Ascend Capital Partners — Seed VC Firm ($250K–$1.5M Checks)
Ascend Capital Partners is a Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Fintech, SaaS, Healthcare. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.5M checks and has 26 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$1.5M
- Portfolio
- 26 companies on record
- Partners
- 2 listed
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- Fintech, SaaS, Healthcare, AI / ML, Other, Consumer
- HQ
- New York, NY
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-09-24
Seed
$250K – $1.5M
26+ companies
2 partners
Investment Thesis
Focuses on early-stage investments in financial technology and business services, particularly those enabling efficiency in institutional trading.
How Ascend Capital Partners invests
Ascend Capital Partners is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Fintech, SaaS, Healthcare, AI / ML, Other.
Ascend Capital Partners typically writes checks of $250K–$1.5M per investment.
Ascend Capital Partners has backed 26 companies in our records, including SMG Aggregator, LLC (CIK 0001995841), Pionix, Aiforia.
Partners & Team
Paul Norman
Senior Financial Advisor
Michael Yong
Managing Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (26)
Other
SMG Aggregator, LLC (CIK 0001995841)
SEC Form D filing mentioning Ascend Capital Partners
Pionix
EV charging software and infrastructure company
Aiforia
AI software for medical image analysis
DriveU.auto
On-road remote driving / vehicle mobility technology
PIUR Imaging
Medical ultrasound / imaging technology
TactoTek
In-mold electronics and smart surfaces for products
Nanoflex Robotics
Robotic systems for minimally invasive medicine
Canatu
Carbon nanomaterials and sensing/film technologies
Neteera
Contactless health sensing and monitoring technology
MXD 砺群科技
Mobility-related company
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Fintech, SaaS, Healthcare — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.5M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Paul Norman, Senior Financial Advisor.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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