# Aston Ventures

> Aston Ventures is a VC fund in London backing Robotics and Aerospace. See 2 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aston-ventures
- Website: http://www.astonventures.com

Aston Ventures is a capital market company that provides early-stage growth capital to European technology companies. It seeks to invest in a variety of sectors including plant hire, industrial business, nuclear, labor supply, and cable manufacturing. The company adopts a proactive approach, assisting the companies in which they invest to transformtheir vision into reality.Aston Ventures is part of a group of businesses with over £1.5 billion of assets under management and administration. It has a long track record in investing and working with management teams to maximize returns building fruitful international corporate companies and ventures.Aston Ventures was founded in 1998 and is based in London, England, UK.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Robotics | 1 | 50% |
| Aerospace | 1 | 50% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 50% |
| Industrial | 1 | 50% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Doug Barrowman | Founder | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/doug-barrowman |
| Timothy Eve | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/timothy-eve |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bigwave Robotics | Bigwave Robotics is a developer of robotics devices designed to automate processes. | $7.5M | Series A | Mar 31, 2023 | https://myrobotsolution.com/ |
| Unastella | Unastella is an aerospace company developing human spaceflight technologies, including launch vehicles and suborbital tourism systems. The company focuses on advancing reusable rocket technology and future space travel infrastructure for civilian space exploration missions. Unastella aims to support the growth of private human spaceflight andnext-generation aerospace innovation. | $4.5M | Seed | Jan 30, 2023 | https://www.unastella.co |

2 of 2 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Aston Ventures invest in?

Aston Ventures invests primarily in Robotics, Aerospace and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Korea. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Aston Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Aston Ventures?

The team at Aston Ventures includes Doug Barrowman (Founder) and Timothy Eve (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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