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Top 50 Hardware Angel Investors (October 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in Hardware startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Hardware startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Robert DeMaio
Angel
69 United States Convertible Note FinTech, Software, Health Care $50k–$300k
Edward Lando
Angel
63 United States, United Kingdom, France Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence $125k–$31M
Charlie Songhurst
Angel
42 United States, United Kingdom, Germany Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $500k–$24M
Sahin Boydas
Angel
42 United States, Canada, Mexico Seed, Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $500k–$150M
Wei Guo
Angel
37 United States, China, Canada Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet $150k–$19M
Hesham Zreik
Angel
35 United States, India, Nigeria Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce $10k–$5M
Lachy Groom
Angel
33 United States, India, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $2.2M–$80M
Jason Calacanis
Angel
32 United States, Australia, Canada Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence $25k–$5.3M
Daniel Curran
Angel
32 United States, Canada, Brazil Seed, Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, Internet $230k–$50M
Dylan Taylor
Angel
32 United States, Canada, Finland Seed, Series A, Angel Aerospace, Space Travel, Satellite Communication $34k–$21M
Scott Banister
Angel
30 United States, United Kingdom, India Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Mobile, Information Technology $500k–$45M
Tim Draper
Angel
30 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, FinTech, Financial Services $350k–$50M
Naval Ravikant
Angel
28 United States, India, Canada Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain $1M–$25M
Mark Cuban
Angel
27 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain $100k–$23M
Kevin Mahaffey
Angel
26 United States, Canada, Israel Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $700k–$30M
Bashar Hamood
Angel
26 United States, India, Nigeria Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce $6k–$5M
Xavier Niel
Angel
25 France, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $1.1M–$35M
Marc Benioff
Angel
25 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence $850k–$50M
Scott Belsky
Angel
23 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $1.1M–$50M
Wayne Chang
Angel
22 United States, Canada, Australia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, SaaS, Internet $1M–$250M
Gokul Rajaram
Angel
22 United States, India, Singapore Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $2.1M–$55M
Mark Pincus
Angel
21 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B FinTech, Internet, Software $1.1M–$116M
Sunmeet Jolly
Angel
20 United States, Israel, Hong Kong Seed, Series A, Equity Crowdfunding Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet $350k–$28M
Esther Dyson
Angel
20 United States, Egypt, Canada Seed, Series A, Angel Health Care, Software, Artificial Intelligence $300k–$16M
Chris Sang
Angel
19 United States, Australia, India Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, FinTech $120k–$21M
Balaji Srinivasan
Angel
19 United States, India, Singapore Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software $650k–$28M
Jackson Moses
Angel
19 United States, Canada, Nigeria Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Aerospace, National Security, Artificial Intelligence $450k–$70M
Shervin Pishevar
Angel
19 United States, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Mobile, E-Commerce $1.1M–$63M
Paul Buchheit
Angel
18 United States, Canada, India Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $100k–$14M
Nadav Ben-Chanoch
Angel
17 United States, France, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $120k–$30M
Will Herman
Angel
17 United States, South Africa, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Convertible Note Software, Mobile, Enterprise Software $400k–$8.8M
Bingqiang Gao
Angel
17 China, Hong Kong, United States Seed, Series A, Angel Robotics, Electronics, Manufacturing $1.3M–$43M
Jaan Tallinn
Angel
17 United States, Estonia, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $540k–$124M
Sam Altman
Angel
17 United States, Canada, Ghana Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $1.2M–$100M
Nat Friedman
Angel
17 United States, United Kingdom, India Seed, Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $2M–$130M
Kevin Lin
Angel
16 United States, India, Taiwan Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Gaming, Software, Information Technology $228k–$25M
Cyan Banister
Angel
16 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence $500k–$22M
Rob Dobson
Angel
15 United Kingdom, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, SaaS, Robotics $41k–$1.8M
Olivier Pomel
Angel
15 United States, France, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $1.6M–$35M
Alexis Ohanian
Angel
15 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Blockchain, E-Commerce $1.3M–$152M
Bhavik Bajaj
Angel
15 United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel Software, Information Technology, SaaS $15k–$5M
Greg Castle
Angel
15 United States, Ghana, Kenya Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality $500k–$50M
Immad Akhund
Angel
15 United States, India, Canada Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence $500k–$22M
Auren Hoffman
Angel
15 United States, Canada, Israel Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics $750k–$157M
Jeffrey Schox
Angel
15 United States, Kenya Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning $1.3M–$85M
Justin Kan
Angel
15 United States, Nigeria, India Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Financial Services, Information Technology $890k–$23M
Peter Thiel
Angel
14 United States, Germany, Canada Series A, Seed, Series B Software, FinTech, Financial Services $1.2M–$105M
Daniel Gross
Angel
14 United States, India Seed, Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $2.1M–$130M
Bryan Rosenblatt
Angel
14 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence $120k–$25M
Avichal Garg
Angel
14 United States, Canada, Mexico Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Blockchain, Financial Services $1.7M–$33M
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Robert DeMaio
Angel · Incline Village, Nevada, United States · 69 investments in Hardware startups, 69 in the past 12 months

Robert DeMaio is the founder and CEO of Phinge Corporation, where he leads development of its Netverse platform, verified NI, and related hardware and software technologies. He holds over 30 patents covering mobile devices, modular hardware systems, and software architectures related to a unified, app-less ecosystem. Through Phinge, he is focused on building a verified, hardware-based platform intended to support user-owned, controlled and monetized data and digital services. He is also the creator and promoter of the Netverse verified ecosystem and app-less platform, which emphasizes device-level verification, modular connectivity, and alternative platform infrastructure to traditional app-based systems.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Convertible Note
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 69
  • Round size: Convertible Note $50k–$300k
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Phinge — The world is changing forever.
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Edward Lando
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 63 investments in Hardware startups

Edward Lando is the founder of Pareto Holdings. He previously worked at Horizons School of Technology as a co-founder. Edward Lando attended the Wharton School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 581
  • Round size: Seed $950k–$6.3M; Pre-Seed $125k–$3.3M; Series A $5M–$31M
  • Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Humera — Humera - AI CAPTCHA That Knows You're Human
  • Allonic — Allonic is a robotics hardware company pioneering 3D Tissue Braiding, a new manufacturing platform for producing integrated, compliant, bio-inspired robotic bodies through a single, fully automated production process. By eliminating assembly-heavy designs and supply-chain complexity, Allonic enables significantly faster iteration, lower costs, andsafer, more dexterous robots to be built. Originally founded from Hungary and operating internationally with a US HQ and a growing team of 15, Allonic is building the hardware foundation for the next generation of intelligent machines.
  • Heywa Labs — Two products, one engine. Heywa Studio for businesses, Heywa for anyone with a question worth following.
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Charlie Songhurst
Angel · Greater Seattle Area, Washington, United States · 42 investments in Hardware startups, 25 in the past 12 months

