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Ascend Venture Capital — 2021 Investments

12 investments dated 2021 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

Astrapi Corpastrapi-corp.comSeed · Dec 2021 · $500K

Astrapi develops spiral-based signal modulation technology for radio communications, enabling improvements in cellular networks, satellite systems, microwave networks, and space communications.

Deep TechDefense TechSpace TechDallas, US

Jerrold Prothero(CEO and Founder)David Shaw(Co-Founder/Chief Commercialization Officer)Rita Martinez Solon(Co-founder and Director of Strategic Support)

Co-investorsAscend Venture Capital

Groopitletsgroopit.comOct 2021

Groopit is a Seattle enterprise SaaS platform that crowdsources real-time data from frontline employees to solve business problems.

Co-investorsCascade Seed FundCercano ManagementTapas CapitalVoyager CapitalWestRiver Group

Infiniteinfinite.devin𝕏Seed · Mar 2021 · $50K

Infinite provides APIs and SDKs for businesses to integrate stablecoin payment capabilities, enabling fast, low-cost global settlement without cryptocurrency complexity.

Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSan Francisco, US

Nikhil Srinivasan(CEO)inRaj Lad(CTO)inNathan J. Clark(Executive Officer, Director)James M Rolette(Director)Costa Hasapopoulos(Director)Mark Cree(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

Co-investorsOIG Capital (Oracles Investment Group)Rebel FundY Combinator468 CapitalBalnord Sp. z o.o.Bessemer Venture Partners+10 more

Loantuitiveloantuitive.cominOct 2021

LOANtuitive offers Connect AI, an AI assistant that matches loan brokers' financing requests against a database of over 1,000 loan programs from banks, credit unions, and private lenders to surface the strongest lender matches in real time.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

Co-investorsRevelry Venture PartnersUnderdog Labs

Makaramakaradigital.comApr 2021Acquired

Seattle-based, SEC-registered crypto robo-advisor offering themed digital-asset portfolios; acquired by Betterment in 2022.

Seattle, US

Jesse Proudman(Executive Officer, Director)Sadie Raney(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investors9Mile LabsCurious CapitalSierra Ventures

REFASHIOND Venturesrefashiond.comSeed · May 2021 · $25K

REFASHIOND Ventures is a venture capital fund, branded as the Industrial Transformation Fund, that invests in startups working to transform legacy industries and supply chains.

Sync Floorsyncfloor.comNov 2021

SyncFloor is a Seattle-based B2B marketplace for licensing commercial music for ads, film, TV, games and podcasts.

Seattle, US

Cestjon McFarland(Executive Officer, Promoter)Kirt Debique(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

Co-investorsBetaworksLong Way VenturesCascade Seed Fund

Utopia Labsutopialabs.comSeed · Aug 2021 · $1KAcquired

Crypto payments, payroll and treasury platform for DAOs and web3 companies; acquired by Coinbase in November 2024.

San Francisco, US

Pryce Adade Yebesi(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inJason Chong(Founder)Alexander Wu(Founder)Kaito Cunningham(Founder)Pryce Adade-Yebesi(Founder)

Co-investorsKindred VenturesParadigmCircle & Co.Circle VenturesCoinbase VenturesDistributed Global+2 more

Worksphereworksphere.coJan 2021Acquired

Seattle startup whose software let employees reserve desks and coordinate hybrid office work; acquired by Envoy in 2022.

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

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Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.