Hardware investors
127 investors that name Hardware among their sectors are recorded here, among them 94 venture capital firms, 7 angel networks, 6 accelerators and 4 asset managers. Stated investment stages run from pre-seed to buyout. Most are headquartered in the United States (38), Australia (8) and Germany (7). Every fact comes from the investor’s own website and links back to the page it was read from. Coverage is incomplete and biased toward investors who publish clearly.
| Investor | Layer | Type | Stage | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1200vc frontier science · energy · materials · water |
Direct + LP | Fund of funds | Pre-seed – Series B | La Jolla, United States |
| 1517 Fund software · hardware · deep tech · biotech |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | United States |
| 3LB Seed Capital digital · space · software · AI |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed | Torino, Italy |
| 4Ventures software · hardware · deeptech · IoT |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Series B | |
| Afore Capital Management, LLC SaaS · AI · Consumer · FinTech |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed | San Francisco, United States |
| AirTree Ventures AI · Consumer · Edtech · Enterprise |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Growth | Sydney, Australia |
| Aldabra Capital hardware · hi-tech · health care · software |
Direct investor | Other | Not stated | Roma, Italy |
| Alexa Fund voice · artificial intelligence · hardware · entertainment |
Direct investor | Corporate venture | Not stated | United States |
| Allegis Capital AI · security · defense · enterprise |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | Palo Alto, United States |
| Alphaket Capital quantum computing · quantum networking · quantum sensing · hardware |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | Arlington, United States |
| AlphaLab software · hardware · life sciences · robotics |
Direct investor | Accelerator | Pre-seed – Seed | Pittsburgh, United States |
| Althera42 Capital Partners technology · software · SaaS · e-commerce |
Direct investor | Other | Not stated | London, United Kingdom |
| AM Ventures additive manufacturing · industrial 3D printing · materials · software |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Growth | Starnberg, Germany |
| AME Cloud Ventures data infrastructure · data value chains · technology · cloud |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Growth | Palo Alto, United States |
| Analog Century Management LP semiconductors · communications infrastructure · hardware |
Direct investor | Asset manager | Not applicable | New York, United States |
| APER Ventures deeptech · hardware · IoT · energy |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed | Warsaw, Poland |
| Austin Ventures technology · software · hardware · internet |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Growth | Austin, United States |
| Beeloud AI · AR/VR · B2B · Hardware |
Direct investor | Accelerator | Pre-seed | Vancouver, Canada |
| Blackbird Ventures Enterprise · Deep Tech · Healthcare · Hardware |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Growth | Sydney, Australia |
| Brick & Mortar Ventures construction technology · AEC · facilities management · software |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | San Francisco, United States |
| BridgeOne Capital Holding Limited clean energy · artificial intelligence · healthcare · hardware |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Not stated | |
| Bright Success Capital hardware · robotics · consumer electronics · fintech |
Direct investor | Family office | Not stated | Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China |
| Brooklyn Bridge Ventures B2B SaaS · Brick & Mortar · Digital Media · eCommerce/DTC |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | Brooklyn, United States |
| BSV Ventures Deep Tech · Life Science · Dual-Use Tech · Software++ |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Buildit Latvia Industry 4.0 · robotics · automation · IoT |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | Riga, Latvia |
| Butterfly Ventures deep tech · hardware · software · impact |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed | Oulu, Finland |
| Canyon Bridge Capital technology · semiconductors · hardware · software |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Beijing, China |
| Capital Angel Network software · hardware · clean tech · agtech |
Direct investor | Angel network | Pre-seed | Ottawa, Canada |
| Capital Factory Space · Energy · Bio · Defense |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | Austin, United States |
| Cardinia Ventures software · hardware |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Series A | Australia |
| Cathexis Ventures SaaS · Hardware · Consumer |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Series A | Houston, United States |
| Cedar Fund enterprise software · cloud · saas · hardware |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | Israel |
| Comate Ventures hardware · high-tech |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed | Leuven, Belgium |
| Conductive Ventures software · hardware · tech-enabled services · AI |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Series A – Series B | Mountain View, United States |
| Croatian Business Angels Network (CRANE) technology · startups · fintech · software |
Direct investor | Angel network | Seed – Series A | Zagreb, Croatia |
| DNX Ventures B2B · SaaS/Cloud · Cybersecurity · Deeptech |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Growth | Tokyo, Japan |
| Dorm Room Fund healthcare · hardware · fintech · enterprise |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Not stated | |
| DRONE FUND drones · air mobility · hardware · software |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Not stated | Tokyo, Japan |
| Elephants & Ventures hardware |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Not stated | Paris, France |
| Embryo Ventures health · human experience · software · hardware |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Series A | London, United Kingdom |
