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Hardware investors and VC funds (2026)

115 firms. ✓ means the data was checked against the firm's own website. No personal contact data - each firm is linked the way it wants to be reached.

FirmStagesSectorsWhereCheckHow to pitch
15th Rock Ventures
A venture capital firm specialized in Human Augmentation that expands human capabilities through technology.
Pre-seed, SeedHardwareGLOBAL, JP, United States$250k–$3MWebsite
2150
Venture capital firm backing founders building transformational technologies across energy, industry, materials, and the built environment.
Seed, Series AClimate, Deeptech, Energy, HardwareUnited Kingdom, United States$500k–$5MWebsite
Accelr8
We accelerate the transition to a decarbonized and resilient economy by investing in catalytic innovations that unlock systems change.
Pre-seed, SeedAgtech, Climate, Energy, FoodtechWebsite
Actuate Ventures
Support deep-tech and space-tech startups through innovation hubs, early stage fund, and expert community.
Pre-seedDeeptech, HardwareUnited States$500k–$2MWarm intro only
Afino
First-check, high-conviction partners investing where AI meets workflows, infrastructure, and the physical world.
Pre-seed, Seed, Series AAi, Deeptech, HardwareUnited StatesWebsite
Andreessen Horowitz
Investing in innovation outside of Silicon Valley's comfort zone, focusing on deep technology and infrastructure.
Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series BClimate, Deeptech, Defense, EnergyUnited StatesWebsite
Arma Partners
Growth equity firm investing in deep technology companies across Europe, the UK and the US with cross-border value-add strategy.
GrowthAi, Deeptech, Fintech, FoodtechGermany, France, United Kingdom, IrelandWebsite
Ascendo Ventures
Venture capital investing in startups across multiple sectors including AI, climate, and hardware.
Pre-seed, Series A, Series BAgtech, Ai, Biotech, ClimateKRWebsite
Atlantic Bridge
Growth equity firm investing in deep technology companies across Europe, the UK and the US with cross-border value-add strategy.
GrowthAi, Deeptech, Fintech, FoodtechGermany, France, United Kingdom, IrelandWebsite
Atlantic Bridge University Fund
Growth equity firm investing in deep technology companies across Europe, the UK and the US with cross-border value-add strategy.
GrowthAi, Deeptech, Fintech, FoodtechGermany, France, United Kingdom, IrelandWebsite
Avaana Capital
Back deep tech innovation that is globally competitive for India and the world.
Seed, Series AAgtech, Ai, Biotech, ClimateIndiaWebsite
Begin Capital
Begin Capital invests in deeptech, artificial intelligence, and physical world innovations, valuing both mind-blowing technology backend and proven industry applications.
Seed, Series AAi, Deeptech, HardwareEurope$500k–$7MAccepts cold pitches
Blackbird Ventures Australia
They invest in technology companies at every stage, from idea through to mature corporation, backing founders with belief and operational support.
Growth, Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series BDeeptech, Hardware, HealthtechAustralia, NZ$300k–$3MApplication form
BMW i Ventures
BMW i Ventures invests in early-stage companies solving real-world challenges in automotive, including autonomous mobility, batteries, AI inference, and digital services.
Growth, Seed, Series A, Series BAi, Deeptech, Hardware, SaasCanada, Europe, United States$1M–$10MWebsite
Bolt
Bolt was a pre-seed venture capital firm focused on the intersection of software and physical goods.
Pre-seed, Seed, Series AHardwareWebsite
btov Partners
Fund early-stage hardware and software companies to reshape industrial value chains and become global leaders.
Seed, Series AClimate, Deeptech, HardwareGermany$500k–$5MApplication form
Cantos Ventures
Investing in innovation outside of Silicon Valley's comfort zone, focusing on deep technology and infrastructure.
Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series BClimate, Deeptech, Defense, EnergyUnited StatesWebsite
Catapult Ventures (catapult.vc)
Fund bold founders with disruptive ideas in AI, robotics, automation, and embedded systems across automotive, aerospace, industrial manufacturing, and healthcare.
