France · Investor

The Hardware Club

Last cheque observed Nov 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietVC firmNow at hcvc.co

SeedSeries AHardwareHardtech

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 12 on record
Since the last cheque2539days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$10MRounds led1 of 12Sole investor1 roundsMostly inUnited States, 42%
Pitch The Hardware Club

The Hardware Club highlights

  1. 01

    12 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series A: 90% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 1 rounds, median undisclosed

What they do

Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
From $100K as they say
Stages
SeedSeries A
Sectors
HardwareHardtech
Based in
San Francisco, France
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first12 appearances

  1. 2019

    6 rounds

  2. Nov
    Remedee LabsSeries A · FR · Tech.eu$12MLed
  3. Sept
    CaperSeries A · US · FinSMEs$10MWith 5 others
  4. Sept
    Bellwether CoffeeSeries B · US · FinSMEs$40MWith 10 others
  5. Mar
    AlcatrazUS · FinSMEs$6.0MWith 4 others
  6. Mar
    AutomataSeries A · GB · TechCrunch$7.4MWith 5 others
  7. Jan
    CaperSeed · US · TechCrunch$3.0MWith 8 others
  8. 2018

    2 rounds

  9. Oct
    CowboyBE · VentureBeat$12MWith 1 other
  10. Aug
    Bellwether CoffeeSeries A · US · TechCrunch$10MWith 7 others
  11. 2015

    3 rounds

  12. Sept
    KeeckerSeed · FRUndisclosedSole investor
  13. Aug
    BlocksSeed · GBUndisclosedWith 1 other
  14. Jun
    Reach RoboticsSeed · GB$250KWith 2 others
  15. 2014

    1 round

  16. Jul
    PryntSeed · FR$200KWith 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

We hold 5 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.

Who backs their funds

2 LPs on record in The Hardware Club's funds

Funds
1

The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: an LP list.

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

29 of 47 we have independently watched raise

AlcatrazAlpine EagleAnello PhotonicsArk BiotechAryballeAtmioAugmentaAutomataCaper AIChef RoboticsChiralCosmic RoboticsCowboyFuse VectorsGiraffe360KaravelaKyron.bioLeft Hand RoboticsLenduraiNorbert HealthPulsaQashierRemedee LabsRenaissance FusionSarcuraSpanSpectrohmSurgeValispaceAMIBellwetherDelianDynaEvaFieldvisionFull Speed AutomationGideon BrothersInvoke BioKarman+NavierNokeNūmiOraklQUiCKR BioRadian AerospaceShortcut LabsTangible

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as The Hardware Club. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies The Hardware Club put money into.

Quick answers about The Hardware Club

What does The Hardware Club invest in?

The Hardware Club invests most often at Seed and Series A (90% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Hardware and Hardtech.

How active is The Hardware Club?

12 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Nov 2019.

What has The Hardware Club invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Remedee Labs (Series A, Nov 2019), Caper (Series A, Sept 2019) and Bellwether Coffee (Series B, Sept 2019).

How big are The Hardware Club's cheques?

The median round it joins is $10M.

Does The Hardware Club lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 12 investments on record (8%).

Where does The Hardware Club invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (42%), France (25%) and the United Kingdom (25%).

Is The Hardware Club investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Nov 2019.

Who does The Hardware Club invest alongside?

Most often Congruent Ventures (2 rounds together), FundersClub (2 rounds together) and Sidekick Partners (2 rounds together).

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