Astrolabe Ventures

We invest in research commercialization — turning breakthrough science from labs and papers into companies that move humanity forward, out to the stars.

We built Astrolabe, a proprietary engine that finds the best research out there.

Angel investments and portfolio

• Humans& — human-centric AI lab founded by researchers from Anthropic, xAI, Google and OpenAI, backed alongside Nvidia, Jeff Bezos and Google Ventures.
• CellType — biological world model, founded by a Yale Professor with 11,000+ citations, developed with Google DeepMind. YC W26.
• Congruent — automotive radar built for end-to-end autonomy. YC W26.
• ScienceCast — turning research papers into video and audio. Advisors include Brian Greene and Avi Loeb; supported by NASA, arXiv and bioRxiv.

Astrolabe Podcast

Conversations with scientists and founders on research commercialization, with guests including Nobel laureate John Martinis, Dr. Marc Miskin, Shai Albaranes and Sasha Malysheva.

Founded by Cyril Shtabtsovsky.

London, 2026