Ascension — Pre-Seed VC Firm ($50K–$500K Checks)
Ascension is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in London, United Kingdom investing in SaaS, AI / ML, Real Estate. The firm typically writes $50K–$500K checks and has 135 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $50K–$500K
- Portfolio
- 135 companies on record
- Partners
- 10 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- SaaS, AI / ML, Real Estate, Enterprise, Healthcare
- HQ
- London, United Kingdom
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-10-06
Pre-Seed
$50K – $500K
135+ companies
10 partners
Investment Thesis
UK pre-seed specialist backing ambitious founders across software, AI, and selected verticals including proptech. Focuses on very early companies and active support.
How Ascension invests
Ascension is a vc firm based in London, United Kingdom. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on SaaS, AI / ML, Real Estate, Enterprise, Healthcare.
Ascension typically writes checks of $50K–$500K per investment.
Ascension has backed 135 companies in our records, including Credit Kudos, Cudo, Epoch.
Partners & Team
Rakesh Murria
COO
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (135)
Other
Credit Kudos
Cudo
Epoch
Lick
MiAlgae
Monolith AI
Runa
Sprive
Tembo
Thursday
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in SaaS, AI / ML, Real Estate — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $50K – $500K check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Freya Wordsworth, Senior Associate.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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