Ascend Capital Partners

Total investments

17

Average round size

4M

Portfolio companies

11

Rounds per year

0.81

Lead investments

6

Follow on index

0.29

Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Areas of investment
AutomotiveInformation TechnologyInformation ServicesHealth CareManufacturingMedical DeviceMedicalElectronicsInternet of ThingsSensor

Summary

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Ascend Capital Partners, startups are often financed by Tekes, Inventure, VTT Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Faurecia, Sto-Rahoitus, Plastic Omnium. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Faurecia, EASME - EU Executive Agency for SMEs.

This organization was formed by Monita Mo. The overall number of key employees were 1.

Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Product Design, Automotive. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Grundium, WebMicroscope, TactoTek

The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 5 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The important activity for fund was in 2017.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
17
Lead investments
6
Rounds per year
0.81
Follow on index
0.29
Investments by industry
  • Health Care (6)
  • Medical Device (6)
  • Manufacturing (5)
  • Medical (5)
  • Automotive (5)
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Investments by region
  • Finland (7)
  • Switzerland (1)
  • Austria (4)
  • United States (1)
  • Canada (1)
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Peak activity year
2020

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
7
Avg. valuation at time of investment
1M
Group Appearance index
0.53

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
piur imaging 05 Apr 2023 Health Care, Health Diagnostics, Medical Device, Medical Early Stage Venture 5M
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