Ascension Ventures

Ascension Ventures Limited is a private equity and venture capital firm based in London, UK, specializing in early stage to later stage investments across various sectors, including healthcare, technology, and creative industries. Established in 2012, the firm focuses on supporting UK-based businesses from Seed to Series A, with a particular emphasis on digital media and technology, including areas such as advertising technology, educational technology, and applied artificial intelligence. Ascension Ventures aims to invest between £250,000 and £1,500,000 in companies, typically seeking to exit investments within four to seven years. The firm has launched multiple funds, including the ASCEND SEIS and CENTAUR EIS, and has invested in over 75 early-stage companies since its inception. It also operates a specialist fund targeting high-potential HealthTech and Life Science companies. Ascension Ventures is open to co-investment opportunities alongside angel investors and other funds, contributing to its commitment to fostering innovation and growth in the sectors it targets.

Nico Albanese

Principal

Gioacchino Albanese

Principal

Guneesh Batra

Investment Manager

Luke Birch

Associate

Emma Blackburn

Venture Partner

Garvin Brown

Venture Partner

Sean Cheng

Managing Director

Kate Davis

Investment Principal

Hadley Diest

Investor

Antonin de Fougerolles

Venture Partner

Jean Fougerolles

CEO

Pooja Goel

Managing Director

Aleksander Habdank

Venture Partner

Jami Jenkins

Venture Partner

John Kuelper

Managing Director

Nikolaos Makris

Venture Partner

Sam Marchant

Associate

Maryam Mazraei

Investor

Remy Minute

Partner, Director and Chairman of the Investment Committee

Spencer Root

Senior Investment Associate

Brendan Salvino

Senior Investment Associate

Ryan Schuler

Managing Director

Barney Smith

Venture Partner

Emma Steele

Partner

Diane Stewart

Venture Partner

Evan Stoff

Associate

Chris Wheatcroft

Investor

Past deals in Music Streaming

Debtstream

Seed Round in 2022
DebtStream is a digital platform that specializes in debt collection for businesses dealing with clients in arrears. The platform provides comprehensive services for debt recovery, allowing users to establish automated collection plans and conduct income and expenditure assessments. It supports various payment methods, including card payments, and offers real-time alerts via email and SMS. Additionally, DebtStream enhances customer engagement through insightful analytics and facilitates file sharing, helping clients improve their operational efficiency and financial outcomes.

Heygo

Series A in 2021
Bringing the world closer together through live-streamed, bite-sized and interactive tours of places around the world. Our guides stream themselves live as they walk around their city as our users watch, learn and connect from the comfort of home.

Kuula

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Kuula, Inc. is an online video and streaming platform designed for yoga and fitness instructors to connect with their communities. Founded in 2020 and based in London, United Kingdom, Kuula offers a range of services including payment processing, subscription management, scheduling, mailing, reminders, an on-demand library, website integration, private class capabilities, and notifications. The platform aims to support health and wellness professionals by providing tools that enhance engagement and streamline their business operations.

Heygo

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Bringing the world closer together through live-streamed, bite-sized and interactive tours of places around the world. Our guides stream themselves live as they walk around their city as our users watch, learn and connect from the comfort of home.

Wagestream

Series B in 2020
Wagestream allows your employees to have complete control over when they get paid. It effectively ends the need for employee advances, loans and employee stress suffered from short term, unplanned financial obligations. Mission 1#: Provide Financial Freedom to UK workers. Mission 2#: Destroy the Pay Day Loan industry. Ahmee.

AlphaStream

Seed Round in 2020
Alphastream.Io Ltd offers data experience platform to deliver data experience by humanizing data relationships into personalized usable data. It offers solutions for online brokers, retail banking, stockbrokers, and investor relations. The company also provides services including channel and asset design, custom data design, topical innovation, testing times, and front end services. Alphastream.Io Ltd was formerly known as Digital Fintech Limited and changed its name to Alphastream.Io Ltd in January 2019. Alphastream.Io Ltd was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Dartford, United Kingdom.

Entale

Seed Round in 2019
Entale Media Ltd, established in 2017 and based in London, offers an innovative podcasting platform that enhances the audio experience with rich, contextual content. The application utilizes artificial intelligence to identify significant information within podcasts, linking it to relevant media such as images and social quotes, thereby deepening user engagement with the content. Users can easily navigate longer podcasts through a chapter feature, allowing them to share memorable moments on social media while ensuring that friends experience the same interactive content. The platform not only provides access to popular shows but also rejuvenates classic podcasts with added visuals, transforming them into fresh experiences. Entale aims to elevate the podcasting landscape by making audio content more engaging and informative.

Wagestream

Series A in 2019
Wagestream allows your employees to have complete control over when they get paid. It effectively ends the need for employee advances, loans and employee stress suffered from short term, unplanned financial obligations. Mission 1#: Provide Financial Freedom to UK workers. Mission 2#: Destroy the Pay Day Loan industry. Ahmee.

