Five founders present at an evening, five to eight minutes each, to a room that was checked in at the door — founders, investors and operators who came to ask questions. This is the application. One form, read by a person.
52 evenings open across 16 cities — you pick yours inside the form.
Before you start
Four things worth having open
Only five fields are required. Everything else is what an investor actually reads, and the form tells you what makes each answer usable as you go.
01
One sentence about the company
What it does and for whom. It becomes the line on your card in the directory.
02
A deck link, if you have one
A link beats a file: no size limit, and you can update it later. Check it opens for someone outside your company.
03
Your numbers, as they are today
Revenue, growth, users, customers. Early is fine — an empty cell reads better than a number you cannot defend at the table.
04
The evening you are coming to
Pick it from the list, or leave it blank and we match your ticket by email.
The Founder Journey
What happens after you apply
Five stages, no black box — where your application goes and what you do at each one.
Stage 01You are here
Your application is your profile
What you submit here is published to the Startup Directory and becomes your company's digital footprint — investors read exactly what you write. Accuracy matters; edits after publishing are possible on request.
Stage 02
A human reviews. Email confirms.
Every application is reviewed by a person, not a scoring script. Once approved, you get a confirmation email from Ascent Valley — from that moment, send us the final version of your pitch.
Stage 03
Verified into the Database
After the event, your application moves into our investor Database. We run our own research on your company to confirm the data investors see — verified beats self-reported.
Stage 04
Intros come through us
Investors in our Database request an intro, and we hand the contact to you. One rule: if someone claims to come from the Ascent Valley network, confirm with us first — we've seen our name used falsely. A real intro always arrives through our handover.
When our Deal Flow platform launches, published founders get an invitation. Weekly reports and metrics build your signal: investors watch real growth in real time and decide on evidence, not just a deck.
Want in early? Answer “Yes” to Beta access on the final step below.
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