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Ascend is one of the leading investors with a focus on applied technology and education concerns. Our current investors include leading institutions such as New York State Common Retirement Fund, Parish Capital, Fairview Capital Partners and The Goldman Sachs Group. We provide investors with unique investment opportunities accessed through a proprietary network of ethnically diverse entrepreneurs and women business professionals, a history of successful investments, a disciplined approach to investing, performance transparency through regular communications, and assurance of integrity in all that we do.
Cohesive and Experienced Team
Ascend’s investment team is comprised of accomplished financial professionals who have been investing together for more than a decade. The Principals have more than 60 years of financial expertise from leading institutions such as Goldman Sachs, Salomon Smith Barney, Peter J. Solomon Company and The Beacon Group. The Team’s shared investment history allows it to make better informed, more thoughtful investment decisions.
Successful Track Record
To date, our investors have received more than two times the amount of capital invested in realized investments.
Differentiated Deal Flow
Ascend offers limited partners access to investment opportunities presented through our unique and unmatched relationships with ethnically-diverse and women entrepreneurial networks.
Detailed Investment Process
Ascend implements a rigorous approach to investment evaluation and management. All aspects of due diligence are exhaustively researched and documented, and deal valuation, terms, and structure reflect the Principals’ strong financial discipline of managing risk and providing downside protection, while maximizing economic value for the benefit of our partners.
Disciplined Portfolio Construction
Ascend carefully constructs portfolios to maximize the potential of creating and capturing value while minimizing the inherent risks associated with private investing. Core to our philosophy is the multi-variable diversification. Ascend attempts to achieve temporal, numeric and stage diversification in all of the portfolios it creates.
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