Ascend Ventures

Ascend Ventures, based in New York, is a venture capital firm that historically focused on early-stage and special situation technology companies across North America. Founded in 2000, the firm aimed to partner with ambitious entrepreneurs to facilitate rapid value creation and growth in their ventures. Ascend Ventures specialized in data-centric companies and provided both financial and operational support to its portfolio companies. However, the firm is currently in the process of winding down its operations and liquidating its remaining portfolio, having made its last investment in 2012.

David Bowen

Founding Partner

Dan Conner

General Partner and Founder

Darryl Wash

Managing Partner

Kirby Winfield

Founding General Partner

Past deals in Missouri

Lumate

Convertible Note in 2015
Lumate, LLC is a technology company that specializes in a mobile advertising platform focused on programmatic buying. Founded in 2008 and based in Saint Louis, Missouri, with a satellite office in Rolla, the company offers a range of products designed to enhance audience targeting capabilities for advertisers, ad networks, and media buyers. Its key offerings include AdTrade, a bidding engine that incorporates context into mobile advertising while analyzing user behavior; AdMotive, a self-service portal that allows customization of ad reach; and DataWell, an API and SDK for publishers seeking to monetize audience data. Lumate's platform addresses gaps in the mobile advertising supply chain by leveraging geo-location and real-time bidding technologies, thereby enabling effective engagement with target audiences.
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