Ascension
VC Fund
London, United Kingdom
Ascension is an early-stage VC built by exited entrepreneurs to back the next generation of tech and impact founders. Run by an experienced and diverse team of successful entrepreneurs, we have been relentlessly dedicated to finding the UK’s best Seed-stage startups since 2014. Ascension benefits from the active industry connections essential for the sourcing and development of deal-flow and due diligence. The team has co-invested with the UK’s leading angels and VCs, key to securing follow-on funding as the portfolio businesses move to their next stage of growth. We believe in building an inclusive, community driven brand that can benefit the wider UK tech ecosystem and strive to work with conviction, integrity, humour, and humility.
- Total investments:
- 326
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 24%
- Fund size:
- $21M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Ascension invests in
Stages Ascension invests in
Countries Ascension invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 9 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $250k–$4.1M
- Pre-Seed
- $261k–$2.8M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $790k–$10M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 59 (18%)
- FinTech 28 (9%)
- Artificial Intelligence 28 (9%)
- Financial Services 24 (7%)
- Apps 21 (6%)
Stage
- Seed 143 (44%)
- Pre-Seed 61 (19%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 31 (10%)
- Series A 20 (6%)
- Funding Round 19 (6%)
Country
- United Kingdom 204 (63%)
- United States 4 (1%)
- Italy 1 (0%)
- Canada 1 (0%)
- Finland 1 (0%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jean Rollet de Fougerolles
Managing Partner & Founder
|
Managing Partner & Founder | Total investments: 39 | Find email | |
Craig Fletcher
Venture partner and investment committee member
|
Venture partner and investment committee member | Total investments: 9 | Find email | |
Emma Blackburn
CFO
|
CFO | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Emma Steele
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 12 | Find email | |
Ian McClelland
Venture Partner
|
Venture Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 9 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neela Biotech is a chemical manufacturer that produces fuel from waste using AI and synthetic biology. | $2.8M / Pre-Seed / Oct 08, 2026 | ||
| Sprive is a UK based FinTech that helps homeowners pay off their mortgage faster and save interest. | $10.2M / Series A / Sep 21, 2026 | ||
| Challenger MVNO | $952K / Equity Crowdfunding / Sep 18, 2026 | ||
| Qureight is an imaging analytics company. It also aims to develop a new improved and streamlined version of its analytical platform – harnessing the ability of AI and advanced processing tools to gain new insights into respiratory diseases such as Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) and lung cancer. | $20M / Series B / Jul 29, 2026 | ||
| Saltroad operates as a registered speech & language therapist based on child's speech. | $2M / Seed / Jun 30, 2026 | ||
| Voxmind's biometric confirmation and authentication platform that provides voice based biometrics that helps with security and reduces fraud risk. | $736.1K / Pre-Seed / May 26, 2026 | ||
| ManaMind is an AI-powered platform that automates video game quality assurance (QA) testing using autonomous bots to help developers identify bugs faster and cheaper. | $1.5M / Pre-Seed / Apr 30, 2026 | ||
| NunaBio operates as a privately-owned specialist DNA development company. NunaBio engaged in CRO (Contract Research Organizations) and CDMO (Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation) activities. | $8.8M / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 30, 2026 | ||
| Hosel's objective is to make golf more cheap, sustainable, and accessible by unlocking the value of used equipment. | $672.5K / Pre-Seed / Mar 10, 2026 | ||
| AI agents and ticketing system for People Operations | $7.2M / Seed / Feb 26, 2026 | ||
| See all 326 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Ascension invest in?
Ascension invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 326 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Ascension invest in?
Ascension typically joins rounds of $250k–$4.1M at Seed, $261k–$2.8M at Pre-Seed and $790k–$10M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Ascension's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Ascension took part in.
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Who are the partners at Ascension?
The team at Ascension includes Jean Rollet de Fougerolles (Managing Partner & Founder), Craig Fletcher (Venture partner and investment committee member) and Emma Blackburn (CFO), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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