By Claire Lepelletier, Market Development at Aster While the annual growth of e-commerce is expected to reach 11.7% by 2025[1] with the result that the number of parcels shipped in Europe will double,…
Aster Crowd: Aster and Sowefund are teaming up to create a partnership between Venture Capital and Crowdfunding!
Thanks to a shared vision of entrepreneurship and innovation, Sowefund, a crowdfunding platform, and Aster, a venture capital firm specializing in the digital transformation, have announced the launch of the Astercrowd program.…
Automated Machine Learning: what it means for companies
By Pierre Cordelle, Senior Associate at Aster After the first episode “SW is eating the world”, the second opus “AI transforms all sectors” is now out. But let’s not stop to this noisy…
Why we invested in Hadean
By Jérome Joaug, Principal at Aster Hadean just announced the closing of their €8.3m investment round, where Aster invested along with Draper Esprit. This round aims to expand the team’s engineering capabilities…
What does CES 2019 tell us about the future of mobility?
One month after the show, take a look back through the eyes of a French VC By Raphaëlle Martin-Neuville, Associate at Aster In early January, I got the chance to attend CES Las Vegas…
Watch the replay: Aster joins forces with Speedinvest to create the “Industrial Tech Talk” events
Aster is thrilled to kick off – alongside the European VC Speedinvest – a new series of events gathering startups, VCs and corporates to discuss topics surrounding the industry 4.0. For the…
Why scaling isn’t growing and why it matters to both founders and investors
By Jérome Joaug, Principal at Aster The Venture Capital industry is constantly looking for the latest most interesting topics, sometimes making startups look like fashion trends. And like any fashion trend, the…
Fantastic startups and how to find them: feedbacks after 1-year into VC
By Thomas Sartori, Analyst at Aster VC-investing is a really particular job: most young companies out there do not need VC-money, and most companies invested with VC-money will fail. Yet, the right…
Why we invested in Wluper
By Jérome Joaug, Principal at Aster Wluper just announced the closing of their €1.2m seed round where Aster invested along with IQ Capital and SeedCamp. This round aims at expanding the team’s…
Finalcad accelerates digital transformation of construction sites
Eiffage selected Finalcad as a strategic partner to accelerate digital transformation of its construction sites About the Company Finalcad is a global leader in field mobile apps and predictive analytics for construction,…