Hardware Investors and Venture Capital Firms
Hardware startups build physical, tangible products such as robotics systems, energy storage solutions, semiconductors, satellites, or advanced manufacturing equipment. Unlike software companies, they require significant upfront capital for R&D, prototyping, tooling, and production.
These businesses typically face longer development cycles, complex supply chains, regulatory requirements, and manufacturing risk. However, they can create strong competitive advantages through proprietary technology, patents, and deep technical expertise.
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Top Hardware investors
All Hardware VC Funds
31 funds investing in Hardware
Accel
First partner to exceptional teams from inception to growth
Accomplice
A venture firm and contemporary family office investing in tech origin stories
Afore Capital
Pre-Seed VC fund backing product-oriented founders at day zero of their journey.
Banyan Ventures
Pre-Seed and Seed VC investing in AI-native infrastructure startups
Celesta Capital
Deep-tech focused global VC firm backing transformative science-driven innovation
Crosscourt Ventures
Investing in technologies enhancing and transforming the physical world
First Round Capital
Seed-stage VC backing early tech founders with hands-on support
Founders Fund
A venture capital firm that invests in revolutionary technologies aimed at rearchitecting industries and building the future, often backing mission-driven founders with ambitious, non-consensus ideas.
Fundomo
Invest in private technology companies
Future Positive Capital
Deep tech investor solving planetary-scale challenges
Haystack
Backing outlier founders at the earliest stages of software and tech
Initialized Capital
An early-stage venture capital firm known for setting the standard in seed-stage investing. It focuses on backing obsessive founders with grit and audacious ideas who are building companies from 0 to 1, aiming for product-market fit and preparing them for Series A fundraising.
Innovacom
A pioneer in financing disruptive digital and deep tech startups since 1988
Kvanted
Early-stage VC accelerating industrial decarbonization and digital transformation
Lerer Hippeau
Early-stage venture capital firm investing in consumer and enterprise sectors.
Likeminded
The early-stage investor we wished we had, backing founders with VC-sized tickets and founder-operator support
Matter Venture Partners
Venture capital firm focused on food, agriculture, and sustainability
Maverick Silicon
Venture capital firm specializing in investments within the artificial intelligence, semiconductor, and technology infrastructure sectors.
Menlo Ventures
A multi-stage venture capital firm focused on investing in game-changing technology companies across all phases of growth, with a commitment to helping founders transform existing industries and create new categories. The firm often has an emphasis on the AI era.
Outlander VC
Early-stage VC that funds exceptional founders and their outlandish visions first, often investing pre-product and pre-revenue.