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Ascend

North America, Washington, United States, Seattle

Description

Ascend is the most active pre-seed venture capital fund in the Pacific Northwest.

Investor Profile

Ascend has made 80 investments, with 5 in the past 12 months and 10% as lead.

Stage Focus

  • Seed (56%)
  • Pre Seed (30%)
  • Series A (9%)
  • Series Unknown (1%)
  • Angel (1%)
  • Series B (1%)
  • Series C (1%)

Country Focus

  • United States (93%)
  • Canada (5%)

Industry Focus

  • Software
  • Artificial Intelligence (Ai)
  • Information Technology
  • Saas
  • Machine Learning
  • Internet
  • E-commerce
  • B2b
  • Computer
  • Financial Services
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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Learn who this investor regularly partners with—both firms and angels—and explore their latest activity.

Who does Ascend frequently co-invest with?

Vulcan Capital
Vulcan Capital
North America, Washington, United States, Seattle
Co-Investments: 7
Techstars
Techstars
North America, Colorado, United States, Boulder
Co-Investments: 6
Liquid 2 Ventures
Liquid 2 Ventures
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 4
Y Combinator
Y Combinator
North America, California, United States, Mountain View
Co-Investments: 5
Flying Fish Partners
Flying Fish Partners
North America, Washington, United States, Seattle
Co-Investments: 4
Cascade Seed Fund
Cascade Seed Fund
North America, Oregon, United States, Bend
Co-Investments: 4
Madrona
Madrona
North America, Washington, United States, Seattle
Co-Investments: 9
Shasta Ventures
Shasta Ventures
North America, California, United States, Portola Valley
Co-Investments: 4
PSL Ventures
PSL Ventures
North America, Washington, United States, Seattle
Co-Investments: 7
Alumni Ventures
Alumni Ventures
North America, New Hampshire, United States, Manchester
Co-Investments: 5

Which angels does Ascend often collaborate with?

AP
Arjun Pillai
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Shared Deals: 1
AS
Andy Sack
North America, Washington, United States, Seattle
Shared Deals: 1
UM
Udi Mokady
North America, Massachusetts, United States, Boston
Shared Deals: 2
EU
Edward Unthank
North America, Washington, United States, Seattle
Shared Deals: 1
EB
Erik Bower
North America, California, United States
Shared Deals: 1
KW
Kirby Winfield
North America, Washington, United States, Seattle
Shared Deals: 2
BH
Brandi House
North America, Washington, United States, Seattle
Shared Deals: 2
KS
Keller Smith
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 2
AS
Adam Schoenfeld
North America, Washington, United States, Seattle
Shared Deals: 1
BS
Brewster Stanislaw
North America, Washington, United States, Seattle
Shared Deals: 1

What are some of recent deals done by Ascend?

Oumi

Seattle, Washington, United States

Oumi is a group of academics, developers dedicated to fostering greater transparency and cooperation in frontier AI.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Software
SeedJan 29, 2025
Amount Raised: $10,000,000
Overland AI

Seattle, Washington, United States

Overland AI is a manufacturer and developer of autonomous navigation for off-road autonomous vehicles.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesMachine LearningRoboticsSoftware
Series AJan 13, 2025
Amount Raised: $32,000,000
KamiwazaAI

Silverthorne, Colorado, United States

KamiwazaAI offers scalable AI solutions for cloud, core, and edge environments.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Data ManagementInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
Pre SeedJan 9, 2025
Amount Raised: $2,500,000

Moondream builts a vision-language model that operates with 1.6 billion parameters.

Developer PlatformSoftware
Pre SeedOct 28, 2024
Amount Raised: $4,500,000
Overland AI

Seattle, Washington, United States

Overland AI is a manufacturer and developer of autonomous navigation for off-road autonomous vehicles.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesMachine LearningSoftware
SeedMay 20, 2024
Amount Raised: $10,000,000
Finpilot

Seattle, Washington, United States

Finpilot uses artificial intelligence to explore publicly available corporate files and respond to research requests in natural language.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud Data ServicesFinancePredictive AnalyticsSoftware
SeedFeb 22, 2024
Amount Raised: $4,000,000
Zocks

San Francisco, California, United States

Zocks is a real-time insight and privacy for enhanced video calls.

Information TechnologySoftwareWeb Development
SeedFeb 15, 2024
Amount Raised: $5,500,000
Clarity

New York, New York, United States

Preserving trust in digital media by fighting AI-based misinformation and deepfakes

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cyber SecuritySoftware
SeedFeb 15, 2024
Amount Raised: $16,000,000
Velou

New York, New York, United States

An AI-powered Product Data Enrichment platform automating product catalogs to drive product discovery and productivity.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)E-CommerceMarket Research
SeedJan 11, 2024
Amount Raised: $4,000,000
Spiffy AI

Seattle, Washington, United States

Spiffy is working on Outcome-Oriented Models (OOMs), a new type of AI that improves over time toward a specific goal.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Software
SeedDec 4, 2023
Amount Raised: $6,000,000
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