Ascend Compliance Fund
Ascend Compliance Fund is a Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Other, SaaS, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$5.0M checks and has 19 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $1.0M–$5.0M
- Portfolio
- 19 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- Other, SaaS, AI / ML, Developer Tools, Healthcare, EdTech
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-05-14
Seed
$1.0M – $5.0M
19+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Ascend Compliance focuses on early-stage technologies transforming compliance workflows through data intelligence and seamless automation tools.
How Ascend Compliance Fund invests
Ascend Compliance Fund is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, SaaS, AI / ML, Developer Tools, Healthcare. It does not invest in Healthcare.
Ascend Compliance Fund typically writes checks of $1.0M–$5.0M per investment.
Ascend Compliance Fund has backed 19 companies in our records, including AuditTrail AI, GovTrack Analytics, Ascend Capital Group.
Partners & Team
Sara Yates
Principal
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (19)
Other
AuditTrail AI
GovTrack Analytics
Ascend Capital Group
An M&A advisory firm.
Ascend Partners
A healthcare-focused PE firm with investments in physician practice management and value-based care.
Ascend Venture Capital
A venture capital firm with an active portfolio.
Ascend Technologies
An IT services provider for private equity firms.
ASCEND 2.0
An educational entrepreneurship program.
Ascend Holdings
A fund management platform.
Unison Therapy Services
One of the largest outsourced therapy providers for Pre-K-12 students in school- and community-based settings, serving those with developmental & speech delays, autism, behavioral health, etc.
Seoul Medical Group (SMG)
National network of independent community physicians dedicated to serving Asian American patients, both primary care & specialists, with clinical & non-clinical coordination.
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $5.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Sara Yates, Principal.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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