# The Hardware Club: portfolio, investments and team > The Hardware Club is a vc firm based in France. 12 investments on record, latest Nov 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/hardware-club-3 (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) France · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # The Hardware Club Last cheque observed Nov 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Follow The Hardware Club and see its new cheques in your feed. [Sign up free](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fhardware-club-3) Quiet VC firm Now at hcvc.co Seed Series A Hardware Hardtech Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 12 on record Since the last cheque **2540** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$10M** Rounds led **1 of 12** Sole investor **1 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 42%** Pitch The Hardware Club ## The Hardware Club highlights - 01 12 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 90% of its rounds - 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:** Seed Series A - **Sectors:** Hardware Hardtech - **Based in:** San Francisco, France - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **12 appearances** - **2019** 6 rounds - **Nov** **[Remedee Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/remedee-labs)** Series A · FR · Tech.eu **$12M** *Led* - **Sept** **[Caper](https://millionrounds.com/company/caper)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$10M** With 5 others - **Sept** **[Bellwether Coffee](https://millionrounds.com/company/bellwether-coffee)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$40M** With 10 others - **Mar** **[Alcatraz](https://millionrounds.com/company/alcatraz)** US · FinSMEs **$6.0M** With 4 others - **Mar** **[Automata](https://millionrounds.com/company/automata)** Series A · GB · TechCrunch **$7.4M** With 5 others - **Jan** **[Caper](https://millionrounds.com/company/caper)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$3.0M** With 8 others - **2018** 2 rounds - **Oct** **[Cowboy](https://millionrounds.com/company/cowboy)** BE · VentureBeat **$12M** With 1 other - **Aug** **[Bellwether Coffee](https://millionrounds.com/company/bellwether-coffee)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$10M** With 7 others - **2015** 3 rounds - **Sept** **[Keecker](https://millionrounds.com/company/keecker)** Seed · FR **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Aug** **[Blocks](https://millionrounds.com/company/blocks)** Seed · GB **Undisclosed** With 1 other - **Jun** **[Reach Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/reach-robotics)** Seed · GB **$250K** With 2 others - **2014** 1 round - **Jul** **[Prynt](https://millionrounds.com/company/prynt)** Seed · FR **$200K** 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 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. - [**Credit Mutuel Arkea** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/credit-mutuel-arkea) Fund Vintage Committed Hardware Club - - - [**Molten Ventures** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/molten-ventures) Fund Vintage Committed Hardware Club - - ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **36** of 47 we have independently watched raise [AMI](https://millionrounds.com/company/ami)[Alcatraz](https://millionrounds.com/company/alcatraz)[Alpine Eagle](https://millionrounds.com/company/alpine-eagle)[Anello Photonics](https://millionrounds.com/company/anello-photonics)[Ark Biotech](https://millionrounds.com/company/ark-biotech)[Aryballe](https://millionrounds.com/company/aryballe)[Atmio](https://millionrounds.com/company/atmio)[Augmenta](https://millionrounds.com/company/augmenta)[Automata](https://millionrounds.com/company/automata)[Caper AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/caper)[Chef Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/chef-robotics)[Chiral](https://millionrounds.com/company/chiral)[Cosmic Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/cosmic-robotics)[Cowboy](https://millionrounds.com/company/cowboy)[Eva](https://millionrounds.com/company/eva)[Fuse Vectors](https://millionrounds.com/company/fuse-vectors)[Giraffe360](https://millionrounds.com/company/giraffe360)[Karavela](https://millionrounds.com/company/karavela)[Karman+](https://millionrounds.com/company/karman)[Kyron.bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/kyron-bio)[Left Hand Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/left-hand-robotics)[Lendurai](https://millionrounds.com/company/lendurai)[Navier](https://millionrounds.com/company/navier)[Norbert Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/norbert-health)[Nūmi](https://millionrounds.com/company/numi)[Pulsa](https://millionrounds.com/company/pulsa)[Qashier](https://millionrounds.com/company/qashier)[Remedee Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/remedee-labs)[Renaissance Fusion](https://millionrounds.com/company/renaissance-fusion)[Sarcura](https://millionrounds.com/company/sarcura)[Shortcut Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/shortcut-labs)[Span](https://millionrounds.com/company/span)[Spectrohm](https://millionrounds.com/company/spectrohm)[Surge](https://millionrounds.com/company/surge)[Tangible](https://millionrounds.com/company/tangible)[Valispace](https://millionrounds.com/company/valispace) Bellwether Delian Dyna Fieldvision Full Speed Automation Gideon Brothers Invoke Bio Noke Orakl QUiCKR Bio Radian Aerospace 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. ## The cheque Seed Series A Median round joined **$10M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **-** Led 1 of 12 rounds **8%** - **Said size:** From $100K - **Sole investor:** 1 rounds - **Last cheque:** Nov 2019 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *5* - Series A said *4* - Series B *1* Cheques by year Led Joined 2014 2019 Often in the room with - [Congruent Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/congruent-ventures) 2 - [FundersClub](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fundersclub) 2 - [Sidekick Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sidekick-partners) 2 - [Tandem Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tandem) 2 - [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 2 **Pitching The Hardware Club?** 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 *→* ## 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. [**Congruent Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/congruent-ventures)[**FundersClub** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fundersclub)[**Sidekick Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sidekick-partners)[**Tandem Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tandem)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) ## Recently backed The latest companies The Hardware Club put money into. [**Remedee Labs** $12M · Nov 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/remedee-labs)[**Caper** $10M · Sept 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/caper)[**Alcatraz** $6.0M · Mar 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/alcatraz)[**Automata** $7.4M · Mar 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/automata)[**Cowboy** $12M · Oct 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/cowboy) ## 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). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=hardware-club-3) · [Is this your firm? 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