Our Manifesto

We believe that the present wave of hardware embedded deeptech innovation will transform industries for the next 30 years to come. As of today, deeptech startups are demonstrating the capabilities of their innovations within their labs. To unlock their true market potential, they need first to meet the challenges of industrialization and then to build an industrial capability with capital efficiency.

France has the talent, the science, the infrastructure, and the drive. What’s missing isn’t ambition. It’s the support system. Namely from investors. Investors ready to rediscover what industrialization means and to find ways to finance industrial capex with efficiency. The kind of backing that understands deep tech isn’t a 2-year sprint. It’s long, technical, capital-intensive work. But if we get it right, it’s how we rebuild industrial strength, national sovereignty, and real resilience while unlocking strong and profitable growth.

There’s a gap in funding. We’re here to close it. With patient capital, deep conviction, and actual help when it’s hard.

For Startups

We don’t care if you went to the right school, or if you pitch like a TED talk. We care about what you’re building, why, and how far you’re willing to go.

We especially want to hear from you if you’re:

  • Building in deep tech
  • Having a first prototype
  • Raising users’ interest or getting first revenues
  • In pre-seed to series B stages
  • Rooted in a relevant regional industrial cluster, close to incumbents, competitors and talents
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For Limited Partners

We’re not here to burn capital for the sake of reindustrialization and gigafactories. We have walked the talk more than 44 times since 2021. We believe industrialization and strong returns go hand in hand thanks to the deeptech advantage and the pricing power that will result from it. Because the companies that build infrastructure, supply chains, and core industrial capabilities will define the next cycle of growth. And they’ll be hard to copy, hard to ignore, and built to last.

We welcome LPs who see that future, at the intersection of deeptech and industrialization. If you’re thinking long-term, care about industrial strategy and environmental impact as much as returns, and want to be part of a different kind of venture story in France, we’d love to talk.

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Team

We expand our reach from Aster HQ in Paris.
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About us

We’re an ecosystem VC that brings together startups, corporates and industry experts to everyone’s benefit.
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