who bring capital, sector-specific insights and connections in industry and academia. This combination of financial backing and hands-on support enables founders to refine product designs, navigate regulatory paths and secure strategic commercial partnerships as they bring their innovations to market.
ACVC Partners directs its investments into artificial intelligence, tech-enabled life sciences and new industrial solutions. Its AI portfolio includes companies developing software for autonomous systems, predictive analytics and large-scale machine learning that improve efficiency in sectors such as transportation, energy and manufacturing. In life sciences, the fund targets startups using data-driven approaches to accelerate drug discovery, refine diagnostic methods and deliver personalized treatment plans. The new industrials category captures ventures that integrate next-generation computing, advanced materials and embedded intelligence to transform traditional industrial processes, from smart factory automation to novel materials synthesis. By investing at the seed and Series A stages, ACVC seeks teams capable of driving fundamental shifts in their industries through rigorous research and scalable development practices.
While energy and environmental technologies are not singled out as core sectors, ventures developing sustainable materials, energy management platforms or next-generation hardware for energy storage could fall under the new industrials theme if they leverage advanced computation and materials science. ACVC maintains openness to opportunities where deep technology platforms drive both performance gains and sustainability improvements, giving portfolio companies the potential to address critical challenges in resource efficiency and industrial resilience.