Hard tech directory

Investors

Find investors backing deep technology, industry, energy, and advanced manufacturing.

52 results

Investors

1517 Fund

Early-stage fund backing technical founders, often before traditional credentials.

San Francisco, California, United States

Investment focus
  • Pre-seed
  • Seed
  • Technical founders
Markets served
  • Deep tech
  • Robotics
  • Hardware
  • AI
Investors

a16z American Dynamism

Andreessen Horowitz practice focused on aerospace, defense, manufacturing, energy, and public-sector technology.

Menlo Park, California, United States

Investment focus
  • American Dynamism
  • Venture capital
Markets served
  • Aerospace
  • Defense
  • Manufacturing
  • Energy
Investors

Airbus Ventures

Venture firm investing in aerospace, autonomy, materials, and frontier technology.

Menlo Park, California, United States

Investment focus
  • Aerospace
  • Venture capital
  • Deep tech
Markets served
  • Aerospace
  • Space
  • Autonomy
  • Materials
Investors

Also Capital

Early-stage investor focused on engineering-driven companies.

New York, New York, United States

Investment focus
  • Deep tech
  • Hard tech
  • Venture capital
Markets served
  • Manufacturing
  • Robotics
  • Energy
  • Space
Investors

Alumni Ventures Deep Tech Fund

Deep tech fund investing across advanced technologies and technical startups.

Manchester, New Hampshire, United States

Investment focus
  • Deep tech
  • Venture capital
Markets served
  • Robotics
  • Space
  • Energy
  • AI
Investors

Anzu Partners

Investment firm focused on industrial and life science technology.

United States

Investment focus
  • Venture capital
  • Industrial technology
Markets served
  • Industrial
  • Manufacturing
  • Life sciences
Investors

Applied Ventures

Corporate venture arm of Applied Materials investing in advanced materials and semiconductor-adjacent technology.

Santa Clara, California, United States

Investment focus
  • Corporate venture
  • Semiconductors
  • Materials
Markets served
  • Semiconductors
  • Advanced materials
  • Manufacturing
Investors

At One Ventures

Venture capital firm investing in deep tech for a more resilient world.

United States

Investment focus
  • Venture capital
  • Deep tech
  • Climate technology
Markets served
  • Climate
  • Materials
  • Industrial
Investors

BASF Venture Capital

Corporate venture capital firm investing in chemicals, materials, and industrial technology.

Germany

Investment focus
  • Corporate venture capital
  • Materials
Markets served
  • Materials
  • Climate
  • Industrial
Investors

BMW i Ventures

Venture capital firm investing in mobility, manufacturing, and sustainability technology.

United States

Investment focus
  • Corporate venture capital
  • Mobility
Markets served
  • Mobility
  • Manufacturing
  • Climate
Investors

Boost VC

Pre-seed and seed investor in deep tech, crypto, and emerging technology.

San Mateo, California, United States

Investment focus
  • Pre-seed
  • Seed
  • Deep tech
Markets served
  • Space
  • Robotics
  • AI
  • Frontier tech
Investors

BP Ventures

Corporate venture capital arm investing in technology for the energy transition.

United Kingdom

Investment focus
  • Corporate venture capital
  • Energy
Markets served
  • Energy
  • Climate
  • Mobility
Investors

Breakthrough Energy Ventures

Climate-focused venture platform investing in technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Kirkland, Washington, United States

Investment focus
  • Climate tech
  • Venture capital
Markets served
  • Energy
  • Manufacturing
  • Agriculture
  • Buildings
Investors

Cantos

Venture firm backing climate, techno-industrial, and bio companies.

San Francisco, California, United States

Investment focus
  • Climate tech
  • Industrial tech
  • Venture capital
Markets served
  • Climate
  • Manufacturing
  • Bio
  • Aerospace
Investors

Chevron Technology Ventures

Corporate venture organization investing in energy technology.

United States

Investment focus
  • Corporate venture capital
  • Energy
Markets served
  • Energy
  • Climate
  • Industrial
Investors

Clean Energy Ventures

Venture capital firm investing in early-stage climate and energy innovation.

United States

Investment focus
  • Venture capital
  • Climate technology
Markets served
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Industrial
Investors

Congruent Ventures

Climate-focused venture firm investing in early-stage companies.

