Astia Angels
Astia is a global venture capital firm based in San Francisco, founded in 2000. The firm specializes in investing in high-growth, women-led companies that tackle global challenges in sectors such as health, climate, and prosperity. Astia employs a unique methodology called the Astia Expert Sift™, which utilizes insights from over 6,000 advisors to identify and support startups that have market validation and include women in leadership roles.
With over $65 million in assets under management, Astia has made more than 180 investments, including 95 through its Astia Angels network, which focuses on Series A and B-stage companies. The firm has a strong track record, with portfolio companies creating over 9,000 jobs and a commitment to addressing gender funding disparities through initiatives like a $100 million early-stage fund backed by Mastercard. Astia's investment process includes thorough screening and post-investment support to help portfolio companies succeed.
Astor Capital Group
Astor Capital specializes in business growth-boosting and special situations investment strategies. When we evaluate investment opportunities we consider the experience of the management team, strength of the product brand, scalability of the business and ability to expand sales well above its current level. We are aiming for multiple exit strategies, such as trade and strategic sale, IPO or MBO to maximize the value of the business.
Astorg Partners
Astorg is a leading pan-European private equity firm with over €24 billion of assets under management. Astorg works with entrepreneurs and management teams to acquire market leading global companies headquartered in Europe or the US, providing them with the strategic guidance, governance and capital they need to achieve their growth goals. Enjoying a distinct entrepreneurial culture, a long-term shareholder perspective and a lean decision-making body, Astorg has valuable industry expertise in healthcare, software, technology, business services and technology-based industrial companies. Headquartered in Luxembourg, Astorg has offices in London, Paris, New York, Frankfurt, and Milan. Astorg employs over 170 people, half of whom are members of the investment team.
Astral Capital Partners
Jon Karlen founded Astral Capital to invest in emerging technology companies. Astral is the lead investor in Klaviyo and led the most recent financing of PillPack.
Astrog
Astorg is a global private equity firm with €13 billion of assets under management. With offices in London, Paris, New York, Milan, Frankfurt and Luxembourg, Astorg's investment team comprises of 66 professionals.
Creating value starts with a clear investment strategy, supported by a disciplined investment process. Our investment process ensures we fully understand the strength of the strategic fundamentals of the companies we invest in, and chart the right path for future value creation.
We get this understanding from our ability to carefully listen to founders and management teams of businesses we are interested in, and from the uncompromising market research that we conduct in parallel. We can then move quickly, thanks to simple, local decision making. The success of the Astorg process is shown by the long-term value we have created over the last 20 years.
And it’s only when we understand what the goals and ambitions of management teams are that we act. We want to invest alongside business leaders driven by a long-term vision and aware of the high cost of capital. Our involvement as shareholders is to ensure that the right human resources are deployed, that capital employment is optimised and that a clear strategic roadmap is executed.
We concentrate on deals where we can develop a competitive advantage – this can come from our in-depth knowledge of a sector or industry or our ability to deliver a complex transaction. And by focusing on a limited number of companies per fund we can:
Share our experience to optimise key performance drivers
Identify, unlock and execute complementary acquisitionsActively participate in key strategic decisionsInitiate and support performance improvement initiatives
Support the management team as needed
Astronaut Capital
Astronaut is a unique crypto investment service which seeks to capitalize on the growth and market adoption of cryptocurrencies and Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). In 2017 alone, over $1.3 billion has been raised in the ICO market - almost double that of traditional venture capital. While coin offerings have benefited from the success of Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies, there remains a significant need in the market for a due diligence-backed investment methodology to avoid boom and bust cycles. Astronaut seeks to establish a streamlined offering, whereby both retail and institutional grade investors can participate in a variety of research-backed tokens and currencies through one simple channel, avoiding the need for their own due diligence and subscription process. Astronaut has a focus on transparency and analysis, relying on strict criteria which guides the placement of funds within our portfolio. Utilizing our company-owned research team, Picolo Research, we maintain the highest of due diligence standards to ensure we maximise risk-adjusted portfolio returns.
Astutia Ventures
As an owner-managed, independent investment company, ASTUTIA Ventures has been investing in innovative start-ups with outstanding growth potential for over 10 years. Our focus is in the areas of Smart Cities, Future of Commerce and Digital Lifestyle. We offer venture capital, an international network and cross-sector know-how for successful development to founders and companies in the early growth phase.
Asyaf Investment
Asyaf Investments is the first Private Markets asset management and investment banking Company in the region, a newly established Saudi-based private market and multi asset investment management services company regulated by the Saudi capital markets authority (CMA). Our investments cover venture capital, private equity, real assets, private debt and commodities.
Asyaf Investments offers wide-ranging investment services that support both individual as well as corporate financial goals. With a proven track record for its team in asset management, financial advisory, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity, Asyaf Investments is a comprehensive financial services firm.
Moreover, Asyaf Investments provides a range of (1) Investment advisory which includes investment sourcing, investment research and asset allocation and (2) Investment Banking services such as M&A, IPO, Debt Arranging, Corporate Restructuring, and Valuation, and (3) Asset management services such as non-real estate private investment funds and sophisticated investors portfolio management.
Asymmetric Capital Partners
We partner with disruptive technology companies across software, marketplaces, fintech, and digital health by offering founders, early investors, and limited partners the most transparent, research-driven, and operator-centric capital.
We believe it’s important to have a meaningful point of view on a space and sector *before* meeting teams so their most precious resource - time - is well spent.
Our investment themes and specific company targets are substantially generated by a network of operators: a special class of Limited Partners which we call our Advisory Partners. We have strong conviction that operators who are actually in the arena each day are best positioned to identify the differentiated people and ideas we want to back.
We reject wholeheartedly the growing sense that VCs should be hands off cheerleaders - we want to be tremendously helpful and positive thought partners on a weekly basis. We believe founders and early employees deserve honest, empathic capital partners who are supportive, emotionally invested and transparent. We take extreme personal accountability for helping to make each of our portfolio companies successful.
We participate alongside and after world-class investors, and encourage our extensive network in the later-stage growth capital industry to follow behind us when companies have demonstrated successful scale.
We believe the best founders come from diverse backgrounds and we enter first meetings with no preconceived notions of the “correct” background for a founder. We don’t compromise in one area, however: unquestioned integrity.
Asymmetry Ventures
Asymmetry Ventures is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California. The firm focuses on investing in early-stage startups that have the potential to create significant societal impact. They primarily engage in pre-seed and seed rounds, providing funding between $100,000 and $500,000. Their investment sectors include deep technology, enterprise software, life sciences, healthcare, consumer products, communications, and information technology.
Recognized as a leading early-stage investor, Asymmetry Ventures has been featured in Business Insider’s "Seed 100" rankings. The firm supports startups that demonstrate defensibility and strong growth potential, aiming to back innovative companies committed to advancing humanity. Their services include venture capital investment and strategic support for entrepreneurs and businesses, particularly in the United States, across various sectors such as marketing technology, SaaS, software, developer tools, e-commerce, and biotechnology.