Pre-seed, SeedAi, Automation, Deeptech, HardwareUnited States$250k–$1.5MApplication form
Coatue
Early-stage venture firm built on the belief that founding teams matter more than founding ideas.
Pre-seed, SeedAi, Consumer, Enterprise, HardwareUnited States$500k–$1MWebsite
Conductive Ventures
Back unconventional founders building capital-efficient technology companies across diverse geographies at inflection points in their growth.
Series A, Series BHardware, SaasUnited StatesWebsite
Crosscut Ventures
Partnering with early-stage companies developing cutting-edge frontier technologies to address the world's most pressing problems.
Seed, Series ADeeptech, Defense, Energy, HardwareUnited StatesAccepts cold pitches
Cybernetix Ventures
Pioneering investments in robotics, automation and industrial AI across pre-seed, seed and series A startups.
Pre-seed, Seed, Series AAi, Deeptech, HardwareUnited StatesWebsite
Deep Insight
First dedicated fund in Israel for Deep Tech opportunities across all stages and sectors.
Seed, Series ABiotech, Deeptech, HardwareIsraelWebsite
Defense Angels
They invest in defense, dual-use, and government-related companies focused on national security.
Pre-seed, Seed, Series AAi, Deeptech, Defense, EnergyUnited States$25k–$500kWebsite
Divergent Capital
Back multidisciplinary founders modernizing essential systems to build once-in-a-generation companies.
Pre-seed, Seed, Series ABiotech, Deeptech, HardwareUnited StatesWebsite
DNX Ventures
Early stage VC that fuels category-defining B2B startups in the US and Japan.
Seed, Series ADeeptech, Hardware, SaasJP, United States$500k–$5MWebsite
Elementum Ventures
Invest in brilliant founders building breakthrough technologies that can scale into transformational platforms.
Pre-seed, SeedAi, Biotech, Climate, DeeptechUnited StatesWebsite
Emil Capital Partners
ECP Growth invests in consumer-focused health, nutrition, pet wellness, and supply chain optimization companies with clinically-validated approaches.
Seed, Series ABiotech, Foodtech, Hardware, HealthtechWebsite
EVE Atlas
Funding companies in logistics, aerospace, and defense sectors.
Seed, Series ADefense, HardwareWebsite
Families Fund
Early-stage VC fund investing in companies supporting American families through education, health, fertility, nutrition, and domestic automation.
Growth, Seed, Series A, Series BBiotech, Edtech, Hardware, HealthtechUnited StatesAccepts cold pitches
ff Venture Capital
Seed and early-stage venture capital firm investing across emerging industries with focus on AI, Manufacturing, Energy, Robotics, and Security.
Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series BAi, Deeptech, Energy, HardwarePoland, United StatesWebsite
First Spark Ventures
Deep Tech venture capital fund investing in breakthrough technologies that make the world healthier, safer, and more productive.
Pre-seed, Seed, Series AAi, Biotech, Deeptech, HardwareUnited StatesWebsite
FirstMile Ventures
First check for the best founders in Colorado and Texas, mostly in B2B software, SaaS, marketplaces, and healthtech.
Pre-seed, Seed, Series AConsumer, Hardware, Healthtech, MarketplaceUnited StatesWebsite
Fontinalis Partners
Investing in early-stage startups on the new frontiers of mobility, industrial innovation, and energy.
Seed, Series ADeeptech, Energy, HardwareUnited States$500k–$5MAccepts cold pitches
FORWARD.one
Investing early in breakthrough technologies with focused founder teams, following on deliberately with top performers demonstrating commercialization proof.
Seed, Series ADeeptech, HardwareEurope€500k–€4MWebsite
Foundamental
First institutional investor in founders building legendary companies in the project economy, particularly infrastructure, engineering, construction, manufacturing, shipbuilding, aerospace and defence.
Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series BDeeptech, Defense, Hardware, ProptechGLOBAL$500k–$5MAccepts cold pitches
FusionX Ventures
Invests in early-stage startups at the intersection of hardware, software and life science sectors.
SeedBiotech, HardwareUnited StatesWebsite
GE Ventures
Back early-stage founders building the infrastructure of the next industrial age through foundational technologies.
early stageDeeptech, HardwareUnited StatesApplication form
Geek Ventures
Driving equal opportunity for visionary immigrant entrepreneurs through capital and connections.
