# Ascenders funding: rounds and investors

> Ascenders has raised $1.6M across 1 round since 2024. Investors include SMBC Venture Capital and ANOBAKA. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/ascenders (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Japan · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Ascenders*

One round we have observed, with the 2 investors named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Asset Management

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$1.6M** raised across 1 round since 2024, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Series A, $1.6M Sept 2024
- **Investors:** 2

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Sept 2024** Series A **$1.6M** [SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) [ANOBAKA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anobaka) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Ascenders's own website: 5 on the team.

- **Asai Moeko** Director
- **Fiorentino Fiorella Francesca** Manager
- **Hashimoto Takatomo** Creative Director
- **Kawai Yuya** Community Manager
- **Mizushima Ayane** Director

## Everyone who backed them

[SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) Investment bank **1** round

[ANOBAKA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anobaka) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Ascenders as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Japan Post Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/japan-post-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Voyage Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/voyage-ventures) Corporate VC Per its own site

## Quick answers about Ascenders

### Who invested in Ascenders?

Ascenders's investors include SMBC Venture Capital and ANOBAKA.

### How much has Ascenders raised?

Ascenders has raised $1.6M across 1 round since 2024.

### When did Ascenders last raise?

Ascenders's most recent round was a Series A of $1.6M in Sept 2024.

### What was Ascenders's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $1.6M in Sept 2024, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Ascenders first?

Ascenders's first round on record, in Sept 2024, was backed by SMBC Venture Capital and ANOBAKA.

### What stage is Ascenders at?

Ascenders's latest named round is a Series A, in Sept 2024.

### Where is Ascenders based?

Ascenders is based in Japan.

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