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Nate Bek

Investor

Associate at Ascend Venture Capital

Seattle, Washington, United States

About

Associate who previously worked as a startups reporter at GeekWire covering the Pacific Northwest tech scene. Founder and CEO of Lucy's Lab Creamery ice cream parlor in Honolulu while in college, gaining hands-on entrepreneurial experience.

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Experience

  1. AscendSenior Associate / Head of Researchcurrent2025 — presentSeattle, WA
  2. AscendAssociate2024 — 2025Seattle, Washington, United States
  3. GeekWireReporter2022 — 2023Seattle, WA

Education

  1. University of Hawai‘i - Shidler College of BusinessBachelor's degree, Finance2020 — 2022
  2. University of Hawaii at ManoaBachelor of Arts - BA, Journalism2019 — 2022

Same school

Also attended University of Hawai‘i - Shidler College of Business1

Chenoa FarnsworthManaging Partner at Blue Startups

Also attended University of Hawaii at Manoa23

Shirish DeodharInvestor at Pentathlon VenturesLewis PinaultChief Scientist at Airbus VenturesDr. Virginia CHAVenture Partner at iGlobe PartnersTim YoungCo-Founder and General Partner at Eniac VenturesSteve KiserGeneral Partner at Veteran Ventures CapitalMaya TrujilloAssociate at VamosVentures

+ 17 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Ascend5

Court LorenziniFounding CEO, Docusign at Pegasus Tech VenturesMaggie FinchInvestor at Ascend Venture CapitalKirby WinfieldGeneral Partner at Ascend Venture CapitalJen HallerPartner and Chief of Staff at Ascend Venture CapitalThomas StahuraAnalyst at Ascend Venture Capital

Also worked at GeekWire1

Oren EtzioniVenture Partner at Madrona Venture Group

Colleagues at Ascend Venture Capital

Dan Conner
Managing Director at Ascend Venture Capital
Jen Haller
Partner and Chief of Staff at Ascend Venture Capital
Kirby Winfield
General Partner at Ascend Venture Capital
Maggie Finch
Investor at Ascend Venture Capital
Thomas Stahura
Analyst at Ascend Venture Capital