GCV is a publishing group dedicated to serving corporations, universities and governments who direct funding to entrepreneurs in the innovation economy. Its leading publication, Global Corporate Venturing, has news, trends and data pertaining to corporations’ venture capital investments in internal and/or external start-ups or third-party funds that invest in entrepreneurs. Ascendant has a unique collaborative partnership with GCV sharing data and facilitating transactions.

Ascendant is an IP100 Champion. The IP100 ranks the UK’s companies by the value of their intellectual property including brands, software, patents, trade secrets and critical databases. It is compiled Metis Partners in association with BE Group.