Chris Wheatcroft is a former founder who built his own restaurant chain and was an early operator at Fizzback (which sold to NICE Systems for around $80m), giving him direct experience in both building businesses and scaling software companies. Over 13 years, he has syndicated investment into more than 150 businesses and now runs dual roles at Ascension managing both a syndicate fund and investment club, while progressively specializing from general tech into TechBio/health investments like Stablepharma's fridge-free vaccine technology.
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Ascension
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Ascension is an early-stage VC led by founders who have personally built and exited startups, combining commercial returns with impact investing through their generalist fund and institutional impact platform. They focus on backing mission-driven founders outside London using a multi-capital structure that blends retail EIS-SEIS funds with institutional and British Business Bank regional capital, positioning themselves as high-conviction, patient capital partners for regional tech companies.
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