# Hanover: portfolio, investments and team > Hanover is a vc firm based in United States. 2 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Apr 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/hanover (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Hanover Last cheque observed Apr 2026; 2 cheques on record. Email VC firm Deploying now Last fund $5.4M, Sept 2024 Pre-seed Seed Series A Energy Data Infrastructure Enterprise Work Automation Follow Hanover and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fhanover) Deploying now **100%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 2 on record Since the last cheque **206** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$15M** Rounds led **1 of 2** Pitch Hanover ## Hanover highlights - 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Series A: 100% of its rounds - 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-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth - **Sectors:** Energy Data Infrastructure Enterprise Work Automation - **Based in:** Menlo Park, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **2 appearances** - **2026** 1 round - **Apr** **[Critical Loop](https://millionrounds.com/company/critical-loop)** Series A · US · TechStartups **$26M** *Led* - **2018** 1 round - **Oct** **[Lumenari](https://millionrounds.com/company/lumenari)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$3.0M** With 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 registration **15 named** BB **Bruce Baird** Executive Officer i Filing they signed CA **Caleb Aldrich** Executive Officer i Filing they signed DA **David A. Smolen** Executive Officer i Filing they signed FL **Fred Lundqvist** Director of Manager and Hanover AEF GP Limited i Filing they signed GS **Giles Smyth** Partner of Adviser i Filing they signed JF **Jan Frederik Lundqvist** Partner of Adviser i Filing they signed JW **Jeremy Westhead** Chief Business Officer and Director of General Partner i Filing they signed JW **John Woodard** Partner of Adviser i Filing they signed JI **Joseph Ian Malchow** Member i Form ADV ML **Martin Laidlaw** Director of Manager and Hanover AEF GP Limited i Filing they signed MP **Matthew Peacock** Founding Partner of Adviser & Director of Manager and Hanover AEF GP Limited i Filing they signed PW **Paul-Emile Wai-Kwong Cornet** Director of General Partner i Filing they signed RA **Richard A. Magnuson** Executive Officer i Filing they signed TK **Taavi Keith Arthur Keskinen Davies** Director of General Partner i Filing they signed TR **Tom Russell** Partner of Adviser i Filing 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 **$111M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026 **Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds - **Legal name:** HNVR Technology Investment Management, LLC - **SEC number:** CRD 296767 Latest fund on file **$5.4M** raised in Sept 2024 From its SEC filing. Nothing newer is on file yet. ## The cheque Pre-seed Seed Series A Median round joined **$15M** the round, not its cheque Led 1 of 2 rounds **50%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Apr 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Series A said *2* - Pre-seed said *-* - Seed said *-* - Series B said *-* - Growth said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Dec 2023 Nov 2026 **Pitching Hanover?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Recently backed The latest companies Hanover put money into. [**Critical Loop** $26M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/critical-loop)[**Lumenari** $3.0M · Oct 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/lumenari) ## 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. ## Raising now? 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