Pre-seed, SeedDeeptech, Hardware, SaasUnited States$200k–$800kWebsite
Grit Labs
Early-stage deep technology infrastructure focusing on sustainability and advanced materials.
Pre-seed, SeedClimate, Deeptech, Energy, HardwareUnited States$50k–$500kApplication form
Hardware Club
Back founders on a mission to industrialize scientific and technological progress.
Pre-seed, Seed, Series ADeeptech, HardwareUnited StatesApplication form
HCVC
Back founders on a mission to industrialize scientific and technological progress.
Pre-seed, Seed, Series ADeeptech, HardwareApplication form
Heroic Ventures
Early-stage venture capital firm investing in deep technology and hardware.
Seed, Series ADeeptech, HardwareUnited StatesWebsite
Hustle Fund
PaperJet backs technical founders in Physical AI and industrial systems before the venture ecosystem recognizes them, taking the first check position and actively working to connect companies with government contracts, s
Pre-seedDeeptech, Defense, Energy, HardwareAccepts cold pitches
Hyperplane
First-check, high-conviction partners investing where AI meets workflows, infrastructure, and the physical world.
Pre-seed, Seed, Series AAi, Deeptech, HardwareUnited States$500k–$5MWebsite
Hyperplane Venture Capital
First-check, high-conviction partners investing where AI meets workflows, infrastructure, and the physical world.
Pre-seed, Seed, Series AAi, Deeptech, HardwareUnited States$500k–$5MWebsite
IDEO
We back companies that orbit strangely at first—too technical, too early, too specific—and write first checks for founders chasing impossible ideas.
Pre-seed, SeedAi, Deeptech, HardwareAccepts cold pitches
iGlobe Partners
Unearth, invest and grow startups into global leaders.
Seed, Series AAi, Biotech, Deeptech, EnergySingapore, United StatesWebsite
Index Ventures
Index Ventures invests in entrepreneurs and their vision, with particular focus on AI applications to biology and other transformative technologies.
Series A, Series BAi, Biotech, Fintech, HardwareSwitzerland, United Kingdom, United States$500k–$5MWebsite
Interlock Capital
We back founders building hard things - hardtech, autonomy, frontier engineering.
Pre-seed, SeedDeeptech, Defense, Foodtech, HardtechUnited StatesWebsite
Intudo Ventures
Intudo marries Silicon Valley expertise with strong on-the-ground networks in Indonesia, backed by 30+ Indonesian family conglomerates as LPs.
Pre-seed, Seed, Series ADeeptech, HardwareID, United States$1M–$25MApplication form
Ironfire Ventures
Invest in Berkeley alumni startups across early to late stages while returning profits to support student entrepreneurship and diversity programs.
Growth, Seed, Series A, Series BAi, Biotech, Deeptech, HardwareUnited StatesWebsite
Julian Capital
A deeptech seed fund that invests across every hardware sector, taking bets on early-stage crazy ideas.
Pre-seed, SeedDeeptech, Hardware$500k–$2MWebsite
Kilonova Capital
Growth capital firm that buys, builds, and invests in private technology and technology-enabled service companies.
GrowthAi, Deeptech, HardwareGLOBALApplication form
Kirenaga
Transform cutting-edge ideas into revolutionary businesses through investment in early-stage venture companies at post-technical validation and pre-commercialization stage.
SeedDeeptech, Defense, HardwareUnited StatesAccepts cold pitches
Leap Forward Ventures
We invest in startups making real-world systems more intelligent, adaptable, and cleaner.
Pre-seed, SeedClimate, Deeptech, Energy, HardwareUnited StatesWebsite
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Canonical invests in infrastructure for a post-AGI future, backing pre-product, technically deep founders building durable infrastructure and primitives.
Pre-seed, SeedAi, Crypto, Deeptech, EnergyGLOBAL, United States$500k–$1.5MWebsite
Longitude Capital
Menlo invests in transformative, early-stage tech companies that are changing the way we live and work, with focus on AI across infrastructure, frontier models, and applications.
