Investing Profile

Matt Fates

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Active investor in B2B Tech (both Angel & VC)

ascentvp.comBoston / New England

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Yale University Network

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Norwest Venture Partners Network

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Current Investing Position

Ascent Venture Partners General Partner

Investment Range

$2.0M - $5.0M

Sweet Spot

$4.0M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$71.1M

Matt Fates is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

AI (Seed)AI (Series A)Analytics (Seed)Analytics (Series A)Boston / New England Enterprise (Seed)Enterprise (Series A)IoT (Seed)IoT (Series A)SaaS (Seed)SaaS (Series A)Security (Seed)Security (Series A)Web3/Blockchain (Seed)Web3/Blockchain (Series A)

Matt Fates's Investments On Record (8)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Connected2Fiber	Series AJan 2018$8M	$9.1M
Co-investors: Dominic Endicott (Nauta Capital)
Promoboxx	Series ASep 2016$8.2M	$10.165M
Co-investors: Rich Greenfield (LightShed Ventures), Peter Bordes, Dave Balter, Walter Winshall
Pwnie Express	Series BMay 2016$12.9M	$18M
Co-investors: Maria Cirino (.406 Ventures)
Perspecsys	Series BMay 2013$12M	$12M
HubCast	Series BSep 2012$4.4M Series ANov 2007$8.1M	$12.5M
StrikeIron	Venture RoundMay 2010$2.3M Series CMar 2007$5M	$7.3M
Interactive Supercomputing	Series BOct 2007$11M	$11M
Terascala	Series AMar 2007$3M	$3M

Matt Fates's Media (1)

Blog – Ascent Venture Partners

www.ascentvp.com

most interested in

At Ascent, we invest in early revenue companies ($500k - $5M) in enterprise IT sectors such as analytics, IoT, SaaS, Security etc. Check size is $2M - $5M initially, with similar reserves for follow on support. We lead or co-lead Series A and Series B rounds. We invest in a small number of companies so we can work closely with management teams. This also means HQ needs to be in the northeast US or eastern Canada, but we have worked with companies that started in Europe or Israel.

not interested in

We do not do seed investments, though welcome meeting companies at that stage and tracking them. We do not invest outside of enterprise IT sectors (ie. no consumer, no healthcare of life science, no energy etc.) We have backed over 100 companies since 1985 in the early stage enterprise IT sector. That is what we know and where we bring most value.

Matt Fates's Experience

General Partner Ascent Venture Partners2002 - Present

Associate Norwest Venture Partners1998 - 2000

Matt Fates's Education

Yale University BA

The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth MBA

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