Ascend Capital Partners
VC Fund
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Ascend Capital Partners is a VC fund in Hong Kong focused on Health Care and Software. Founded by two Wall Street professionals in 2002 with the goal of making companies successful by helping them raise capital and improve their management standards. This was done by taking an active role in running these companies (at the Board level and operationally) and helping to secure strategic partnerships.Over USD 100 million in assetsgenerated from successful investments in China, and more recently in Europe. All invested funds come from our partners; no 3rd party money is managed. Since the partners are investing their own capital, they are dedicated to making their investments successful.Led by Monita Mo, one of the founders and a serial entrepreneur. Our partners have decades of experience across a wide range of industries and geographical regions. All investment partners have done business in Asia and bring an extensive network of contacts for our investments. Additionally, they have started, managed, and sold businesses and understand the challenges involved.See the need to share more developed technology to other markets, especially in China, where growth opportunities may be greater. That is why we are currently focusing on companies in Europe and other developed markets that have unique technologies that can be commercialized in their home markets, Asia, and the US.
- Total investments:
- 19
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 53%
Last updated:
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Industries Ascend Capital Partners invests in
Stages Ascend Capital Partners invests in
Countries Ascend Capital Partners invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
4 more contacts available
Round size
- Seed
- $1.5M–$9.3M
- Series A
- $2.2M–$12M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Health Care 5 (26%)
- Software 4 (21%)
- Medical Device 4 (21%)
- Automotive 3 (16%)
- Information Technology 3 (16%)
Stage
- Series A 6 (32%)
- Seed 5 (26%)
- Funding Round 2 (11%)
- Series B 1 (5%)
- Series C 1 (5%)
Country
- Finland 4 (21%)
- Israel 2 (11%)
- Austria 2 (11%)
- United States 2 (11%)
- Canada 1 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Monita Mo
CEO
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CEO | Total investments: 2 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Pionix
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PIONIX develops EVerest, a fully featured commercial open source SW platform for charging stations. With our open platform, we will provide a broad ecosystem for EV charging that can be easily extended by the open-source community and utilized by any commercial party.PIONIX as main developer of the EVerest ecosystem offers integration andsoftware update services, cloud operations and productivity & security enhancements as subscriptions. | $9.3M / Seed / Nov 18, 2025 | |
DriveU.auto
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The DriveU.auto connectivity platform enables teleoperation of autonomous vehicles using cellular bonding and dynamic encoding. The platform is already deployed and used live on public roads. It provides high speed, low latency, and ultra-reliable transmission of 4k video, audio streams, high-speed data, and control channels, and is available withhardware, or as a software-only implementation. The platform’s SDK and APIs enable quick and straightforward integration. | Seed / Jan 10, 2025 | |
piur imaging
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PIUR´s tomographic ultrasound solutions turn any standard ultrasound system into a tomographic 3D imaging device, bridging the gap between 2D ultrasound and regular tomographic imaging modalities. With any conventional 2D ultrasound transducer, high-resolution tomographic images can be generated and stored as quantifiable volumes, enabling true AIpost-processing for efficient diagnostics. Current focus is on thyroid imaging where AI algorithms allow doctors a fast and objective analysis and classification of thyroid nodules. | $5.3M / Series A / Apr 05, 2023 | |
Nanoflex Robotics
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Nanoflex Robotics develops a soft robotic system that precisely inserts specially made guidewires and catheters deep into the brain. The company provides patented magnetic navigation technology but also the necessary surgical devices. Nanoflex Robotics was established in May, 2021 in Zurich, Switzerland. | $12M / Series A / Feb 10, 2023 | |
Inflection.io
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Inflection.io is a venture-backed product company that builds marketing technology to power product-led growth. | $5M / Seed / May 18, 2022 | |
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Inflection.io
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Inflection.io is a venture-backed product company that builds marketing technology to power product-led growth. | $5M / Seed / May 18, 2022 | |
Battlesnake
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Battlesnake is a platform that allows people who wanted to know and try programming in a fun way. Battlesnake is used to learn new technologies, improve their skills, and have fun with friends and colleagues. | $1.5M / Seed / Sep 16, 2021 | |
Solo Technologies
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Solo Technologies is an innovative platform for app-based gig workers that provides a solution for app-based workers that leverages data to bring professional and financial stability to those in the gig economy. | $5.3M / Seed / Aug 30, 2021 | |
Interventional Systems
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Interventional Systems is the precision medical robotics company for the 21st century. For the past ten years, we've been bringing together technology and medicine to build cutting-edge, miniature robotics solutions that make for more precise, seamless, and cost-effective image-guided medical interventions. | $3M / May 04, 2020 | |
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Interventional Systems
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Interventional Systems is the precision medical robotics company for the 21st century. For the past ten years, we've been bringing together technology and medicine to build cutting-edge, miniature robotics solutions that make for more precise, seamless, and cost-effective image-guided medical interventions. | $3M / Series A / May 04, 2020 | |
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FAQ
What does Ascend Capital Partners invest in?
Ascend Capital Partners invests primarily in Health Care, Software and Medical Device startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Finland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Ascend Capital Partners's check size?
Ascend Capital Partners typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$9.3M at Seed and $2.2M–$12M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ascend Capital Partners participates in.
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Who are the partners at Ascend Capital Partners?
The team at Ascend Capital Partners includes Monita Mo (CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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