Ascend (Ascend.vc) is a Seattle-based pre-seed venture capital fund founded by Kirby Winfield in 2019, investing in SaaS, AI/ML, data, and e-commerce software startups primarily in the Pacific Northwest. It is the most active pre-seed venture capital fund in the Pacific Northwest and raised $25 million for its second fund in 2023.
Deal activity increased 50% year-over-year (6 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $26.5M (across 32 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
35
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
7
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
38 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Overland AI | Series D | $100M | Feb 2026 |
 Endurance Energy | Series A | $54M | Jan 2026 |
 Govstream | Seed | $3.6M | Dec 2025 |
 Pionix | Seed | — | Nov 2025 |
 Hearvana | Pre-Seed | $6M | Nov 2025 |
 HEST | Seed | — | Oct 2025 |
 Revolute Robotics | Unknown | $1.9M | Oct 2025 |
 Clarify | Series A | $22.5M | Jun 2025 |
| Overland AI | Series A | — | Jan 2025 |
 Neon Health | Unknown | $6M | Jan 2025 |
| LLeap Financial | Seed | $3.5M | Dec 2024 |
 Moondream | Pre-Seed | — | Oct 2024 |
 Velou | Seed | $4M | Jan 2024 |
 Candidate | Pre-Seed | $4M | Oct 2023 |
 Bean Box | Unknown | $1.2M | Sep 2023 |
| Ppiur imaging | Series A | — | Jul 2023 |
 Xembly | Series A | $15M | Oct 2022 |
 Elation Health | Series D | $50M | Jul 2022 |
 SafeDigit | Pre-Seed | $1.2M | Jul 2022 |
 Fabric | Series C | $200M | Oct 2021 |
 Stack Moxie | Pre-Seed | $875K | Jul 2021 |
| PPrometheus Biosciences | Growth | $130M | Nov 2020 |
| Fabric | Seed | $9.5M | Oct 2020 |
 Oxio | Series A | $40M | Jan 2020 |
 StoryFit | Growth | $1.8M | Jan 2019 |
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Top Co-Investors
Redpoint Ventures4 shared
Shasta Ventures4 shared
Point72 Private Investments4 shared
8VC3 shared
Overmatch Ventures3 shared
XYZ Venture Capital3 shared
Techstars3 shared
Norwest Venture Partners2 shared
StepStone Group2 shared
Valor Equity Partners2 shared
Susa Ventures2 shared
Stripes2 shared
Novastar Ventures2 shared
Sierra Ventures2 shared
Agent Capital2 shared
GV2 shared
General Catalyst2 shared
B Capital2 shared
Greycroft2 shared
Expa2 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026