Charlie Songhurst is a private investor in technology companies. He previously worked at Microsoft as Head of Corporate Strategy. Charlie attended the University of Oxford.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 259
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$8M; Pre-Seed $500k–$5.1M; Series A $2.9M–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Zeit AI — Zeit AI, founded by former Palantir engineers, generates a structured data base atop your tabular data files which you can query using natural language. For example, you suspect an efficiency in your organisation and you have a bunch of data files, instead of reading through all of them one by one in excel, you explore them in Zeit AI. Theycurrently offer a two-week pilot program where their engineers develop tailored solutions for data challenges involving CSV, Excel, or PDF files.
  • Mantic — Mantic is a world-class technical team on a mission to solve the next AI grand challenge: predicting global events with superhuman accuracy, and deploying this capability to power radically improved decision-making in business and government.
  • Pilgrim — Pioneering a biologically enhanced future for humanity.
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Sahin Boydas
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 42 investments in Hardware startups

Sahin Boydas is the Founder & CEO of Lovie.co. He is part of PEF Community as PEF Chapter Lead.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 290
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$15M; Series A $8M–$36M; Series B $23M–$150M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lamb Labs — Lamb Labs is building model processing units that hardcode AI models into silicon for faster, more efficient inference.
  • Normal Computing — Normal Computing was founded by former members of the Google Brain Team, Palantir, and X who unlocked AI for some of the largest-scale and most mission-critical production systems, and the industry leading ML frameworks for Probabilistic and Quantum AI.
  • Reliable Robotics — Advanced automation will make aircraft safer, more available, more affordable and fundamentally transformative to the way goods and people move around the planet.
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Wei Guo
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 37 investments in Hardware startups

Wei Guo, the founding partner of UpHonest Capital, is an active angel investor in Silicon Valley, focusing on early-stage cross-sector investments. He founded Wei Fund in 2015 and UpHonest Capital Fund I in 2016, invested in well-known companies such as Hims&Hers(NYSE: HIMS), Vicarious Surgical(NYSE: RBOT), Knightscope (NASDAQ: KSCP), Checkr, Lime, Boom, Rescale, Dialpad and more. Since 2015, he has invested in over 400 Silicon Valley startups, over 76 companies with valuations greater than 100 million USD, and 23 portfolio companies that have successfully exited.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, China, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 183
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$4.3M; Angel $375k–$10M; Series A $7M–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • tbh — tbh is a developer of a mobile application designed to provide anonymous feedback to friends. The company's mobile application facilitates asking or answering questions, open text fields and invite abuse when combined with anonymity, enabling users to say things without repercussions and feel better about themselves from the positive feedbackon social networks.
  • Golden — Golden is a developer of a self-constructing knowledge database used to accelerate discovery and education. The company uses and leverages human effort by using machine intelligence to make the process of gathering and communicating knowledge simpler.It combines a powerful search across several entities with fine-grain alerts to stay on top ofchanges, and semi-automatic research assistance for gaps in knowledge that enable people in organizations to stay current, understand and leverage the latest trends in their industry.
  • Crossing — Crossing Media is a live broadcast e-commerce service company that builds awareness, engagement, and sales through live-stream shopping.
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Hesham Zreik
Angel · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 35 investments in Hardware startups

Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1175
  • Round size: Seed $20k–$2M; Pre-Seed $10k–$1M; Series A $170k–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • EasyBusy — EasyBusy is a contractor-client matching platform designed to address key challenges in the GCC service and construction economy.
  • Excel And Impact Agro — Excel And Impact Agro aims to tackle the chronic shortage of vegetable production in Côte d'Ivoire.
  • JLC Industry Of Tomato Paste Sarl U — JLC Industry is a Togolese agro-industrial startup dedicated to the production, processing, and commercialization of tomato concentrate.
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Lachy Groom
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 33 investments in Hardware startups, 16 in the past 12 months

Lachy Groom is an Australian entrepreneur, investor, and technology executive. He joined Stripe as its 30th employee and later served as Head of Stripe Issuing, where he worked across product, growth, operations, and international expansion. He founded LGF, an investment firm focused on early-stage technology companies, and has invested in companies including Figma, Notion, Ramp, and Lattice. He is also a co-founder of Physical Intelligence, a company developing artificial intelligence systems for robots.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, India, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 230
  • Round size: Seed $2.2M–$10M; Series A $8.5M–$37M; Series B $20M–$80M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Airbound — Welcome to Airbound, where we're reaching the unreachable with our zero infrastructure deliveries. Discover our innovative solutions for efficient and sustainable delivery systems.
  • alteon energy — Alteon develops long-endurance aircraft and unmanned aerial systems for extended-duration flight. Its designs combine solar power and dynamic soaring to support continuous operation.
  • Volantis — Volantis specializes in developing AI-driven semiconductor solutions. The company focuses on creating advanced systems that support high-performance computing for various applications, including networking, data centers, and edge computing. Volantis provides integrated hardware and software platforms designed to optimize processing power, energyefficiency, and scalability. Their technology aims to enhance the capabilities of existing infrastructure, making it adaptable to emerging computational demands. The company's solutions cater to industries that require robust, efficient computing power at scale.
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Jason Calacanis
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 32 investments in Hardware startups, 25 in the past 12 months

Jason Calacanis is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the Founder and CEO of LAUNCH. Jason previously worked at Weblogs, Inc. as the CEO and Co-Founder. Jason Calacanis attended Fordham University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: United States, Australia, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 786
  • Round size: Seed $525k–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.1M; Convertible Note $25k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hermetiq — Migrate to Bazel, run your builds, and improve build performance with Hermetiq. Explore AI-powered build operations in the cloud or your environment.
  • 8090 Solutions — Quality. Control. Consistency. The AI-native platform that puts documentation, collaboration, and oversight at the center of software development.
  • Neurometric AI — Making Intelligence Free | https://t.co/ZxWxeMBJt2 | https://t.co/W8nlLqYwQi
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Daniel Curran
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 32 investments in Hardware startups

Daniel Curran is the Founder and CEO at CustEx.com. He is retired from Angel investing due to a lack of exits.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Brazil

