# Jerome Joaug > Jerome Joaug is a seed investor at Aster (Cambridge) backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Aster](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aster-capital) - Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom - Total investments: 8 - Last investment: Sep 2022 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/j%C3%A9rome-joaug-9149aa35/ - X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/jerome_joaug - Website: https://x.com/jerome_joaug Jerome Joaug is a seed investor at Aster in Cambridge focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Jerome is a serial entrepreneur who founded Cambridge Nanosystems, a leading graphene nanomaterial supplier, at the age of 24. He worked previously in the energy industry on the implementation of smart grids and renewable energy integration in France and the UK. After this first exit, he advised and invested in startups primarily in the areas ofCleantech and Education. In early 2017, he founded Nymbly, a company aiming at deploying low power Internet of Things solutions for Smart Cities and Smart Environment applications. The company was acquired at the end of 2017 by ARM.Jerome completed his training at the Ecole Polytechnique (Paris) and the University of Cambridge Judge Business School. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 50% | | Software | 3 | 38% | | Machine Learning | 3 | 38% | | SaaS | 2 | 25% | | Information Technology | 2 | 25% | 20 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 2 | 25% | | Series A | 2 | 25% | | Pre-Seed | 1 | 13% | | Funding Round | 1 | 13% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | United Kingdom | 3 | 38% | | France | 1 | 13% | | United States | 1 | 13% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Hadean | Hadean are a venture backed tech startup providing the most simple and secure platform for cloud native development. Intuitive and developer friendly, the Hadean Platform provides a friction free route to a cloud-native infrastructure. It lets you write applications once and deploy anywhere, taking care of setup, configuration, scaling, securityand more.Hadean have developed two flagship applications. Aether Engine provides distributed load balancing for agent-based simulations, while Muxer is a network model that utilises distributed edge networks. The result is spatial simulations of unparalleled size and complexity, where thousands of concurrent users can join and interact. Hadean have found traction in gaming, healthcare, virtual events and defence with industry leading companies such as Microsoft, Minecraft and CAE. | $30M | Series A | Sep 23, 2022 | | | Hadean | Hadean are a venture backed tech startup providing the most simple and secure platform for cloud native development. Intuitive and developer friendly, the Hadean Platform provides a friction free route to a cloud-native infrastructure. It lets you write applications once and deploy anywhere, taking care of setup, configuration, scaling, securityand more.Hadean have developed two flagship applications. Aether Engine provides distributed load balancing for agent-based simulations, while Muxer is a network model that utilises distributed edge networks. The result is spatial simulations of unparalleled size and complexity, where thousands of concurrent users can join and interact. Hadean have found traction in gaming, healthcare, virtual events and defence with industry leading companies such as Microsoft, Minecraft and CAE. | $30M | Series A | Sep 23, 2022 | | | Humanlinker | Shaping the future of revenue generation. Humanlinker is a cutting-edge AI guided technology for revenue generation teams | $2.7M | Seed | Apr 06, 2022 | | | Hadean | Hadean are a venture backed tech startup providing the most simple and secure platform for cloud native development. Intuitive and developer friendly, the Hadean Platform provides a friction free route to a cloud-native infrastructure. It lets you write applications once and deploy anywhere, taking care of setup, configuration, scaling, securityand more.Hadean have developed two flagship applications. Aether Engine provides distributed load balancing for agent-based simulations, while Muxer is a network model that utilises distributed edge networks. The result is spatial simulations of unparalleled size and complexity, where thousands of concurrent users can join and interact. Hadean have found traction in gaming, healthcare, virtual events and defence with industry leading companies such as Microsoft, Minecraft and CAE. | $19.7M | Series A | Apr 01, 2022 | | | Eatron Technologies | Eatron Technologies is a rapidly growing technology start-up head-quartered in Warwick (UK) with a strong R&D centre in Istanbul (Turkey). Eatron develops and offers licenses for its unique software components to OEMs and Tier-1s worldwide who need production-ready automotive-grade software solutions in their journey to electrification andautonomy for any kind of vehicle. Founded by automotive industry veterans in 2018, the company has received over €2M of seed funding to date from ACT Venture Partners and Hirschvogel Ventures. Eatron currently has customer engagements in 3 continents. The company offers a unique platform to OEMs and Tier-1s who can license software components they need from Eatron for their autonomy and e-mobility applications. Unlike many other offerings, Eatron’s software components are designed from the ground-up in strict conformance to automotive software standards, which make them suitable for serial production programs. Eatron’s offerings include full-stack battery management