# Ascension Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Ascension Ventures is a corporate vc based in United Kingdom. 57 investments on record, latest Mar 2022. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# Ascension Ventures

Last cheque observed Mar 2022. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet Corporate VC Website unconfirmed

Seed Series A Series B Healthtech Tech-enabled Health Wellbeing

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 57 on record

Since the last cheque **1697** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$9.1M** Rounds led **1 of 57** Sole investor **14 rounds** Exits **6 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 62%**

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## Ascension Ventures highlights

- 01 57 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series B: 55% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 14 rounds, median $310K
- 04 6 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $3K – $15M as they say
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth Pre-IPO
- **Sectors:** Healthtech Tech-enabled Health Wellbeing
- **Based in:** St. Louis, United Kingdom
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

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## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **57 appearances**

- **2022** 1 round
- **Mar** **[SteadyPay](https://millionrounds.com/company/steadypay)** Series A · GB · Firms' own news pages **$5.0M** With 2 others
- **2019** 5 rounds
- **Dec** **[Imperative Care](https://millionrounds.com/company/imperative-care)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$85M** With 5 others
- **Aug** **[EBR Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/ebr-systems)** US · FinSMEs **$30M** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[SupplyCompany](https://millionrounds.com/company/supplycompany)** Seed · GB · FinSMEs **$1.9M** With 4 others
- **May** **[Monolith AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/monolith-ai)** GB · Uktech **$2.4M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Credit Kudos](https://millionrounds.com/company/credit-kudos)** GB · FinSMEs **$2.9M** *Led*
- **2018** 2 rounds
- **Jul** **[Olive](https://millionrounds.com/company/olive)** Series D · US · FinSMEs **$33M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Bind](https://millionrounds.com/company/bind)** US · Startribune **$70M** Sole investor
- **2015** 11 rounds
- **Oct** **[GetAgent](https://millionrounds.com/company/getagent)** Seed · GB **$470K** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Atigeo](https://millionrounds.com/company/atigeo)** Series B · US **$18M** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[MusicGurus](https://millionrounds.com/company/musicgurus)** Seed · GB **$269K** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Voalte](https://millionrounds.com/company/voalte)** Series D · US **$17M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Vidsy](https://millionrounds.com/company/vidsy)** Venture · GB **$415K** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Takestock](https://millionrounds.com/company/takestock)** Seed **$461K** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[HQ](https://millionrounds.com/company/hq)** Seed · GB **$233K** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[NeuroLutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/neurolutions)** Venture · US **$1.1M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[Advanced Practice Strategies](https://millionrounds.com/company/advanced-practice-strategies)** Series C · US **$12M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[Apama Medical](https://millionrounds.com/company/apama-medical)** Series B · US **$18M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[Ingenious Med](https://millionrounds.com/company/ingenious-med)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **2014** 6 rounds
- **Oct** **[Phreesia](https://millionrounds.com/company/phreesia)** Series E · US **$30M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Ivantis](https://millionrounds.com/company/ivantis)** Series B · US **$25M** With 7 others
- **Apr** **[Epitherapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/epitherapeutics)** Venture **$15M** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Simple Matters](https://millionrounds.com/company/simple-matters)** Seed **$138K** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Cheetah Medical](https://millionrounds.com/company/cheetah-medical)** Series C · US **$29M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[Ivantis](https://millionrounds.com/company/ivantis)** Series B · US **$14M** With 5 others
- **2013** 16 rounds
- **Dec** **[CSA Medical](https://millionrounds.com/company/csa-medical)** Series C · US **$16M** With 6 others
- **Oct** **[Pathogenetix](https://millionrounds.com/company/pathogenetix)** Series C · US · finsmes.com **$10M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Hobzy](https://millionrounds.com/company/hobzy)** Seed · GB **$388K** Sole investor
- **Aug** **[Droplet](https://millionrounds.com/company/droplet)** Seed · GB **$391K** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Quantros](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantros)** Growth · US · finsmes.com **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Wir3s](https://millionrounds.com/company/wir3s)** Seed · GB **$231K** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[40 Partners Ltd](https://millionrounds.com/company/40-partners-ltd)** Seed · GB **$228K** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Ocular Therapeutix](https://millionrounds.com/company/ocular-therapeutix)** Series E · US · bizjournals.com **$8.5M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[GetWellNetwork, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/getwellnetwork-inc)** US · pehub.com **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **May** **[Vivify Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/vivify-health)** US · finsmes.com **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[NaviHealth](https://millionrounds.com/company/navihealth)** Seed · US · finance.yahoo.com **$4.1M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Planet Ivy](https://millionrounds.com/company/planet-ivy)** Seed · GB · ascensionventures.com **$227K** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Makelight Interactive](https://millionrounds.com/company/makelight-interactive)** Seed · US **$228K** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Night Zookeeper](https://millionrounds.com/company/night-zookeeper)** Seed · GB **$228K** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[Ivantis](https://millionrounds.com/company/ivantis)** Series B · US · finsmes.com **$27M** With 3 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **3 named**

