# Advanced Manufacturing investors (2026 list)

> 431 advanced Manufacturing investors, 96% active in the last 12 months. Led by Y Combinator, Techstars, 500 Global. Ranked by what they funded.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/lists/advanced-manufacturing-investors (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Advanced Manufacturing investors

Updated 7 November 2026

Firms observed backing an advanced Manufacturing company in the last two years, taken from what they funded rather than from what their website says they like.

[See all 431 *→*](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&next=%2Fapp%2Finvestor-lists%2Fadvanced-manufacturing-investors)The top 25

**431** investors on the list *-5* this week

**11,487** cheques in 12 months *-16%* against the market

**$7.5M** median round they joined *-6%* against the market median

**96%** wrote a cheque in 12 months

**54%** have led a round

## The Top 25

Ordered by cheques observed, never by anything anyone paid for

Deploying now (25)

- 1 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **6,412** **$3M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 2 [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **2,989** **$1.2M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 3 [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) *Deploying now* Angel · United States **2,140** **$3.6M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 4 [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **2,099** **$35M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 5 [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) *Deploying now* Government · United States **1,869** **$926K** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 6 [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **1,661** **$27M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 7 [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **1,610** **$34M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 8 [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **1,598** **$12M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 9 [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **1,561** **$5M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 10 [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **1,387** **$27M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 11 [Bpifrance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bpifrance) *Deploying now* Government · France **1,151** **$4.5M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 12 [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **1,128** **$26M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 13 [Intel Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital) *Deploying now* Corporate VC · United States **1,123** **$22M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 14 [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **1,122** **$15M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 15 [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **1,038** **$30M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 16 [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) *Deploying now* Private equity · United States **1,010** **$8M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 17 [MassChallenge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/masschallenge) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **984** **$1.8M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 18 [SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **951** **$2.5M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 19 [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) *Deploying now* Corporate VC · United States **884** **$38M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 20 [EIC Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eic-accelerator) *Deploying now* Government · European Union **875** **$4.3M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 21 [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **849** **$11M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 22 [Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **834** **$875K** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 23 [Google for Startups](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-for-startups) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **811** **$1.4M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 24 [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **773** **$47M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 25 [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **765** **$40M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen

**406 more on this list**

All 431 are in the app, with filters for stage, sector and market. A free account shows 10 per search, Pro up to 1,000.

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## The Newest Cheques

Rounds this list's investors joined most recently

- **6** Nov **[Vensum Power](https://millionrounds.com/company/vensum-power)** Series A · $10M *Led by* [Lifeline Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lifeline-ventures)
- **6** Nov **[Humble Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/humble-robotics)** Series A · $51M *With* [Eclipse](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eclipse)
- **6** Nov **[Ocient](https://millionrounds.com/company/ocient)** Series C · $100M *With* [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt)
- **6** Nov **[Harbinger](https://millionrounds.com/company/harbinger)** Series D+ · $240M *Led by* [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management)
- **5** Nov **[T-Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/t-therapeutics)** Series B · $133M *With* [Tengxun Touzi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tengxun-touzi)
- **5** Nov **[Soter Insure](https://millionrounds.com/company/soter-insure)** Series B *With* [SBI Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi-group)

## Stages This Year

7,007 rounds

- Venture **22%**
- Seed **19%**
- Series A **15%**
- Pre-seed **9%**
- Series B **8%**
- Other **26%**

## What They Backed

Sectors, last 12 months

- AI **2,529**
- Biotech **525**
- Healthcare **448**
- Big Data & Analytics **339**
- Fintech **312**
- Energy **276**

## Cheques by Quarter

Led Joined

3,478 Q1 25

3,429 Q2 25

3,959 Q3 25

3,949 Q4 25

3,888 Q1 26

3,063 Q2 26

2,449 Q3 26

564 Q4 26

The last bar is the quarter still running.

## Lists Like This

- [AI investors 7,040](https://millionrounds.com/lists/ai-investors)
- [Fintech investors 2,997](https://millionrounds.com/lists/fintech-investors)
- [Big Data & Analytics investors 1,954](https://millionrounds.com/lists/big-data-investors)
- [Biotech investors 1,901](https://millionrounds.com/lists/biotech-investors)
- [Robotics investors 1,714](https://millionrounds.com/lists/robotics-investors)
- [Energy investors 1,707](https://millionrounds.com/lists/energy-investors)
- [Construction investors 1,609](https://millionrounds.com/lists/construction-investors)
- [Manufacturing investors 1,385](https://millionrounds.com/lists/manufacturing-investors)
- [Cybersecurity investors 1,380](https://millionrounds.com/lists/cybersecurity-investors)

[All investor lists *→*](https://millionrounds.com/lists)

## Reading for founders in industrial and manufacturing

- The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective Robert C. Allen · 2009 3.99 from 277 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing About the book Why did the industrial revolution take place in eighteenth-century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? In this convincing new account Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolution was a successful response to the global economy of the seventeenth and… On AmazonListen on Audible
- Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing Vaclav Smil · 2013 3.77 from 518 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing Company building About the book In Made in the USA, Vaclav Smil powerfully rebuts the notion that manufacturing is a relic of predigital history and that the loss of American manufacturing is a desirable evolutionary step toward a pure service economy. Smil argues that no advanced economy can prosper without… On AmazonListen on Audible
- PRODUCT DESIGN+DEVELOPMENT >IN Karl T. Ulrich · 1994 4.00 from 482 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing Company building About the book This book presents a set of product development techniques aimed at bringing together the marketing, design, and manufacturing functions of the enterprise. It treats issues such as identifying customer needs, design for manufacturing, prototyping, and industrial design. On AmazonListen on Audible
- The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention William Rosen · 2010 3.93 from 1,401 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing Innovation Company building About the book If all measures of human advancement in the last hundred centuries were plotted on a graph, they would show an almost perfectly flat line, until the eighteenth century, when the Industrial Revolution would cause the line to shoot straight up, beginning an almost uninterrupted… On AmazonListen on Audible

More books for founders and investors on the [Reading List](https://millionrounds.com/reading-list?role=founder&industry=industrial).

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## Quick answers about advanced Manufacturing investors

### Who are the most active advanced Manufacturing investors?

By cheques observed, the most active are Y Combinator, Techstars, 500 Global, Sequoia Capital and National Science Foundation.

### How many advanced Manufacturing investors are there?

431 are on record. 96% made an investment in the last 12 months and 54% have led a round.

### Which stages do advanced Manufacturing investors back?

Of the rounds with a named stage in the last 12 months, mostly Seed (28%) and Series A (21%).

### How big are the rounds advanced Manufacturing investors join?

The typical (median) round among the leading investors here is $11M.

### Which sectors do advanced Manufacturing investors back most?

In the last 12 months, mostly AI, Biotech and Healthcare.

### Which advanced Manufacturing investors lead the most rounds?

Andreessen Horowitz (114 led), General Catalyst (97 led) and Sequoia Capital (91 led).

### Where are advanced Manufacturing investors based?

Most of the leading investors here are based in the United States (23 of the top 25); the rest in France and European Union.

### What have advanced Manufacturing investors invested in recently?

Recent rounds include Vensum Power (Series A, Nov 2026, with Lifeline Ventures), Humble Robotics (Series A, Nov 2026, with Eclipse) and Ocient (Series C, Nov 2026, with In-Q-Tel).

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