SeedAi, Biotech, Consumer, CybersecurityUnited StatesWebsite
MaC Venture Capital
Early-stage venture capital firm investing in visionary founders building category-defining companies across frontier technologies, financial innovation, enterprise solutions, and consumer products.
Pre-seed, SeedConsumer, Deeptech, Fintech, HardwareUnited States$500k–$5MApplication form
Menlo Ventures
Menlo invests in transformative, early-stage tech companies that are changing the way we live and work, with focus on AI across infrastructure, frontier models, and applications.
SeedAi, Biotech, Consumer, CybersecurityUnited States$500k–$10MWebsite
mHUB
mHUB is a hardware accelerator and innovation hub based in Chicago supporting product-based companies.
Seed, Series ADeeptech, HardwareUnited StatesApplication form
Miramar Ventures
Investing in founders accelerating disruption using smart connected sensors, big data and advanced, intelligent machines.
Seed, Series ADeeptech, HardwareUnited States$500k–$5MWarm intro only
Monozukuri Ventures
Venture capital firm specializing in hard tech, supporting hardware startups with investment and dedicated technical services.
Pre-seed, SeedDeeptech, HardwareCanada, JP, United StatesWebsite
Monte Carlo Capital
Back founders building companies shaping technologies of tomorrow, from AI to SpaceTech.
Pre-seed, Seed, Series AAi, Climate, Deeptech, DefenseEurope, United States$350k–$1.5MApplication form
Nauta Capital
Begin Capital invests in deeptech, artificial intelligence, and physical world innovations, valuing both mind-blowing technology backend and proven industry applications.
Seed, Series AAi, Deeptech, HardwareEurope$500k–$7MAccepts cold pitches
Newlin
Investing in founders across North and South America in IoT and Smart Hardware at early stages.
Pre-seed, Seed, Series AHardwareAR, Brazil, Canada, CLWebsite
Norwest Venture Partners
Menlo invests in transformative, early-stage tech companies that are changing the way we live and work, with focus on AI across infrastructure, frontier models, and applications.
SeedAi, Biotech, Consumer, CybersecurityUnited StatesWebsite
Oceans
Operator-led venture firm backing technically-oriented founders building AI infrastructure, agents, verticals, space, defense, robotics, and spatial companies.
Pre-seed, Seed, Series AAi, Deeptech, Defense, DevtoolsUnited StatesApplication form
Omni Ventures
Making the Physical World Machine-Readable by investing in technologies building the connected foundation AI requires to operate in the physical world.
Pre-seed, SeedAi, Deeptech, HardwareUnited StatesApplication form
OnePrime Capital
OnePrime Capital invests in enduring venture-backed companies, with a focus on category-defining platform businesses.
Seed, Series AAi, Cybersecurity, Fintech, HardwareUnited StatesAccepts cold pitches
Outcast Ventures
Early-stage venture firm built on the belief that founding teams matter more than founding ideas.
Pre-seed, SeedAi, Consumer, Enterprise, HardwareUnited States$500k–$1MWebsite
Oval Park Capital
Backing engineering-led breakthroughs in seed-stage, hardtech startups commercializing physical and industrial technologies with defensible IP in mission-critical industries.
Seed, Series A, Series BAgtech, Deeptech, Energy, HardwareUnited StatesWebsite
Parkwalk Advisors
Backing world-changing deeptech companies emerging out of UK universities, bridging the gap between academic innovation and commercial success.
Growth, Seed, Series A, Series BAgtech, Ai, Climate, DeeptechUKAccepts cold pitches
Partners Resolute
Values-based investing focused on innovative business models that are structurally sound and strategically defensible.
Pre-seed, Seed, Series AAi, Biotech, Defense, HardwareUnited States$500k–$3MWebsite
Pathbreaker Ventures
Pathbreaker invests in specialized founders determined to solve the world's hardest problems through novel hardware and software technologies.
Pre-seed, SeedDeeptech, HardwareUnited States$500k–$3MWarm intro only
Picus Capital
Index Ventures invests in entrepreneurs and their vision, with particular focus on AI applications to biology and other transformative technologies.
