# Ascend's 2025 Year in Review

With 2025 in the rear view mirror, we wanted to look back and celebrate the moments that defined this pivotal year for Ascend.

**Authors:** Andrew Wynn & Praveen Chekuri  
**Date:** December 22, 2025

# Ascend’s 2024 Year in Review

As we close the chapter on 2024, we’re thrilled to share some of the milestones and moments that defined this transformative year for Ascend. Here’s a look at how we grew, innovated, and contributed to the insurance ecosystem in 2024.

**Authors:** Andrew Wynn & Praveen Chekuri  
**Date:** January 7, 2025

# 2022 Q3 Tech Recap

Q3 was another packed quarter for new features. We wanted to highlight some of our favorites: our simple renewals workflow, flexible loan terms, and the insured payments portal.

**Author:** Praveen Chekuri  
**Date:** October 6, 2022  
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# 2022 Q2 Tech Recap

Q2 was focused on payments flexibility - check out all the features we added to support agents' ever changing needs: endorsements, downpayment adjustments, cancelations, and more.

**Author:** Praveen Chekuri  
**Date:** Jul 7, 2022

# 2022 Q1 Tech Recap

2022 has gotten off to a mega start for Ascend - we've shipped over 20 different features last quarter and wanted to highlight some of our agents' favorites.

**Author:** Praveen Chekuri  
**Date:** Apr 6, 2022

# Announcing Our Series A Round to Modernize The Insurance Industry’s Financial Infrastructure

When we started Ascend in March 2021 we knew first-hand the need for a payments infrastructure product for insurance. However, what surprised us as we went to market was the degree of pain insurance distributors are feeling and the subsequent market pull for Ascend’s payments solution. We are excited to implement this new round of financing with support from incredible partners and investors, to keep up with the demand for Ascend’s solution and meet the needs of our current and potential customers in this critically important market.

**Authors:** Andrew Wynn & Praveen Chekuri  
**Date:** Jan 27, 2022

# Announcing Our Seed Round to Modernize The Insurance Industry’s Financial Infrastructure

Insurance, and especially its underlying enabling technologies, is often invisible yet it has become one of the most powerful processes that enables innovation further along the value chain. Today we’re excited to announce our seed round at Ascend, the first modern insurance payments platform.

**Authors:** Andrew Wynn & Praveen Chekuri  
**Date:** Sep 15, 2021