# Ascendify funding: rounds and investors

> Ascendify has raised $12M across 2 rounds since 2013. Investors include Canaan, Cisco Investments and Canaan Partners/ GE. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Ascendify*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 3 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Internet

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$12M** raised across 2 rounds since 2013, from 2 sources

**$1.0M** Seed **$11M** Series A

- **Latest round:** Series A, $11M Oct 2017
- **Step-up i:** 11×
- **Investors:** 3

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

**$1.0M** Seed

**$11M** Series A

- **First round:** Seed, $1.0M
- **Biggest round:** $11M
- **Between rounds:** 4.5 years

## The rounds

- **Oct 2017** Series A **$11M** *3 new* [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) [Cisco Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco-investments) Canaan Partners/ GE Reported by FinSMEs
- **Apr 2013** Seed **$1.0M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From Ascendify's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 12 on the team.

- **Michelle Abbey** President & Chief Executive Officer
- **Spencer Parra** Executive Vice President, Product Management
- **Arnim Wahls** Chief Commercial Officer
- **Celia Bozsum** Chief Marketing Officer
- **Emerson Moore** Chief Administrative Officer
- **Erik Wagner** Chief Technology Officer
- **Jesse Hernandez** Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer
- **Lynda Harden** Chief Operating Officer, Global Delivery
- **Mike Littlewood** Chief Commercial Officer
- **Russell Miyaki** Chief Creative Officer
- **Lauren Smith** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Matt Hendrickson** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Richard Natsch* *Tom Spengler*

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Seed** 2013 **Series A** 2017 [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) [Cisco Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco-investments) Canaan Partners/ GE

## Everyone who backed them

[Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Cisco Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco-investments) Corporate VC **1** round

Canaan Partners/ GE no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Ascendify as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Blossom Street Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blossom-street-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Ascendify

### Who invested in Ascendify?

Ascendify's investors include Canaan, Cisco Investments and Canaan Partners/ GE.

### How much has Ascendify raised?

Ascendify has raised $12M across 2 rounds since 2013.

### When did Ascendify last raise?

Ascendify's most recent round was a Series A of $11M in Oct 2017.

### What was Ascendify's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $11M in Oct 2017, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Ascendify first?

Ascendify's first round on record, in Oct 2017, was backed by Canaan, Cisco Investments and Canaan Partners/ GE.

### What stage is Ascendify at?

Ascendify's latest named round is a Series A, in Oct 2017.

### Where is Ascendify based?

Ascendify is based in the United States.

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