Hardware & Semiconductors Investment Firms
Hardware and semiconductor companies design and manufacture physical computing components, including chips, sensors, networking equipment, and consumer electronics.
There are 597 venture capital and private equity investment firms investing in Hardware & Semiconductors tracked by Goldilocks AI. The most active by portfolio size are Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, and Founders Fund.
Last updated: 7 October 2026
Investment Firms
597
Total Investments
29,535
Top Location
San Francisco
Top Stage
Series A
Where Hardware & Semiconductors Investment Firms Are Based
The largest concentration of Hardware & Semiconductors investment firms is in San Francisco (50 investment firms). This is followed by New York (27), London (27), Palo Alto (21), Paris (19). Overall, 48% of Hardware & Semiconductors investment firms are based in the United States.
Investment Stages for Hardware & Semiconductors
Hardware & Semiconductors investment firms most commonly invest at the Series A stage, with 570 investment firms active at this stage. This is followed by Seed (553), Series B (467), Series C (329), Pre-Seed (266).
Showing 1–36 of 597 investment firms
Y Combinator
San Francisco, California, United States
2,447 investments
Seed, Series A
AI, Biotech & Life Sciences, Climate & Energy …
Sequoia Capital
Menlo Park, California, United States
989 investments
Series B, Series A
AI, Enterprise Software, Consumer …
Founders Fund
San Francisco, California, United States
703 investments
Series A, Seed
Defense & Space, AI, Biotech & Life Sciences …
GV (Google Ventures)
San Francisco, California, United States
689 investments
Series A, Series B
AI, Biotech & Life Sciences, Climate & Energy …
Kleiner Perkins
Menlo Park, California, United States
431 investments
Series B, Series A
AI, Enterprise Software, Consumer …
First Round
San Francisco, California, United States
425 investments
Seed, Series A
AI, Consumer, Enterprise Software …
Intel Capital
Santa Clara, California, United States
413 investments
Series B, Series A
AI, Hardware & Semiconductors, Infrastructure & Cloud …
Plug and Play
Sunnyvale, California, United States
403 investments
Seed, Series A
Fintech, AI, Enterprise Software …
Menlo Ventures
Menlo Park, California, United States
363 investments
Series A, Series B
AI, Enterprise Software, Healthcare …
Coatue Management
New York, New York, United States
361 investments
Series B, Series A
AI, Enterprise Software, Consumer …
Spark Capital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
348 investments
Series B, Series A
AI, Consumer, Crypto & Web3 …
HTGF
Bonn, Germany
337 investments
Seed, Series A
Biotech & Life Sciences, Climate & Energy, Manufacturing …
True Ventures
Palo Alto, California, United States
333 investments
Series A, Seed
AI, SaaS, Hardware & Semiconductors …
Lux Capital
New York, New York, United States
320 investments
Series A, Seed
AI, Biotech & Life Sciences, Defense & Space …
Kima Ventures
Paris, France
293 investments
Seed, Pre Seed
Fintech, SaaS, E-Commerce & Marketplace …
SoftBank Vision Fund
London, United Kingdom
283 investments
Growth, Series C
AI, Fintech, Healthcare …
Soma Capital
San Francisco, California, United States
283 investments
Seed, Series A
SaaS, Enterprise Software, AI …
Silicon Valley Bank
Santa Clara, California, United States
279 investments
Series A, Series B
Enterprise Software, Fintech, Hardware & Semiconductors …
Matrix
San Francisco, California, United States
277 investments
Series A, Series B
AI, Fintech, Enterprise Software …
SOSV
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
242 investments
Seed, Series A
Biotech & Life Sciences, Climate & Energy, Food & Agriculture …
SoftBank Group Corp.
Tokyo, Japan
241 investments
Series A, Series C
AI, Robotics & Automation, Enterprise Software …
European Innovation Council (EIC)
Brussels, Belgium
233 investments
Series A, Seed
AI, Biotech & Life Sciences, Climate & Energy …
DCVC
Palo Alto, California, United States
229 investments
Series A, Series B
AI, Biotech & Life Sciences, Climate & Energy …
Qualcomm Ventures
San Diego, California, United States
223 investments
Series C, Series B
AI, Telecom, Mobility & Transportation …
ARCH Venture Partners
Chicago, Illinois, United States
220 investments
Series B, Series A
Biotech & Life Sciences, Healthcare, Hardware & Semiconductors
Global Brain
Tokyo, Japan
192 investments
Series A, Series B
AI, Biotech & Life Sciences, Climate & Energy …
Atomico
London, United Kingdom
180 investments
Series A, Series B
AI, Enterprise Software, Fintech …
Mayfield Fund
Menlo Park, California, United States
180 investments
Series A, Series B
AI, Enterprise Software, Cybersecurity …
In-Q-Tel
Tysons, United States
171 investments
Series A, Series B
AI, Cybersecurity, Biotech & Life Sciences …
Korea Investment Partners
Seoul, South Korea
171 investments
Series A, Series B
Biotech & Life Sciences, Healthcare, Media & Entertainment …
NVentures
Santa Clara, California, United States
165 investments
Series B, Series C
AI, Healthcare, Biotech & Life Sciences …
Cisco Investments
San Jose, California, United States
164 investments
Series B, Series C
AI, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure & Cloud …
Kindred Ventures
San Francisco, California, United States
160 investments
Seed, Series A
AI, Climate & Energy, Consumer …
Precursor Ventures
San Francisco, California, United States
151 investments
Seed, Series A
Consumer, Enterprise Software, Fintech …
AME Cloud Ventures
Palo Alto, California, United States
147 investments
Series A, Seed
Data & Analytics, Infrastructure & Cloud, Hardware & Semiconductors …
RRE Ventures
New York, New York, United States
145 investments
Series A, Series B
AI, Consumer, Crypto & Web3 …
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