Investments
106Portfolio Exits
18Funds
7Partners & Customers
1Service Providers
1About Aster Capital
Aster Capital (formerly Schneider Electric Ventures) is a venture capital fund sponsored by Alstom, Schneider Electric and Rhodia, three global energy and industrial firms. Aster generally focuses on early to later stage minority investments and generally act as a co-investor in deals.
Aster Capital Headquarter Location
7 rue de Caumartin 5th Floor
Paris, 75009,
France
+33 1 45 61 30 95
Latest Aster Capital News
Apr 30, 2022
, the Berlin-based logistics startup for efficient e-commerce fulfilment, has secured more than 10 million euros in funding following its series A financing round. The startup, founded in 2018, adds three new investors: Schenker Ventures from Essen, Germany, Aster Capital from Paris and Wille Finance from Zurich. In addition, existing investors HV Capital from Munich and Base10 Partners from San Francisco are further increasing their investment. Warehousing1 offers fast-growing e-commerce brands end-to-end fulfilment services through its extensive partner network with locations in Germany, Europe and the US. Warehousing1 wants to double its headcount to more than 100 people to support its ambitious growth targets. By the end of 2022, the startup aims to more than triple its eight-figure revenue. With the new capital, the company intends to invest heavily in its technology and product to further drive its medium-term goal of building a largely SaaS-based business model and becoming a market leader in offering best-in-class digitally managed fulfilment solutions to e-commerce companies. Strong investors support the company’s development Since our founding, we have wanted to work with investors who support our development with their expertise, instead of just handing us money. With Aster Capital, Wille Finance and Schenker Ventures as strategic investors, we have gained exactly such partners. Warehousing1 is already creating real added value for hundreds of active customers in the booming e-commerce segment. In the future, we want to digitalize the fulfilment experience for many more brands and thus help them satisfy their customers with first-class logistics processes in the long term. explains Nils Aschmann, co-founder and CEO of Warehousing1. Warehousing1 founders Warehousing1 is the first venture capital investment for Schenker Ventures, the investment arm launched by DB Schenker, a leading global logistics service provider, in 2021. As an active investor – and with the parent company’s strong network – Schenker Ventures will support the development of the startup with its expertise. We want to increase the innovative strength of the logistics industry as a whole. Therefore, our venture capital activities focus on startups that we can support not only financially but also with know-how and network. The Warehousing1 team has more than convinced us and we are very much looking forward to working together.
Aster Capital Investments
106 Investments
Aster Capital has made 106 investments. Their latest investment was in DCbrain as part of their Series A on June 6, 2022.
Aster Capital Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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6/21/2022 | Series A | DCbrain | $5.28M | No | 1 | |
5/13/2022 | Unattributed VC | FINALCAD | $9.96M | No | 1 | |
4/7/2022 | Series A | Warehousing1 | $10.88M | Yes | 1 | |
3/22/2022 | Series A | |||||
3/9/2022 | Seed VC - II |
Date | 6/21/2022 | 5/13/2022 | 4/7/2022 | 3/22/2022 | 3/9/2022 |
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Round | Series A | Unattributed VC | Series A | Series A | Seed VC - II |
Company | DCbrain | FINALCAD | Warehousing1 | ||
Amount | $5.28M | $9.96M | $10.88M | ||
New? | No | No | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Aster Capital Portfolio Exits
18 Portfolio Exits
Aster Capital has 18 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was SunFunder on June 20, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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6/20/2022 | Acquired | 2 | |||
6/8/2022 | Acquired | 1 | |||
5/8/2022 | Corporate Majority | 2 | |||
Aster Capital Fund History
7 Fund Histories
Aster Capital has 7 funds, including Energy Access Ventures Fund.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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12/31/2017 | Energy Access Ventures Fund | Multi-Stage Venture Capital | Open | $85.37M | 1 |
11/9/2017 | Aster Capital I | ||||
10/26/2014 | Aster Growth China | ||||
12/31/2012 | ASTER II | ||||
10/27/2003 | SEV I |
Closing Date | 12/31/2017 | 11/9/2017 | 10/26/2014 | 12/31/2012 | 10/27/2003 |
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Fund | Energy Access Ventures Fund | Aster Capital I | Aster Growth China | ASTER II | SEV I |
Fund Type | Multi-Stage Venture Capital | ||||
Status | Open | ||||
Amount | $85.37M | ||||
Sources | 1 |
Aster Capital Partners & Customers
1 Partners and customers
Aster Capital has 1 strategic partners and customers. Aster Capital recently partnered with IHS Markit on October 10, 2018.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
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10/24/2018 | Vendor | United Kingdom | IHS Markit signs Aster to private markets platform Aster , an independent venture capital firm with EUR520 million raised , has selected IHS Markit 's iLEVEL platform to collect , monitor , and report on portfolio data . | 1 |
Date | 10/24/2018 |
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Type | Vendor |
Business Partner | |
Country | United Kingdom |
News Snippet | IHS Markit signs Aster to private markets platform Aster , an independent venture capital firm with EUR520 million raised , has selected IHS Markit 's iLEVEL platform to collect , monitor , and report on portfolio data . |
Sources | 1 |
Aster Capital Service Providers
1 Service Provider
Aster Capital has 1 service provider relationship
Service Provider | Associated Rounds | Provider Type | Service Type |
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Counsel | General Counsel |
Service Provider | |
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Associated Rounds | |
Provider Type | Counsel |
Service Type | General Counsel |
Partnership data by VentureSource
Aster Capital Team
10 Team Members
Aster Capital has 10 team members, including current Chief Technology Officer, Jordan Bouteiller.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Jordan Bouteiller | Chief Technology Officer | Current | |
Chama El Shamy | Controller | Current | |
Rodrigo Nasser | Founding Partner | Current | |
Jean Marc Bally | Schneider Electric Ventures | Managing Partner | Current |
Pascal Siegwart | Investment Partner | Current |
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