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Overview
Aster is a Venture Capital firm with offices in 4 major innovation hubs: Paris, London, Tel Aviv and San Francisco. Since 2000, they have partnered with more than 60 teams of entrepreneurs that are transforming markets with disruptive offers and technologies. They are always open to exploring new ideas related to mobility, energy and industry sectors that they have been covering until now. They invest in all stages, with a preference for the early phase.
They are more than investors and they intend to act as an ally for entrepreneurs by connecting them to a valuable ecosystem of experts, influencers and business leaders. From marketing to executive talent, their commitment to the growth of their portfolio companies as well as the entire venture ecosystem also involves the commitment of their dedicated Operations team, their innovation strategy consulting firm (Aster Fab) and a crowdfunding branch to further expand opportunities (Aster Crowd).
Some of their success stories include Solairedirect (acquired by Engie in 2015), Digital Lumens (acquired by Osram in 2017) and Avantium (IPOed in 2017).
Highlights
2000
Venture Capital
1-10
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Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture, Seed, Private Equity
Venture Capital
Location
Europe
Contact Information
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Profile Resume
Aster, established in 2000 and headquartered in Europe., specializes in Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture, Seed, Private Equity investments across CleanTech, Solar, Construction, Financial Services, Venture Capital, Finance, Energy, Consulting, Energy Efficiency, Energy Management. The organization boasts a portfolio of 194 investments, with an average round size of $8.3M and 19 successful exits. Their recent investments include Engie Solar, TechFund, Demeter Partners, CPower, Partnership Fund for New York City. The highest investment round they participated in was $97.4B. Among their most notable exits are Engie Solar and TechFund. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.
Investment portfolio
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Investments
195
Annouced Date | Organization Name | Industry | Money Raised |
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Jan 03, 2023 | - | - | 2.0M |
Apr 12, 2023 | - | - | 22.0M |
Jun 03, 2024 | - | - | 27.0M |
Jul 16, 2024 | LevelTen Energy | Energy | 61.1M |
Exits
19
Funding Timeline
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Funding Rounds
195
Aster has raised 195 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 16, 2024 from a Series D - LevelTen Energy round.
Annouced Date | Transaction Name | Number of Investors | Money Raised | Lead Investor |
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Jan 03, 2023 | Pre Seed Round - Twipes | - | 2.0M | - |
Apr 12, 2023 | Series A - EyeLights | - | 22.0M | - |
Jun 03, 2024 | Series B - Neural Concept | - | 27.0M | - |
Jul 16, 2024 | Series D - LevelTen Energy | - | 61.1M | - |
Investors
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Investor Name | Lead Investor | Funding Round | Money Raised |
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- | No | Series A - Aster | 3.2M |
Fund raised
2
Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.
Annouced Date | Fund Name | Money Raised |
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May 10, 2013 | OTPPLESS | 1.0M |
May 11, 2013 | OTPPLESS | 1.0M |
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