Hardware investors
65 investors that name Hardware among their sectors are recorded here, among them 51 venture capital firms, 4 accelerators, 2 angel networks and 2 corporate venture arms. Stated investment stages run from pre-seed to buyout. Most are headquartered in the United States (28), Australia (7) and Germany (3). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1517 Fund software · hardware · deep tech · biotech |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | United States |
| 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 + LP | Venture capital | Seed – Growth | Sydney, Australia |
| Alexa Fund voice · artificial intelligence · hardware · entertainment |
Direct investor | Corporate venture | Unknown | United States |
| AME Cloud Ventures data infrastructure · data value chains · technology · cloud |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series B | |
| APER Ventures deeptech · hardware · IoT · energy |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | Warsaw, Poland |
| Austin Ventures technology · software · hardware · internet |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Growth | Austin, United States |
| Blackbird Ventures Enterprise · Deep Tech · Healthcare · Hardware |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Growth | Sydney, Australia |
| Brick & Mortar Ventures construction technology · AEC · facilities management · software |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | San Francisco, United States |
| 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 studio | Pre-seed – Seed | Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Buildit Latvia Industry 4.0 · robotics · automation · IoT |
Direct investor | Accelerator | Pre-seed – Seed | Riga, Latvia |
| Butterfly Ventures deep tech · hardware · software · impact |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | Oulu, Finland |
| Canyon Bridge Capital technology · semiconductors · hardware · software |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Beijing, China |
| Capital Factory Space · Energy · Bio · Defense |
Direct + LP | Accelerator | Seed – Series C+ | Austin, United States |
| Cardinia Ventures software · hardware |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Series A | Australia |
| 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 – Series A | Tokyo, Japan |
| 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 – Series A | San Francisco, United States |
| Firstmile Ventures, LLC B2B software · SaaS · marketplaces · healthtech |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | Colorado Springs, United States |
| Founder Collective AI · B2B · Consumer · eCommerce |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | Cambridge, United States |
| Galileo Ventures AI · software · hardware · deeptech |
Direct + LP | 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 |
| Ground Up Ventures Consumer · DevTools · Defense · Ecomm Infra |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Series B | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Haystack software · technology · consumer · commerce |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | United States |
| Idékapital software · technology · B2B · SaaS |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Growth | Oslo, Norway |
| In-Q-Tel AI · Cyber · Energy · Enterprise |
Direct investor | Corporate venture | Seed – Growth | Tysons, United States |
| Innovation Works software · robotics · life sciences · hardware |
Direct investor | Public fund | Pre-seed – Series A | 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 + LP | Other | Seed – Series C+ | United States |
| Konvoy Gaming · Consumer Platforms · Deep Tech · Critical Industries |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Unknown | Denver, United States |
| LAUNCHub Ventures Future of Work · Productivity · Streaming Analytics · AI |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Series B | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Lemnos Labs INC. hardware · deeptech |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed | |
| Lifeline Ventures climate tech · health · hardware · marketplaces |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | Helsinki, Finland |
| 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 – Growth | Chicago, United States |
| 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 |
| Parkwalk Advisors DeepTech · HealthTech · CleanTech · AI |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series C+ | London, United Kingdom |
| Pathbreaker Ventures II, LLC Robotics · Computer Vision · AI · Hardware |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | San Francisco, United States |
| Range Ventures software · AI · hardware · healthcare |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed | Denver, United States |
| Red & Blue Ventures information technology · hardware · software · ecommerce |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | |
| 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 |
| SMRK VC Fund IT · SaaS · hardware · AI |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | Ukraine |
| Starship Ventures deep tech · hardware · robotics · energy |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | |
| StartupLab energy · construction · AI · fintech |
Direct investor | Accelerator | Seed – Series A | 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 – Growth | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Story Ventures data automation · sensory systems · data processing · machine intelligence |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | 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 + LP | 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 |
| Tribe Global Ventures B2B tech · software · hardware |
Direct + LP | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | Australia |
| True Ventures AI · Consumer · Enterprise · Hardware |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Growth | San Francisco, United States |
| V1 VC, LLC AI Native · Deep Tech · software · hardware |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | |
| Ventures.eu deep tech · climate · IoT · hardware |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 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 |
| Waves Capital Partners deeptech · hardware · software · quantum |
Direct investor | Deal-by-deal club / syndicate | Pre-seed – Growth | Amsterdam, Netherlands |