# Ascension funding: rounds and investors

> Ascension has raised $1.4M across 1 round since 2026. Investors include Innovate UK and Oxford Science Enterprises. Every round with its source.

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

United Kingdom · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Ascension*

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.

Manufacturing

Raised 7 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$1.4M** raised across 1 round since 2026, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Seed, $1.4M Apr 2026
- **Investors:** 2

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Apr 2026** Seed **$1.4M** [Innovate UK](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovate-uk) [Oxford Science Enterprises](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oxford-science-enterprises) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Ascension's own website: 3 founders.

**Motoaki Sumi** CEO and CO-FOUNDER

**Professor Jon Blundy** Co-Founder

**Professor Mike Kendall** Co-Founder

## Everyone who backed them

[Innovate UK](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovate-uk) VC firm **1** round

[Oxford Science Enterprises](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oxford-science-enterprises) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 4 firms list Ascension 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.

[Kibo Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kibo-invest) Family office Per its own site

[UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund [UKI2S]](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uk-innovation-and-science-seed-fund) VC firm Per its own site

[East X Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/east-x-ventures) VC firm Pre-seed, 2024, per its site

[Echo River Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/echo-river-capital) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Ascension

### Who invested in Ascension?

Ascension's investors include Innovate UK and Oxford Science Enterprises.

### How much has Ascension raised?

Ascension has raised $1.4M across 1 round since 2026.

### When did Ascension last raise?

Ascension's most recent round was a Seed of $1.4M in Apr 2026.

### What was Ascension's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $1.4M in Apr 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Ascension first?

Ascension's first round on record, in Apr 2026, was backed by Innovate UK and Oxford Science Enterprises.

### What stage is Ascension at?

Ascension's latest named round is a Seed, in Apr 2026.

### Where is Ascension based?

Ascension is based in the United Kingdom.

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