6 VCs and 1 funds investing in Internet of Things
Founder and Partner
GTK Partners
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Ali works where technical systems, strategic finance and corporate transactions meet. GTK's work spans private growth companies, corporations and financial sponsors, with particular expertise in software-hardware convergence such as IoT, autonomy and robotics. His Tech. Cars. Machines. interviews examine commercialization, market readiness, technical defensibility and the corporate partnerships or financing required to scale complex technology.
Founder and Managing Partner of Union Peak and Union Labs
Union Labs
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Nate Williams invests or supports investments through Union Labs's published strategy: Back early physical-AI and deep-technology companies that sense, reason and act, bridging lab innovation to commercial launch with operator-led go-to-market expertise.
Operations Partner of Union Peak and Union Labs
Union Labs
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Annie Le is listed in a Operations Partner of Union Peak and Union Labs capacity at Union Labs. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; this profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.
Co-Founder of Union Labs
Union Labs
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Chris Kim invests or supports investments through Union Labs's published strategy: Back early physical-AI and deep-technology companies that sense, reason and act, bridging lab innovation to commercial launch with operator-led go-to-market expertise.
Partner
AppWorks
Check: $200K-$15M at the firm level, from Seed through Series C; AppWorks can lead or follow and reserves capital for follow-ons.
Andy focuses on growth-stage technology companies and evaluates them through business-model clarity, competitive strategy, product-market fit, and long-term value creation. His published perspective tracks the shift from hardware to software, centralized to decentralized systems, and physical to virtual experiences, within AppWorks' broader AI, blockchain, and Greater Southeast Asia mandate.
Partner
AppWorks
Check: $200K-$15M at the firm level, from Seed through Series C; AppWorks can lead or follow and reserves capital for follow-ons.
Nice focuses on growth-stage startups and seasoned founders, bringing a founder-operator lens shaped by building an internet company to profitability and later running strategy and operations after its acquisition. Within AppWorks, that lens is applied to technology companies in AI, blockchain, and Greater Southeast Asia, with particular attention to scalable operations, trusted customer relationships, and durable growth.