Dan Conner, CFA, FSA, is the general partner at Ascend Venture Capital, a micro-VC in St. Louis that provides financial and operational support to start-up founders looking to scale. Conner specializes in data-centric technologies that enable the future states of industries. Before founding Ascend Venture Capital, Conner worked on the operations side of high-growth start-ups, leading teams to build scalable operational and financial infrastructure.