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HCVC (Hardware Club)

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

HCVC (Hardware Club) is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Healthcare, Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 14 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $2.0M

AUM

$130M

Portfolio

14+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in early-stage startups applying AI to healthcare and enterprise innovation.

How HCVC (Hardware Club) invests

HCVC (Hardware Club) is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Healthcare, Other, SaaS, AI / ML, Enterprise.

HCVC (Hardware Club) typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment, backed by approximately $130M in assets under management.

HCVC (Hardware Club) has backed 14 companies in our records, including Owkin, Viz.ai, Dyna Robotics.

Meet the Team

AH

Alexis Houssou

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

hardware
deep tech
IoT

Industry Focus

Invests In

Healthcare
Other
SaaS
AI / ML
Enterprise

Portfolio Companies (14)

Other

OW

Owkin

AI in Healthcare
VI

Viz.ai

HealthTech
DY

Dyna Robotics

Robotics

Dyna launched one of the leading robotics foundation models and deployed robots at dozens of customer sites.

LE

Lendurai

Robotics

Estonia’s Lendurai is developing advanced autonomous navigation capabilities for drones - scalable, GPS-free, and sovereign by design.

KY

Kyron.bio

Biotech

Kyron.bio is building a precision glycan engineering platform to create better antibody drugs, reducing immune rejection and unlocking new therapeuties.

CO

Cosmic Robotics

Robotics

Cosmic Robotics will speed solar farm developments by tackling the most grueling and dangerous tasks.

CH

Chef

Robotics

Chef leads transformation in food companies by increasing production volume with flexible robotics and AI.

RE

Renaissance Fusion

Climate Tech

The company advances its stellarator technology and liquid metal shielding to make fusion reactors more efficient and practical.

AL

Alpine Eagle

Aerospace

Alpine Eagle is building the world’s first-ever air-to-air counter defence system.

FU

Fuse Vectors

Biotech

Fuse’s cell-free revolution aims to replace slow, unpredictable manufacturing with precision-engineered viral vectors.

How to pitch HCVC (Hardware Club)
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Healthcare, Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Alexis Houssou, Co-Founder & Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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