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 188
  • Round size: Seed $230k–$5M; Series A $3.4M–$16M; Series B $2.3M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CARD.com — Fully featured bank account with optional overdraft protection and round up savings account. Get your paycheck up to 2 days earlier.
  • RentoMojo — RentoMojo is an online furniture rental platform that was incorporated in November 2014.It currently operates in Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida.RentoMojo was founded by Geetansh Bamania, an ex-IITM, in November 2014 in India. Like many other young working professionals, he was living in rented apartments,working long hours and found it inconvenient to equip the house with furniture when he moved. RentoMojo was developed to provide an alternative to buying and selling furniture in rental properties.
  • GC Plus — Find Your Next Home Service Expert With Ease
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Dylan Taylor
Angel · Denver, Colorado, United States · 32 investments in Hardware startups

Dylan Taylor is based out of Denver, Colorado, and is the Chief Executive Office and Chairman at Voyager Technologies. Dylan Taylor attended University of Arizona.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Aerospace, Space Travel, Satellite Communication
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Finland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 64
  • Round size: Seed $34k–$5M; Angel $500k–$1M; Series A $2.8M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Xplore — Xplore is flying commercial missions in Earth orbits with their XCRAFT™, and they invite you to join us. They take civilian, commercial and national security payloads to their desired orbit around Earth for their science or reconnaissance missions.
  • LeoLabs — LeoLabs' network of ground-based, phased array radars produces high-resolution data on objects in LEO, supporting satellite service industries.
  • Space Forge — High-quality compound-semiconductor substrates manufactured in the space environment.
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Scott Banister
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 30 investments in Hardware startups

Scott is an American entrepreneur and angel investor. He is best known as a co-founder of IronPort and an early advisor and board member at PayPal. Scott Banister started his career as a pioneer in the email business. He was Founder and VP of Technology at ListBot, the largest ASP for business email list hosting. ListBot was acquired by Microsoft. After ListBot, Scott spent his time working with other start-ups as a board member and investor. These start-ups include eVoice, creator of the first email-enabled home voicemail service, which was acquired by AOL in 2001. He served as VP of Ideas at idealab!, where he contributed numerous innovations, including the unique bid-for-placement search engine model that powers Overture. In December 2000, with Scott Weiss, Banister co-founded IronPort, an email appliance provider that was acquired in 2007 by Cisco for US$830 million. Scott Banister is co-founder and Chairman of [Zivity](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/zivity), a social networking site co-founded with his wife, [Cyan Banister](http://www.crunchbase.com/person/cyan-banister). He was an early investor in [Powerset](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/powerset), a startup building a natural language search engine, and sits on the company's Board of Directors. He also sits on the Board of Directors for Slide, a start-up founded by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin. Other private equity investments include Zappos.com, LiveOps, Facebook, Hi5.com, Tagged.com, iLike, and Causes.com. Banister attended University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, from which he dropped out in 1996 to move to Silicon Valley. He currently lives in Half Moon Bay, California with his wife Cyan.

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  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 160
  • Round size: Seed $660k–$6.5M; Angel $500k–$1.3M; Series A $1.4M–$45M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Barndoor AI — Barndoor is the enterprise AI gateway: govern every model and MCP server with unified access control, DLP, cost controls, and audit-ready visibility.
  • Artemis — Powered by AI, Mona Lee is the fastest, most efficient way for homeowners to go solar. Through a direct-to-consumer approach, Mona Lee’s AI-powered self-serve platform transforms the solar buying experience by eliminating non-stop solicitation calls, lengthy design and evaluation processes, and back-and-forth price negotiations that can take up toweeks. With Mona Lee, customers go from quote to scheduling their installation in minutes. Feel free to visit our website to read customer testimonials and Mona Lee solar reviews.Mona Lee was founded by a group of serial entrepreneurs with decades of experience in clean energy. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA and is proud to serve homeowners nationwide.
  • Together AI — Together will enable researchers, developers & companies to leverage and improve artificial intelligence with an intuitive data, models & computation platform.
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Tim Draper
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 30 investments in Hardware startups, 19 in the past 12 months

Tim Draper is the Founding Partner of Draper Associates. He attended Harvard Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 328
  • Round size: Seed $350k–$5.9M; Series A $2.5M–$25M; Series B $3M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CASIMIR —
  • illumicell AI — illumicell AI combines patented AI algorithms and proprietary microscopy technology to test 50x faster, 20x more effectively, empowering every healthcare provider at the point of care – not just fertility clinics – with accessible, scalable fertility diagnostics.
  • SignalRank — SignalRank owns a growing asset portfolio of top performing venture backed companies. It enters at Series B by helping early stage investors maintain their ownership in their best assets. The resulting portfolio is a top decile venture performer since inception in May 2023. SignalRank finances early stage investors’ pro-rata in qualifying Series B rounds through an automated process designed for speed, high-conviction selection, and partner-aligned economics. it can decide inside 24 hours and fund in less than a week. As a result SignalRank has 300+ seed partners who invite it to partner for pro-rata financing in their fastest growing companies. It sees a high percentage of all Series B term sheets prior to close. Capital is supplied from SignalRank’s balance sheet, with no capital calls or partner IC process delays. Check size correlates with capital available. SignalRank handles SPV setup and ongoing administration, with a target of moving from partner allocation request to funding in 5 business days. 20% of the profit on each investment goes directly to partners. SignalRank creates deal-by-deal SPVs; SignalRank does not charge management fees for this partner product. The portfolio can be seen at - https://signalrank.com/signalrank-index.html
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Naval Ravikant
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 28 investments in Hardware startups, 11 in the past 12 months

Naval Ravikant is an entrepreneur, angel investor, and co-founder and chairman of AngelList, where he previously served as CEO. He has founded or co-founded several technology companies, including Epinions, Vast.com, and CoinList, and has invested in companies such as Twitter, Uber, Postmates, and Notion. He also co-founded Airchat and has managed investment vehicles, including MetaStable Capital and Spearhead. Ravikant studied computer science and economics at Dartmouth College and writes about entrepreneurship, investing, wealth creation, and philosophy through his personal website, Nav.al.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, India, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 280
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$12M; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$5M; Series A $3M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fab2 — Fab2 is a semiconductor technology company that designs and builds chip fabs, manufacturing tools, components, and software in-house.
  • W4 Games — This is the homepage of the website
  • Conway — Conway is a technology company building software and digital solutions to streamline business operations and accelerate growth.
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Mark Cuban
Angel · Dallas, Texas, United States · 27 investments in Hardware startups, 9 in the past 12 months

