The most active hardware startup investors
304 investors hold three or more hardware startups each, 1,281 portfolio startups in all. The most active here are Techstars (53), Plug and Play (52) and Y Combinator (48). 41 of them are accelerators.
Investors by their portfolio companiesRebuilt 7 Nov 2026
investors
304
portfolio startups
1,281
of them raised in 12 months
5
accelerators
41
Investors backing startups worldwide
| Investor | Startups here | Portfolio rounds, 12 mo | Latest activity |
|---|---|---|---|
 TechstarsAccelerator · United States · CesiumAstro, Astroprint, Nonius | 53 | 97 | Oct 2026 |
 Plug and PlayAccelerator · United States · Aeterlink, Aromajoin, TopoLogic | 52 | 155 | Nov 2026 |
 Y CombinatorAccelerator · United States · Westgate Supply, Lucebox, Resin Technologies | 48 | 254 | Oct 2026 |
 NEAVenture capital · United States · Dell Technologies, Qualcomm, Broadcom | 29 | 38 | Oct 2026 |
 High-Tech GründerfondsAccelerator · Germany · kiutra, 3D Systems, Funnel | 27 | 47 | Nov 2026 |
 Silicon CatalystAccelerator · United States · Lightspring, Ayar Labs, Quadric | 25 | 17 | Oct 2026 |
 Celesta CapitalVenture capital · Tensordyne, Qualcomm, SambaNova Systems | 22 | 6 | Oct 2026 |
 Kleiner PerkinsVenture capital · United States · IBM, Etched, CesiumAstro | 19 | 49 | Nov 2026 |
 SOSVAccelerator · United States · Formlabs, M5Stack-Store, WeatherXM | 19 | 37 | Nov 2026 |
 Soma CapitalVenture capital · United States · Etched, H3X, Diode | 17 | 60 | Oct 2026 |
 500 GlobalAccelerator · United States · Astroprint, Clip, ScreenCloud | 17 | 35 | Oct 2026 |
| PParkwalk AdvisorsVenture capital · Quantum Motion, Nu Quantum, Cambridge GaN Devices | 16 | 58 | Oct 2026 |
 EndeavorAccelerator · United States · Ajax Systems, Axelera AI, Alcatraz | 16 | 55 | Oct 2026 |
| VValueAdd VCVenture capital · NVIDIA, TSMC, Cerebras Systems | 16 | 29 | Oct 2026 |
 DCVCVenture capital · United States · Graphcore, Atom Computing, Evolv Technology | 16 | 27 | Nov 2026 |
 Global BrainVenture capital · Japan · Groq, Ionate, aba | 15 | 30 | Oct 2026 |
 Lux CapitalVenture capital · United States · IBM, Evolv Technology, Echodyne | 15 | 13 | Nov 2026 |
 YES!DelftAccelerator · Netherlands · Nexperia, Qblox, Delft Circuits | 15 | 3 | Jun 2026 |
 Andreessen HorowitzVenture capital · United States · PAR Technology, Heron Power, Rigetti Computing | 14 | 102 | Nov 2026 |
 Sequoia CapitalVenture capital · United States · Cadence Design Systems, Etched, Verkada | 14 | 90 | Nov 2026 |
 Cisco InvestmentsVenture capital · United States · FuriosaAI, Marvell Technology, Motorola Solutions | 14 | 18 | Sep 2026 |
 IncubAllianceAccelerator · France · LumiAIres Ltd, Quandela, Vaisala | 14 | 2 | Apr 2026 |
 Lightspeed Venture PartnersVenture capital · United States · alifsemi, Marvell Technology, Amca | 13 | 85 | Nov 2026 |
 AntlerAccelerator · Singapore · Voltaicmarine, simplyblock, Qashier | 13 | 53 | Nov 2026 |
 Battery VenturesVenture capital · United States · Axiometrix Solutions, SambaNova Systems, NXP Semiconductors | 13 | 35 | Sep 2026 |
| HHelmholtzAccelerator · Germany · Mynaric, Roboception, emmtrix Technologies GmbH | 13 | 9 | Oct 2026 |
 QuantonationVenture capital · France · Quandela, Pasqal, PINC Technologies | 13 | 8 | Aug 2026 |
 Francisco PartnersPrivate equity · United States · Broadcom, Blackline Safety, Cohu | 13 | 3 | Aug 2026 |
 MatrixVenture capital · United States · IBM, EE Times, Lightmatter | 13 | 3 | Oct 2026 |
 Partners for GrowthCorporate VC · United States · Dell Technologies, Appspace, Planar | 13 | 3 | May 2026 |
 Oak Investment PartnersVenture capital · United States · SanDisk, Lumentum, Eaton | 13 | 2 | Feb 2026 |
 Entrepreneur FirstAccelerator · United Kingdom · Era Compute, Converge, Arago | 12 | 58 | Oct 2026 |
 Bayern KapitalVenture capital · Germany · planqc, ProGlove, IQM Quantum Computers | 12 | 24 | Aug 2026 |
 BMW i VenturesVenture capital · United States · Graphcore, Tensordyne, KINEXON | 12 | 13 | Aug 2026 |
| GGlory VenturesVenture capital · Hailo Technologies, Innoviz Technologies, YEESTOR Microelectronics | 12 | 10 | Sep 2026 |
 GVVenture capital · United States · IBM, SambaNova Systems, IonQ | 11 | 57 | Oct 2026 |
 Oxford Science EnterprisesAccelerator · United Kingdom · Quantum Motion, PQShield, Fractile | 11 | 42 | Nov 2026 |
 Future Planet CapitalVenture capital · United Kingdom · Pragmatic Semiconductor, Vector Photonics, Quantum Dice | 11 | 39 | Sep 2026 |
 Max Planck InnovationAccelerator · Germany · planqc, Menlo Systems GmbH, attocube | 11 | 1 | Jul 2026 |
 Menlo VenturesVenture capital · United States · IBM, Dell Technologies, Broadcom | 10 | 46 | Oct 2026 |
The most backed startups worldwide
| Startup | Investors in this list |
|---|---|
 IBM | 15 |
 Qualcomm | 10 |
 Marvell Technology | 9 |
 Verkada | 8 |
 Intel | 8 |
 Rigetti Computing | 7 |
 SambaNova Systems | 7 |
 Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 7 |
 Desktop Metal | 7 |
 Groq | 7 |
 QuantumDiamonds | 7 |
 planqc | 7 |
 NVIDIA | 6 |
 Etched | 6 |
 Vayyar Imaging | 6 |
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Who invests in hardware startups?
304 investors hold three or more hardware startups each, 1,281 portfolio startups in all. The most active here are Techstars (53), Plug and Play (52) and Y Combinator (48). 41 of them are accelerators.
How is this list built?
From what each investor holds: the portfolio page it publishes, the Y Combinator directory and the announced rounds that name it. An investor counts for a sector when at least three of its portfolio companies are based there; the list is rebuilt every night from 2,414 portfolios.
Source: investors' portfolio pages and announced rounds, 2,414 portfoliosUpdated 7 Nov 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0