
Aether VC
499 Jackson Street, Suite 400, San Francisco, CA, 94111, USA
Overview
Aether Ventures focuses on the development of automotive technology solutions and applications. Aether Ventures was founded by Foad Afshari and Joseph Symond in September 2014. It is based in San Francisco, California.
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 1
- Active investors
- 2
Sector focus
- Automotive
- Innovation Management
Investment portfolio
- Diffraqtion
Participated · Seed · Jan 2026
Diffraqtion develops quantum-enabled cameras designed to deliver high-resolution imaging for advanced sensing applications across Earth and space intelligence, robotics, defense and autonomous systems. Its technology aims to enable machines to perceive and understand the physical world with greater precision as AI expands into physical environments. The company is accelerating development and deployment of these cameras and has scheduled field testing to begin later this month with assistance from a global network of hardware experts. Financially, Diffraqtion announced an additional pre-seed investment round (investors include SBI US Gateway Fund, Plug and Play Tech Center, Collaborative Fund, Wolf Point Capital, Parallel VC and ADIN) that adds to a $4.2 million pre-seed raise in February. Diffraqtion also holds a $1.5 million Direct-to-Phase II SBIR contract from DARPA to demonstrate its quantum camera technology.
Team
Foad Afshari
Co-Founder
Joseph Symond
Co-Founder