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Washington, D.C., DC, US

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2021

Ardent Venture Partners

Operating Status: Operating

Ardent Venture Partners: Investing in tech transformation for enhanced work efficiency.

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Build vs. Buy: The coming revolution in enterprise software/blog-posts/build-vs-buy-the-coming-revolution-in-enterprise-software-2
The era of closed SaaS ecosystems is ending. The future belongs to malleable, AI-powered software that adapts to businesses’ unique needs.

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Alexis Echano/team/alexis-echano
Alexis is an Investor at Ardent Venture Partners. Before Ardent, she built and shipped products across Palo Alto Networks, Meta, and venture-backed startups.
Alfred Johnson/team/alfred-johnson
Alfred Johnson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Crux, the leading marketplace for clean energy tax credits. A Stanford MBA and former Deputy Chief of Staff at the U.S. Treasury under Secretary Janet Yellen, he previously co-founded and sold Mobilize, a marketplace software company acquired in 2020.
Chris Young/team/chris-young
Chris Young is the former CEO of McAfee and former EVP of Business Development, Strategy & Ventures at Microsoft, where he oversaw hundreds of strategic partnerships and led M12, Microsoft’s corporate venture fund, through four years of AI-driven growth.
Dan Preiss/team/dan-preiss
Dan is a Partner at Ardent Venture Partners, where he focuses on B2B fintech, vertical SaaS, and AI-native applications. A former founder and operator, he joined Ardent at its inception and has been a core part of the investment team since day one.

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Reach the Ardent team. We invest at the pre-seed and seed stage in AI-native software companies across the United States.

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Ardent is a thesis-driven venture firm investing at the pre-seed and seed stage. We back exceptional founders building AI-native software before categories exist.