# Smart Home and IoT Investors Map 2026: 28 Investors Backing Smart Home and IoT Startups > The 28 investors that have backed two or more smart home and IoT startups worldwide, by kind: VC firms, corporate investors and accelerators and more. Source: https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/smart-home-and-iot-investors-map (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) ## VC firms 20 - [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) - [Seraphim Space](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seraphim-space) - [Main Sequence Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/main-sequence) - [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) - [NGP Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ngp-capital) - [Next47](https://millionrounds.com/fund/next47) - [Qbic Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qbic-fund) - [LIFTT](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liftt) - [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) - [SoftBank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-2) - [Right Click Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-click-capital) - [Uniseed Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uniseed) - [iSeed](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iseed) - [Energy Impact Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/energy-impact-partners) - [*E* EISMEA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eismea) - [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) - [Inventure](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inventure) - [Innovacom](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovacom) - [SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) - [Parkwalk](https://millionrounds.com/fund/parkwalk) ## Corporate investors 5 - [M12](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m12) - [Cisco](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco) - [Qualcomm Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qualcomm-ventures) - [Dell Technologies Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dell-technologies-capital) - [Lockheed Martin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lockheed-martin-ventures) ## Accelerators 3 - [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) - [Luminate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/luminate-accelerator) - [Google for Startups](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-for-startups) ## Segment by segment ### VC firms 20 investors - [**Techstars**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) VC firm United States 3 backed - [**Seraphim Space**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seraphim-space) VC firm United Kingdom 3 backed - [**Main Sequence Ventures**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/main-sequence) VC firm Australia 3 backed - [**General Catalyst**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) VC firm United States 2 backed - [**NGP Capital**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ngp-capital) VC firm United States 2 backed - [**Next47**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/next47) VC firm United States 2 backed - [**Qbic Fund**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qbic-fund) VC firm Belgium 2 backed - [**LIFTT**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liftt) VC firm Italy 2 backed ### Corporate investors 5 investors - [**M12**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m12) Corporate investor United States 3 backed - [**Cisco**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco) Corporate investor United States 2 backed - [**Qualcomm Ventures**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qualcomm-ventures) Corporate investor United States 2 backed - [**Dell Technologies Capital**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dell-technologies-capital) Corporate investor United States 2 backed - [**Lockheed Martin**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lockheed-martin-ventures) Corporate investor United States 2 backed ### Accelerators 3 investors - [**Y Combinator**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator United States 3 backed - [**Luminate**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/luminate-accelerator) Accelerator United States 2 backed - [**Google for Startups**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-for-startups) Accelerator United States 2 backed **How this map is made.** Every investor here has backed two or more startups on our smart home and IoT map, in rounds we track. Grouped by the kind of investor, each ranked by how many of these companies it has backed. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026. ## More market maps [All maps](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps) [Market map **Smart home and IoT market map** 89 startups · 5 segments · $3.0B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/smart-home-and-iot-market-map)[Raised in 2026 **Smart home and IoT startups that raised in 2026** 19 startups · 4 segments · $868M](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/smart-home-and-iot-raised-2026-market-map)[New wave **New smart home and IoT startups, founded 2020 on** 18 startups · 3 segments · $724M](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/new-smart-home-and-iot-startups-market-map)[Market map · Europe **Smart home and IoT market map: Europe** 32 startups · 5 segments · $398M](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/smart-home-and-iot-europe-market-map)[Market map · United States **Smart home and IoT market map: United States** 32 startups · 4 segments · $1.8B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/smart-home-and-iot-united-states-market-map)[Market map **Marketing tech market map** 1,963 startups · 7 segments · $41B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/marketing-tech-market-map) ## Who backs smart home and IoT? 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