# HCVC

> HCVC is a VC fund in Paris backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 97 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 97
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 24%
- Last fund: Oct 2023
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hardware-club
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/hardware_club
- Website: http://hcvc.co/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hardwareclubpage

HCVC is an early-stage Venture Capital firm backing hardtech companies worldwide. Beyond its fund, HCVC supports hardtech founders through Hardware Club, a selective global community of 500+ startups with dedicated resources, partnerships and events.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for HCVC. Shizune tracks 7 team members at HCVC. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/hardwareclub?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $920k–$11M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.4M–$5.2M |
| Series A | $5.2M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 16 | 16% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 11 | 11% |
| Robotics | 9 | 9% |
| Hardware | 7 | 7% |
| Health Care | 7 | 7% |

101 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 40 | 41% |
| Series A | 18 | 19% |
| Pre-Seed | 12 | 12% |
| Series B | 4 | 4% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 3% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 25 | 26% |
| France | 10 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 5% |
| Germany | 3 | 3% |
| Greece | 2 | 2% |

13 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alexandre Flamant | Partner | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexandre-flamant |
| Alexis Houssou | Founder and Managing Partner | 22 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexis-houssou |
| Aymerik Renard | General Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aymerik-renard |
| Cyril Abiteboul | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cyril-abiteboul |
| Jerry Yang | General Partner | 48 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jerry-j-m-yang |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chiral | Next-generation electronics with nanomaterials | $12M | Seed | Feb 05, 2026 |  |
| NavierAI | Navier AI CFD platform allows aerospace and mechanical engineers to design high-performance machines with ease. | $5.6M | Seed | Dec 15, 2025 |  |
| Karavela | Karavela is a company developing a "foundation model" of the human brain using large-scale brain imaging data (like MRI) and AI. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | Aug 22, 2025 |  |
| Delian Alliance Industries | Lambda Automata builds autonomous systems tailored for addressing national security challenges in the EU and its allies. | $14M | Series A | Jul 29, 2025 |  |
| Spectrohm | Spectrohm is the next generation of internal imaging. | $3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 11, 2025 |  |
| Lendurai | Lendurai provides solutions to enable UAVs to operate without satellite navigation or remote control. | $6.4M | Seed | Jun 05, 2025 |  |
| Kyron.bio | Kyron.bio uses the power of glycan alterations to enable improved protein therapies. | $6.2M | Seed | May 28, 2025 |  |
| Cosmic Robotics | Autonomous construction on Earth and beyond. | $4M | Pre-Seed | Apr 19, 2025 |  |
| Chef Robotics | Chef Robotics is a robotics and artificial intelligence company serving the food industry. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $20.6M | Series A | Mar 31, 2025 |  |
| Alpine Eagle | Alpine Eagle is a mix of software and hardware focused on cost efficiency. | $11.1M | Seed | Mar 05, 2025 |  |

10 of 97 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Kima Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kima-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does HCVC invest in?

HCVC invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 97 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is HCVC's check size?

HCVC typically joins rounds of $920k–$11M at Seed, $1.4M–$5.2M at Pre-Seed and $5.2M–$30M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds HCVC participates in.

### How do I contact HCVC?

Public channels for HCVC include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at HCVC?

The team at HCVC includes Alexandre Flamant (Partner), Alexis Houssou (Founder and Managing Partner) and Aymerik Renard (General Partner), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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