Ascent Venture Partners

Ascent Venture Partners is a Boston, Massachusetts–based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 1985 that focuses on investing in enterprise technology and software-oriented companies across the United States, typically backing founders in B2B IT, analytics, security and cloud-oriented sectors from seed through early growth with capital and strategic portfolio support; the firm manages multiple funds with aggregate commitments in the low-hundreds of millions, has backed more than 100 companies including acquisitions by larger strategic buyers, and emphasizes deep investor engagement and industry network access to help founders scale.