software (BMSTAR®) featuring AI powered functions and diagnostics to support faster and dependable transition to e-mobility. It also provides a reference hardware specification which can be manufactured by its partners. In a related vertical, Eatron offers an L2+ ADAS software platform (L2STAR®), which includes AI powered features like automated lane-change and valet parking. The company believes L2+ ADAS will be the main growth driver in consumer cars for the foreseeable future (as opposed to full autonomy which is still years from mass adoption). | $11M | Series A | Nov 18, 2021 | | | Notchup | AI Agent, Productivity, Digital Talent, Marketplace, B2B SaaS | $130.3K | Pre-Seed | Mar 31, 2021 | | | Hadean | Hadean are a venture backed tech startup providing the most simple and secure platform for cloud native development. Intuitive and developer friendly, the Hadean Platform provides a friction free route to a cloud-native infrastructure. It lets you write applications once and deploy anywhere, taking care of setup, configuration, scaling, securityand more.Hadean have developed two flagship applications. Aether Engine provides distributed load balancing for agent-based simulations, while Muxer is a network model that utilises distributed edge networks. The result is spatial simulations of unparalleled size and complexity, where thousands of concurrent users can join and interact. Hadean have found traction in gaming, healthcare, virtual events and defence with industry leading companies such as Microsoft, Minecraft and CAE. | $9.3M | | Mar 07, 2019 | | | Wluper | Wluper is an advanced voice-based conversational AI platform that allows organisations to leverage advanced natural language capabilities to create meaningful experiences for their workforce.With a layer of unique language understanding skills, you can create and calibrate the workforce experience within your industry or sector, strengthen yourposition and empower your staff with an innovative solution that scales. Learn more at www.wluper.com. | $1.3M | Seed | Nov 22, 2018 | | 8 of 8 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Molten Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-esprit) — VC Fund, 3 deals together - [Entrepreneurs First](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entrepreneur-first) — VC Fund, 3 deals together - [2050](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2050) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [2050 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2050-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Aster Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aster-capital-52a0) — VC Fund, 2 deals together ## About Aster VC Fund · Paris, France Aster is a Venture Capital firm with offices in 4 major innovation hubs: Paris, London, Tel Aviv and San Francisco. Since 2000, they have partnered with more than 60 teams of entrepreneurs that are transforming markets with disruptive offers and technologies. They are always open to exploring new ideas related to mobility, energy and industrysectors that they have been covering until now. They invest in all stages, with a preference for the early phase.They are more than investors and they intend to act as an ally for entrepreneurs by connecting them to a valuable ecosystem of experts, influencers and business leaders. From marketing to executive talent, their commitment to the growth of their portfolio companies as well as the entire venture ecosystem also involves the commitment of their dedicated Operations team, their innovation strategy consulting firm (Aster Fab) and a crowdfunding branch to further expand opportunities (Aster Crowd).Some of their success stories include Solairedirect (acquired by Engie in 2015), Digital Lumens (acquired by Osram in 2017) and Avantium (IPOed in 2017). 5 contacts available at Aster. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Jean-Marc Bally | General Partner and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jean-marc-bally | | Jerome Joaug | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jerome-joaug | | Cecile Tirbonod | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ccile-tirbonod | | Chama El Shamy | Head of Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chama-el-shamy | | Fabio Lancellotti | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fabio-lancellotti | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund - [Animoca Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-brands-corporation) — VC Fund - [Shima Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shima-capital) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [SFC Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startup-funding-club) — VC Fund - [Fuel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fuel-ventures-fund) — VC Fund - [Business Growth Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-growth-fund) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Recruiting Angel Investors in United Kingdom](https://shizune.co/investors/recruiting-angel-investors-united-kingdom) - [Blockchain Angel Investors in United Kingdom](https://shizune.co/investors/blockchain-angel-investors-united-kingdom) ## FAQ ### What does Jerome Joaug invest in? Jerome Joaug invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### When did Jerome Joaug last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Jerome Joaug closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly. ### Is Shizune's investor data accurate? Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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