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Astera Institute was created to bring humanity the greatest imaginable good in the most efficient possible way. By incubating high leverage ideas in their earliest stages, Astera seeks to effect change at a systemic level via entrepreneurial experimentation. We focus on overlooked areas and invest in founders who can jumpstart initiatives and create a snowball effect.
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| Oct 28, 2026 | Rendezvous Robotics Raises $20 Million to Build Self-Assembling Spacecraft | Rendezvous Robotics Raises $20 Million in Seed Funding Rendezvous Robotics has raised $20 million in an oversubscribed seed round. The financing was led by MaC Venture Capital and Toyota Ventures. The company announced the funding in its of... |
| Aug 24, 2026 | Mafix Raises $5.4M in Pre-Seed Funding | Mafix, a Seattle, WA-based-based provider of carbon-negative silicon fertilizers and mineral products, raised $5.4M in Pre-Seed funding. The round was led by Azolla Ventures with participation from Counteract VC, Astera Institute, Plug and ... |
| Aug 20, 2026 | Mafix raises $5.4m to activate silicate rock into climate-smart fertilizer | Mafix has raised $5.4 million in pre-seed funding to scale a novel approach to enhanced rock weathering that makes silicate minerals weather more rapidly. The tech can remove carbon, simplify measurement, reporting and verification (MRV), b... |
| Oct 29, 2024 | Under six months of runway and no term sheet? SCiFi Foods’ guide to a ‘graceful exit’ | Every entrepreneur sets out to build a successful company, say the founders of now-defunct cultivated meat startup SCiFi Foods. But only a fraction will succeed, and right now, they warn, we’re “at the precipice of a mass startup extinction... |
| Mar 22, 2023 | 3D printed rocket firm Launcher acquired by Vast | California-based space habitation technologies developer Vast has completed the acquisition of US aerospace firm Launcher for an undisclosed fee. Through this deal, Vast hopes to accelerate its mission of developing artificial gravity space... |
| Jan 30, 2023 | VitaDAO Closes $4.1M Funding Round With Pfizer Ventures for Longevity Research | VitaDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) focused on raising funds for research on extending human life, has closed a $4.1 million funding round with Pfizer Ventures and several others. VitaDAO was started in 2021 by Tyler Gola... |
| Aug 30, 2021 | Что известно о новом стартапе Макса Ходака, бывшего соучредителя Neuralink | Согласно заявке, поданной в Комиссию по ценным бумагам и биржам США (SEC) в июле, Ходак уже привлек для своей компании более $47 млн от 14 инвесторов . Пока это меньше, чем $363 млн Neuralink, но это воодушевляющее начало, которое может ука... |
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Parsers VC has collected 8 articles mentioning Astera Institute, among them “Rendezvous Robotics Raises $20 Million to Build Self-Assembling Spacecraft” (Oct 28, 2026) and “Mafix Raises $5.4M in Pre-Seed Funding” (Aug 24, 2026).
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Yes, Astera Institute is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 29, 2026.