ASC VC

Name

ASC VC

Legal name

ASC VC

Website

https://ascvc.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Early-Stage Venture Capital

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Other Financial Vehicles (525990)

akta.pro primary industry

Sector-Focused Venture Capital (Vertical Specialists) (FSANAAAD)

Keywords

• Early-stage venture capital
• Seed stage investing
• Logistics tech investment
• Supply chain venture funding
• Commerce tech investing

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Investment Returns / Fund Management: ASC VC generates returns through equity investments in early-stage companies focused on global trade, logistics, supply chain, commerce, and infrastructure technology. Returns are realized through exits including acquisitions and IPOs of portfolio companies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

ASC VC is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests equity capital into pre-seed and seed stage startups operating in logistics technology, supply chain technology, commerce, and infrastructure technology. Beyond capital, the partners actively support portfolio companies by driving commercial opportunities and talent acquisition through their industry network, while providing hands-on strategic guidance drawn from prior operating experience at companies such as project44, ClearMetal, NYSHEX, Fourkites, and Elementum.

Product overview

ASC Venture Capital is an early-stage venture capital fund focused on investing in companies that impact global trade and commerce. The firm specializes in logistics tech, supply chain tech, commerce, and infrastructure tech sectors. ASC VC invests primarily at pre-seed and seed stages, providing capital and leveraging an extensive network to drive commercial opportunities and talent acquisition for portfolio companies. The firm's portfolio consists of 17 companies including Aircon, TruckSmarter, Expedock, Jetstream, Cambio, Amplify Data, ReadyOn, CarrierSource, Nodal, Genlogs, Spectrohm, DayZero, FinanEx, Cerebrum, Nevoya, Sway, and Torch (which achieved exit status).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ASC VC Early-Stage Venture Fund The ASC VC fund makes pre-seed and seed equity investments into early-stage startups focused on impacting global trade and commerce across logistics technology, supply chain technology, commerce, and infrastructure technology. Limited partners commit capital and the fund deploys it via equity rounds while providing portfolio support through commercial opportunity sourcing, talent acquisition, and strategic guidance.

Quantifiable outcome

• ClearMetal successfully acquired by project44 in June 2021

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Schematic Ventures: Early-stage venture firm investing specifically in supply chain, commerce, and logistics technology — directly comparable to ASC VC in vertical focus, stage (seed/Series A), and operator-investor positioning.
• Working Capital: Venture fund dedicated to supply chain innovation and the future of work, investing at seed in companies modernizing how goods move and are managed — overlapping directly with ASC VC's supply chain and commerce thesis.
• Commerce Ventures: Venture firm focused on commerce enablement and infrastructure, investing from seed through growth in retail, marketplace, and commerce-tech — directly overlapping with ASC VC's commerce and infrastructure tech buckets.
• Dynamo Ventures: Pre-seed and seed venture firm focused exclusively on supply chain, logistics, and mobility startups — directly comparable stage and vertical to ASC VC's investment focus.

Broad incumbents

• Prologis Ventures: Corporate venture arm of the world's largest logistics real estate operator, investing in supply chain, logistics, and real-estate-tech — a strategic CVC competing for the same founders but with deeper balance sheet and customer-validation advantages.
• Maersk Growth: Corporate venture arm of global container shipping leader Maersk, investing in logistics, trade, and supply chain digitization across stages — competes for the same seed and Series A logistics founders as ASC VC.
• Flexport: Digital freight forwarder with a venture-style investment posture and ecosystem ties to the global trade-tech category — overlaps with ASC VC's supply chain thesis as both operator and informal investor in the space.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments3 records

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