Ad Astra Ventures
Ad Astra Ventures is a venture capital and accelerator firm based in Solana Beach, California, specializing in women-led startups. Established in 2018, the firm aims to empower female entrepreneurs by providing them with resources and a structured accelerator program that spans 12 weeks. During this program, participants receive tools to address implicit gender biases and develop their business acumen. Ad Astra Ventures invests $20,000 in exchange for equity stakes of 3 to 5 percent in each company, focusing on sectors such as women's health, software-as-a-service, consumer goods, medical technology, and sustainability. The firm is dedicated to equipping women entrepreneurs with the skills and confidence necessary to build and scale their businesses effectively.
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7 past transactions
Frame - Fertility & Family Building
Seed Round in 2023
Frame develops an evidence-based platform for early detection of risk and care navigation to inform family building and planning. Its approach alleviates a downstream and often costly health crisis for patients, employers, and payers.
Freedome
Series A in 2023
Freedome operates a marketplace and platform for outdoor activities in Italy. The service aggregates sports and recreational experiences for all ages, enabling users to discover, compare, and book activities from local professionals in a secure, user-friendly environment. It aims to simplify the booking process by consolidating options that would otherwise require visiting multiple websites and making numerous inquiries. Freedome also provides tools for professional operators to enhance their online presence, offer customizable packages, and promote their experiences to a broader audience.
Frame - Fertility & Family Building
Seed Round in 2022
Frame develops an evidence-based platform for early detection of risk and care navigation to inform family building and planning. Its approach alleviates a downstream and often costly health crisis for patients, employers, and payers.
Sēkr
Seed Round in 2022
Sēkr is a crowdsourced mobile platform making every step of the outdoor travel planning experience easier, safer, and more social. The company is creating an inclusive community through access to 50K+ campsites, including the nation’s largest database of free campsites, and local outdoor events.
Lilu
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Lilu develops innovative, tech-enabled devices for new mothers. Its flagship product is a massage bra that mimics a baby's natural motions during breastfeeding, enhancing milk output and reducing associated discomfort. The company aims to empower women by improving lactation outcomes and managing breast milk supply efficiently.
kegg
Seed Round in 2021
kegg is a fertility health tracking device from a San Francisco based company founded in 2017 that combines fertility tracking with pelvic floor exercises. The device analyzes changes in cervical fluids to detect the fertile window and ovulation up to seven days in advance, providing users with information to guide conception decisions. By collecting data from cervical fluids, it aims to support women’s health through improved diagnosis, monitoring, and planning related to fertility.
co:census
Pre Seed Round in 2020
co:census develops software for collaborative data analysis and decision-making. Its platform enables users to upload, clean, analyze datasets, collaborate across organizations, build interactive reports, and visualize insights using a no-code interface.
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