Mark Cuban is the founder of Fireside, Chairman and Founding Partner of AXS TV, and the Owner of Dallas Mavericks. He previously worked at Broadcast.com as a Co-Founder. Mark Cuban attended the Indiana University Bloomington.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 262
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$7.5M; Angel $100k–$900k; Series A $3.2M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Scripto — Whether you're taping a show in a studio, collaborating on screenplays, or making a video game, Scripto helps you do your best work and save time while you do it.
  • Kind Designs — Kind Designs is a trusted 3D Printed seawall contractor in Miami offering custom seawall construction, shoreline protection, erosion control solutions.
  • The Athletics — The Athletics franchise is a professional spectator sports organization that operates a Major League Baseball club. The company manages athletic team rosters, player scouting, talent development, and medical staff for its baseball operations. It coordinates live event production, stadium technology, corporate sponsorships, and ticket saleslogistics for professional games. Additionally, the business oversees regional television, radio, and streaming broadcast infrastructure to distribute sports media content.
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Kevin Mahaffey
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 26 investments in Hardware startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Kevin Patrick Mahaffey is the Founder of Lookout and SNR. He is also the Executive Chairman of Stork Club and an Investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 160
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$8.2M; Pre-Seed $700k–$5.6M; Series A $5.3M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cara — Cara AI helps insurance agencies, brokerages, and wholesalers automate sales and servicing workflows, reduce manual tasks, and focus on client relationships.
  • Osmo Studio — Osmo is an AI-native video editor for product launch videos and motion graphics. Turn ideas, Figma files, and footage into polished, on-brand animations, built as editable code.
  • Triangle Health — Triangle brings your medical records together, reads them with you in plain language and researches your options, with a physician-reviewed analysis.
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Bashar Hamood
Angel · , , United Arab Emirates · 26 investments in Hardware startups

Bashar Hamood is a Venture Partner at FasterCapital. He previously worked as an Associate Director at Logica. He attended Heriot-Watt University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 633
  • Round size: Seed $13k–$1.8M; Pre-Seed $6k–$413k; Series A $33k–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • EcoBites — EcoBites is a subscription service that delivers sustainably sourced and eco-friendly packaged snacks and meals to consumers doorsteps.
  • Lawyeree — A platform offering AI legal advice to clients and allowing clients to be connected with the best lawyers.
  • ZohoOptimizer AI — ZohoOptimizer AI is a platform designed to enhance Zoho’s suite of business applications by providing AI-driven process automation.
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Xavier Niel
Angel · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 25 investments in Hardware startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Xavier Niel is based out of Paris, France and is the Founder of NJJ Holding.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 141
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$35M; Series A $3M–$23M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.1M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Qutwo — We build AI that helps industry leaders define the next decade of competitive advantage.
  • HrFlow.ai — Meet the first AI agents and Foundation models trained on billions of interview outcomes. The Hiring SuperIntelligence predicts your next hires and who's worth meeting, saving managers thousands of hours wasted on false positives.
  • Arlequin AI — Unlock actionable insights from complex social data to drive strategic decisions using our AI models.
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Marc Benioff
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 25 investments in Hardware startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Marc Benioff is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-Founder of Salesforce. Marc previously worked at Oracle Corporation as a Senior Vice President. Marc Benioff attended the University of Southern California.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 207
  • Round size: Seed $850k–$11M; Series A $5.9M–$30M; Series B $7M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • June.ai — Discover June, a digital communication hub that replaces your email experience. June creates a new world for your existing email that gives you more control, interactivity and efficiency.
  • Panthalassa — We're harnessing renewable energy in the open ocean and delivering it around the world. Engineered in Portland, Oregon.
  • Factory — Factory is bringing autonomy to software engineering.
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Scott Belsky
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 23 investments in Hardware startups, 15 in the past 12 months

Scott Belsky is based out of New York, New York and is the partner of A24. Scott previously worked at Adobe as a Chief Strategy Officer, Executive Vice President of Design & Emerging Products. Scott Belsky attended the Harvard Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 289
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$8.7M; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$5M; Series A $10M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Osmo Studio — Osmo is an AI-native video editor for product launch videos and motion graphics. Turn ideas, Figma files, and footage into polished, on-brand animations, built as editable code.
  • Gravity — Gravity helps AI platforms earn revenue and connects advertisers with high-intent buyers through personalized ads inside AI answers.
  • Instinct — Instinct is an artificial intelligence startup developing AI technology.
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Wayne Chang
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 22 investments in Hardware startups

Wayne Chang is the Founder and CEO of Reasoner. He previously worked at Crashlytics as a Co-Founder and Chairman. Wayne Chang attended the University of Massachusetts.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 188
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$5.6M; Series A $6M–$20M; Venture - Series Unknown $3M–$250M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • tbh — tbh is a developer of a mobile application designed to provide anonymous feedback to friends. The company's mobile application facilitates asking or answering questions, open text fields and invite abuse when combined with anonymity, enabling users to say things without repercussions and feel better about themselves from the positive feedbackon social networks.
  • T2 — T2 is in early alpha. 280 character text, replies, and likes - that's it for now. Browse content now and sign up for the waitlist.
  • Ghost Message — Record and turn your classes into automated notes, quizzes, flashcards together with classmates.
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Gokul Rajaram
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 22 investments in Hardware startups

Gokul Rajaram is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Founding Partner of Marathon Management Partners and also serves as Board of Directors of Straiker. Gokul Rajaram attended Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, India, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 302
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$12M; Series A $6.5M–$39M; Series B $12M–$55M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Knit — Knit is an AI-Native Research Agency that combines the rigor and expertise of a traditional agency with the speed and efficiency of AI.
  • Trmeric — trmeric is the AI-powered platform where enterprise transformation lives, aligning business and IT to turn guesswork into certainty and proven ROI.
  • Conway — Conway is a technology company building software and digital solutions to streamline business operations and accelerate growth.
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Mark Pincus
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 21 investments in Hardware startups

Mark Pincus is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Founder of Playful.AI. Mark previously worked at Tribe.net as a CEO and Co-Founder. Mark Pincus attended Harvard Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 103
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$10M; Series A $2.7M–$40M; Series B $8.5M–$116M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • fomo — Trade memecoins, altcoins, and stablecoins on the only social-first crypto platform. Follow traders, copy trades, and swap on web and mobile (fomo app). Never miss out again.
  • PlayerZero — PlayerZero builds an engineering world model so SRE, QA, and support teams resolve incidents, prevent defects, and close tickets faster.
  • SalesPatriot — We deploy AI into supply chains that the West depends on.
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Sunmeet Jolly
Angel · San Jose, California, United States · 20 investments in Hardware startups

