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title: "176 Seed Hardware Investors in the US (Nov 2026)"
last_updated: "2026-11-06"
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# 176 seed hardware investors in the US

We list 176 seed hardware investors in the US as of November 2026: each has an SEC filing on file, and the list was last checked on 6 Nov 2026. The cities with the most head offices on this list are San Francisco (22), New York (16) and Menlo Park (10).

- 176 investors
- 110 with a fund filing or dated deal in the last 12 months
- $50M median fund size on file (SEC Form D, 138 firms)
- 861 named decision-makers on file

## First 25 of 176 seed hardware investors in the US

| Investor | Type | HQ | Stages (our research) | Focus (our research) | Latest fund or deal | Fund size | Checked | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construct Capital | VC firm | Washington, DC | Seed | Hardware, AI, Industrial Tech, Defense Tech | New deal, Aug 2026 | $150M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/construct-capital/ |
| Cybernetix Ventures | VC firm | Boston, MA | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A | Hardware, Robotics, Industrial Tech, Logistics | New fund, Aug 2026 | $100M (SEC Form D, 2025) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/cybernetix-ventures/ |
| Safar Partners | VC firm | Cambridge, MA | Seed | Hardware, Healthtech, Industrial Tech, Biotech | New deal, Aug 2026 | $300M (SEC Form D, 2023) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/safar-partners/ |
| Multimodal Ventures | VC firm | Naperville, IL | Seed | Hardware, AI, Robotics, Fintech | New fund, Oct 2026 | $50M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/multimodal-ventures/ |
| Inflection | VC firm | Framingham, MA | Pre-seed, Seed | Hardware, AI, Space, Defense Tech | New fund, Sep 2026 | $50M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/inflection/ |
| Scout Ventures | VC firm | Austin, TX | Seed | Hardware, Defense Tech, AI, Deep Tech | New deal, May 2026 | $125M (SEC Form D, 2022) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/scout-ventures/ |
| LMNT Ventures | VC firm | Mercer Island, WA | Seed | Hardware, Proptech, Robotics, Mobility | New fund, Sep 2026 | $80M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/lmnt-ventures/ |
| Toyota Ventures | Corporate VC | Los Altos, CA | Seed, Series A | Hardware, AI, Energy, Climate Tech | Portfolio news, Oct 2026 | $928M (SEC Form ADV) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/toyota-ventures/ |
| NextView Ventures | VC firm | Boston, MA | Pre-seed, Seed | Hardware, AI, Marketing Tech, Robotics | New deal, Oct 2026 | $135M (SEC Form D, 2025) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/nextview-ventures/ |
| True Ventures | VC firm | Palo Alto, CA | Pre-seed, Seed | Hardware, AI, Fintech, Deep Tech | New fund, Sep 2026 | $800M (SEC Form D, 2022) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/true-ventures/ |
| Tapestry VC | VC firm | Houston, TX | Seed | Hardware, AI, Fintech, Developer Tools | New fund, Jun 2026 | $80M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/tapestry-vc/ |
| Kleiner Perkins | VC firm | Menlo Park, CA | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth | Hardware, AI, Fintech, Proptech | New fund, Aug 2026 | $995M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/kleiner-perkins/ |
| Reveille | VC firm | New York, NY | Seed | Hardware, Defense Tech, Energy, Space | New fund, Nov 2026 | $40M (SEC Form D, 2025) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/reveille/ |
| Prevail Venture Capital | VC firm | Leawood, KS | Seed | Hardware, Healthtech, Defense Tech, Fintech | New fund, Jul 2026 | $100M (SEC Form D, 2025) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/prevail-venture-capital/ |
| Translink Capital | VC firm | Palo Alto, CA | Seed, Series A, Series B | Hardware, AI, Developer Tools, Mobility | New fund, Sep 2026 | $174M (SEC Form D, 2021) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/translink-capital/ |
| Veteran | VC firm | San Francisco, CA | Seed | Hardware, AI, Defense Tech, Mobility | New fund, Mar 2026 | $20M (SEC Form D, 2022) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/veteran/ |
| Rebellion Ventures | VC firm | San Francisco, CA | Pre-seed, Seed | Hardware, AI, Logistics, Industrial Tech | New fund, Oct 2026 | $13M (SEC Form D, 2022) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/rebellion-ventures/ |
| Aurelia Foundry | VC firm | Denver, CO | Seed, Series A | Hardware, Space, Mobility, Climate Tech | New fund, Oct 2026 | $75M (SEC Form D, 2023) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/aurelia-foundry/ |
| Schematic Ventures | VC firm | San Francisco, CA | Pre-seed, Seed | Hardware, AI, Industrial Tech, Logistics | New fund, May 2026 | $60M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/schematic-ventures/ |
| TreeoVC | VC firm | Pompano Beach, FL | Pre-seed, Seed | Hardware, AI, Healthtech, Robotics | New fund, Aug 2026 | $9M (SEC Form D, 2023) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/treeovc/ |
| Lavrock Ventures | VC firm | Mclean, VA | Seed | Hardware, Cybersecurity, Defense Tech, Space | New deal, Aug 2026 | $125M (SEC Form D, 2025) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/lavrock-ventures/ |
| Multiball Capital | VC firm | Los Angeles, CA | Seed | Hardware, Defense Tech, AI, Industrial Tech | New fund, Jul 2026 | $30M (SEC Form D, 2025) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/multiball-capital/ |
| Kalos Ventures | VC firm | Brooklyn, NY | Seed, Series A | Hardware, Healthtech, Future of Work, Edtech | New deal, Aug 2026 | $75M (SEC Form D, 2024) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/kalos-ventures/ |
| Autotech Ventures | VC firm | Menlo Park, CA | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B | Hardware, Mobility, AI, Logistics | New fund, Aug 2026 | $25M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/third-mind/ |
| Ecosphere Ventures | VC firm | Sugar Land, TX | Pre-seed, Seed | Hardware, Energy, Climate Tech, Industrial Tech | New fund, Sep 2026 | $10M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/ecosphere-ventures/ |

