Ascend Venture Capital partner Dan Conner has made a career of funding and helping build startups. As a venture capitalist himself, Conner shared what he believes every founder should know when seeking to raise capital with FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller as part of the FreightWavesTV show, "Fuller Speed Ahead."
Podcast: Investor Connect – Dan Conner of Ascend Venture Capital
Originally published on InvestorConnect.org
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall is joined by Dan Conner of St. Louis-based Ascend Venture Capital. Before coming into investing, Dan worked as an engineer, primarily in the oil, biofuel, and wind energy industries. After getting his MBA, Dan ended up in the VC world, in the enterprise sector. According to Dan, he owes his success to ‘putting in the legwork’, researching thousands of companies to find the select few he likes.