# Ascendant Venture

> Ascendant Venture is a VC fund in San Mateo backing Beauty and Artificial Intelligence. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Mateo, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jul 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.ascendantventure.com/

Ascendant Venture is an investment firm.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Beauty | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LUUM | LUUM is introducing automation to the beauty-services market, initially focusing on eyelash extensions, a widely popular treatment ($20B global market opportunity). Pioneering a patented combination of robotics, AI, and machine vision, LUUM applies a full set of eyelash extensions in 20 minutes (instead of 2 hours), while eliminating the costsand safety risks associated with human application. | $2.9M | Seed | Jul 12, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Foundation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foundation-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Artifact Capital — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Handshake Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/handshake-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SaxeCap](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saxecap) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ulta Beauty](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ulta-beauty) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [XSeed Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xseed-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Ascendant Venture invest in?

Ascendant Venture invests primarily in Beauty and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ascendant Venture last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ascendant Venture closed in Jul 2022. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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