Managing Partner @ Jolly VC, LLCFounder and Patent holder - GROTU mobile app @ 101 Islands LLC. Angel investor in 44 pre-IPO technology startups. Frequently invited by accelerators and angel forums to Judge startup competitions and discuss technology innovation. Former IT Consulting industry executive who sold hundreds of millions of dollars inconsulting services to Fortune 500 companies working for Cap Gemini, HCL, L&T, NTT data.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Equity Crowdfunding
  • Geography: United States, Israel, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 68
  • Round size: Seed $350k–$9M; Series A $468k–$28M; Equity Crowdfunding $629k–$8.3M
  • Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • TransCrypts — We all have that file box where we throw all our important documents. Our goal at TransCrypts is to make that box digital and have all the documents secured through the blockchain. We currently offer industry leading privacy and security standards on our file storage and sharing platform and have solutions for individuals all the way to enterprises.
  • AtomBeam — Atombeam Technologies is a software company building two AI platforms. Neurpac applies machine learning and advanced mathematics to compact and encrypt data in real time, reducing data volume and latency across transport-agnostic deployments. PCM (Persistent Cognitive Machine) is a geometric AI reasoning engine that reasons from mathematicalstructure rather than pattern-matching, enabling private, low-cost AI that runs behind the enterprise firewall.The company serves enterprise, government, and defense customers, with nearly 600 patents filed, eight active U.S. Department of War programs, an active DARPA engagement, and a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with NIWC Pacific. Partners include DXC, Oracle, Ericsson, HPE, Viasat, and Trilliant.
  • Pops Diabetes Care — If you are an employer, caregiver, or just someone who wants an easy diabetes management system, Click here to learn how we can help!
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Esther Dyson
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 20 investments in Hardware startups

Esther Dyson - Founder @ Way to Wellville

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Egypt, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 93
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$4M; Angel $330k–$2.9M; Series A $1.5M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • The Beans — The Beans offers a software application platform that creates personalized cash flow plans designed for its users. The Beans is Simplifying the path to financial balance through design and technology so that people can focus on what they love.
  • NextSense — Introducing NextSense Smartbuds: EEG-powered earbuds that go beyond sleep tracking. Backed by science, Smartbuds provide real-time insights to help you achieve deeper, more restorative sleep. Comfortable, intuitive, and easy to use, Smartbuds empower you to wake up your best self.
  • Openwater — OPENWATER - THE FUTURE OF NEURAL DIAGNOSTICS IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND.
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Chris Sang
Angel · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 19 investments in Hardware startups

Venture Capitalist, Managing Partner, Chief Technology Officer

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Australia, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 135
  • Round size: Seed $343k–$4M; Pre-Seed $120k–$900k; Series A $2.5M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cloobot Inc — Cloobot X: Your Premier Software Implementation transforms your vision into reality with our state-of-the-art software implementation studio. Leveraging cutting-edge AI technology, our expert team delivers rapid, efficient, and innovative solutions tailored to your unique business needs.
  • Tokenise — Tokenise acts as a data layer for web3 projects and their tokens. We help founders build their tokens simply, mint/launch their tokens on-chain and then manage their tokens in one place. Tokenise enables founders to curate rich data rooms that make it easier for investors to get onboard. We empower community with unprecedented insights andaccessibility into their favourite projects and their tokens.
  • Bloodstock Advantage — Stealth
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Balaji Srinivasan
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 19 investments in Hardware startups, 14 in the past 12 months

Balaji Srinivasan is based out of Singapore, Central Region and is the Founder, Investor, and Author of Network School. Balaji previously worked at Coinbase as a CTO. Balaji Srinivasan attended Stanford University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 276
  • Round size: Seed $2.3M–$15M; Pre-Seed $650k–$4.2M; Series A $6M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vorflux — Cloud agents that ship production code. An opinionated harness that runs the full SDLC on dedicated machines.
  • Dirac Labs — Universal Navigation powered by Quantum Sensing & AI
  • Physical Superintelligence — Physical Superintelligence develops physical superintelligence systems that use AI-driven research to study physics, engineer physical systems, and explore new physical laws. Its approach combines human scientists with virtual physicists that conduct autonomous research campaigns covering hypothesis development, verification, experimentation,engineering, and deployment. The company focuses initially on the physical infrastructure underlying AI, including energy, materials, computation, sensing, and manufacturing.
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Jackson Moses
Angel · Palo Alto, California, United States · 19 investments in Hardware startups

Jackson Moses is the Founder and Managing Partner of Silent Ventures. He previously worked at ThinkOrbital as an Advisor. Jackson attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he took a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a focus on Monetary Policy and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a focus on Game Theory.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Aerospace, National Security, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 132
  • Round size: Seed $3.6M–$25M; Pre-Seed $450k–$5.4M; Series A $7M–$70M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pilgrim — Pioneering a biologically enhanced future for humanity.
  • Stack Health — Stack Health is the operating system for personalized health plans to accelerate the transition to coverage being owned by individuals instead of employers. Stack helps our members visualize their healthcare as a ‘stack’ of products that all come together in a seamless way to create a customized and comprehensive approach to healthcare. Stackpartners with employers to create a contribution strategy that migrates from the group health world's cost and complexity toward a solution that enables freedom, transparency, and efficiency.
  • Thor Dynamics — Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, with a European base in Finland, Thor Dynamics specializes in directed energy systems for defense against drones and drone swarms. The company’s innovative solutions are available worldwide to protect critical infrastructure and enhance national security. Laser Armor™ is a complete directed energy counter-dronesolution. Utilizing advanced radar and optical systems it can detect, track, and target hostile targets. High-power directed energy from Thor’s Laser Engines then eliminates the threat in seconds. Multiple safety systems ensure accurate target identification and minimal collateral damage.
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Shervin Pishevar
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 19 investments in Hardware startups

Shervin Pishevar is the Co-Founder at Virgin Hyperloop.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 136
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$4.5M; Series A $3.5M–$15M; Series B $8.3M–$63M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Limit Break — Limit Break is a blockchain game company.
  • Teleport — Meet your most compatible connections. Attend members only curated experiences. Receive proposed matches from your AI Matchmaker.
  • NUE Life Health — NUE Life aims to improve mental wellness by enhancing brain function, performance, and longevity through evidence-based and scientifically proven mental health treatments and products. NUE Life has created a therapeutic ecosystem of ketamine therapy, an interactive companion app, and virtual aftercare programs to help people heal.
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Paul Buchheit
Angel · Mountain View, California, United States · 18 investments in Hardware startups

