17 VCs and 3 funds investing in Hardware
Partner
Root Ventures
Check: $3M-$5M initial investments, as published by Root Ventures.
Kane Hsieh invests or supports investments through Root Ventures's published strategy: Lead initial funding for technically ambitious founders pursuing new opportunities in hardware, software infrastructure and deep technology.
Partner
Root Ventures
Check: $3M-$5M initial investments, as published by Root Ventures.
Chrissy Meyer invests or supports investments through Root Ventures's published strategy: Lead initial funding for technically ambitious founders pursuing new opportunities in hardware, software infrastructure and deep technology.
Co-Founder and General Partner
Baukunst
Check: $500K-$2M initial investments, with Baukunst generally leading the pre-seed round.
Axel Bichara invests or supports investments through Baukunst's published strategy: Lead company-formation and pre-seed rounds for creative technologists building interdisciplinary companies at the frontiers of technology and design.
Co-Founder and General Partner
Baukunst
Check: $500K-$2M initial investments, with Baukunst generally leading the pre-seed round.
Kate McAndrew invests or supports investments through Baukunst's published strategy: Lead company-formation and pre-seed rounds for creative technologists building interdisciplinary companies at the frontiers of technology and design.
Founder & Managing Partner
Pathbreaker Ventures
Check: Pathbreaker Ventures does not publish a standard check-size range on its official site.
Ryan Gembala invests or supports investments through Pathbreaker Ventures's published strategy: Invest at inception in technical founders building hard, non-obvious companies across AI, robotics, computer vision and hardware.
Board Partner
First Round Capital
Check: Firm-level: First Round says initial investments typically range from $1M-$7M, average about $3.5M, and have ranged below and above that; participating rounds have ranged from $100K-$20M.
Rob has historically backed founders pushing beyond existing market boundaries, including Uber, Square, Mint, eero, Gnip, and Planet Labs. His founder lens prizes CEOs who can move fluidly between a compelling high-altitude market narrative and microscopic product or hardware detail. His company-building guidance concentrates on hiring exceptional leaders, protecting cash runway, and maintaining a clear North Star.
Operations Manager
Root Ventures
Check: $3M-$5M initial investments, as published by Root Ventures.
Laelah Reino is listed in a Operations Manager capacity at Root Ventures. This profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.
Partner
Big Pi Ventures
Check: Firm-wide: Big Pi publishes equity tickets of €0.5M–€30M across its early-stage and growth funds. The current site does not publish Alex's personal range or the early-stage fund's narrower ticket policy, so the full platform range should not be read as his standard check.
Alex backs research- and engineering-led companies that start with a real problem, create defensible technical capability or intellectual property, and translate inventions into globally useful products. His GenAI analysis distinguishes durable innovation from undifferentiated model wrappers: proprietary data, deep domain knowledge, workflow integration, and a credible technical moat matter more than access to the same foundation models as everyone else.
Co-Founder and General Partner
Baukunst
Check: $500K-$2M initial investments, with Baukunst generally leading the pre-seed round.
Tyler Mincey invests or supports investments through Baukunst's published strategy: Lead company-formation and pre-seed rounds for creative technologists building interdisciplinary companies at the frontiers of technology and design.
Head of Communications and Content
Baukunst
Check: $500K-$2M initial investments, with Baukunst generally leading the pre-seed round.
Camille Creighton is listed in a Head of Communications and Content capacity at Baukunst. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.
Admin and Operations
Baukunst
Check: $500K-$2M initial investments, with Baukunst generally leading the pre-seed round.
Fern Massar is listed in a Admin and Operations capacity at Baukunst. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.
Partner
Root Ventures
Check: $3M-$5M initial investments, as published by Root Ventures.
Lee Edwards invests or supports investments through Root Ventures's published strategy: Lead initial funding for technically ambitious founders pursuing new opportunities in hardware, software infrastructure and deep technology.
Associate
Root Ventures
Check: $3M-$5M initial investments, as published by Root Ventures.
Zodi Chalat invests or supports investments through Root Ventures's published strategy: Lead initial funding for technically ambitious founders pursuing new opportunities in hardware, software infrastructure and deep technology.
Head of Operations
Root Ventures
Check: $3M-$5M initial investments, as published by Root Ventures.
Ben Lovell is listed in a Head of Operations capacity at Root Ventures. This profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.
Managing Partner
Root Ventures
Check: $3M-$5M initial investments, as published by Root Ventures.
Avidan Ross invests or supports investments through Root Ventures's published strategy: Lead initial funding for technically ambitious founders pursuing new opportunities in hardware, software infrastructure and deep technology.
Co-Founder and General Partner
Baukunst
Check: $500K-$2M initial investments, with Baukunst generally leading the pre-seed round.
Matt Thoms invests or supports investments through Baukunst's published strategy: Lead company-formation and pre-seed rounds for creative technologists building interdisciplinary companies at the frontiers of technology and design.
CFO
Baukunst
Check: $500K-$2M initial investments, with Baukunst generally leading the pre-seed round.
Mary Courtney-O'Sullivan is listed in a CFO capacity at Baukunst. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.