Dan Conner
Investing Profile
Ascend Venture Capital thesis
About Ascend Ascend is a pre-seed venture capital firm investing in SaaS 3.0 : (vertical AI agents and applications), Gen AI 2.0 ("fast followers" in horizontal AI/infrastructure), and Frontier AI (AI applied to the physical world's hardest problems). Kirby Winfield, Founding General Partner; Associate Nate Bek; and Partner and Chief of Staff Jen Haller work to support portfolio founders on their journey from the idea stage to seed, series A, and beyond - connecting them with customers, talent, and Silicon Valley venture capital. Preferred stage is pre-seed, preferred check $250-$750K, and we
Sector and stage focus
- Seed: EnergyTech, Data Services, Web3/Blockchain, Space, Logistics, Semiconductors, E-commerce, Future of Work, Gig Economy, DeepTech
- general: Diverse Investors, Investors who were founders, Investors who invested in female founders, Investors who invested in diverse founders, Midwest
- Pre-seed: EnergyTech, Semiconductors, Gig Economy, Space, Data Services, Web3/Blockchain, Logistics, Future of Work, DeepTech, E-commerce
Recent investments by Dan Conner
Dan Conner has 8 named past investments in the public record. The most recent:
| Company | Stage | Date | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exergy | Pre-Seed | Nov 2021 | $50K |
| REFASHIOND | Seed | May 2021 | $25K |
| Emoshape | Pre-Seed | May 2021 | $900K |
| Infinite io | Seed | Mar 2021 | $50K |
| OXIO | Seed | Feb 2021 | $100K |
| Lumate | Seed | Dec 2021 | $100K |
| Astrapi | Seed | Dec 2021 | $500K |
| Utopia Labs | Seed | Aug 2021 | $1K |
Frequent co-investors
Dan Conner has co-invested with: Stuart Larkins.
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