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Firms, funds, partners, companies and rounds from sworn filings, firm sites and announcements, kept as a graph with a date and a source on every edge. Facts, inferences and estimates are labelled as such. A fund target is never a close, GAV is never dry powder, and a round size is never an investor’s check.
Firms / Aera Funds Management Pte. Ltd.
Aera Funds Management Pte. Ltd.
Investing today for a better world tomorrow. About Aera VC Aera VC is an early-stage VC fund investing to create a more resilient future. We bring a Breath Of Fresh Aera to the venture landscape with a formula and philosophy that works. Our portfolio companies are the best illustration of what we believe can be […]
venture manager, reported GAV $36.2M across 1 vehicles
Importance
22
moderate
Active deployment
30
moderate
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
75
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
10
low
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- Singapore, Singaporeadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 1 FUSIONOPOLIS PLACE, #03-20, GALAXIS (WEST LOBBY), Singapore, 138522adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- +65 6809 1161adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- http://www.aera.vc
- SEC adviser type
- exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- private fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 26, 2024
- Private funds reported
- 1 (1 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $36.2Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Owners on Schedule A
- Aera Capital Holdings Pte. Ltd. (Sole Shareholder), E
- business phone
- +65 6809 1161adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
25 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- ai, climate, energy, space, defense
- Stages
- early
- Geography
- global, singapore, usa
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation: no observed deals yet
Stage at first entry: no observed deals yet
Sectors
unknown 100%
lead rate n/afollow-on rate n/anew logos, 12 months 25
Funds and vehicles
1 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aera Climate & Frontier Fund | Fund | 2021 form d first sale | Mature | $36.2M Mar 26, 2024 | 85 | $4.2M | Jan 10, 2022 |
GAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.
Investment team
9 current, 1 departed
Daniel Tan
PartnerInsight Partner
Derek Handley
PartnerInsight Partner
Jiore Craig
PartnerFounder, Insight Partner
Nick Winstone
PartnerPartner
Jui Jhala
Platform and operationsOperations & Support
JUI Durgesh Jhala
PrincipalDirector · since Mar 1, 2021
Milena Dimitrova Nikolova-Vatchkova
PrincipalDirector · since Mar 1, 2021
New York
PrincipalFund Director, Principal
Nicholas Philip Winstone
PrincipalDirector · since Feb 1, 2021
1 departed (kept with end dates)
- Josh Thompson · Fund Director, Principal · ? to Sep 16, 2026 Inference
Investments on record
25 edges, 25 companies, 0 partner-attributed
“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.
Co-investors
13 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
Republic 1 shared · one timeUnion Square Ventures 1 shared · one timePledge Ventures Ltd 1 shared · one timeNXP Management LLC 1 shared · one timeSeraphim Space Manager LLP 1 shared · one timeLobster Capital, LLC 1 shared · one timePulse Investment Partners LLC 1 shared · one timeBreakout Management, LLC 1 shared · one timePrime Movers Lab LLC 1 shared · one timeNext Legacy Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeRED & Blue Ventures 1 shared · one timeNEW Climate Ventures Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeKDT Ventures 1 shared · one time
Limited partners
0 disclosed
No LP commitment on record. An LP edge needs a public disclosure with a quote: a pension report (see Limited partners for the plans read), a fund announcement naming the LP, or a Form ADV owner. The fund page carries the LP’s reported performance.
Timeline
3 dated events
- Sep 16, 2026Josh Thompson (Fund Director, Principal) no longer on the team page of Aera Funds Management Pte. Ltd.Person leftPeopleInferenceJosh ThompsonVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Jan 13, 2022Aera Funds Management Pte. Ltd. first filed Form ADV (ERA)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jan 13, 2022Aera Climate & Frontier Fund first reported on Form ADV by Aera Funds Management Pte. Ltd. (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $22,910,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactAera Climate & Frontier FundSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
Classification history
- Sep 12, 2026Micro VC (probable, 80%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $36.2M across 1 vehicles
Evidence
31 observations from 2 sources