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First Ascent Ventures

First Ascent Ventures, a Toronto-based venture fund established in 2015, focuses on Seed to Series D stages of investment. With a portfolio of 22 companies, including Rock Content and Sama, they concentrate on Advertising (AdTech), Marketing (MarTech), Enterprise, Future of Work, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML) sectors. Partner Tony Van Marken leads the fund, which has had 4 successful exits. First Ascent Ventures supports emerging Canadian technology firms developing next-gen enterprise B2B software. For more details, visit their website or reach out to Tony via email at tony@firstascent.vc.

About

About

About

Bio

First Ascent Ventures invests in emerging Canadian technology companies that build the next generation of enterprise B2B software.

Location

Toronto, Canada

Stage

Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D

Partner name

Tony Van Marken

Bio

First Ascent Ventures invests in emerging Canadian technology companies that build the next generation of enterprise B2B software.

Location

Toronto, Canada

Stage

Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D

Partner name

Tony Van Marken

Fund

Fund

Fund

Fund Focus

Advertising (AdTech), Marketing (MarTech), Enterprise, Future of Work, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML)

Number of investments

22

Number of exits

4

Fund Type

Venture Fund

Portfolio Companies

Rock Content, Sama

First Ascent Ventures

First Ascent Ventures, a Toronto-based venture fund established in 2015, focuses on Seed to Series D stages of investment. With a portfolio of 22 companies, including Rock Content and Sama, they concentrate on Advertising (AdTech), Marketing (MarTech), Enterprise, Future of Work, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML) sectors. Partner Tony Van Marken leads the fund, which has had 4 successful exits. First Ascent Ventures supports emerging Canadian technology firms developing next-gen enterprise B2B software. For more details, visit their website or reach out to Tony via email at tony@firstascent.vc.

About

Bio

First Ascent Ventures invests in emerging Canadian technology companies that build the next generation of enterprise B2B software.

Location

Toronto, Canada

Stage

Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D

Partner name

Tony Van Marken

Fund

Fund Focus

Advertising (AdTech), Marketing (MarTech), Enterprise, Future of Work, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML)

Number of investments

22

Number of exits

4

Fund Type

Venture Fund

Portfolio Companies

Rock Content, Sama