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Hardware Club (HCVC) is a community-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage (Pre-seed to Series A) hardtech and full-stack companies focused on automating and digitizing the physical world. Their strategy involves providing capital, resources, and collaboration opportunities through a global community to help these startups scale, particularly with manufacturing, distribution, and supply chain challenges.
Their most common stage is series-a (50% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $13.7M (across 12 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
12
Fund Size
$130M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
AR
Aymerik Renard
General Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
12 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Giraffe360 | Series B | $16M | Dec 2022 |
 ANELLO Photonics | Series A | $28M | Oct 2021 |
 Gideon Brothers | Series A | $31M | Jun 2021 |
| Giraffe360 | Seed | $4.5M | Nov 2020 |
 Augmenta | Seed | $2.3M | Oct 2019 |
 Caper | Series A | $10M | Sep 2019 |
 Bellwether Coffee | Series B | $40M | Sep 2019 |
 Automata | Series A | $7.4M | Mar 2019 |
| Caper | Seed | $2.1M | Jan 2019 |
 Cowboy | Series A | $10M | Oct 2018 |
| Bellwether Coffee | Series A | $10M | Aug 2018 |
| Cowboy | Seed | $3M | Apr 2018 |
Top Co-Investors
Congruent Ventures2 shared
XN2 shared
First Round Capital2 shared
Y Combinator2 shared
FundersClub2 shared
Sidekick2 shared
Hoxton Ventures2 shared
Index Ventures2 shared
New Legacy Ventures1 shared
Lockheed Martin Ventures1 shared
Catapult Ventures1 shared
JS Capital1 shared
Instacart1 shared
Precursor Ventures1 shared
Credo Ventures1 shared
Koch Disruptive Technologies1 shared
Prologis1 shared
Founders Fund1 shared
Tiger Global Management1 shared
Kima Ventures1 shared
Last updated: 8 March 2026