Investing Profile

Kirby Winfield(1149)

VCAngelInvestorFounder
Founding General Partner at Ascend.vc
ascend.vc/aboutSeattle, Washington
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48 Investors

Connected to Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), and 45 other investors on Signal.

Techstars Network
98 CONNECTIONS
Middlebury College Network
23 CONNECTIONS
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Ascend Ventures General Partner
$250K - $750K
$500K
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CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
WhyLabs.ai
Pre-SeedJan 2020$1
$1
Co-investors: Jacob Colker (Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence Incubator (AI2))
Fabric inc.
Seed RoundN/A
$100M
Co-investors: Ripley Carroll (Telescope Partners), Jeff Schox (Trucks Venture Capital), Larry Chu (Eunoia Capital Partners)
Founding General Partner Ascend.vc2019 - Present
Investor in Residence Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2)2017 - Present
Board of Directors Bean Box2016 - Present
Board of Directors Keepe2016 - Present
Minority Owner Grand Junction Rockies2010 - Present
Managing Member Ascend.vc2008 - Present
Minority Owner Fresno Grizzlies2018 - 2023
Mentor Techstars2016 - 2023
Board of Directors SyncFloor2019 - 2022
Cohort 3 Member Oper8r LLC2021 - 2021
Board of Directors Spectrio2016 - 2017
Co-founder and CEO Dwellable2013 - 2015
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development comScore, Inc.2011 - 2013
President and CEO AdXpose2008 - 2011
Board of Directors SharperAgent2006 - 2011
Founding Team, General Manager Marchex2003 - 2008
Director of Marketing Go2Net1996 - 2001
Founding Team, Director of Marketing Go2Net1996 - 2001
Executive Trainee Ruder Finn1996 - 1996
Intern Abramson Ehrlich Manes1994 - 1994
Seattle University School of Law Coursework towards JD
Middlebury College BA
Seattle Preparatory School
Seattle Prep
Assumption School
Seattle Country Day School