You are seeing 25 of 176. The full list adds 151 more investors and 861 named decision-makers.

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## Method and limits
- Source: All 176 rows carry an SEC filing (Form D or Form ADV). All 176 have a website we checked. Filing date and fund size are SEC data where a filing exists. Stage, sector and check size are our research.
- Inclusion rule: Organizations that back startups. Individuals, buyout funds and firms we found to be inactive are left out. Sector: the firm states hardware as a focus on its own site, or we observed it in the firm's portfolio. Stage: the firm states that it invests at seed.
- Order: Activity score out of 100: recency of the latest fund filing or dated deal (30: full marks within 3 months, then stepping down at 6, 12 and 24 months), share of the observed portfolio in this sector (20; half of that when the sector is stated only), stage focus (15: all of it when seed is the only stage the firm states, split evenly when it states more), stated focus on the US (15: full marks when the firm names the US as where it invests, half when it says global), size of the fund on file on a log scale (12) and completeness of the public record (8). Stage and regional focus are our research, not an SEC figure. It is a measure of activity and fit, not of quality or returns.
- Fill rates: Of 176 rows: stage 176, sector 176, fund size 154, website 176. In the paid file: named decision-makers on 175 rows, firm email on 61, LinkedIn page on 89, check size on 18.

## Questions
### How many seed hardware investors in the US are there?
We list 176 as of November 2026. 110 of the 176 have a fund filing or a dated deal in the last 12 months. The cities with the most are San Francisco (22), New York (16) and Menlo Park (10).

### Which seed hardware investors in the US raised a new fund in the last 12 months?
88 of the 176 have a fund filing dated in the last 12 months. The most recent on this list are Reveille (Nov 2026), Multimodal Ventures (Oct 2026) and Tyche Partners VEIR (Oct 2026).

### What is the typical fund size of seed hardware investors in the US?
The median fund size on file for this list is $50M, across the 138 firms with a size on an SEC Form D. The fund on file is each firm's main fund, which is not always its newest. The other 38 do not disclose a size there.

### How do I contact seed hardware investors in the US?
The paid file holds 861 named decision-makers across 175 of these 176 and a firm email for 61. We publish the address a firm lists itself, never a personal email. Each free row links to a profile with the firm's website.

### Where does the data on seed hardware investors in the US come from?
All 176 rows have an SEC filing on file (Form D or Form ADV). Filing date and fund size come from the filing. Stage, sector and check size are our research. Rows on this list were last checked on 6 Nov 2026 at the latest. The whole file is re-verified twice a year.