AJ **Anthony James Speranzo** Director i Form ADV

AR **Anthony Rocco Tersigni** Director i Form ADV

JR **Joseph Raymond Impicciche** Director i Form ADV

We also hold **13** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$475M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** AHV Holding Company, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 161371

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **6 in all**

**[NaviHealth](https://millionrounds.com/company/navihealth)** Bought by [Cardinal Health](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cardinal-health) **$410M** Aug 2015

**[Epitherapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/epitherapeutics)** Bought by [Gilead Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gilead-sciences) **$65M** May 2015

**[EKOS Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/company/ekos-corporation)** Bought by [BTG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/btg) **$220M** May 2013

**[BodyMedia](https://millionrounds.com/company/bodymedia)** Bought by Jawbone **$100M** Apr 2013

**[Hemosphere](https://millionrounds.com/company/hemosphere)** Bought by CryoLife **$22M** May 2012

**[BioImagene](https://millionrounds.com/company/bioimagene)** Bought by Roche **$100M** Aug 2010

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$9.1M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$310K**

Led 1 of 57 rounds **2%**

- **Said size:** $3K – $15M
- **Sole investor:** 14 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Mar 2022
- **Exits:** 6 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *15*
- Series B said *8*
- Series D *7*
- Venture *6*
- Series C *6*
- Series A said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2003 2022

Often in the room with

- [Delphi Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/delphi-ventures) 3
- [HLM Investment Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hlm-investment-partners) 3
- [MemorialCare Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/memorialcare-innovation-fund) 3
- [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) 3
- [Versant Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/versant-ventures) 3
- [Alafi Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alafi-capital) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Ascension Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Delphi Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/delphi-ventures)[**HLM Investment Partners** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hlm-investment-partners)[**MemorialCare Innovation Fund** Corporate VC **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/memorialcare-innovation-fund)[**New Enterprise Associates** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates)[**Versant Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/versant-ventures)[**Alafi Capital** Growth equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alafi-capital)[**Draper Triangle** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-triangle)[**Emergent Medical Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emergent-medical-partners)[**Excel Venture Management** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/excel-venture-management-llc)[**GBS Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gbs-venture-partners)[**HealthCare Ventures** Growth equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/healthcare-ventures-llc)[**InCube Ventures** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/incube-ventures-llc)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Ascension Ventures put money into.

[**SteadyPay** $5.0M · Mar 2022](https://millionrounds.com/company/steadypay)[**Imperative Care** $85M · Dec 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/imperative-care)[**EBR Systems** $30M · Aug 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/ebr-systems)[**Monolith AI** $2.4M · May 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/monolith-ai)[**Credit Kudos** $2.9M · Apr 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/credit-kudos)[**Olive** $33M · Jul 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/olive)

## Quick answers about Ascension Ventures

### What does Ascension Ventures invest in?

Ascension Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series B (55% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Healthtech, Tech-enabled Health and Wellbeing.

### How active is Ascension Ventures?

57 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Mar 2022.

### What has Ascension Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: SteadyPay (Series A, Mar 2022), Imperative Care (Series C, Dec 2019) and EBR Systems (Undisclosed round, Aug 2019).

### How big are Ascension Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $9.1M.

### Does Ascension Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 57 investments on record (2%).

### Where does Ascension Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (62%) and the United Kingdom (38%).

### Is Ascension Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Mar 2022.

### Who does Ascension Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Delphi Ventures (3 rounds together), HLM Investment Partners (3 rounds together) and MemorialCare Innovation Fund (3 rounds together).

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