Series A, Series BAi, Biotech, Fintech, HardwareSwitzerland, United Kingdom, United StatesWebsite
Piva Capital
Piva Capital invests in people, companies, and breakthrough technologies that will usher in a new industrial era.
Growth, Seed, Series A, Series BAi, Deeptech, HardwareUnited States$250k–$2MWebsite
Playground Global
Playground invests at the earliest stages in deep tech startups tackling world's hardest problems across AI, engineered biology, next-gen compute, and automation.
Pre-seed, SeedAi, Biotech, Deeptech, EnergyUnited StatesWebsite
Primary Venture Partners
Primary invests in founders building things the world hasn't seen yet at the moment before the world believes, with focus on vertical AI, hardware networks, and infrastructure.
SeedAi, Deeptech, HardwareUnited States$500k–$5MApplication form
Project A Ventures
First capital into engineers building in critical industries.
Pre-seedDeeptech, Defense, HardwareFrance, UK, United States$250k–$1MWebsite
Q Fund
Early-stage venture capital firm specializing in deep tech technologies including core infrastructure, hardware, and enabling technologies across sectors from energy to semiconductors, defense, quantum computing, industr
Pre-seed, Seed, Series AAi, Deeptech, Defense, EnergyIsraelWebsite
Red & Blue Ventures
Seed and early-stage venture capital fund investing in companies from the Penn ecosystem, primarily in information technology.
Seed, Series AHardwareUnited StatesApplication form
Refactor Capital
Backing founders refactoring the real world through hard tech startups.
SeedAi, Biotech, Climate, DeeptechUnited States$1M–$2MWebsite
Reinforced Ventures
Seeking irreplaceably competent founders building with robotics.
Pre-seed, Seed, Series AHardwareUnited KingdomAccepts cold pitches
SineWave Ventures
Pioneer Square Labs builds the next generation of world-changing companies by bringing together exceptional founders, big ideas, and investment capital.
Seed, Series ADeeptech, HardwareUnited States$500k–$5MWebsite
Square One Labs
Building companies powering the physical infrastructure of AI, with focus on robotics, automation, silicon systems, and energy out of Israel.
Pre-seed, SeedAi, Deeptech, Energy, HardwareIsraelWebsite
Susa Ventures
Invest in hard tech and hard sectors where founders build what others cannot.
Seed, Series ABiotech, Crypto, Deeptech, DefenseUnited States$750k–$1.5MWebsite
SVG Ventures-THRIVE
Early-stage venture firm backing ambitious founders building category-defining technologies across AI, robotics, climate tech, mobility, healthcare, deeptech, and sports & entertainment.
Seed, Series AAi, Climate, Deeptech, HardwareJP, United StatesWebsite
Tekfen Ventures
Back visionary founders pursuing bold transformations in legacy industries that build, feed, and supply the world.
Series A, Series BAgtech, Hardware, Proptech, SaasUnited StatesAccepts cold pitches
TenNine VC
Deep tech powering essential systems in energy, food, health, and climate to address structural gaps in critical infrastructure.
Pre-seed, Seed, Series AClimate, Deeptech, Energy, FoodtechEurope€100k–€500kWebsite
Third Sphere
Climate-focused venture fund backing founders building hardware-enabled solutions that address climate challenges and transform human systems to align with planetary systems.
Pre-seed, SeedClimate, HardwareUnited States$250k–$1MApplication form
Triatomic Capital
Investing in century-defining themes including next-gen compute, automated economy, new materials, engineered biology, and next energy.
Pre-seed, Seed, Series AAi, Biotech, Crypto, DeeptechUnited States$1M–$15MApplication form
TSVC Capital
TSVC backs exceptional technical founders at the earliest stages, focusing on Physical AI, robotics, advanced manufacturing, and energy systems.
SeedAi, Deeptech, HardwareUnited StatesWebsite
UP.Partners
Backing founders building intelligent hardware and infrastructure at the intersection of software and physical systems.
Pre-seed, Seed, Series AAi, Deeptech, Energy, HardwareUnited StatesAccepts cold pitches
US Investment Partners
Primary invests in founders building things the world hasn't seen yet at the moment before the world believes, with focus on vertical AI, hardware networks, and infrastructure.
