About Acorn Capital Partners
At Acorn Capital Partners, our team of seasoned Silicon Valley executives specialize in conducting comprehensive technical due diligence to determine the true potential of startups seeking funding from our investor clients
Our Team
Jeff Saunders
Jeff Saunders
Jeff Saunders
Jeff is the co-founder of Acorn Capital Partners and Managing Partner. Jeff has over 35 years of industry experience in sales, business development, and executive management roles. Jeff has previously led the business development efforts at NVIDIA in Cloud Services, Mobile Ecosystems, Global Oil & Gas, APAC Heavy Industry, and Media & En
Jeff is the co-founder of Acorn Capital Partners and Managing Partner. Jeff has over 35 years of industry experience in sales, business development, and executive management roles. Jeff has previously led the business development efforts at NVIDIA in Cloud Services, Mobile Ecosystems, Global Oil & Gas, APAC Heavy Industry, and Media & Entertainment. He also ran BD for MediaTek and SanDisk. Earlier in his career, Jeff also worked for Silicon Graphics, Dassault, and RealNetworks. Jeff holds a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Southern California and was also an All-American swimmer.
Dave Weigand
Jeff Saunders
Jeff Saunders
Dave is a co-founder of Acorn Capital Partners. Dave has over 35 years of deep tech industry experience in the semiconductor and wireless consumer electronics industries. Dave was previously Vice President and General Manager of AI Architecture, Client Computing Group at Intel. Prior to Intel, Dave was the VP of Architecture and Engineeri
Dave is a co-founder of Acorn Capital Partners. Dave has over 35 years of deep tech industry experience in the semiconductor and wireless consumer electronics industries. Dave was previously Vice President and General Manager of AI Architecture, Client Computing Group at Intel. Prior to Intel, Dave was the VP of Architecture and Engineering at NVIDIA, SVP and GM of Architecture and Engineering at PortalPlayer (acquired by NVIDIA), VP of Architecture and Engineering at Atrua Technologies. He was also an engineering leader at National Semiconductor and Motorola. Dave holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology and an Executive MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Our Network
Jeff Saunders
Our Network
We have an extensive network of subject matter experts (SMEs) to assist and back our efforts to enable Acorn Capital Partners to provide our clients with the most comprehensive analysis of their prospective investments. Each of our SMEs has over 20 years of industry experience in their field.