Paul Buchheit is based out of Mountain View, California and is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Standard Capital. Paul Buchheit attended Case Western Reserve University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Canada, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 158
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5M; Angel $100k–$1.6M; Series A $2.5M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SiPhox Health — Painless, 5-minute biomarker testing at home. Clear insights, trend tracking, and a personalized plan built around your results.
  • BuildForever — We build products that feel personal, magical and deeply human
  • Perplexity — Perplexity is a search engine platform that uses artificial intelligence to provide large language models and search engines. The company's platform enables the development of beneficial artificial general intelligence, as well as an open-source environment that is accessible to the public, allowing clients to develop skills and knowledge inartificial intelligence.
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Nadav Ben-Chanoch
Angel · Miami, Florida, United States · 17 investments in Hardware startups

Nadav Ben-Chanoch

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, France, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 232
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$6M; Pre-Seed $120k–$2.5M; Series A $4M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Swaap — We build & operate onchain trading systems. We are a group of scientists and technologists committed to build open systems.
  • micro1 — We help companies hire and manage the best software engineers easily.
  • Skedway — Skedway connects software, AI, sensors, displays and automation into one intelligent operational layer for the physical workplace.
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Will Herman
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 17 investments in Hardware startups

Will Herman is an active angel investor, corporate director, author, and startup mentor. He was previously a serial entrepreneur, having started five companies, taking two of them public. Will is an adviser at the hardware incubator, Bolt, and a mentor at TechStars. He lives and works mostly in the Boston area.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Enterprise Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
  • Geography: United States, South Africa, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 63
  • Round size: Seed $400k–$2.8M; Series A $557k–$8.8M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • VueBox — VueBox places interactive content in rideshare vehicles
  • Pristeem — The laundry & dry cleaning services industry has seen no hardware innovation in a long time resulting in 24 hr+ turnarounds, insanely expensive prices, and a complete lack of reliability. Pristēm has built a magical new clothing care experience that's 150x faster, 10x cheaper, and hassle free. Our smart hardware and consumable cleansyour outfit exactly when you need it, not 24 hours later.Our nationwide network of smart hardware products can be accessed through your mobile phone and a monthly subscription. Pristēm provides the best customer experience that's a faster, greener, and more enjoyable alternative to the laundry and dry cleaning services available today.
  • Looking Glass Factory — Introducing Looking Glass Portrait, your first personal holographic display. Designed for people, real and imagined. Available for pre-order today.
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Bingqiang Gao
Angel · , , China · 17 investments in Hardware startups, 12 in the past 12 months

Bingqiang Gao is the Independent Non-Executive Director of Q Tech.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Robotics, Electronics, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: China, Hong Kong, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$43M; Angel $1.5M–$2.8M; Series A $10M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Wuwai Zhiqu — Wuwai Zhiqu is a developer of wearable hardware for early childhood education. Through its self-developed proactive multimodal AI Agent architecture, it can record and understand children's daily life scenarios in real time.
  • Blue Emergence — Blue Emergence is a marine technology consumer products company,
  • Xunlu Innovation — Xunlu Innovation is a cutting-edge bicycle manufacturer based in Shenzhen, China, specializing in intelligent electric cargo bikes designed to meet modern urban mobility needs.
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Jaan Tallinn
Angel · Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia · 17 investments in Hardware startups

Jaan Tallinn is the Co-Founder of the Centre for Study of Existential Risk and Future of Life Institute.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Estonia, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 67
  • Round size: Seed $540k–$15M; Pre-Seed $799k–$2.1M; Series A $3.3M–$124M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ZaiNar — ZaiNar turns the wireless networks that already exist into a sensor, delivering centimeter-level 3D location indoors, outdoors, and underground.
  • Lightyear — Lightyear is a simple and approachable way to invest your money globally without unnecessary barriers and fees.
  • Blueprint Bryan Johnson — On the surface, Blueprint may seem something about health, wellness and aging. It's really a system to make tomorrow better for you, me, the planet and our shared future with AI.
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Sam Altman
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 17 investments in Hardware startups

Sam Altman is the Co-Founder and CEO of OpenAI. Sam previously served as Board Chair at Helion Energy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Ghana

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 199
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$9.3M; Series A $10M–$50M; Series B $17M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Exowatt — Modular full-stack renewable energy solutions for commercial and industrial customers.
  • Preventive — Preventive mission is to determine whether the newest generation of gene editing technologies can be used safely and responsibly to correct devastating genetic conditions for future children.
  • Red Queen Bio — Red Queen Bio is an AI biosecurity company. Think of us as the cybersecurity layer for biology. AI is making it dramatically easier to design powerful new drugs and therapies, which is extraordinary news for medicine. But the same tools are also lowering the barrier for bad actors to engineer dangerous pathogens, and opening up an entirely new category of threats, including viruses designed to evade human immunity.Defense has to keep pace with offense.
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Nat Friedman
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 17 investments in Hardware startups

Nat Friedman is an entrepreneur and developer. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Nat Friedman has two degrees from MIT and has been writing software for 27 years. Nat Friedman is passionate about building products that delight customers with love and attention to detail.In 1999, he co-founded Ximian with Miguel de Icaza. Natwas a co-founder and chairman of the GNOME Foundation. At Novell, Nat ran engineering for a $110M product and served as CTO of the Linux business.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 149
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$15M; Series A $11M–$60M; Series B $28M–$130M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • NewLimit — NewLimit is extending human healthspan by unlocking regenerative potential.
  • Shellworks — Reimaging nature's packaging with beautifully sustainable, truly compostable alternatives to plastic for cosmetics and beauty products.
  • Viktor — Viktor is the AI employee that lives in Slack and Microsoft Teams, connects to 9,800+ tools, and does the work. Reports, dashboards, code, campaigns. Start free.
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Kevin Lin
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 16 investments in Hardware startups

Kevin Lin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Metatheory. He previously worked at Everyday Ventures as an Owner and Manager. Kevin Lin attended Yale University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Taiwan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 134
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$9M; Pre-Seed $228k–$4.7M; Series A $6M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Origin Lab — Origin Lab licenses premium content from game studios and 3D universes - delivering structured, multimodal data for AI training.
  • Catena Labs — Catena is a product studio where we transform complex computing advancements into accessible, practical tools for users and developers. Leveraging AI and web3 technology our aim is to turn innovative ideas into real-world applications that are easy to use.
  • Asterix — Hybrid is the future
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Cyan Banister
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 16 investments in Hardware startups

