Tech Company Financing Transactions

ascend Funding Round

Index Ventures, Distributed Ventures and First Round Capital participated in a $280 million Series A funding round for ascend. The round closed on 1/27/2022.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
1/27/2022
Transaction Type
Debt
Venture Equity
Amount
$280,000,000
Round
Series A
Proceeds Purpose
The new equity will be deployed into growing the team, expanding into different markets within the insurtech vertical and building its go-to-market and product engineering.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
FinTech
Mailing Address
955 Alma St. C
Palo Alto, CA 94301
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
We built Ascend to help you make it easier for people to protect the things they care about. We're a team of insurtech and technology experts who have experienced the challenges of the insurance industry's existing financial infrastructure first-hand.
Profile
ascend LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
ascend Company Twitter Account
Company News
ascend News
Facebook
ascend on Facebook
YouTube
ascend on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Co-Founder
Praveen Chekuri
  Praveen Chekuri LinkedIn Profile  Praveen Chekuri Twitter Account  Praveen Chekuri News  Praveen Chekuri on Facebook
Co-Founder
Andrew Wynn
  Andrew Wynn LinkedIn Profile  Andrew Wynn Twitter Account  Andrew Wynn News  Andrew Wynn on Facebook


 

 

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