United States · Investor

Hanover

Last cheque observed Apr 2026; 2 cheques on record.

VC firmDeploying nowLast fund $5.4M, Sept 2024

Pre-seedSeedSeries AEnergyData InfrastructureEnterprise Work Automation

Deploying now
100%of best year1cheques in 12 months, 2 on record
Since the last cheque206days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$15MRounds led1 of 2
Pitch Hanover

Hanover highlights

  1. 01

    1 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Series A: 100% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Led 1 rounds

What they do

Hanover is a venture capital fund that helps founders build foundational technologies into durable businesses that will drive the next turning of the American economy.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
EnergyData InfrastructureEnterprise Work Automation
Based in
Menlo Park, United States
Cold pitches
Not accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first2 appearances

  1. 2026

    1 round

  2. Apr
    Critical LoopSeries A · US · TechStartups$26MLed
  3. 2018

    1 round

  4. Oct
    LumenariSeries A · US · FinSMEs$3.0MWith 3 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration15 named

BBBruce BairdExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
CACaleb AldrichExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
DADavid A. SmolenExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
FLFred LundqvistDirector of Manager and Hanover AEF GP LimitediFiling they signed
GSGiles SmythPartner of AdviseriFiling they signed
JFJan Frederik LundqvistPartner of AdviseriFiling they signed
JWJeremy WestheadChief Business Officer and Director of General PartneriFiling they signed
JWJohn WoodardPartner of AdviseriFiling they signed
JIJoseph Ian MalchowMemberiForm ADV
MLMartin LaidlawDirector of Manager and Hanover AEF GP LimitediFiling they signed
MPMatthew PeacockFounding Partner of Adviser & Director of Manager and Hanover AEF GP LimitediFiling they signed
PWPaul-Emile Wai-Kwong CornetDirector of General PartneriFiling they signed
RARichard A. MagnusonExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
TKTaavi Keith Arthur Keskinen DaviesDirector of General PartneriFiling they signed
TRTom RussellPartner of AdviseriFiling they signed

We also hold 13 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

$111Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
HNVR Technology Investment Management, LLC
SEC number
CRD 296767

Recently backed

The latest companies Hanover put money into.

Quick answers about Hanover

What does Hanover invest in?

Hanover invests most often at Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Energy, Data Infrastructure and Enterprise Work Automation.

How active is Hanover?

2 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Apr 2026.

What has Hanover invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Critical Loop (Series A, Apr 2026) and Lumenari (Series A, Oct 2018).

How big are Hanover's cheques?

The median round it joins is $15M.

Is Hanover investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

What kind of investor is Hanover?

Hanover is a VC firm based in Menlo Park, United States.

How much does Hanover manage?

About $111M, as gross assets of its private funds (Oct 2026).

Has Hanover raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Sept 2024, reporting $5.4M raised.

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