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Astarte Ventures

VC
New York, NYWebsite

Astarte Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Other, Healthcare, Consumer. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 7 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$500K – $2.0M

Portfolio

7+ companies

Team

8 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused exclusively on advancing health and wellbeing for women through FemTech and HealthTech innovations.

How Astarte Ventures invests

Astarte Ventures is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Other, Healthcare, Consumer, SaaS. It does not invest in Media.

Astarte Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment.

Astarte Ventures has backed 7 companies in our records, including Alydia Health, Sera Prognostics, NextGen Jane.

Meet the Team

RT

Richard Templer

Chief Financial Officer

JH

James Hartley

Partner

JS

Jan Straatman

Partner

NK

Niki Kokkoli

Executive Assistant

NK

Nicholas Kossoff

Senior Investment Associate

EJ

Elaine Jones

GP

FemTech
Women's Health
GM

George Malandrakis

Investment Director

VR

Vasudha Rajain

Vice President of Sustainability

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Healthcare
Consumer
SaaS

Does Not Invest In

Media

Portfolio Companies (7)

Other

AL

Alydia Health

Medical Devices / Women's Health·Early Stage (Seed / Series A)·Astarte Ventures (Main Fund)

Developer of the Jada System, a medical device designed to quickly control and treat postpartum hemorrhage.

SE

Sera Prognostics

Diagnostics / Maternal Health·Series B / Series C·Astarte Ventures (Main Fund)

A women's health diagnostics company that developed the PreTRM® test to predict the risk of premature birth.

NE

NextGen Jane

Biotechnology / Women's Health·Seed·Astarte Ventures (Main Fund)

A molecular diagnostics company developing a smart tampon platform to detect reproductive health conditions.

CE

Cervilenz

Medical Devices / Maternal Health·Venture Round·Astarte Ventures (Main Fund)

A medical device company that manufactured a clinical tool to measure cervical length for preterm birth risk assessment.

NU

Nuelle

Consumer Health / Women's Health·Series A·Astarte Ventures (Main Fund)

A women's sexual health and wellness company that developed the Fiera consumer medical device.

CE

Celmatix

FemTech
MA

Maven Clinic

Digital Health
How to pitch Astarte Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Healthcare, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Richard Templer, Chief Financial Officer.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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