Ad Astra Ventures

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About Ad Astra Ventures

Investor type

Incubator & Accelerator

First check

$25k to $100k

Application periodicity

In batches

Themes

latino

female entrepreneur

underestimated founders

second generation

women

women's

overlooked teams

+41

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Funding Stages

1. Idea or Patent 2. Prototype 3. Early Revenue

Countries of investment

USA

Who we are

Ad Astra Ventures is an investment company dedicated to growing and empowering female founders in the early stages of their businesses. This is done through our Ad Astra Accelerator, which provides programming and education, and our Ad Astra Venture Fund, which invests early-stage capital. Ad Astra is building a global community of founders, investors, executives, and philanthropists passionate about seeing more diversity in leadership. For more information, please visit adastra.ventures. Championing fierce female founders, Ad Astra was created by three San Diego female investors that live and breathe the startup, product, and investment industry, Allison Long Pettine (Managing Partner), Vidya Dinamani and Silvia Mah.

Funding Requirements

We accelerate women-led startups across industries

Value add

Bespoke operational and strategy guidance; customized 6–8 month venture-building program; intensive founder bootcamps focused on leadership and scaling; training on navigating investor bias and promotion-focused questioning; tailored mentorship; connections with corporate partners, universities, and broader entrepreneurial networks.