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Aster provides patient management software and agentic AI voice tools for healthcare providers. The company was acquired by Elation.
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Aster was a healthcare automation company focused on reducing the administrative busywork that prevents patients from accessing high-quality care. The company was co-founded by Fifi Kara, who served as Chief Executive Officer. Kara is based in San Francisco.
Aster was acquired by Elation Health in June 2026. Following the acquisition, Kara took on a leadership role covering agentic transformation and Elation Health's EHR product.
Founding story
Aster was co-founded by Fifi Kara, who previously spent several years at Meta, most recently leading Design for Health within Meta's Reality Labs division on AR/VR and mixed-reality experiences for wearable hardware, and earlier working as a Staff Designer on Messenger collaboration experiences and the Workrooms VR experience. Before Meta, Kara co-founded Business Score, a Y Combinator-backed company offering embedded lending options for small and medium-sized businesses, and was one of the first designers at UK energy supplier Bulb. Kara studied Political Science & Social Policy at the London School of Economics.
Latest developments
Aster was acquired by Elation Health in June 2026, after which co-founder and CEO Fifi Kara moved into a role leading agentic transformation and the EHR product at the acquirer.
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Go-to-market
Healthcare providers and organizations burdened by administrative work that limits patient access to care.
Geography
Aster's co-founder and CEO is based in San Francisco, United States.
Compiled by commissioned research from 5 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Timeline · 1
launches, deals, and filingsAster, a healthcare automation company, was acquired by Elation Health; co-founder and CEO Fifi Kara moved on to help lead agentic transformation and the EHR product.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
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- Aster (venture capital company) - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Aster do?
- Aster was a healthcare automation company reducing administrative busywork in patient care; acquired by Elation Health in June 2026.
- Who are Aster's investors?
- Aster's investors include Cake Ventures, Cornerstone VC, Everywhere Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Cambrian Ventures, IVP (Institutional Venture Partners), Sequoia Capital, Sterling Road and 1 more.
- Who acquired Aster?
- Aster was acquired by Elation.