First Ascent Ventures — Seed & Series A VC Firm
First Ascent Ventures is a Seed, Series A, Series B venture capital firm investing in Other, SaaS, AI / ML. The firm has 10 portfolio companies in our records.
- Portfolio
- 10 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Seed, Series A, Series B, series-c, series-d
- Sectors
- Other, SaaS, AI / ML, Enterprise, Developer Tools, Fintech
- Check size
- Not in our records
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-10-11
Seed, Series A, Series B, series-c, series-d
10+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Invests across advertising, marketing, enterprise, and AI, making it relevant for workflow automation software sold into agencies. Public directories indicate an explicit MarTech/AdTech orientation.
How First Ascent Ventures invests
First Ascent Ventures is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, series-c, series-d stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS, AI / ML, Enterprise, Developer Tools.
First Ascent Ventures has backed 10 companies in our records, including Andgo Systems, Osano, Shinydocs.
Partners & Team
Tony Van Marken
Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (10)
Other
Andgo Systems
Workforce-scheduling software for employers
Osano
Data privacy and consent management platform
Shinydocs
Information management and data classification software
Darwin CX
SaaS for subscription-based publishing and membership businesses
Thentia
Regulatory software for government and licensing workflows
Potloc
Survey and market-research platform
SAMA
AI training/data annotation and enterprise AI platform
Rock Content
Content marketing and content operations platform
Assent
Supply-chain sustainability and compliance software
Q4
Investor relations software and capital-markets communications platform
- •Raising at Seed, Series A, Series B, series-c, series-d? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Tony Van Marken, Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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