San Francisco, California, United States

Investment focus
  • Climate tech
  • Venture capital
Markets served
  • Energy
  • Mobility
  • Buildings
  • Industrial
Investors

Countdown Capital

Early-stage firm focused on rebuilding American industrial capacity.

San Francisco, California, United States

Investment focus
  • Industrial tech
  • Hard tech
  • Venture capital
Markets served
  • Manufacturing
  • Aerospace
  • Energy
  • Defense
Investors

DCVC

Deep tech venture firm backing computational and hard-science companies.

Palo Alto, California, United States

Investment focus
  • Deep tech
  • Venture capital
Markets served
  • Climate
  • Robotics
  • Bio
  • Space
Investors

Eclipse

Venture firm focused on companies digitizing and transforming physical industries.

Palo Alto, California, United States

Investment focus
  • Industrial tech
  • Manufacturing
  • Venture capital
Markets served
  • Manufacturing
  • Robotics
  • Supply chain
  • Energy
Investors

Energy Impact Partners

Investment platform focused on energy transition and industrial decarbonization.

New York, New York, United States

Investment focus
  • Energy transition
  • Growth equity
  • Venture capital
Markets served
  • Energy
  • Climate
  • Grid
  • Industrial
Investors

Equinor Ventures

Corporate venture fund investing in energy and climate technology.

Norway

Investment focus
  • Corporate venture capital
  • Energy
Markets served
  • Energy
  • Climate
  • Industrial
Investors

First Spark Ventures

Venture capital firm investing in frontier technology and deep tech companies.

United States

Investment focus
  • Venture capital
  • Deep tech
Markets served
  • Robotics
  • Energy
  • Biotechnology
Investors

Founders Fund

Venture capital firm backing ambitious technology companies, including hard tech.

San Francisco, California, United States

Investment focus
  • Venture capital
  • Frontier tech
Markets served
  • Aerospace
  • Defense
  • Energy
  • AI
Investors

Honeywell Ventures

Corporate venture group investing in industrial and aerospace technology.

United States

Investment focus
  • Corporate venture capital
  • Industrial technology
Markets served
  • Aerospace
  • Industrial
  • Energy
Investors

Intel Capital

Corporate venture capital firm investing in technology companies including deep tech.

United States

Investment focus
  • Corporate venture capital
  • Semiconductors
Markets served
  • Compute
  • Semiconductors
  • Industrial
Investors

Khosla Ventures

Venture firm investing across frontier technology, climate, health, and enterprise.

Menlo Park, California, United States

Investment focus
  • Venture capital
  • Climate
  • Frontier tech
Markets served
  • Energy
  • Climate
  • Bio
  • Robotics
Investors

Lockheed Martin Ventures

Corporate venture fund investing in technologies relevant to aerospace and security.

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Investment focus
  • Corporate venture
  • Aerospace
  • Venture capital
Markets served
  • Aerospace
  • Space
  • Autonomy
  • Manufacturing
Investors

Lowercarbon Capital

Climate venture firm backing carbon reduction, removal, and resilience companies.

New York, New York, United States

Investment focus
  • Climate tech
  • Venture capital
Markets served
  • Carbon removal
  • Energy
  • Industrial
  • Materials
Investors

Lux Capital

Venture firm investing in science, technology, and frontier companies.

New York, New York, United States

Investment focus
  • Deep tech
  • Frontier tech
  • Venture capital
Markets served
  • Robotics
  • Space
  • AI
  • Biology
Investors

Material Impact

Venture capital firm investing in material science and deep technology companies.

United States

Investment focus
  • Venture capital
  • Materials
  • Deep tech
Markets served
  • Materials
  • Energy
  • Industrial
Investors

Matter Venture Partners

Venture capital firm investing in companies addressing major societal and industrial challenges.

United States

Investment focus
  • Venture capital
  • Impact
  • Deep tech
Markets served
  • Energy
  • Food systems
  • Industrial
Investors

Norrsken VC

Venture capital firm investing in impact and climate technology companies.

Sweden

Investment focus
  • Venture capital
  • Climate technology
  • Impact
Markets served
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Industrial
Investors

Piva Capital

Venture capital firm focused on next-generation industrial and enterprise technology.

