Venture capital firm profile
Ascend
Ascend is a Seattle venture capital firm providing pre-seed investment and operating support to US founders building artificial intelligence, software and frontier technology companies.

United States
Pre-seed
First-check investor focused on AI, software and frontier technology, including robotics and autonomy. Published preferred cheque size is $250K–$750K; the source does not explicitly identify an ISO currency, so numeric funding and currency fields remain blank. Ownership requirements are not specified.
AI & Machine Learning
United States
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Pre-seed
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First-check investor focused on AI, software and frontier technology, including robotics and autonomy. Published preferred cheque size is $250K–$750K; the source does not explicitly identify an ISO currency, so numeric funding and currency fields remain blank. Ownership requirements are not specified.
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AI & Machine Learning
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Ascend combines initial capital with introductions and operating experience from its Seattle-based team. Its published investments include Endurance Energy, Sabi, Overland AI and Yoodli. The firm invests across the United States while retaining a Seattle network.
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