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Astera Institute portfolio
Astera Institute has 3 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.
About this page
It is a foundation. It led 1 of the 2 rounds it joined. Its most recent investment on record is Rendezvous Robotics's $20M Seed round in October 2026, alongside Toyota Ventures, MaC Venture Capital, Aurelia Foundry and 4 others. By category, its portfolio leans toward Developer tools and cloud (2) and Robotics and hardware (1). It has co-invested with Industrious Ventures, MaC Venture Capital and ATX Venture Partners.
About Astera Institute
What Astera Institute invests in
- Developer tools and cloud · 2 · 67%
- Robotics and hardware · 1 · 33%
- Manufacturing and industrial · 1 · 33%
- Climate and energy · 1 · 33%
How Astera Institute invests
Astera Institute portfolio companies
RRendezvous Robotics$20MSeed · Oct 2026
LLast Energy$100MSeries B+ · Dec 2025
IImbuebacker
| Company | Round with Astera Institute | Total raised | Latest raise |
|---|---|---|---|
Robotics and hardware |
Seed · $20M | $23M | Oct 28, 2026 Seed |
Climate and energy |
Series B+ · $100M · lead | $143M | Dec 16, 2025 Series B+ |
| backer | $200M | Sep 7, 2023 Series B+ |
Most frequent co-investors
IIndustrious Ventures1 shared round · last Oct 28, 2026
MMaC Venture Capital1 shared round · last Oct 28, 2026AATX Venture Partners1 shared round · last Oct 28, 2026
MMana Ventures1 shared round · last Oct 28, 2026
TToyota Ventures1 shared round · last Oct 28, 2026
AAurelia Foundry1 shared round · last Oct 28, 2026
- UUniversity of Michigan Investment Office1 shared round · last Oct 28, 2026
Similar investors
LLayer Global3 companies · 2 deals in 12 mo
IIDEO CoLab Ventures4 companies · 1 deal in 12 mo
KKorelya Capital4 companies · 1 deal in 12 mo
SS Ventures5 companies · 4 deals in 12 mo
HHaatch5 companies · 3 deals in 12 mo
SSky9 Capital5 companies · 3 deals in 12 mo
Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Developer tools and cloud).
How this is counted
Firm profile: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.
Share is of the 2 rounds on Recent Funding that name Astera Institute. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.
Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists Astera Institute, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/astera-institute (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.