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Ascend Fintech Ventures

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

Ascend Fintech Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Fintech, Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$2.0M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
1 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Fintech, Other, SaaS
HQ
San Francisco, CA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-06-16

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $2.0M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses on early-stage Fintech and SMB-focused SaaS with an emphasis on vertical-specific platforms addressing financial challenges for small businesses.

How Ascend Fintech Ventures invests

Ascend Fintech Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Fintech, Other, SaaS. It does not invest in Consumer hardware.

Ascend Fintech Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment.

Ascend Fintech Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including TaxMate, CashFlowPro.

Partners & Team

RC

Rachel Carter

Founding Partner

Fintech
SMB SaaS
Accounting Tech

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
Other
SaaS

Does Not Invest In

Consumer hardware

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

TA

TaxMate

Accounting Tech
CA

CashFlowPro

Fintech
How to pitch Ascend Fintech Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Fintech, Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Rachel Carter, Founding Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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