Last deal

$107M

Amount

Debt Financing

Stage

18.04.2012

Date

1

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$107M

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date founded

Financing round

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About Company
Ascent Corporation provides comprehensive solutions for data centers and mission critical facilities.

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founded date

01.01.1998

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Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Debt Financing

IPO status

Private

Description

Headquartered in St. Louis, MO, Ascent specializes in powerful and efficient solutions for planning, design, engineering, development, and operation of data centers and other mission critical facilities. With offices in Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, and Toronto, Ascent offers a range of delivery models including shell and core, build-to-suit, turnkey, and critical systems operations. Founded in 1998, the company provides fast track services such as project programming, design management, facility assessment, development and construction management, commissioning, and ongoing maintenance operations. Ascent focuses on delivering innovative solutions and services to clients in various industries, including Fortune 500 firms and service providers, aiming to achieve high levels of operational autonomy, efficiency, and control.
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1
1

Number of Funding Rounds

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Money Raised

Their latest funding was raised on 18.04.2012. Their latest investor Cole Taylor Bank. Their latest round Debt Financing

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People

Founders
1

Phil Horstmann

Horstmann founded Ascent in 1998. He wanted to align and integrate best-in-class critical systems infrastructure, facilities engineering, purpose built construction, architectural acumen and best practices operations protocols. Doing so would allow for the improvement of client operations in data center and other critical systems environments. Today, under his leadership, Ascent is a turnkey critical systems infrastructure solutions provider. The company provides a broad range of expertise, uniquely spanning data center planning, engineering, construction, management, real estate development and operations outsourcing.

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Ascent Corporation
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Phil Horstmann

Employee Profiles
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Paul Jasper

Cfm

Garrick Schnur

Data center it lead

Ashley Maestas

Employee relations manager

Pete Grant

Critical systems technician

Dj Vaughn

Director of product development

Roderick Whitfield

Critical facilities manager at ascent, llc

Rick Steingruby

It manager - infrastructure

Kevin Mcmanus

Director, contracts and procurement

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