Organization · Venture Capital
Ion Pacific
Ion Pacific is a structured secondaries investor based in Hong Kong, focusing on venture-stage technology investments. The firm provides liquidity solutions for founders, early shareholders, and venture capitalists across multiple global markets.
Overview
What Ion Pacific does
What Ion Pacific is
Ion Pacific is a structured secondaries investor based in Hong Kong, focusing on venture-stage technology investments. The firm provides liquidity solutions for founders, early shareholders, and venture capitalists across multiple global markets.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports funder capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Venture Capital
- Founded
- Founded in 2015
- Approximate age
- About 11 years
- Structured capabilities
- Funder
- Last reviewed
- May 1, 2026
Official channels
Find Ion Pacific elsewhere
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Capability profile
Ion Pacific as a funder
Investment thesis
Ion Pacific aims to improve the risk-return profile of venture-capital exposure through structured secondary investments, providing liquidity solutions for founders and early shareholders.
Focus narrative
Ion Pacific invests in venture-stage companies through a structured secondaries approach, combining downside protection with uncapped upside return potential. The organization manages several funds, including Stonecutter, a venture capital structured secondaries fund; Pathway, focused on life sciences; and a Southeast Asia Opportunities fund targeting VC investments in Southeast Asia.
Value beyond capital
Ion Pacific provides structured liquidity solutions that help founders and early shareholders maintain or increase ownership, achieve personal liquidity backed by equity stakes, and facilitate fund recapitalizations. Their approach is designed to meet the unique liquidity needs of venture ecosystem participants.
Focus and fit
- Stages
- Friends and Family · Angel · Accelerator · Pre-seed · Seed · Seed+ · Series A · Series A+ · Series B · Series B+ · Series C · Series C+ · Series D · Series E · Series F · Growth Equity · Pre-IPO · Ipo · Secondary · Bridge · Recap
- Regions
- Global · North America · Europe · Asia · Southeast Asia
Availability
- Currently deploying
- Yes
Portfolio and track record
Portfolio context
Ion Pacific's portfolio includes various venture-stage companies, with notable investments such as the Speedinvest continuation vehicle, which received a EUR 30M investment in 2025, and their flagship Stonecutter fund, which has closed its third iteration at $195M.
Common questions
What to know about Ion Pacific
Upseed classifies Ion Pacific under the Venture Capital organization type. Its current public profile includes funder capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
May 1, 2026
Known limits
Capability profiles appear only when a structured public profile also contains decision-useful role evidence. Terms and availability can change.
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