ACME Capital is an early-stage venture firm that invests in frontier technologies before they become mainstream, backing deep-tech founders across AI and software platforms, defense and autonomous systems, healthcare technology and space. Its stated sweet spot is late seed and Series A, with checks from $500,000 to $15 million and a preference for $5-10 million positions that carry a board seat. The firm was co-founded in 2018 by Scott Stanford and Hany Nada and operates from San Francisco with networks across the US and Europe.
$1.5B (aggregate capital commitments, ACME press release, February 2022) AUM69/100 Power Score™2018 FoundedSan Francisco, California
Sherpa Capital founded in San Francisco in March 2013 by Shervin Pishevar and Scott Stanford.
2018
Scott Stanford parted ways with Sherpa Capital and co-founded ACME Capital with Hany Nada; ACME's own partner bios date the firm's founding to 2018 and Venture Capital Journal headlined the firm 'ACME Capital, formerly Sherpa'.
2019
Closed Fund III at $181 million.
2022
On 4 February 2022 closed over $300 million across Fund IV ($240m) and an Opportunity Fund ($60m), and promoted Alex Fayette and Aike Ho to Partner.