Blokur

Venture Round in 2019
Blokur Ltd is a UK-based startup founded in 2015 that specializes in developing a blockchain-based platform for the management and monetization of music rights. The platform aims to streamline the payment process for musicians and music publishers by ensuring accurate representation of rights and automating data reconciliation. It consolidates various sources of rights data into a unified blockchain state, enabling users to explore their catalogs in the cloud and compare their information with a global consensus view. Blokur's technology helps to detect and resolve data conflicts, eliminate duplicates, and provides detailed insights into catalog performance. By leveraging blockchain and machine learning, Blokur seeks to reduce costs and enhance revenue for music publishers, facilitating timely payments for creators.

Entale

Venture Round in 2019
Entale Media Ltd, established in 2017 and based in London, offers an innovative podcasting platform that enhances the audio experience with rich, contextual content. The application utilizes artificial intelligence to identify significant information within podcasts, linking it to relevant media such as images and social quotes, thereby deepening user engagement with the content. Users can easily navigate longer podcasts through a chapter feature, allowing them to share memorable moments on social media while ensuring that friends experience the same interactive content. The platform not only provides access to popular shows but also rejuvenates classic podcasts with added visuals, transforming them into fresh experiences. Entale aims to elevate the podcasting landscape by making audio content more engaging and informative.

Wagestream

Corporate Round in 2018
Wagestream allows your employees to have complete control over when they get paid. It effectively ends the need for employee advances, loans and employee stress suffered from short term, unplanned financial obligations. Mission 1#: Provide Financial Freedom to UK workers. Mission 2#: Destroy the Pay Day Loan industry. Ahmee.

Wagestream

Venture Round in 2018
Wagestream allows your employees to have complete control over when they get paid. It effectively ends the need for employee advances, loans and employee stress suffered from short term, unplanned financial obligations. Mission 1#: Provide Financial Freedom to UK workers. Mission 2#: Destroy the Pay Day Loan industry. Ahmee.

Vochlea Music

Seed Round in 2018
Vochlea Music Ltd is a creative technology company based in London, United Kingdom, focused on vocally controlled music creation. Incorporated in 2017, the company has developed the Dubler Studio Kit, a real-time vocal recognition MIDI controller that includes a MIDI instrument for desktop applications compatible with various production software on both Mac and PC, along with a microphone. The device utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to personalize the vocal profiles of users, allowing it to interpret sounds and translate them into musical expressions. This innovative approach enables users to create music through audio-controlled interfaces, enhancing the creative process for musicians and producers.

AMA - A Million Ads

Seed Round in 2018
A Million Ads Limited, founded in 2015 and based in London, specializes in personalized digital audio advertising. The company enhances the listener's experience by delivering ads that are more context-aware and relevant, such as Spotify ads that recognize individual names or Classic FM ads that consider local weather conditions. This innovative approach has led to over 100 successful campaigns across Europe for well-known brands like Audible, Deliveroo, Carphone Warehouse, Asda, and Nissan. A Million Ads collaborates with four of the six major advertising agencies and has established partnerships with prominent platforms, including Global Radio's DAX and Pandora, the largest ad-supported music streaming service globally.

AMA - A Million Ads

Venture Round in 2018
A Million Ads Limited, founded in 2015 and based in London, specializes in personalized digital audio advertising. The company enhances the listener's experience by delivering ads that are more context-aware and relevant, such as Spotify ads that recognize individual names or Classic FM ads that consider local weather conditions. This innovative approach has led to over 100 successful campaigns across Europe for well-known brands like Audible, Deliveroo, Carphone Warehouse, Asda, and Nissan. A Million Ads collaborates with four of the six major advertising agencies and has established partnerships with prominent platforms, including Global Radio's DAX and Pandora, the largest ad-supported music streaming service globally.

Entale

Seed Round in 2018
Entale Media Ltd, established in 2017 and based in London, offers an innovative podcasting platform that enhances the audio experience with rich, contextual content. The application utilizes artificial intelligence to identify significant information within podcasts, linking it to relevant media such as images and social quotes, thereby deepening user engagement with the content. Users can easily navigate longer podcasts through a chapter feature, allowing them to share memorable moments on social media while ensuring that friends experience the same interactive content. The platform not only provides access to popular shows but also rejuvenates classic podcasts with added visuals, transforming them into fresh experiences. Entale aims to elevate the podcasting landscape by making audio content more engaging and informative.

