Ascend — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm
Ascend is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Seattle, Washington. The firm has 1 portfolio company in our records.
- Portfolio
- 1 company on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- AUM
- $500M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- HQ
- Seattle, Washington
- Check size
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-11-06
Pre-Seed, Seed
$500M
1+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Pre-seed venture firm backing vertical AI agents, GenAI infrastructure, and AI applied to physical industries. This makes it relevant for robotics commerce infrastructure and workflow automation around robot procurement.
How Ascend invests
Ascend is a vc firm based in Seattle, Washington. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
Ascend manages approximately $500M in assets. Our records include 3 funds raised by the firm.
Ascend has backed 1 company in our records, including Rendr.
Partners & Team
Funds
Ascend Fund III
Ascend Fund II
Ascend Fund I
Recent Activity
Raised Ascend Fund III ($250M)
2023 · fund records
Raised Ascend Fund II ($200M)
2020 · fund records
Raised Ascend Fund I ($150M)
2018 · fund records
Portfolio Companies (1)
Other
Rendr
A New York-based healthcare platform
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