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Aera VC
Venture capital · Singapore, Singapore · Asia Pacific
Aera VC is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in founders building deep technology. Its management company is licensed and regulated as a VCFM by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningIndustrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense
In its own wordsdeep techenergysecurityindustrial resiliencespaceclimate
Your fit with Aera VC
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Or find every investor that fitsAera VC lists 24 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 4 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Series B, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (27%), Industrial & Manufacturing (22%) and Space & Defense (16%). 70% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Blackbird and Cantos.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Aera VC, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Aera VC's whole history. Rounds on record name 4 companies; its own site lists 24. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 25% |
| Series A | 25% |
| Series B | 50% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 3 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 59th | 24 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 60th | 25% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 89th | 17% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 41th | 27% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 84th | 6 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 27% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 22% | 7% |
| Space & Defense | 16% | 3% |
| Climate & Energy | 11% | 1% |
| Education | 7% | 7% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 4% | 1% |
| Food & Agriculture | 4% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 4% | 15% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 9 |
| Blackbird | 3 |
| Cantos | 3 |
| Creative Destruction Lab | 3 |
| Great Wave Ventures | 3 |
| Olive Tree Capital | 3 |
| Possible Ventures | 3 |
| BBQ Capital | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers24100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Aera VC head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Aera VC| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Aug 2026 | Series B | |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Series B | |
| 5 Jan 2026 | Series A | |
| 7 Nov 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Aera VC
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Aera VC's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
24 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allium designs and manufactures coated rebar technology for steel construction materials | Industrial & ManufacturingClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| Aquila develops wireless energy transfer technology using lasers to power drones, robots, and satellites | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Array Labs designs, builds, and operates radar satellites and radar sensor systems for Earth observation and elevation mapping. | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Jan 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| AstroForge builds low-cost, replicable spacecraft capable of tracking and mining asteroids in deep space. | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| AutoPallet Robotics develops warehouse automation systems for case handling and palletizing. | Robotics & HardwareIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Calectra provides zero-carbon, low-cost, high-temperature process heat for heavy industry. | Industrial & ManufacturingClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| CarbiCrete licenses technology to produce cement-free concrete using industrial by-products and captured CO2. | Industrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| CarbonChain provides a platform for companies to track and manage their carbon emissions and comply with climate-related regulations. | Climate & EnergySpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Cosmic designs and manufactures a premium four-seat electric aircraft for personal flight. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Dawn Aerospace develops and operates spaceplanes and in-space propulsion systems for satellite propulsion and space transportation. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Jun 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| Fable produces food products made from shiitake mushrooms for chefs and consumers. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Gilgamesh Pharma develops innovative new chemical entities to transform the treatment paradigm of psychiatric disease | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Godela creates AI that understands and predicts the behavior of physical systems, allowing for faster solution of engineering problems. | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Green-Got provides payment, savings, and investment services | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Gridsight provides a platform for utilities to manage their electrical distribution networks using AI and data analysis. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Aug 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| Intramotev develops and retrofits autonomous freight railcars with its TugVolt technology | Industrial & ManufacturingMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Maritime Fusion is building a fusion reactor for marine and off-grid applications | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Nov 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Paloma provides online medical care and testing for thyroid-related conditions and other health issues. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Reditus Space launches and operates reusable satellites to transport payloads to low Earth orbit and return them to Earth | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Rewbi deploys data centers and provides compute and inference services to clients | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- aera.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 7 Nov 2025
- Companies checked
- 24
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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