Articles by Nate Bek

Nate Bek is a Senior Associate at Ascend where he focuses on inception-stage deals in defense, robotics, applied AI, and AI infra. He invested in companies like Endurance Energy, Neuramill, and Moondream. Prior to joining Ascend, Nate was a startups and venture capital reporter at GeekWire.

Latest from Nate Bek

We’ve entered Seattle’s Third Act

A year after GeekWire asked where Seattle’s superstar AI startups were, two local venture capitalists offer an answer: they’re here, but they build rockets, geothermal plants and autonomous off-road vehicles rather than software. A guest opinion from Ascend’s Nate Bek and Plug and Play’s Ben Eisinger. Read More