A s t r a S e e k e r

Reimagining Venture Investing
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The Venture Dilemma

A system built on misaligned incentives, delayed outcomes, and opaque structures.

Returns Are Binary

Net TVPI
  • ~4.5x top quartile
  • 1.3x-2.0x average
  • <1x bottom quartile

Time Is Enemy

For top quartile funds
  • ~9 years to breakeven
  • 16-20 years fully return capital

Fees Dilute Gains

For FOFs
  • Double-layeredfees and carry
  • Lack discretion and transparencyCo-mingled structure

Not Just Legends

Emerging GPs
  • ~70% of the top-performing funds were led by first- or second-time GPs
Sources ↗ NBER 2023, Cambridge Associates, SVB H1-2025

Introducing Astra Seeker

A next-generation venture platform built for GPs who need catalytic capital
and LPs who demand access, transparency, and control.

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Relationship-Driven Platform

Combines diversified access with the flexibility of direct decision-making.

  • Opt-in model
  • Full transparency
  • Direct control
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Curated Core Portfolio

3–5 high-potential emerging managers alongside 2–3 disciplined top performers.

  • Solo GPs & spinouts
  • Frontier technology focus
  • Cross-geography coverage
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Opt-In Co-Investment

Double-underwritten opportunities with direct cap table access alongside GPs.

  • No broker fees
  • No blind pools
  • No aggregation games

Join Us At The Table

We’re inviting a small group of anchor investors to help shape the foundation of Astra Seeker.

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Co-Creator

You become a co-creator of the platform, informed, empowered, and influential.

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Zero Fees

You commit to this core GP portfolio with zero management fees and zero carry.

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Direct Access

You gain early, direct access to emerging co-investments before they break out.

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Stakeholder

You become a stakeholder of the platform, sharing in platform-level carry as the ecosystem scales.

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Front-row Intelligence

You see early signals of where capital and innovation are heading, compounding your intelligence over time.

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Founding Circle

You join the founding circle, investing, learning, and evolving alongside the boldest minds in venture.

High-conviction names.

Over the years, we’ve built deep, trusted relationships with some of the most disciplined and visionary venture partners around the world. Through Astra Seeker, you gain access to their strongest ideas, backed by shared conviction.

Here's a snapshot of our pipeline:

A multi-generational venture firm with a 50% GP commitment.
Breakout co-investments including Robinhood, Coinbase, Colossal, and Oklo.
An ex-Lightspeed partner focused on enterprise software and AI.
Early investor in Glean, Decagon, and Mercury.
A venture firm led by top AI luminaries.
Investing from pre-seed to seed in AI-native startups like Hugging Face, Weights & Biases, and Perplexity.
A Stanford-rooted venture firm.
Investing alongside top Midas List investors in 60+ deals, with a focus on applied AI and infrastructure.
A Waterloo based venture firm led by former founders.
Investing in AI enabled enterprise software, robotics, fintech, and more. Early investor in Clearpath Robotics, OpenPhone, Ada, and Groq.
A next-gen GP collective from top-tier China VCs.
A new force led by proven young GPs with multiple 10x+ exits, now building their own fund to fully realize their vision. Backing global AI and robotics category leaders founded by Chinese entrepreneurs.

Who We Are

We’re a group of first-principles thinkers,

brought together by deep curiosity and a shared vision.

We’ve lived the venture world,

as investors, allocators, and operators.

And we’ve seen where it breaks.

Astra Seeker is our response.

Born from belief.

Built by people who care deeply about doing it right.

If this resonates, let’s talk —  bina@astraseeker.com

Let’s reimagine venture investing