Venture Fund Member Profile
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Ascend Venture Group, LLC is a private investment management firm founded on the belief that creating and capturing value is akin to scaling a mountain. Those that reach the top often have been guided by experienced professionals that have made the journey before and who focus all their energies on mounting such expeditions. Our investment team has been working together for more than a decade to provide investors with compelling opportunities in the areas of applied technology, education and select other industries where the Firm�s principals have expertise and strong support networks. One of the assets Ascend offers its investor partners is a strong network of women and ethnically diverse entrepreneurs and business professionals that provide access to highly sought-after investment opportunities. The Firm currently manages more than $120 million through various partnerships.
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Charles Crockett
Founding partner
Ascend Venture Group |
Charles is a Co-Founder and Partner of the Ascend Venture Group, a venture capital firm headquartered in New York City that targets investment opportunities in the applied technology and for-profit education industries. Ascend has approximately $150 million under management. Charles was responsible for Ascend’s investments in several datacenter infrastructure companies including Snap Appliance (sold to NASDAQ: ADPT), Netilla Networks (sold to AEP Networks) and GridApp Systems. In addition, Charles led investments in a variety of technology enabled services companies including SafeRent (sold to NYSE: FAF), Tripology and Send Word Now.
Before co-founding Ascend, Charles was a Director with The Beacon Group, a $2 billion private equity firm, where he worked on leveraged buyout and management buyout transactions in a variety of industries. Charles started his career in the Structured Finance Group at Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Charles received his JD from Stanford Law School and his BS from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Charles is a currently a member of the Board of Visitors of Stanford Law School, the Alumni Leadership Committee of the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools and is a Key Influencer of Interactive One.
Representative Investments
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B2eMarkets, Inc. Provider of comprehensive suite of software and services that enable sourcing professionals of major corporations to manage their strategic sourcing needs through the Internet and their companies� Intranets. Company sold in July 2004 to VerticalNet, Inc. (NASDAQ: VERT). |
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LiveMind Inc. �LiveMind� was a leading wireless e-commerce enabler, providing both services to existing e-commerce companies as an Application Services Provider (ASP) and establishing its own wireless e-commerce channel, WishPad�. |
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Classlink ClassLink, based in Weehawken, NJ, is an industry leader in providing electronic desktops for K-12 classrooms. The Company�s modular learning platform, the ClassLink System 2000TM suite, enables K-12 schools to manage their instructional technology infrastructure with a simple to use, robust capability tool. The system provides seamless access to individualized learning environments from any computer in the school, community, or home and allows schools to use any curriculum software they choose. |
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Platform Learning, Inc. Provider of turnkey supplementary education services to public school students in partnership with education management programs, charter schools, community-based organizations and public school districts. |
Charles participated in the FundingPost event: Perfect Venture Conference V
on November 12, 2009 in NY, Sponsored by Duane Morris, Shelowitz & Associates, TriNet
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