NFP — 2022 Investments

4 investments dated 2022 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

Ascendfly-flat.comJan 2022 · $30M

Ascend is a membership-based travel concierge service that manages flight, hotel, and ground transportation bookings via WhatsApp for frequent travelers, emphasizing rapid response times, proactive disruption handling, and significant cost savings.

Travel & Hospitality

Co-investorsDistributed Ventures FirstMark Capital FJ Labs Index Ventures First Round Capital Mischief +2 more

Ascenduseascend.com inJan 2022

Ascend is a financial operations platform purpose-built for insurance agencies, wholesalers, MGAs, and carriers, combining AI-powered accounting automation, payments, and premium financing.

AI & Machine LearningInsurTechSaaS

Praveen Chekuri(Founder)inAndrew Wynn(Founder)

Co-investorsBoxGroup Distributed Ventures Financial Venture Studio First Round Capital MGV.VC Nyca +10 more

Ascendjoinascend.comJan 2022 · $30M

Ascend is a membership-based travel concierge for frequent business and leisure travelers, offering a human team that books and manages flights, hotels, and ground transport end-to-end via WhatsApp.

ConsumerMarketplacesTravel & Hospitality

Co-investorsRevUp Capital BoxGroup Distributed Ventures Exponent Capital First Round Capital FirstMark Capital +4 more

Ascend Ioascend.io inJan 2022 · $30MDefunct

Ascend was a data engineering platform that provided declarative pipeline technology, unified ingest/transform/orchestration capabilities, and agentic data engineering solutions to help data engineers.

Data & Infrastructure

Praveen Chekuri(Founder)inSean Knapp(Founder)

Co-investorsAccel Core Ventures Group Felicis Ventures Webb Investment Network First Round Capital FirstMark Capital +4 more

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