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Ascendiant Capital Partners Website, Blog & Press Pages - aVenture

Ascendiant Capital Partners›

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Irvine, CA, US

Founded

2001

Ascendiant Capital Partners

Operating Status: Operating

Empowering growth with capital & guidance

Ascendiant Capital Partners - Library

ascendiant.comCrawled Oct 16, 2026

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The page provides updates and research coverage on the firm's most recent deals.

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Bradley J. Wilhite/team/bradley-j-wilhite
Mr. Wilhite is a co-founder and managing partner of Ascendiant Capital Markets LLC, which provides investment banking, equity research, market making and securities trading for public and private companies and institutional and strategic investors.
Chris Bedowitz/team/chris-bedowitz
Mr. Bedowitz is a senior vice president in Ascendiant Capital Markets LLC's institutional sales division. Mr. Bedowitz has over twenty years of experience in mutual funds, portfolio management, and equity research with Choice Funds, Invesco Funds Group, and Waddell & Reed.
John Kurtz/team/john-kurtz
Mr. Kurtz is a senior vice president in Ascendiant Capital Markets LLC's institutional sales division. Mr. Kurtz has over forty years of experience in institutional equities with Stifel, Neidiger Tucker Bruner, Inc., George K. Baum & Co., and BC Christopher.
Lucas Ward/team/lucas-ward
Mr. Ward is a senior research analyst for Ascendiant Capital Markets LLC with over twenty-five years of experience as an equity research analyst, strategic advisor, and entrepreneur. Before joining Ascendiant, Mr. Ward was an equity research analyst at JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs Asia, and Hambrecht & Quist.

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The company offers investment banking services to businesses.

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Ascendiant Capital offers investment banking services, including equity research and corporate finance.