| Extantia Capital climate tech · software · hardware |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | Berlin, Germany |
| First Round Capital AI · Consumer · DevTools & Infra · Enterprise |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | San Francisco, United States |
| Firstmile Ventures, LLC B2B software · SaaS · marketplaces · healthtech |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed | Colorado Springs, United States |
| Flintera consumer health-tech · longevity · hardware · fertility |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Limassol, Cyprus |
| Founder Collective AI · B2B · Consumer · eCommerce |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | Cambridge, United States |
| Galileo Ventures AI · software · hardware · deeptech |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | Sydney, Australia |
| Geek Ventures B2B SaaS · B2C software · hardware · deeptech |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | New York, United States |
| Golden Triangle Angel Network software · hardware · deep tech · medtech |
Direct investor | Angel network | Pre-seed – Series A | Waterloo, Canada |
| Grameenphone Accelerator Health Tech · Edu Tech · Fin Tech · IoT |
Direct investor | Accelerator | Seed – Series A | Bangladesh |
| Graphite Ventures B2B · enterprise software · hardware · business operations |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed | Toronto, Canada |
| Ground Up Ventures Consumer · DevTools · Defense · Ecomm Infra |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| HARDS hardware · software · industry 4.0 · IoT |
Direct investor | Accelerator | Seed | Florianópolis, Brazil |
| Haystack software · technology · consumer · commerce |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | United States |
| Icehouse Ventures software · hardware · medtech · fintech |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Growth | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Idékapital software · technology · B2B · SaaS |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Growth | Oslo, Norway |
| imec.istart future fund software · hardware · AI · medtech |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Series A | Antwerp, Belgium |
| In-Q-Tel AI · Cyber · Energy · Enterprise |
Direct investor | Corporate venture | Seed – Growth | Tysons, United States |
| IN44 Capital Tech B2B · SaaS · Deep Tech · AI/ML |
Direct investor | Deal-by-deal club / syndicate | Seed – Series A | Chennai, India |
| Indicator Capital deep tech · smart and connected technologies · infrastructure · hardware |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Innovation Works software · robotics · life sciences · hardware |
Direct investor | Public fund | Pre-seed – Seed | Pittsburgh, United States |
| Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF) IT · software · hardware · web |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Growth | Moscow, Russia |
| Join Beyond, LLC Space · Defense · Hardware · AI |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series C+ | United States |
| Konvoy Gaming · Consumer Platforms · Deep Tech · Critical Industries |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Not stated | Denver, United States |
| Kreaxi deeptech · lowtech · digital · hardware |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | Lyon, France |
| Kvanted industrial technology · hardware · software · manufacturing |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Series A | Helsinki, Finland |
| Labs Investor Group frontier technologies · artificial intelligence · extended reality · blockchain |
Direct + LP | Asset manager | Pre-seed – Growth | Beverly Hills |
| LAUNCHub Ventures Future of Work · Productivity · Streaming Analytics · AI |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Lemnos Labs INC. hardware · deeptech |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | |
| Lifeline Ventures climate tech · health · hardware · marketplaces |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | Helsinki, Finland |
| Lighter Capital SaaS · software · hardware · tech solutions |
Direct investor | Other | Not stated | |
| Linkbricks Ventures software · AI · hardware · beauty |
Direct investor | Accelerator | Not stated | Seoul, South Korea |
| Masia GenAI · Health · Biotech · Fintech |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | Barcelona, Spain |
| MD One Ventures defence · national security · deeptech · software |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Series A | United Kingdom |
| Mode VC AI · autonomy · hardware · supply chains |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | San Francisco Bay Area, United States |
| Monozukuri Ventures hardware · hardtech · deep tech · manufacturing |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed | Kyoto, Japan |
| Move Energy Fund Management B.V. energy transition · power · transport · buildings |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series B | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| MVP Ventures software · hardware · defense · AI |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Not stated | Chicago, United States |
| Neso Brands eyewear · consumer · hardware · software |
Direct investor | Corporate venture | Not stated | |
| OIF Ventures B2B SaaS · FinTech · digital marketplaces · hardware |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series B | Australia |
| Osage University Partners Software · Hardware · Climate Tech · Therapeutics |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Growth | Bala Cynwyd, United States |
| Pale blue dot climate · software · hardware · energy |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | |
| Pallasite Ventures Biotech · Business Optimization · Consumer Products · Consumer Tech |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | Vancouver, Canada |
| Parkwalk Advisors DeepTech · HealthTech · CleanTech · AI |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Growth | London, United Kingdom |
| Pathbreaker Ventures II, LLC Robotics · Computer Vision · AI · Hardware |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | San Francisco, United States |
