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Ascension's AI portfolio
Ascension has backed 20 AI startups in rounds we track, $478M between them, shown by the stage each has reached. The best-funded is Monolith Ai.
Funding by segment
- Pre-seed and seed$100M15
- Series A$80M3
- Series B$298M2
Where they are based
- United Kingdom17$414M
- United States3$64M
United Kingdom
United StatesFounded
2 without a founding year on record.
Total raised
- Under $1M0
- $1M to $10M13
- $10M to $50M6
- $50M to $250M0
- $250M to $1B1
- $1B and over0
Each dot is a startup: the year it was founded across, the total it has raised up (each line is ten times the one below). Pick a segment to pick it out.
17 of 20 startups shown; the rest have no founding year or amount on record.
- 1 to 2
- 3 to 7
- 8 to 24
- 25 to 99
- 100 and more
- United Kingdom17
- United States3
Startups by country, 2 countries in all.
Segment by segment
Pre-seed and seed
15 startups · $100M raised
RelaceRelace AI platform generates custom made LLMs to create better models.United Kingdom$25M- RGResearch GridUnited Kingdom$12M
EraEra mobilizes strategic capital and industry intelligence to build and back world-class technology companies.United States$11M
AiberryAiberry is a mental health screening tool powered by artificial intelligence for healthcare providers.United States$8.0M
KinfolkKinfolk is an AI workforce operations platform that acts as an AI agent for HR, executing workflows directly within Slack and MicrUnited Kingdom$7.2M
CapturCaptur is an enterprise AI image verification startup founded in 2021 by Charlotte Bax.United Kingdom$6.0M
VinehealthVinehealth is a AI-driven platform providing support to improve the quality of life and survival of cancer patients.United Kingdom$5.5M
GendoGendo is a London-based artificial intelligence startup focused on generative technology for the architecture, design, and construUnited Kingdom$5.4M
Series A
3 startups · $80M raised
LinqLinq is an administrative software service provider for K-12 schools.United States$45M
SpriveSprive is a UK-based fintech startup founded in 2019 and headquartered in London.United Kingdom$29M
Recruitment Smart TechnologiesSAAS, B2B, DeepTech, Talent Supply chain automation, HR, RecruitmentUnited Kingdom$5.1M
Series B
2 startups · $298M raised
Monolith AIMonolith AI develops an AI assistant designed to help engineers improve product development.United Kingdom$265M
QureightQureight is a clinical data analytics and health technology company based in Cambridge, United Kingdom.United Kingdom$33M
How this map is made. Every startup here works in AI and has raised money in a round we track that names Ascension as an investor. Each sits under the stage of its latest round. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.
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