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are you ipo ready?

For founders and boards who need a faster yes

Incepto was originally created as a platform by Ascent Funds and Wall Street investors to help late-stage tech companies prepare for IPO.

Today, Incepto is a trusted strategic partner to founders and boards around the world on their strategic fundraising journey.

Investors today are using AI to screen deals faster than ever—and founders must adapt. Incepto helps you build a data-driven pitch designed to stand out in an algorithmic world. Our team uses AI analytics, modeling, and narrative optimization to craft investor materials that rank higher in VC screening systems and resonate through both human and AI filters
Investors today are using AI to screen deals faster than ever—and founders must adapt. Incepto helps you build a data-driven pitch designed to stand out in an algorithmic world. Our team uses AI analytics, modeling, and narrative optimization to craft investor materials that rank higher in VC screening systems and resonate through both human and AI filters
Incepto’s IPO Preparation Program helps companies navigate the full spectrum of listing pathways—from traditional IPOs and SPAC mergers to direct listings and cross-market access strategies. We position your equity story, financials, and governance for the right route and investor audience, whether institutional, sovereign, or strategic. By combining capital market insight with tailored investor targeting, Incepto ensures your listing strategy maximizes valuation, liquidity, and market fit.
IR3.0 is Incepto’s next-generation investor relations model, designed for small and mid-cap companies—especially those that entered the public markets through SPACs or direct listings. It focuses on building credibility through performance discipline: under-promising, over-delivering, and maintaining transparent, data-backed communication. Our streamlined, two-way approach replaces traditional one-way reporting with proactive engagement and insight-driven feedback loops that strengthen trust, valuation, and long-term investor alignment.
A dedicated program that connects Saudi and Singaporean growth companies with cross-border investors, fostering curated introductions, strategic partnerships, and capital flows between the two markets.

WHAT WE DO

What our partners say about us

“Incepto was a close advisor throughout our entire IPO process onto the NYSE. We were able to leverage David Wu's extensive relationships across global capital markets, from bankers to lawyers to investors.”

David Chan - Executive Vice President, Lanvin Group
“First, David has an extensive network on Wall Street and an amazing ability to break down their noise and jargon into an understandable language. Second, his step-by-step strategy of building an understood and trusted brand on Wall Street was key to our eventual acquisition by ExxonMobil”

Michael Hession- CEO InterOil Corp
“David is a strong leader who is intelligent and an excellent communicator. He has a proven ability to interact comfortably at the board level, all at levels of an international based business and with the Company’s advisors”

Judson Martin - CEO, Greenheart Group
“I have been deeply impressed with Ascent's expertise and network. David Wu's advice in particular on positioning, branding, and PR have always been on point”

Viktor Meng - CEO BScope Venture - (Porsche-Piëch Family Office)
“We’ve benefited greatly from Ascent’s branding and marketing expertise. Their process encompasses thoughtful strategy and best in class execution” -

Dr Paul Lichty - CEO ForgeNano
“David is different to other energy investors as he has spent significant time in the field, be it the forests in the Amazon, power plants in Russia or gas fields in Papua New Guinea. And because of that, David is able to successfully portray operational language to Wall Street investors. This is something quite unique”

Nasser Aljunied CEO, SilkRoad Nickel