We have stayed deliberately under-staffed for our AUM. Every founder we back has a direct line to a partner. Every check has two owners who never leave the deal. The platform exists to make those people more useful, not to replace them.
Sponsors of capital. Sponsors of decisions. Five people who stake their reputation on every check.
Builders who took the call. They join boards, run product reviews, and ship code when a portfolio company needs it.
The people who make the firm work. They are the ones you will actually talk to most often.
We maintain a deliberately curated advisor network across our six theses. They are paid in fund carry and access to our deal flow — never in advisory shares from portfolio companies.
Each advisor is on a personal Slack with the partner who covers their domain. Founders can request an introduction at any time; we close the loop within 24 hours.
The network spans former founders and operators (twenty-two), academic researchers (eleven), and senior practitioners — clinicians, regulators, materials scientists, grid engineers (eight). We do not publish the full list; some of them have day jobs that would not appreciate it.
Founders, apply. LPs, inquire. Operators interested in joining the network, write to hello@astraeus.vc with "operator network" in the subject.