What’s in a Name?
Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., aka MOHAMMAD ALI
Ad Astra per Aspera - To the stars through difficulty.
We chose ours very carefully. To us, our mantra represents more than a vision. We recognize that there are many paths to success (or stars).
Consciously, we choose the path that represents more of a challenge, that which requires a more surgical approach, more attention to detail, more instinct, and, indeed, more intellectual effort.
This is our mantra not just because we accepted difficulty as the principal path, but because every day, we redefine for our investors and Portfolio Companies, and for all those who lean to us for counsel—what to see as stars.
This is Astra Capital. We are the next-generation venture capital firm, and we have done what no other venture firm on earth has.
A groundbreaking venture firm design that’s in a class of its own
Principled Action + Unimpeachable Integrity—This is the Soul of our Investment Thesis and Theory.
THIS PHILOSOPHY IS NOT JUST TAGLINE. We are not saying it to impress anyone or to convince anyone of our ethics so they entrust us with capital. If our goal is to explain to you who we are, then this is where we start BECAUSE THIS IS HOW WE BEGAN.
A Venture Firm with Private Equity Sensibilities—
All the hypergrowth implementation + equity value maximization of PE—without the control and leveraged buyout.
A Venture Firm with Unprecedented Transparency
We created Astra Venture Partners, Inc., a Broker-Dealer that Delivers—
Transparency, Management Consulting, Diligence, Target Research, Capital Raise Advisement Services, Direct Investment Placement, Co-Investment Management, Equity Investment Divestiture—and that’s just the warmup.
*We’ve obligated ourselves to more scrutiny, more disclosure and more responsibility—because you deserve more accountability.
Born Better from the Best—
*Our thanks to S. H. Hirth.