AK

Asher Kraut

Partner at Generational Partners

Los Angeles, California

Overview 

Asher Kraut is a Partner at Generational Partners and an Investor at Starburst Ventures, with a background in aerospace, defense, and venture capital. He has successfully invested in companies like Thread at the Series A stage and has experience in business strategy, product design, and leadership.

Work Experience 

GP

Generational Partners

  • Partner

    2022 - Current

    Venture capital investor, building the next generational private market investment institution.

SV

Starburst Ventures

  • Investor

    2021 - 2022

    Pre-Seed through Series A venture investor across deeptech. Investments include Privateer Space, Strong Compute and several more to be announced.

Starburst Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in investments within the aviation, space, and defense industries.

starburst.vc
SA

Starburst Aerospace

  • Global Dealflow Manager

    2020 - 2022

    Split time between managing our accelerator investments & building Starburst Ventures. Investments include Odys Aviation, Near Earth Autonomy, First Resonance and several more.

  • Analyst

    2020 - 2020

    Identified, sourced, and diligenced new investment opportunities for the firm.

UA

UCLA Anderson School of Management

  • Operations Associate, Price Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation

    2019 - 2020

    Directly supported Elaine Hagan (Associate Dean for Entrepreneurial Initiatives). Assisted Elaine and her team in the preparation of briefing documents for regular donor update meetings as well as the quarterly board of trustee meetings. Additionally supported operations on Anderson's Global Access Program (GAP), working directly under Sayra Escobar (Program Director) and Jonathan Lasch (Lead Advisor).

Education 

Investments 

Thread

Series A

Total funding: $56M

Articles About Asher

Relevant Websites