# Highway1

> Highway1 is a VC fund backing Hardware and Consumer Electronics. See 86 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 86
- Last investment: Nov 2017
- Lead investor: 7%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/3238699
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/highway1io
- Website: http://highway1.io/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/highway1incubator

Highway1 is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Hardware and Consumer Electronics. Hardware companies face unique barriers to design, manufacturing, distribution and retail. Highway1 offers a collaborative, hands-on environment to help startups move through these challenges and reach a looks like, works like prototype ready for funding. What our program offers:• Investment – Up to $100,000 investment in exchange for 8%equity or $50,000 for 5%• Engineering expertise – Full time EE and ME support • Prototype – 24/7 access to shared workspace and state-of-the-art prototyping labs• Scale – DFM advice from PCH manufacturing engineers• Design – Full time design staff & network with the biggest names in ID• Manufacturing demystified – Local factory tours, as well as trip to Shenzhen, China • Community & Connections – Strong alumni, mentor, vendor network• Fundraising – Refine your story and meet hardware investorsHighway1 is a division of PCH, a custom product solutions company that works with some of the world’s best brands.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Highway1. Shizune tracks 4 team members at Highway1. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/highway1?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hardware | 18 | 21% |
| Consumer Electronics | 16 | 19% |
| Software | 13 | 15% |
| Internet of Things | 13 | 15% |
| Health Care | 12 | 14% |

108 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Convertible Note | 71 | 83% |
| Seed | 11 | 13% |
| Angel | 2 | 2% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 71 | 83% |
| Canada | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| Japan | 1 | 1% |
| Mexico | 1 | 1% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Avery Lu | Mentor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avery-lu-2 |
| Gary Rabkin | VP Corporate Development and Legal Affairs | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gary-rabkin |
| Julie Uhrman | Mentor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julie-uhrman |
| Valery Komissarova | Mentor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/valery-komissarova |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Roxy | Roxy creates intelligent, conversational devices for local businesses, providing patrons with on-site information and services. | $2.2M | Seed | Nov 15, 2017 |  |
| Orbityl Labs | Orbityl is developing technology that allows users to communicate with computers using just their thoughts. |  | Seed | Nov 01, 2017 |  |
| Mirada Technologies | Mirada Technologies develops the enabling components for advanced LiDAR. It builds the critical components for advanced LiDAR: laser scanning and detector technology. Its flagship product is a breakthrough laser scanner that delivers ranging distance, field of view, reliability, and volume scalability. Mirada is based in San Francisco, California. | $100K | Convertible Note | Sep 01, 2017 |  |
| Pubinno | Pubinno is a SF-based technology company that provides end to end innovative solutions for the entire ecosystem. Pubinno’s smart taps serve the perfect beer for each glass and minimize waste using AI-powered flow algorithm.Their IoT platform converts sales and quality data into meaningful and true insights using AI. Bars use Pubinno’s mobile appto increase their operational efficiency and breweries use it to improve and standardize quality. | $185K | Convertible Note | Feb 06, 2017 |  |
| Telegnos | Telegnos provides a suite of tools for charter companies that makes it easy to market, manage and maintain their boats. We can streamline their rental, turnover and payment processes, track and monitor their boat's health and maintenance tasks, and optimize rental pricing and maintenance plans to minimize disruptions while maximizing boatusage. This helps them make better business decisions while getting more people out on the water. |  | Convertible Note | Feb 06, 2017 |  |
| Osmo Systems | Osmo Systems is making low-cost, low-maintenance online water quality monitoring systems for fish farms. |  | Convertible Note | Feb 06, 2017 |  |
| MailHaven | MailHaven is a smart mailbox that tracks and protects your packages. The MailHaven app for iOS allows you to manage your online purchases and track your shipments – all in one place. No more cluttered inboxes, lost tracking codes, or missed deliveries. When used along with the MailHaven smart mailbox, you unlock the ultimate online shoppingexperience with automatic tracking, protection from the elements, and notifications the instant your package arrives |  | Convertible Note | Feb 06, 2017 |  |
| Somewear Labs | Somewear is a satellite communications solution designed for the increasingly digital world. Somewear is building a satellite-powered platform to keep people safe. Somewear gives any remote operative a reliable line to safety and keeps organizations compliant at a fraction of the traditional cost with a combination of compact satellite hotspots andsoftware designed for low-bandwidth applications.It was founded in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California. |  | Convertible Note | Feb 01, 2017 |  |
| Cloudastructure | Cloud-controlled physical infrastructure providing enterprise solutions for Video Surveillance as a Service (VSaaS), Door Access Control as a Service (ACaaS), as well as integration with other sensors to support Internet of Things (IoT) applications.The Cloudastructure hardware utilizes state of art technology, delivered at a competitive pricethat beats industry standards and comes with zero maintenance or replacement costs with a life-time warranty. The Cloudastructure solution centralizes the management of access control with video monitoring and allows customers to scale geographically across multiple locations. The Cloudastructure platform delivers intelligence online and keeps critical data safely offsite. | $750K | Convertible Note | Aug 01, 2016 |  |
| Peeq Data, Inc. | Peeq Data is a team sports performance data reimagined. PEEQ's system automatically creates exciting highlight videos.Peeq uses wearable technology with phones as cameras to intelligently capture and automatically edit video into exciting highlights. The company's affordable mobile video system provides the highest quality footage withmultiple angles of the action and incredibly quick delivery. |  | Convertible Note | Aug 01, 2016 |  |

10 of 86 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [FuturePlay](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/futureplay-co) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SGH CAPITAL](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sgh-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AJ Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aj-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alchemist Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alchemist-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Backstage Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/backstage-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Highway1 invest in?

Highway1 invests primarily in Hardware, Consumer Electronics and Software startups, most often at Convertible Note and Seed stage. Most of the 86 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Highway1?

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### Who are the partners at Highway1?

The team at Highway1 includes Avery Lu (Mentor), Gary Rabkin (VP Corporate Development and Legal Affairs) and Julie Uhrman (Mentor). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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