# Seed advanced Manufacturing investors (2026 list)

> 91 seed advanced Manufacturing investors, 97% active in the last 12 months. Led by Techstars, National Science Foundation, Andreessen Horowitz.

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

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# Seed advanced Manufacturing investors

Updated 7 November 2026

Firms we have watched take part in a seed round raised by an advanced Manufacturing company in the last two years. Both the stage and the sector are what they did, not what their website says.

[See all 91 *→*](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&next=%2Fapp%2Finvestor-lists%2Fseed-advanced-manufacturing-investors)The top 25

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

**3,247** cheques in 12 months *-24%* against the market

**$4M** median round they joined *-50%* against the market median

**97%** wrote a cheque in 12 months

**53%** have led a round

## The Top 25

Ordered by cheques observed, never by anything anyone paid for

Deploying now (25)

- 1 [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **2,989** **$1.2M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 2 [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
- 3 [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **1,661** **$27M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 4 [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
- 5 [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **1,561** **$5M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 6 [Bpifrance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bpifrance) *Deploying now* Government · France **1,151** **$4.5M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 7 [MassChallenge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/masschallenge) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **984** **$1.8M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 8 [EIC Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eic-accelerator) *Deploying now* Government · European Union **875** **$4.3M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 9 [Antler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/antler) *Deploying now* VC firm · United Kingdom **729** **$1M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 10 [Innovate UK](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovate-uk) *Deploying now* VC firm · United Kingdom **704** **$1.2M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 11 [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **610** **$20M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 12 [EISMEA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eismea) *Deploying now* Investment firm **524** **$2.2M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 13 [B Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **495** **$14M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 14 [Shenzhen Capital Group Co.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shenzhen-capital-group) *Deploying now* Government · China **449** **$16M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 15 [Creative Destruction Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab) *Deploying now* Accelerator · Canada **427** **$3M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 16 [Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · Japan **397** **$6.5M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 17 [SFC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sfc-capital) *Deploying now* Angel network · United Kingdom **379** **$431K** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 18 [Neo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/neo) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **364** **$5.5M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 19 [K Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kfund) *Deploying now* VC firm · Spain **340** **$3M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 20 [ff Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ff-venture-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **337** **$3.1M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 21 [Venture Kick](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venture-kick) *Deploying now* Accelerator · Switzerland **329** **$2.1M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 22 [Legend Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/legend-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · China **288** **$26M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 23 [Shunwei Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shunwei-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · China **288** **$15M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 24 [IVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivc) *Deploying now* VC firm · Taiwan **282** **$3.3M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 25 [Uncork Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uncork-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **234** **$12M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen

**66 more on this list**

All 91 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

- **5** Nov **[Soter Insure](https://millionrounds.com/company/soter-insure)** Series B *With* [SBI Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi-group)
- **5** Nov **[firmly](https://millionrounds.com/company/firmly)** Series A · $15M *With* [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)
- **5** Nov **[Nayara](https://millionrounds.com/company/nayara)** Pre-seed · $522K *Led by* [SFC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sfc-capital)
- **5** Nov **[RadianX](https://millionrounds.com/company/radianx)** Seed · $9M *With* [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)
- **5** Nov **[Pay2o](https://millionrounds.com/company/pay2o)** Seed *With* [Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital)
- **4** Nov **[Biograil](https://millionrounds.com/company/biograil)** Other · $23M *With* [HTGF High-Tech Gründerfonds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/high-tech-grunderfonds-htgf)

## Stages This Year

2,803 rounds

- Venture **22%**
- Seed **21%**
- Series A **16%**
- Pre-seed **9%**
- Grant **7%**
- Other **25%**

## What They Backed

Sectors, last 12 months

- AI **873**
- Biotech **255**
- Healthcare **209**
- Fintech **121**
- Energy **115**
- Big Data & Analytics **112**

## Cheques by Quarter

Led Joined

1,137 Q1 25

1,102 Q2 25

1,197 Q3 25

1,134 Q4 25

1,114 Q1 26

850 Q2 26

734 Q3 26

141 Q4 26

The last bar is the quarter still running.

## Lists Like This

- [Seed AI investors 2,922](https://millionrounds.com/lists/seed-ai-investors)
- [Series A AI investors 2,490](https://millionrounds.com/lists/series-a-ai-investors)
- [Series B AI investors 1,557](https://millionrounds.com/lists/series-b-ai-investors)
- [Pre-seed AI investors 1,286](https://millionrounds.com/lists/pre-seed-ai-investors)
- [Growth AI investors 1,186](https://millionrounds.com/lists/growth-ai-investors)
- [Series A fintech investors 950](https://millionrounds.com/lists/series-a-fintech-investors)
- [Series C AI investors 930](https://millionrounds.com/lists/series-c-ai-investors)
- [Seed fintech investors 925](https://millionrounds.com/lists/seed-fintech-investors)
- [Series A biotech investors 650](https://millionrounds.com/lists/series-a-biotech-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&stage=seed).

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## Quick answers about seed advanced Manufacturing investors

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

By cheques observed, the most active are Techstars, National Science Foundation, Andreessen Horowitz, Alumni Ventures and Plug and Play.

### How many seed advanced Manufacturing investors are there?

91 are on record. 97% made an investment in the last 12 months and 53% have led a round.

### Which stages do seed advanced Manufacturing investors back?

Of the rounds with a named stage in the last 12 months, mostly Seed (30%) and Series A (22%).

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

The typical (median) round among the leading investors here is $4.3M.

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

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

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

Andreessen Horowitz (114 led), B Capital (14 led) and Canaan (12 led).

### Where are seed advanced Manufacturing investors based?

Among the most active, most are based in the United States (11), the United Kingdom (3) and China (3).

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

Recent rounds include Soter Insure (Series B, Nov 2026, with SBI Group), firmly (Series A, Nov 2026, with Alumni Ventures) and Nayara (Pre-seed, Nov 2026, with SFC Capital).

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