| Plum Alley Ventures Company frontier technology · medical breakthroughs · hardware · machine intelligence |
Direct + LP | Venture capital | Not stated | |
| Precursor Ventures B2B Software & AI · Consumer · Digital Health · EdTech |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | |
| Prithvi Ventures Energy · Deeptech · Hardware · Infrastructure |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Not stated | |
| Raakwark Kaptaal Hardware · Software · Technologie |
Direct investor | Angel network | Pre-seed – Seed | Germany |
| Range Ventures software · AI · hardware · healthcare |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | Denver, United States |
| Red & Blue Ventures information technology · hardware · software · ecommerce |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | |
| Redbud Capital Proptech · Fintech · Construction · Health |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed | Columbia, MO, United States |
| Resolute Ventures AI · Cloud · Consumer · Data |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | United States |
| RRE Ventures AI · Consumer · Crypto · Enterprise/SaaS |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | New York, United States |
| Sarmo Ventures edtech · AI · voice · legaltech |
Direct investor | Venture studio | Pre-seed – Seed | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| Savant Venture Fund Deep tech · Hardware · Medtech · Energy |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Series A | Cape Town, South Africa |
| SB Investment Advisers (US) Inc. AI · hardware · infrastructure · applications |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Not stated | |
| smallworld hardware · blockchain · fintech · commerce |
Direct investor | Venture studio | Not stated | Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| SMRK VC Fund IT · SaaS · hardware · AI |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | Ukraine |
| Spike Venture AS B2B software · hardware |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed | Oslo, Norway |
| Starship Ventures deep tech · hardware · robotics · energy |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | |
| StartupLab energy · construction · AI · fintech |
Direct investor | Accelerator | Seed | Oslo, Norway |
| Steel Atlas Management INC industrials · software · hardware · energy |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | New York, United States |
| Sterling Equity software · consumer · financial technology · education |
Direct + LP | Private equity | Seed – Buyout | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Story Ventures data automation · sensory systems · data processing · machine intelligence |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Not stated | New York, United States |
| Sunfish Partners Space & Defense · Hardware · Software · AI |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed | Berlin, Germany |
| SV Angel AI · Consumer · Crypto · Energy |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Growth | San Francisco, United States |
| SV Tech Ventures, INC. healthcare · software · hardware |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | Palo Alto, United States |
| SymbiaVC wood industry · forestry · deeptech · hardware |
Direct investor | Corporate venture | Not stated | Imst, Austria |
| TCA Venture Group Hardware · Software · Digital Media · Consumer Products and Services |
Direct investor | Angel network | Seed – Series A | Irvine, United States |
| TGFS - Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen wissensbasiert · technologieorientiert · Hightech · Hardware |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | Leipzig, Germany |
| TheClubDeal Capital Advisors Life Sciences · MedTech · BioTech · HealthTech |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Series A – Series C+ | Brussels, Belgium |
| Tin Alley Ventures life sciences · physical sciences · deep tech · climate tech |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Growth | Carlton, Australia |
| Transylvania Angels Network software · web · mobile · hardware |
Direct investor | Angel network | Seed | Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
| Tribe Global Ventures B2B tech · software · hardware |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | Australia |
| True Ventures AI · Consumer · Enterprise · Hardware |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | San Francisco, United States |
| ua.ventures technology · B2B · B2C · B2G |
Direct investor | Angel network | Pre-seed – Growth | Berlin, Germany |
| Ukraine Phoenix Tech Fund tech · software · hardware |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | |
| Uncorrelated Advisors LLC infrastructure · software · hardware |
Direct investor | Asset manager | Not stated | |
| UTokyo Innovation Platform Co.,Ltd. life science · healthcare · agritech · space |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Growth | Japan |
| V1 VC, LLC AI Native · Deep Tech · software · hardware |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | |
| Ventures.eu deep tech · climate · IoT · hardware |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Series A | Lisbon, Portugal |
| VIGO Ventures Alternatywna Spółka Inwestycyjna sp. z o.o. photonics · hardware · laser systems · scanning, sensing imaging |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Not stated | Warszawa, Poland |
| Vireo Ventures energy tech · electrification · AI x Energy · hardware |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | Berlin, Germany |
| Virescent Ventures clean energy · mobility · smart cities · food and agriculture |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Growth | Australia |
| Waterdrip Capital AI · high-performance computing · Bitcoin ecosystem · DePIN |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Not stated | |
| Waves Capital Partners deeptech · hardware · software · quantum |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Growth | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| ВФ Алтърнатив АД real estate · renewable energy · software · hardware |
Direct investor | Asset manager | Seed – Growth | София, Bulgaria |