Katherine Caraway

General partner at Ascend Venture Capital

Entrepreneur Leadership Network® Contributor

Dan Conner is the general partner at Ascend Venture Capital, a micro-VC in St. Louis that provides financial and operational support to startup founders looking to scale. Conner specializes in data-centric technologies that enable the future states of industries.

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