United States

Investment focus
  • Venture capital
  • Industrial technology
Markets served
  • Industrial
  • Energy
  • Manufacturing
Investors

Playground Global

Venture capital firm focused on deep technology and science-driven companies.

United States

Investment focus
  • Venture capital
  • Deep tech
Markets served
  • Compute
  • Robotics
  • Energy
  • Biotechnology
Investors

Prelude Ventures

Climate venture firm investing in companies reducing carbon intensity.

San Francisco, California, United States

Investment focus
  • Climate tech
  • Venture capital
Markets served
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Manufacturing
  • Transportation
Investors

Prime Movers Lab

Venture capital firm investing in scientific breakthroughs and transformative technology.

United States

Investment focus
  • Venture capital
  • Deep tech
Markets served
  • Energy
  • Robotics
  • Materials
  • Space
Investors

Quantonation

Venture capital firm investing in quantum and deep technology companies.

France

Investment focus
  • Venture capital
  • Quantum technology
Markets served
  • Quantum
  • Compute
  • Deep tech
Investors

Root Ventures

Seed-stage venture capital firm investing in technical founders and hard technology.

United States

Investment focus
  • Venture capital
  • Deep tech
  • Seed
Markets served
  • Robotics
  • Manufacturing
  • Compute
Investors

RTX Ventures

Corporate venture group investing in aerospace, defense, and industrial technologies.

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Investment focus
  • Corporate venture
  • Aerospace
  • Defense
Markets served
  • Aerospace
  • Manufacturing
  • Sensors
  • Autonomy
Investors

Saint-Gobain NOVA

Corporate venture and innovation organization focused on advanced materials and construction.

France

Investment focus
  • Corporate venture capital
  • Materials
Markets served
  • Materials
  • Construction
  • Climate
Investors

Schneider Electric Ventures

Corporate venture fund investing in climate, energy, and industrial technology.

France

Investment focus
  • Corporate venture capital
  • Energy
Markets served
  • Energy
  • Climate
  • Industrial
Investors

Seraphim Space

Space-focused investment firm backing spacetech companies globally.

London, United Kingdom

Investment focus
  • Space
  • Venture capital
Markets served
  • Space infrastructure
  • Aerospace
  • Geospatial
Investors

Shell Ventures

Corporate venture capital arm investing in energy technology.

United Kingdom

Investment focus
  • Corporate venture capital
  • Energy
Markets served
  • Energy
  • Climate
  • Mobility
Investors

SOSV

Venture capital firm operating hard-tech programs including HAX and IndieBio.

United States

Investment focus
  • Venture capital
  • Accelerator
  • Hard tech
Markets served
  • Robotics
  • Biotechnology
  • Energy
Investors

Space Capital

Venture capital firm investing in space-based technologies and applications.

New York, New York, United States

Investment focus
  • Space
  • Venture capital
Markets served
  • Space infrastructure
  • Geospatial
  • Communications
Investors

TDK Ventures

Corporate venture capital firm investing in energy, materials, and industrial technology.

United States

Investment focus
  • Corporate venture capital
  • Deep tech
Markets served
  • Energy
  • Materials
  • Industrial
Investors

The Engine

Venture firm and ecosystem supporting tough-tech companies from formation through scale.

United States

Investment focus
  • Venture capital
  • Tough tech
  • Venture studio
Markets served
  • Robotics
  • Energy
  • Biotechnology
  • Materials
Investors

Toyota Ventures

Early-stage venture firm backed by Toyota, investing in frontier tech and climate.

San Francisco, California, United States

Investment focus
  • Corporate venture
  • Climate
  • Frontier tech
Markets served
  • Mobility
  • Robotics
  • Energy
  • AI
Investors

Trucks VC

Early-stage transportation-focused venture firm.

San Francisco, California, United States

Investment focus
  • Transportation
  • Mobility
  • Venture capital
Markets served
  • Autonomy
  • Logistics
  • Mobility
  • Robotics
Investors

Volvo Cars Tech Fund

Corporate venture fund investing in mobility and sustainability technology.

Sweden

Investment focus
  • Corporate venture capital
  • Mobility
Markets served
  • Mobility
  • Climate
  • Industrial
Investors

Voyager Ventures

Venture capital firm investing in climate technology and sustainability companies.

United States

Investment focus
  • Venture capital
  • Climate technology
Markets served
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Industrial