Portfolio

The Ad Astra Ventures portfolio consists of tenacious and ambitious founders who have challenged the status quo.

These founders have empowered themselves and inspired others to think differently and we are proud to support their start up journey.

Liane Thompson

AQUAAI

Aquaai provides affordable, high-quality underwater data that is easily accessed on a web dashboard using bio-inspired, autonomous fishlike robots; FaaS – Fish as a Service®.
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Orianna Bretschger

AQUACYCL

Aquacycl provides sustainable wastewater treatment as a service for companies working to support healthy watersheds and communities world-wide.
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Tiasia O'Brien

COCENSUS

Seam Social Labs help researchers and designers use the voices of today’s community to design a better tomorrow. Through our NLP-powered dashboard, co:census, teams get can deep insights on community needs in minutes.
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Kate Dilligan

COOLER HEADS

Cooler Heads is making cold caps affordable, easy to use, and effective so all solid tumor patients facing hair loss from chemotherapy can choose to keep their hair and their identity.
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Sonja Ebron & Debra Slone

COURTROOM5

Courtroom5 is DIY legal tech for people handling civil litigation without legal representation.
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Emily Josenhans

DOMAINE-SANTE

Domaine Santé was founded by nutritionist Emily, who encourages you to choose Grape Nectar: the better tasting, better for you sugar alternative that is also good for the planet, grown here in California’s backyard.
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Jennifer George

ENVY

ENVY is a search engine that create credible connections between consumers and businesses through relevant, personalized results, and user-generated content.
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Amanda Sichon & Seda Bilginer

ESAS BEAUTY

Esas Beauty is pioneering the fragrance industry by creating health-first scented products through innovative scent technologies.
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Jessica Bell Van Der Wal

FRAME FERTILITY

Frame is a digital fertility and family building advisor, partnering with clinicians and employers to help individuals and couples pursue parenthood confidently.
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Corey van der Wal

FRAME FERTILITY

Frame is a digital fertility and family building advisor, partnering with clinicians and employers to help individuals and couples pursue parenthood confidently.
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Debbie Chen

HYDROSTASIS

Hydrostasis provides personalized and actionable hydration monitoring to improve health and wellness. We work with smart device manufacturers in both consumer and clinical applications.
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Kristina Cahojova

KEGG

We are unlocking vaginal Data For Our Health – We are on a mission to help women from puberty through menopause.
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Adriana Vazquez & Sujay Kumar

LILU

Lilu builds products and tech-enabled devices to empower new moms. We want to help new mothers fully enjoy motherhood by providing products that help them meet the demands of their daily life.
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Ryan Woodbury & Julie Sawaya

NEEDED PBC

Needed is a nutrition company delivering optimal nourishment before, during & after pregnancy that’s backed by thousands of health practitioners.
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Taylor Fields

Nostalgia Coffee Roasters

With sustainability, social responsibility, & innovation at our core, we have fundamentally changed what makes a cup of coffee exceptional.
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Amy VanHaren

PUMPSPOTTING

pumpspotting’s software makes it easy for companies to create inclusive, baby-feeding-friendly cultures that help families feed and thrive.
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Nichole Macdonald

SASH

Sash bag is the 10-pocket wonder bag that will revolutionize your life.
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Julia Wheeler

SEAESTA SURF

Seaesta Surf is an independent, sustainable swimwear company on a mission to create comfortable, purposeful swimwear for kids – with designs so cool, adults will covet them too. All of their collections are inspired by Southern California beach culture, bringing together the best elements of surf, street and style.
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Breanne Acio

SËKR

Sēkr makes outdoor travel easier, safer and more social, connecting travelers to the campsites, resources and outdoor communities they seek.
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Leah Weiss

SKYLYTE

As trends teams continue to go hybrid and remote, HR leads and team managers will need a smart, data-driven team tool that helps track and build wellbeing. We are building your team’s digital companion for team wellbeing and behavior change using vocal data markers, machine learning and behavior change.
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Shannon Williams

THECONTROLIST

TheControList is a SaaS based compliance software used by small to mid-sized businesses to comply with client, certification, legal, or other recurring requirements.
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Jenna Ryan & Spencer Gordon

UQORA

Uqora makes innovative products for urinary health and is dedicated to providing research-backed, efficacious solutions for UTIs and other urinary issues.
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Kerri Leslie

Verity

Providing truly sustainable packaging options to personal care brands, empowering them to eliminate single use plastics from their offering.
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Julie Collens

VIVID GENOMICS

Vivid Genomics is accelerating drug development in neurodegenerative disease by identifying patient variation in clinical trials.
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