Asteres

What Asteres does

Asteres Inc. is a San Diego-based private company founded in 2003 that develops ScriptCenter, an automated kiosk and locker system for 24/7 pickup of pharmacist-filled prescriptions. The platform allows pharmacy staff to retain clinical control of filling and checking prescriptions while ScriptCenter handles secure storage, tracking, pickup, and payment. ScriptCenter integrates with major pharmacy and EHR systems, including MHS GENESIS and CHCS for military deployments, and with iA's NEXiA workflow software for DoD and VA facilities, where Asteres holds a DHA RMF ATO accreditation at the MAC III Sensitive level. Validated outcomes include a 15% increase in prescription volume after ScriptCenter installation in a Vanderbilt discharge program, a $3.3+ million PBM cost savings at Hackensack Meridian Health, and an average of 30% of prescription pickups occurring after standard pharmacy hours.

Asteres serves four primary customer verticals: health systems (Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, Orlando Health, Hackensack Meridian Health, and others), retail pharmacies seeking extended presence, federal customers including the Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs, and emerging segments in corporate employer sites (e.g., Texas Farm Bureau) and specialty/university clinics. The company cites itself as the industry leader in 24/7 automated pharmacy pickup and distributes through direct enterprise sales with content-marketing support via downloadable case studies, white papers, and ASHP posters.

Asteres operates as an independent private company with an 11-50 employee headcount, no disclosed parent, and no public ownership or ticker. Cumulative disclosed venture funding totals approximately $8 million across four rounds from 2003 to 2008, led by Sanderling Ventures with participation from Forward Ventures and Pacific Venture Group. The leadership team includes CEO Martin Bridges, founder Linda Pinney, CFO Scott Peterson, VP of R&D Laird Broadfield, VP of Operations Trace Funderburk, and VP of Sales and Marketing Valerie M. Gionis. Revenue is generated through hardware sales of ScriptCenter kiosks and lockers; no subscription, SaaS, or per-transaction pricing has been publicly disclosed.

Name

Asteres

Legal name

Asteres Inc.

Website

https://asteres.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Asteres develops ScriptCenter kiosks and lockers for automated 24/7 prescription pickup. The San Diego-based company serves U.S. health systems, retail pharmacies, the Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs, corporate employers, and university clinics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Automated Pharmacy Dispensing Hardware

akta.pro primary industry

Medication Inventory, Procurement & Supply Chain (Pharmacy) (HLACAKAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Virtual Pharmacy & Medication Management Integration Platforms (HLALABAL)

Keywords

• Automated pharmacy pickup
• Prescription locker systems
• Medication dispensing kiosks
• Pharmacy automation hardware
• Healthcare pickup solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Personnel

Revenue model

1. ScriptCenter Hardware Sales: Asteres generates revenue through the sale and deployment of ScriptCenter automated pharmacy pickup kiosks and lockers to healthcare organizations, retail pharmacies, government facilities, and corporate employer sites.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Asteres designs, sells, and deploys ScriptCenter automated kiosks and lockers that enable secure, 24/7 pickup of pharmacist-filled prescriptions. The system allows pharmacy staff to maintain clinical control over filling and checking while ScriptCenter handles storage, tracking, dispensing, and payment. The hardware is integrated with pharmacy management systems (MHS GENESIS, CHCS, NEXiA) and is sold to health systems, retail pharmacy chains, government facilities (DoD, VA), and corporate employer sites.

Product overview

Asteres offers a unified ScriptCenter product line consisting of automated kiosks and lockers for 24/7 prescription pickup. The core ScriptCenter system enables pharmacies to maintain control of prescription filling and checking while the automated units handle secure storage, tracking, pickup, and payment. ScriptCenter is deployed across multiple sectors including retail pharmacies, health systems, Department of Defense (DoD), VA medical centers, corporate sites, and specialty/university clinics, providing consistent prescription pickup functionality in diverse healthcare settings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ScriptCenter: Automated pharmacy pickup kiosks and locker solutions for 24/7 prescription pickup

Products and services

• ScriptCenter Automated kiosk and locker system enabling 24/7 secure prescription pickup. ScriptCenter allows pharmacy staff to maintain control of filling and checking prescriptions while the system handles secure storage, tracking, pickup, and payment of pharmacist-filled prescriptions. Deployed across retail pharmacies, health systems, DoD, VA, corporate sites, and specialty/university clinics.
• ScriptCenter Kiosks Automated kiosk units for patient-facing pharmacy automation enabling convenient and secure prescription pickup, extending pharmacy hours without additional staff. Sold to retail pharmacies, health systems, government, and corporate sites.

Named customers21 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• iA (Innovation Associates)coreTechnology or IntegrationAsteres has a partnership with iA (Innovation Associates) integrating ScriptCenter with iA's NEXiA software. This integration streamlines pharmacy workflow into one centralized solution for DoD and VA facilities. The NEXiA integration allows pharmacy staff to prepare and track all prescriptions conveniently in a single location, combining Asteres' patient-facing prescription pickup automation with iA's pharmacy workflow management software. The partnership enables the most robust solution for driving cutting-edge efficiency into the pharmacy workflow at DoD and VA facilities.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• MedMinder: MedMinder provides connected medication dispensers and adherence services for patients and caregivers. It is an adjacent emerging player in medication access, although its delivery model differs from ScriptCenter's prescription-pickup kiosks.

Direct peers

• ScriptPro: ScriptPro provides pharmacy automation, robotic dispensing, and workflow systems for retail and hospital pharmacies. It serves the same pharmacy operations and customer base, although its automation is broader than patient pickup.
• PharmaSelf24: PharmaSelf24 offers 24/7 self-service pharmacy pickup kiosks for collecting prescriptions outside normal opening hours. It directly competes in the same prescription-pickup kiosk category.
• RxSafe: RxSafe builds pharmacy automation, inventory, and dispensing systems for retail pharmacies. It is comparable at the pharmacy workflow and secure-storage layer, though it is not primarily a patient-facing pickup kiosk.
• Parcel Pending: Parcel Pending provides smart lockers used for prescription and healthcare-product pickup, including retail and workplace deployments. Its locker-based collection model overlaps ScriptCenter's secure storage and pickup workflow.
• MedAvail: MedAvail develops pharmacy kiosks and automated medication pickup or dispensing systems for pharmacies and healthcare locations. Its patient-facing kiosk model directly overlaps with Asteres' ScriptCenter.

Broad incumbents

• Parata Systems: Parata Systems provides pharmacy automation, dispensing, and adherence solutions to retail and health-system pharmacies. It is a broad pharmacy automation peer serving the same pharmacy customer base.
• Capsa Healthcare: Capsa Healthcare develops pharmacy automation, medication management, and adherence products for providers and pharmacies. Its pharmacy workflow and secure-storage solutions are relevant comparables to ScriptCenter.
• Omnicell: Omnicell offers medication management and automated dispensing platforms across health systems, pharmacies, and care settings. It is a broad incumbent with overlapping automation and medication-access capabilities.
• BD: BD's Pyxis medication-management and automated dispensing systems serve hospitals and other healthcare facilities. BD is a broad incumbent in medication logistics, overlapping Asteres' health-system deployments without being focused on retail pickup.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AsteresInc

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments

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