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Nate Bek
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Lake Union, test day. The rig ran for eleven minutes before the founder called it a success.
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A founder who could explain the physics in one breath and the business model in the next.
A prototype we could see and touch, not a projection.
A cost curve that gets better with scale, not worse.
If you’re building something we’d want to see in a kayak, read our founder resources toolkit before you pitch us.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kirby Winfield, General Partner
Kirby founded Ascend to write the first institutional check into Pacific Northwest technology companies. He’s on the board of 12 portfolio companies, including Bean Box and Endurance Energy.
