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Ascential Ventures — Seed & Pre-Seed VC Firm ($500K–$2.0M Checks)

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Ascential Ventures is a Seed, Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in London, UK investing in Other, Marketplace. 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
6 listed
Stage
Seed, Pre-Seed
Sectors
Other, Marketplace
HQ
London, UK
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-05-18

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Pre-Seed

Check Size

$500K – $2.0M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

6 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Investing in disruptive global e-commerce and marketplace technologies at the earliest stages.

How Ascential Ventures invests

Ascential Ventures is a vc firm based in London, UK. The firm invests at the Seed, Pre-Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Marketplace.

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

Ascential Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including Cartify, Vendorly.

Partners & Team

VM

Vinod Mirchandani

Chief Technology Officer

CC

Chris Cowen

Chief Commercial Officer

ES

Elliot Shelton

Managing Partner

FK

Faraz Khan

Chief Financial Officer

RB

Raghu Behara

Managing Partner

AG

Anupam Girdhar

General Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Marketplace

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

CA

Cartify

E-commerce
VE

Vendorly

Marketplaces
How to pitch Ascential Ventures
  • •Raising at Seed, Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, Marketplace — 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 Vinod Mirchandani, Chief Technology Officer.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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