# Ascension

> Ascension is a VC fund in London backing Software and FinTech. See 248 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 248
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 23%
- Fund size: $22M
- Last fund: Mar 2024
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ascensionvc
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ascensiongrp
- Website: https://www.ascension.vc

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 forthe 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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $229k–$5.1M |
| Pre-Seed | $379k–$2.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 39 | 16% |
| FinTech | 21 | 8% |
| Internet | 19 | 8% |
| Financial Services | 18 | 7% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 18 | 7% |

220 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 100 | 40% |
| Pre-Seed | 42 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 27 | 11% |
| Series A | 15 | 6% |
| Angel | 4 | 2% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 147 | 59% |
| United States | 3 | 1% |
| Italy | 1 | 0% |
| Canada | 1 | 0% |
| Finland | 1 | 0% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jean Rollet de Fougerolles | Managing Partner & Founder | 35 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jean-de-fougerolles |
| Craig Fletcher | Venture partner and investment committee member | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craig-fletcher |
| Emma Blackburn | CFO | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emma-blackburn |
| Emma Steele | Partner | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emma-steele |
| Ian McClelland | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ian-mcclelland |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Qureight | 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 | Saltroad operates as a registered speech & language therapist based on child's speech. | $2M | Seed | Jun 30, 2026 |  |
| Voxmind | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |
| Kinfolk | AI agents and ticketing system for People Operations | $7.2M | Seed | Feb 26, 2026 |  |
| Tembo Money | Tembo is on a mission to transform lending. Its innovative mortgage product is helping generation buy a home | $21.9M |  | Feb 11, 2026 |  |
| Eolas Medical | Eolas Medical provides a knowledge management solution that allows hospitals to have a source of medical knowledge for the clients. It is a clinician-led start-up that harnessing the world's medical knowledge for equitable healthcare. Eolas Medical was founded in 2019 and is based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. | $12.1M | Series A | Jan 20, 2026 |  |
| Altura | Altura is an institutional-grade, multi-strategy yield protocol built on HyperEVM. The platform allows users to deposit stablecoins into a single vault, where capital is dynamically allocated across diversified, market-neutral strategies including arbitrage, funding rate capture, staking yield, and structured liquidity provision.Altura abstractsaway execution complexity while maintaining on-chain transparency through a price-per-share (PPS) accounting model, enabling users to earn sustainable yield without managing trades or taking directional market risk. | $4M | Seed | Dec 01, 2025 |  |

10 of 248 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 20 deals together
- [Seedcamp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seedcamp) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [Techstart Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstart-ventures) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [Haatch](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/haatch) — VC Fund, 13 deals together
- [Fair By Design Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fair-by-design-fund) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Force Over Mass Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/force-over-mass-capital) — VC Fund, 10 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Ascension invest in?

Ascension invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 248 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ascension's check size?

Ascension typically joins rounds of $229k–$5.1M at Seed and $379k–$2.5M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ascension participates in.

### How do I contact Ascension?

Public channels for Ascension include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### 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 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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