Trackd

Seed Round in 2017
Trackd® is the platform where artists create and audiences discover. We started a music social revolution; making artist collaboration as easy as sending a text. We’re giving artists the revenue they deserve and fans the music they need to hear. We're creating a modern-day legacy:

Blokur

Seed Round in 2017
Blokur Ltd is a UK-based startup founded in 2015 that specializes in developing a blockchain-based platform for the management and monetization of music rights. The platform aims to streamline the payment process for musicians and music publishers by ensuring accurate representation of rights and automating data reconciliation. It consolidates various sources of rights data into a unified blockchain state, enabling users to explore their catalogs in the cloud and compare their information with a global consensus view. Blokur's technology helps to detect and resolve data conflicts, eliminate duplicates, and provides detailed insights into catalog performance. By leveraging blockchain and machine learning, Blokur seeks to reduce costs and enhance revenue for music publishers, facilitating timely payments for creators.

CloudBounce

Seed Round in 2017
CloudBounce is an online mastering service that utilizes artificial intelligence and advanced audio technology to enhance music quality for producers, DJs, musicians, bands, and sound engineers. The platform offers cloud-based solutions that enable users to master their songs efficiently, ensuring a crystal clear and airy sound quality. By focusing on delivering superior audio processing, CloudBounce aims to support both amateur and professional users in achieving polished recordings that are free from echo and distortion.

CloudBounce

Angel Round in 2016
CloudBounce is an online mastering service that utilizes artificial intelligence and advanced audio technology to enhance music quality for producers, DJs, musicians, bands, and sound engineers. The platform offers cloud-based solutions that enable users to master their songs efficiently, ensuring a crystal clear and airy sound quality. By focusing on delivering superior audio processing, CloudBounce aims to support both amateur and professional users in achieving polished recordings that are free from echo and distortion.

AMA - A Million Ads

Funding Round in 2016
A Million Ads Limited, founded in 2015 and based in London, specializes in personalized digital audio advertising. The company enhances the listener's experience by delivering ads that are more context-aware and relevant, such as Spotify ads that recognize individual names or Classic FM ads that consider local weather conditions. This innovative approach has led to over 100 successful campaigns across Europe for well-known brands like Audible, Deliveroo, Carphone Warehouse, Asda, and Nissan. A Million Ads collaborates with four of the six major advertising agencies and has established partnerships with prominent platforms, including Global Radio's DAX and Pandora, the largest ad-supported music streaming service globally.

AMA - A Million Ads

Funding Round in 2016
A Million Ads Limited, founded in 2015 and based in London, specializes in personalized digital audio advertising. The company enhances the listener's experience by delivering ads that are more context-aware and relevant, such as Spotify ads that recognize individual names or Classic FM ads that consider local weather conditions. This innovative approach has led to over 100 successful campaigns across Europe for well-known brands like Audible, Deliveroo, Carphone Warehouse, Asda, and Nissan. A Million Ads collaborates with four of the six major advertising agencies and has established partnerships with prominent platforms, including Global Radio's DAX and Pandora, the largest ad-supported music streaming service globally.

MusicGurus

Seed Round in 2015
MusicGurus is an online music learning platform that provides students with access to high-quality educational video lessons from world-class musicians and instructors. The platform features structured lessons focused on specific topics, resembling a series of master classes. Students can subscribe monthly to benefit from a variety of resources, including unique camera angles, slow-down and loop features for practice, and opportunities for one-on-one feedback from a large community of learners and instructors. This approach enables individuals to enhance their musical skills and knowledge through engaging and effective online education.

Trackd

Seed Round in 2015
Trackd® is the platform where artists create and audiences discover. We started a music social revolution; making artist collaboration as easy as sending a text. We’re giving artists the revenue they deserve and fans the music they need to hear. We're creating a modern-day legacy:

MinglVision

Seed Round in 2015
MinglVision is a broadcasting platform that enhances the sports-watching experience by allowing viewers to choose from multiple camera angles during live events. This innovative approach enables fans to engage more deeply with the content by providing direct control over their viewing experience, including seamless switching between angles and access to real-time notifications for key moments. The platform is designed to be user-friendly and works on any web-connected device, including smart TVs and set-top boxes. By significantly increasing viewer engagement, MinglVision not only strengthens subscriber retention but also creates additional advertising revenue opportunities for broadcasters. The company is currently participating in Wayra, the Telefonica Accelerator, positioning itself for further growth in the evolving landscape of sports media.

Wir3s

Seed Round in 2013
WIR3S is a mobile app that allows multimedia content to be sent directly to fans in return for a small monthly subscription. It allows content publishers - celebrities, artists, clubs, brands and organisations - to communicate with and monetise their fan-base. Publishers do this by downloading the WIR3S app for free, customising their ‘Wire’ by uploading video, audio, images and text and then publicising their Wire to fans via their website and social media channels. To subscribe to a particular Wire, and receive all the content uploaded to it, fans pay a small monthly subscription, the lion's share of which goes directly back to the publisher. WIR3S - exclusive fan channels in your pocket.
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