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Charles Crocket is a Co-Founder and Partner of the Ascend Venture Group, a venture capital firm headquartered in New York City that targets investment opportunities in the applied technology and for-profit education industries. Ascend has approximately $150 million under management. Charles was responsible for AscendÕs investments in several datacenter infrastructure companies including Snap Appliance (sold to NASDAQ: ADPT), Netilla Networks (sold to AEP Networks) and GridApp Systems. In addition, Charles led investments in a variety of technology enabled services companies including SafeRent (sold to NYSE: FAF), Tripology and Send Word Now.

Before co-founding Ascend, Charles was a Director with The Beacon Group, a $2 billion private equity firm. Charles started his career in the Structured Finance Group at Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Charles received his JD from Stanford Law School and his BS from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Charles is a currently a member of the Board of Visitors of Stanford Law School, the Alumni Leadership Committee of the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools and is a Key Influencer of Interactive One.