Ben Boissevain, Founder and Managing Partner

New York City

Ben Boissevain has 20 years of experience and senior level global connections in the technology sector. He graduated from NYU Law School and started his career at White & Case. He garnered investment banking experience at Erste Bank in Vienna, Austria and Barclays Bank in New York.

Ben speaks regularly on panels on the technology sector and corporate finance, is an author for TechCrunch and has appeared on TV at Fox Business News and Bloomberg. He is a member of the Counsel of The Huguenot Society of America.

Veronica Venditti, Associate

Veronica joined Ascento Capital in 2024. Veronica is pursuing a B.B.A. with a concentration in Finance at Baruch College – Zicklin School of Business. She is also part of Baruch’s Investment Management Group (IMG), a long-only student managed investment fund where she is on the portfolio management team, putting together buy-side research reports and financial valuations.

Gentian Balidemaj, Associate

Gentian is a sophomore pursuing a B.B.A in Finance at Baruch College – Zicklin School of Business. Gentian has previous experience at GEM Group, a private equity firm specializing in PIPE and LBO investments. Currently, he is an analyst on the healthcare coverage team at Baruch’s Investment Management Group (IMG), a long-only student managed investment fund, where he creates pitch decks and valuation models.

Edwin Kwon, Industry Expert

Silicon Valley

Edwin Kwon has extensive Industry experience in world class companies including Samsung, Philips, Nvidia, and LG for advisory roles including emerging technology scouting & due diligence, partnership, investment and M&A. When he worked at LG, he was the one of major driving force for Apple Camera module business which has reached more than few billion dollar business as of 2018.

Edwin’s vast experience covers Semiconductor, Consumer Electronics, Software, and Telecom Services. He holds 7 US patents which is related to Digital Video processing and MSEE at Hanyang University in Korea and Dynamic Innovation Exec Course Certificate from MIT Sloan School.