Aster
Venture capital · Paris, France · Europe
Aster is an independent early-stage venture capital firm based in Paris, founded in 2000. It makes primary investments in startups and also runs a secondaries practice that buys corporate venture portfolios, single lines and LP interests.
Invests inIndustrial & ManufacturingEducation
In its own wordsclimate techenergymobilityindustry 4.0deeptechsecondaries
Your fit with Aster
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See how your round matches what it backs, point by point.
Or find every investor that fitsAster lists 62 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Industrial & Manufacturing (19%), Education (17%) and AI & Machine Learning (15%). It invests most often alongside E3 Capital, British International Investment and Inven Capital.
No funding round on record names Aster yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Aster's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 62. 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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 19% | 7% |
| Education | 17% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 15% | 18% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 10% | 1% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 9% | 15% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 6% | 6% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 6% | 3% |
| Consumer | 4% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| E3 Capital | 10 |
| British International Investment | 9 |
| Inven Capital | 3 |
| Alven | 2 |
| Cathay Innovation | 2 |
| Constellation Technology Ventures | 2 |
| KawiSafi Ventures | 2 |
| LG Technology Ventures | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 89th | 62 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 13th | 19% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 98th | 13 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers5589%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company711%
- 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 Aster head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
as stated on its sitePortfolio
62 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company operates a multi-channel B2B platform for buying and selling used vehicles | Mobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Advae provides software for construction and trading companies | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Advanced Ionics invents and produces electrolyzers for green hydrogen production | Industrial & ManufacturingClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| Agilence provides a loss prevention analytics and reporting platform for various industries, including retail, restaurants, and grocery stores. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Atlantium leverages its technology to tailor superior HOD UV water treatment solutions for industries and municipalities. | Food & AgricultureIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Avantium develops sustainable chemistry solutions and plant-based plastics. | Space & DefenseSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Betterway Mobility provides mobility solutions for businesses, including a mobility account and a platform for managing employee transportation, | Mobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Booster delivers gasoline, diesel, and other fuels directly to vehicles, fleets, and equipment | E-commerce & MarketplacesMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Candi Solar provides solar solutions for businesses, including financing, construction, and performance management | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer | Portfolio page | |||
| Circulor provides digital product passports and supply chain traceability solutions | Healthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Claroty provides cybersecurity software for cyber-physical systems, offering asset inventory, exposure management, network protection, secure access, and threat detection across industrial, healthcare, commercial, and public sector environments. | CybersecurityIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Cosmo Tech provides AI-simulation technology for asset management, supply chain planning, and decision-making in various industries. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides software solutions for supply chain planning and logistics optimization | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and maintains a lighting management and resource monitoring platform. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| D Light offers a suite of solar energy and ultra-efficient products to provide clean energy access | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Eatron delivers AI-powered battery optimisation software that enhances safety, extends lifetime, and boosts performance for lithium-ion batteries | Mobility & LogisticsIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- aster.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 62
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