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First Ascent Ventures
First Ascent Ventures is a Canadian venture capital firm founded in 2015 that invests in early-stage, emerging, and growth-oriented enterprise software companies. The firm focuses on technologies leveraging cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, cybersecurity, and IoT. It typically targets companies at the Series A and B rounds and beyond.
StagesSeries A · Series B+ · Growth
Business modelB2B
Invests inCA
Deals recorded17 since 2021
Fund sizeFAV Fund I ($100 million) is now fully invested and FAV F…quoted from their site
What they invest in
- First Ascent Ventures (FAV) was founded in 2015 and invests in early stage, emerging and growth-oriented enterprise software companies in the information technology sector (ICT). source
- First Ascent Ventures is looking for companies that are developing innovative Enterprise Software that leverages the cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, big data, cloud computing, 5G, mobility, blockchain and the Internet of Things (IOT) with an additional focus on privacy and sec source
- We typically invest from the Series A / B round onwards. source
All investments and operations
17 operations| Company | Round | Amount | Date | Co-investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burai | – | – | 2025 | – | Portfolio page |
| Osano | – | – | 2023 | – | Portfolio page |
| Shinydocs | – | – | 2023 | – | Portfolio page |
| Andgo | – | – | 2022 | – | Portfolio page |
| Darwin CX | – | – | 2022 | – | Portfolio page |
| Assent | – | – | 2021 | – | Portfolio page |
| DailyPay | – | – | 2021 | – | Portfolio page |
| Dialogue | – | – | 2021 | – | Portfolio page |
| LinkSquares | – | – | 2021 | – | Portfolio page |
| Potloc | – | – | 2021 | – | Portfolio page |
Show all 17 operations
| Q4 | – | – | 2021 | – | Portfolio page |
| Rock Content | – | – | 2021 | – | Portfolio page |
| Rubikloud | – | – | 2021 | – | Portfolio page |
| Sensibill | – | – | 2021 | – | Portfolio page |
| Sportlogiq | – | – | 2021 | – | Portfolio page |
| ThinkData Works Inc. | – | – | 2021 | – | Portfolio page |
| Upchain | – | – | 2021 | – | Portfolio page |
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