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    Ascension Ventures

    St. Louis, Missouri, United StatesFounded 2001

    Ascension Ventures is a healthcare-focused venture capital firm that invests in healthcare information technology and services, medical devices, and diagnostics sectors. The firm's strategy emphasizes long-term value creation and strategic support for its portfolio companies, often leveraging its network of leading nonprofit health systems to pilot and adopt innovative solutions.

    Average disclosed round size is $21.1M (across 44 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    49

    Fund Size

    $1B

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    6

    Team

    JK

    John Kuelper

    Senior Managing Director

    JD

    Jean de Fougerolles

    Managing Partner & Founder

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    49 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    KKinfolkSeed$7.2MFeb 2026
    Stream logoStreamSeries D$90MJan 2026
    NNextSenseSeries A$16MNov 2025
    CComplyStreamPre-SeedApr 2025
    Sprive logoSpriveSeries A$7.3MApr 2025
    CCapablySeed$4MApr 2025
    LLinqPre-Seed$1.1MMar 2025
    Cala Health logoCala HealthGrowth$50MDec 2024
    Tembo logoTemboSeries B$16.8MNov 2024
    Round Treasury logoRound TreasuryPre-Seed$1.9MOct 2024
    CCSA Medical Inc.Series D$53MSep 2024
    Zen Educate logoZen EducateSeries B$37MMay 2024
    HealthKey logoHealthKeySeed$1.4MApr 2024
    Censys logoCensysSeries C$75MOct 2023
    Cortica, Inc. logoCortica, Inc.Series D$40MOct 2023
    SSuperFiPre-Seed$1MJul 2023
    RideTandem logoRideTandemSeed$2.7MJul 2023
    Strive Health logoStrive HealthSeries C$166MMay 2023
    Qflow logoQflowSeries A$9.1MMay 2023
    Zen Educate logoZen EducateSeries A$21MOct 2022
    Oxwash logoOxwashSeries A$12MAug 2022
    Elation Health logoElation HealthSeries D$50MJul 2022
    GGreenpixieSeed$250KJul 2022
    FFoodstepsSeed$4.1MMay 2022
    RideTandem logoRideTandemSeed$2.2MMay 2022
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    Top Co-Investors

    Seedrs2 shared
    Seedcamp2 shared
    CVS Health2 shared
    TrueSight2 shared
    Northzone2 shared
    Blue Heron Capital1 shared
    TVM Capital Life Science1 shared
    First Analysis1 shared

    Last updated: 12 April 2026