Sonia Powar brings 25+ years of experience across private equity, venture capital, and venture debt, giving her an unusually multi-faceted investor toolkit compared with more single-strategy VCs. She is one of the relatively rare UK investors with deep venture debt expertise inside a broader VC career, having led venture debt growth strategy at Anthemis while also bringing significant operating experience from roles including Product Director at EE and positions at TechHub and PwC.
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Fintech, Health, Ecommerce, Deeptech / Hardware, Future of Work
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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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