Ascend Venture Capital — 2021 Investments
12 investments dated 2021 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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