SeedAi, Deeptech, HardwareUnited StatesWebsite
v1.vc
V1VC invests in AI Native and Deep Tech companies building software and hardware that power critical real-world industries.
SeedAi, Deeptech, Devtools, EnergyUnited States$250k–$2MApplication form
Valia Ventures
Valia backs founders building tomorrow's most iconic companies, starting at pre-seed and investing across the company lifecycle.
Growth, Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series BAi, Biotech, Deeptech, EnergyEurope, United Kingdom, United States$50k–$50MAccepts cold pitches
Voima Ventures
Investing early in European semiconductor, photonics, and advanced materials startups building the foundation of computing.
Pre-seed, SeedDeeptech, HardwareEurope€400k–€1MWebsite
Voyager Capital
Investing in the modern economy through AI-driven business solutions, software-driven hardware, sustainable agriculture, and supply chain.
Pre-seed, Seed, Series AAgtech, Ai, Hardware, SaasCanada, United StatesWebsite
Voyager Ventures
Investing in frontier energy, industrial, and climate technology companies that modernize the base layer of the economy.
Pre-seed, Seed, Series AClimate, Deeptech, Energy, HardwareEurope, United States$500k–$5MWebsite
Vsquared Ventures
They invest in deep technology companies advancing society through engineering innovation.
Seed, Series ADeeptech, HardwareGermany, United StatesWebsite
WI Harper Group
Growth equity firm investing in deep technology companies across Europe, the UK and the US with cross-border value-add strategy.
GrowthAi, Deeptech, Fintech, FoodtechGermany, France, United Kingdom, Ireland$500k–$5MWebsite
Wildcat Venture Partners
Playground invests at the earliest stages in deep tech startups tackling world's hardest problems across AI, engineered biology, next-gen compute, and automation.
Pre-seed, SeedAi, Biotech, Deeptech, EnergyUnited States$500k–$3MWebsite
XEIA Venture Partners
XEIA invests in life sciences, AI, hardware, software, deep tech and health tech to advance Human 3 - the new epoch of health, wellbeing and performance.
Pre-seed, SeedAi, Deeptech, Hardware, HealthtechWebsite
XSeed Capital Management
Piva Capital invests in people, companies, and breakthrough technologies that will usher in a new industrial era.
Growth, Seed, Series A, Series BAi, Deeptech, HardwareUnited StatesWebsite
XSLA Ventures
We invest in ex-Tesla founders who are bringing their real-world and hard-earned experience to what's next.
SeedAi, Hardware, SaasWebsite
Citta Capital Seed, Series AAi, Crypto, Hardware, HealthtechUnited StatesWebsite
Red Cedar Ventures Pre-seed, Seed, Series ADeeptech, Hardware, HealthtechUnited StatesWebsite
DHVC (Digital Horizon Capital)
Digital Horizon Capital invests in deep technology and hardware companies.
Seed, Series ADeeptech, HardwareUnited StatesWebsite
Grishin Robotics
Venture capital firm specializing in robotics and deep technology investments.
Seed, Series ADeeptech, Hardware, RoboticsGLOBAL, United States$500k–$10MWarm intro only
HTGF | High-Tech Gründerfonds
German venture capital fund supporting high-tech startups across Europe.
Series ADeeptech, Hardware, SaasGermany$300k–$1.2MWebsite
Intel Capital
Intel Capital invests in hardware, semiconductors, and deep technology aligned with Intel's strategic interests.
SeedDeeptech, HardwareUnited States$1M–$10MWebsite
Patron
Patron team member investing in deep technology and climate ventures.
Pre-seed, SeedClimate, Deeptech, HardwareUnited States$500k–$3MWebsite
Prime Movers Lab
Invests in deep science and engineering ventures addressing existential challenges.
Seed, Series AClimate, Deeptech, Hardware, HealthtechUnited States$1M–$10MApplication form
Unlock Venture Partners
Unlock Venture Partners invests in climate technology and advanced energy solutions.
Pre-seed, Seed, Series AClimate, Deeptech, HardwareUnited States$500k–$3MWebsite

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