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Ascend Venture Capital
Venture capital · St. Louis, MO, United States · North America
Ascend Venture Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in data-centric companies building mission-critical technology. It describes a strategy of milestone-based investing, leading or following, and providing operational guidance to portfolio companies.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningFintech
In its own wordsdata-centricmission-criticalfirst moversnetwork effectspersistent trendssupply-inhibited ecosystems
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Or find every investor that fitsAscend Venture Capital lists 10 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (26%), Fintech (16%) and Cybersecurity (11%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Capital Factory, Aurelia Foundry and B Capital.
No funding round on record names Ascend Venture Capital yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Ascend Venture Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 10. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 26% | 18% |
| Fintech | 16% | 12% |
| Cybersecurity | 11% | 4% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 5% | 7% |
| Legal & Compliance | 5% | 2% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 5% | 6% |
| Food & Agriculture | 5% | 3% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 5% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Capital Factory | 2 |
| Aurelia Foundry | 1 |
| B Capital | 1 |
| Cerberus Ventures | 1 |
| Chloe Capital | 1 |
| Collab+Currency | 1 |
| DCG | 1 |
| F-Prime Capital | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 23th | 10 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 40th | 26% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers10100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Ascend Venture Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
10 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accumulate is an identity-based blockchain protocol with multi-chain support, human-readable addresses, and key hierarchies. | FintechCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Applied Bioplastics makes sustainable plastic products using agricultural waste and biobased polymers. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Arbol offers parametric insurance products to manage climate risks using a data-driven and technology-centric approach | FintechClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| Astrapi Corporation develops and applies spiral signal modulation technology for more efficient communication and signal protection | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Boat Planet connects boat owners with reviewed and trusted boat professionals in their area | Legal & ComplianceE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Journey Foods provides an AI platform for sourcing ingredients, pricing products, and connecting operations in the food supply chain. | Food & AgricultureAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| MetaSoul enables humanoid robots and vehicles to develop a mind, personality, and emotional depth, through learning and experience. | AI & Machine LearningRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Oxio provides a cloud-based platform for building and managing mobile networks and services. | FintechMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Producers Trust organizes sustainable supply chain solutions for food and ag | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company is building a power grid in space to transmit concentrated solar energy to satellites | Space & DefenseEducation | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 10 Nov 2026- Site
- ascendstl.com
- Last read
- 10 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 7 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 10
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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