Cyan Banister is a partner at Founders Fund, where she invests across sectors and stages with a particular interest in augmented reality, fertility, heavily regulated industries and businesses that help people with basic skills find meaningful work. Prior to joining Founders Fund, Cyan was an active angel investor with a portfolio including Uber, Thumbtack, SpaceX, Postmates, EShares, Affirm and Niantic, creator of Pokémon GO. A self-taught engineer and entrepreneur, Cyan has held a number of technical leadership positions throughout her career. As an early employee at IronPort, which was acquired by Cisco, Cyan oversaw support infrastructure and performance for a global customer base. She has a passion for the arts and is a voracious film, documentary and media consumer.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 149
  • Round size: Seed $650k–$5.7M; Angel $500k–$1.3M; Series A $1.5M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FLORA — FLORA is the AI-powered canvas for designers, brand teams, and agencies. Generate, edit, and produce visuals across 50+ models in one workspace.
  • Vigil Labs — Machine intelligence for live markets.
  • Barndoor AI — Barndoor is the enterprise AI gateway: govern every model and MCP server with unified access control, DLP, cost controls, and audit-ready visibility.
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Rob Dobson
Angel · Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom · 15 investments in Hardware startups

Rob founded Actix (actix.com) in 1991 and as CEO (1991-2005) grew it to over $50m revenue by 2005. More than 90% of the world’s mobile phone customers have their networks optimized by Actix software and Rob has worked with many of the world’s leading mobile operators and infrastructure vendors. In 2005 he sold a majority stake in the company to PE firm Summit Partners at a $100+m valuation. He has invested in a further 30+ startups and has had five very successful exits (he's not counting failures as they come with the territory). Rob is chairman of Robotical (robotical.io) and DevicePilot.com. He's also the founding chairman of Singletrack.com and a supporter of the unique orchestra SouthbankSinfonia.co.uk. As an inveterate tinkerer in software and hardware, he's fascinated by IoT, 3D printing and the maker movement (as you can probably see from his personal website (robdobson.com). Rob is a Fellow of the IET and has a 1st class honours degree in Electronic Engineering.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Robotics
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 56
  • Round size: Seed $378k–$1.8M; Angel $104k–$900k; Pre-Seed $41k–$1.6M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Robotical — Robotical brings STEM learning to life. Explore coding, robotics, and physical computing with Marty the Robot and other hands-on STEM tools.
  • Mallzee — Mallzee started as a Tinder style Shopping app to help consumers find clothes quickly on mobile. In the last 3 years we’ve grown to be the biggest multi retailer shopping app in the UK with nearly 1m users. Consumers love our simple approach to browsing and now swipe tens of millions of products every month. As we developed this incredibly engagedcommunity we used this swipe data to improve our business.We're now opening up this data source to our partners to help improve their marketing, merchandising and buying - all whilst showcasing their products and brand hundreds of thousands of times each month.
  • Connect4 — The client-centric platform for you and your team. Consistently deliver outstanding client meetings. Every single time.
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Olivier Pomel
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 15 investments in Hardware startups, 19 in the past 12 months

Olivier Pomel is based out of New York, New York and is the CEO and Co-Founder of Datadog. Olivier previously worked at Wireless Generation as Vice President of Technology. Olivier Pomel attended the CentraleSupélec.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, France, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 104
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$22M; Pre-Seed $1.6M–$3.4M; Series A $9.2M–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Flam — Flam is an AI-powered mixed reality (MR) publishing platform.
  • Namespace Labs — Cloud agents on Devboxes, fast GitHub Actions runners, and remote execution for Bazel on Linux, macOS, and Windows. The developer platform for agent scale.
  • Norbert Health — Norbert Health develops a home medical pod that monitors the health of families using contactless sensors. Their product senses key vital signs including heart rate, breathing rate, and temperature, providing a real-time and historical view of the user's health. It was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.
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Alexis Ohanian
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 15 investments in Hardware startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Alexis Ohanian is the President and Founder of 776 Foundation. He previously worked at reddit as an Executive Chair and Board Member. Alexis Ohanian attended the University of Virginia.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Blockchain, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 223
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$7M; Series A $6M–$35M; Series B $8M–$152M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Arkero — Arkero is the AI transformation partner for sports businesses, connecting ticketing, CRM, and data to automate gameday planning, retention, and fan insights.
  • Left Field — Left Field is a dating app that matches users based on shared connections, locations, and personal overlaps.
  • Solcoa Industries — Solcoa Industries develops carbon-zero rare earth metals for critical supply chain needs and promote sustainable industrial practices
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Bhavik Bajaj
Angel · 15 investments in Hardware startups

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 78
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$5M; Angel $15k–$1.6M; Pre-Seed $46k–$1.4M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Asepha — Asepha is an AI clinical decision support (CDS) tool to help healthcare professionals make faster clinical decisions.
  • ORA Technologies — E-Commerce, Super App
  • THIRUMALS PAPER ARIZONA PVT. LTD. — TRADING PLATFORM OF PULP , PAPER & PACKAGING
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Greg Castle
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 15 investments in Hardware startups

An entrepreneur and corporate marketer turned VC, with an interest in early-stage, disruptive technology. Over 100 seed stage investments including Oculus, Flexport, Rec Room, Anduril, Flock Safety, OssoVR and Mux.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, Ghana, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 92
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$5.8M; Series A $7.3M–$50M; Venture - Series Unknown $500k–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Simulon — Studio-quality VFX on a mobile. Sign up to the Simulon beta.
  • Fondo — Fondo is an all-in-one accounting platform for startups. We'll handle your bookkeeping, tax, and tax credits so you can focus on building your startup.
  • Looking Glass Factory — Introducing Looking Glass Portrait, your first personal holographic display. Designed for people, real and imagined. Available for pre-order today.
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Immad Akhund
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 15 investments in Hardware startups

Immad Akhund is the CEO and Founder of Mercury.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 105
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$12M; Pre-Seed $500k–$4M; Series A $9M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vorflux — Cloud agents that ship production code. An opinionated harness that runs the full SDLC on dedicated machines.
  • Aseon Labs — Aseon Labs builds robotic pitstops for self-driving cars that provide charging, cleaning, and inspection for autonomous fleets directly in operating zones. The company develops modular robotic vehicle stations, referred to as Aseon Pods, that function as depots in a box rather than centralized facilities. These stations are designed to supportautonomous vehicles with routine turnaround tasks so that vehicles can remain near demand instead of traveling to distant depots. Aseon Labs focuses on the operational infrastructure layer for autonomous mobility, offering hardware and software systems that manage robotic station operation. Its products are intended for autonomous fleet operators and mobility companies that need distributed, always-on infrastructure to keep vehicles available. The company positions its technology for use across urban operating areas where autonomous vehicles run continuous services.
  • Axiom Trust — Axiom Trust is an AI-powered trust startup that modernises professional trust administration during the "Great Wealth Transfer" of over $100 trillion in assets.
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Auren Hoffman
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 15 investments in Hardware startups

