Ascension Venture Partners
00 Engagement

Scope a working session.

This page filters who books. Read the engagement terms below before submitting. AVP's scoping calls are 30 minutes, structured against the Warfront taxonomy, and end with a yes / no / not-yet recommendation — not a sales pitch.

AVP works with.

AVP works with founders, hiring managers, and executive teams at US Series A through early Series B autonomous-systems companies (typically 11–200 people) building in defense autonomy, dual-use autonomous mobility, or AI for autonomous systems. Direct hiring-manager access is required for placement work. Customers outside this scope are referred or declined.

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Engagement terms

An operational standard, not a preference. Read before submitting.

Standing terms — read before submitting.

AVP requires direct hiring-manager access and named-partner status for all placements. Partner-mediated, white-label, or routed arrangements are out of scope.

This is an operational standard, not a preference. The work depends on direct conversation between AVP's operator and the named hiring manager. The constraint protects placement quality and retention; it also keeps AVP's accountability surface clean.

The scoping conversation confirms direct access before any candidate work begins. Engagements that don't satisfy the constraint are declined or referred.

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Scoping intake

Four fields. Required. Stacked. No two-column form.

Four fields. Submit when ready.

AVP's primary scope is Series A through early Series B. Pre-Series-A and late-stage submissions are reviewed but may be declined.

Choose the sub-segment closest to the role under consideration. Cross-segment briefs are common; pick the dominant one.

Title and seniority. Generalist vs specialist scope can be sketched in the additional context field.

Honest answers help calibrate the call. Future-stage submissions are welcome but routed differently.

Submissions are reviewed within two business days. AVP responds with a 30-minute scoping call invitation, a referral, or a decline — never a sales sequence.

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What happens after submission

30 minutes, video, structured. One recommendation. No pursuit motion.

The scoping call.

The scoping call is 30 minutes, video, structured against the Warfront taxonomy. AVP's operator runs the call, no junior coverage. The first 10 minutes confirm the brief and the direct-access constraint. The next 15 minutes work through the role specifics — sub-segment, talent pool, comp band, geographic distribution, alumni-network reach. The final 5 minutes is a yes / no / not-yet recommendation.

Yes means AVP scopes the engagement and sends terms within 48 hours. No means the brief is outside scope and AVP declines or refers. Not-yet means the brief is in scope but the timing or the budget shape doesn't fit; AVP returns to it on the customer's signal.

The call is not a sales pitch. AVP doesn't run discovery sequences, multi-stage qualification, or pursuit motions. One call. One recommendation. The customer decides from there.