Jon Karlen

Jon is the Founder & Managing Partner of Acadian Software, an investment firm focused on capital-efficient SaaS businesses. Prior to founding Acadian in January 2016, Jon spent 10 years as an investor and General Partner with two venture capital firms, Accomplice and Flybridge. Prior to joining the Flybridge in 2005, Jon served as Director of Product Marketing at OATSystems, an RFID software company, where he led the company’s product positioning and marketing activities. Jon joined the company following a successful Entrepreneur-in-Residence position at Greylock, where he developed the investment opportunity in OATSystems. Jon holds a BA in Philosophy from Harvard University and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.