Auren Hoffman is a technology entrepreneur, investor, and executive. He is General Partner at Flex Capital, CEO of NQB8, and Co-founder of Aerdos and EliotNest. He previously co-founded and served as CEO of LiveRamp and founded SafeGraph. Hoffman attended the University of California, Berkeley and has made numerous investments in technology companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 140
  • Round size: Seed $750k–$7M; Series A $1M–$25M; Series B $5M–$157M
  • Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Enki — Enki is the most effective way to learn Looker, Tableau, SQL, Excel, and other data skills. Training fully customized by role and team. Use data in the highest impact way for your role.
  • CalypsoAI — CalypsoAI combines industry-leading AI testing and human-in-the-loop decision making to give you the confidence you need to push AI projects into production.
  • Sincera — Sincera provides novel signal data to the most innovative companies in advertising technology.
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Jeffrey Schox
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 15 investments in Hardware startups

Jeff Schox is the founder of Schox Patent Group, a boutique patent firm focused on startups, and the founding partner at Schox Venture Capital, which invests $100-500K in clients of Schox Patent Group. Jeff is also the founding partner at Trucks Venture Capital, which invests $1-2M in startups that are building the future of transportation. Jeffhas made 100+ angel investments in startups, including Twilio (first investor, IPO), Cruise (acquired), Ambient (first investor), Celsee (acquired), eero (acquired), Helium, Luminous (first investor), Molekule (acquired), NeuMoDx (acquired), Omada, Vicarious (acquired), and Zendrive (first investor).

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$10M; Series A $5M–$30M; Series B $55M–$85M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rad AI — Made for Radiologists, by Radiologists. Empowering radiologists with AI to save time, reduce burnout, and improve patient care.
  • Wispr Flow — Wispr AI is a developer of the next-generation of neural interfaces to provide seamless interface with immersive technology. The company is working with the leading neuroscientist, hardware engineers, machine learning researchers, and product engineers to bring frontier technology to the mass consumer market.
  • Luminous Computing — Luminous Computing develops photonics chips to handle workloads required by the artificial intelligence industry. The company's product is an AI training and inference chip that fits the computing power of supercomputers into a single chip, allowing businesses to avoid major bottlenecks that traditional processors face.The company wasfounded in 2018 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
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Justin Kan
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 15 investments in Hardware startups

Justin Kan is based out of San Francisco Bay Area, California and is the Co-Founder of Stash. Justin previously worked at Atrium as a CEO. Justin Kan attended Yale University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 117
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$7M; Pre-Seed $890k–$20M; Series A $7.5M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Convex — All gas, no breakages. Convex is the reactive backend platform that keeps up with you and your agents.
  • FLORA — FLORA is the AI-powered canvas for designers, brand teams, and agencies. Generate, edit, and produce visuals across 50+ models in one workspace.
  • Samepage — Signals automatically surfaces the information and insights that are most important to you across all of your tools and web, in one place.
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Peter Thiel
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 14 investments in Hardware startups, 16 in the past 12 months

Peter Thiel Is the Managing Partner of The Founders Fund. He previously worked at Stanford Law School as a Visitor. Peter Thiel attended Stanford University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Germany, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 276
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$10M; Series A $3.9M–$32M; Series B $17M–$105M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Etched — Transformers etched into silicon. By burning the transformer architecture into our chips, we're creating the world's most powerful servers for transformer inference.
  • Panthalassa — We're harnessing renewable energy in the open ocean and delivering it around the world. Engineered in Portland, Oregon.
  • Pilgrim — Pioneering a biologically enhanced future for humanity.
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Daniel Gross
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 14 investments in Hardware startups

Daniel Gross is a Co-Founder of Andromeda. He became a Director of Apple.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 105
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$20M; Series A $11M–$34M; Series B $25M–$130M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • NewLimit — NewLimit is extending human healthspan by unlocking regenerative potential.
  • Antimetal — Making cloud savings automated, effortless, and risk-free. Start saving in 2 minutes, no code or engineering required.
  • Creatify AI — Create high-converting AI image & video ads with Creatify. Generate unlimited advertising variations in minutes and let AI handle the rest. Try for free!
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Bryan Rosenblatt
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 14 investments in Hardware startups

Bryan Rosenblatt (born July 4, 1989 in New York, New York, United States) is an American Venture Capitalist and entrepreneur. He is a Partner at Craft Ventures, a venture firm with over $2 billion AUM started by David Sacks. He is also a founder of Riverside Ventures, which he started in 2017, and a former executive at Reddit and Twitter. Hepreviously worked at Reddit as the Head of Sales. Bryan Rosenblatt attended the University of Connecticut School of Business and Charles University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 116
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$5M; Pre-Seed $120k–$3M; Series A $4.5M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Anvara — The marketplace for sports & live event sponsorships.
  • Tradepost — Tradepost is the fastest way to sell online. Take a picture or upload a screenshot and get a cash offer in seconds. No listings, no scams, and no fees.
  • Cerebras Systems — Cerebras powers the world's fastest AI inference on the biggest wafer chip. Cerebras CS-4 delivers up to 30x faster inference than GPUs.
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Avichal Garg
Angel · Stanford, California, United States · 14 investments in Hardware startups

Avichal is Managing Partner at Electric Capital. He is a serial entrepreneur and technology executive. Avichal sold two companies and was most recently Director of Product at Facebook, which acquired his company Spool in 2012. He previously worked at Google on search ranking and ads ranking, is part-time at YCombinator, and an active angelinvestor.Avichal's firm, Electric Capital, focuses on cryptocurrencies that are rooted in technological utility. Electric performs deep technological diligence, such as compiling code, profiling nodes, and analyzing blockchains with in-house software. The founders of Electric have started and sold five companies, have been investing in cryptocurrencies since 2013, and are investors in Anchor, Bitwise, Chia, Coda, dYdX, Dfinity, Oasis, Thunder and many other crypto projects.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Blockchain, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 89
  • Round size: Seed $1.7M–$7M; Series A $10M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Key AI — Unlock new networking and career opportunities with Key, the leading AI-powered professional networking platform. Build and manage communities, host and join exclusive events, and create meaningful connections to supercharge your growth all in one place.
  • Bluenote Health — Bluenote Health operates as an AI platform for life sciences.
  • Magrathea — Magrathea is rebuilding America's magnesium supply chain, producing primary magnesium metal from seawater and brines with a new electrolytic process.
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Hardware Angel investor funding at a glance

Stats across 8.6k deals from 11k investors.

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investors
in Hardware startups
8.6k
deals
in Hardware startups
$2.5M
median round
in Hardware startups
10%
lead investors
lead at least one round
41%
Seed
most common funding stage

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