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HCVC (formerly known as Hardware Club) is a community-based early-stage venture capital firm backing hardtech and deep tech founders across Europe and North America. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Paris, the firm invests from pre-seed to Series A in sectors including robotics, AI, biotech, climate, and space.

Founded

2015

Type

Venture capital

Team

Cyril Abiteboul HCVC, venture_partner	—$100K – $1M	San Francisco, California · Paris, France · Tokyo
ALEXANDRE FLAMANT HCVC, Partner	—— – —
ALEXIS HOUSSOU HCVC, Founder & Managing Partner	—— – —
AYMERIK RENARD HCVC, General Partner	—— – —
ISABEL ZHANG HCVC, Investor	—— – —
JERRY YANG HCVC, General Partner	—— – —

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Co-investing

Y Combinator

• Caper$10M · 2019-09-11
• Caper$2M · 2019-01-10
• Cosmic Robotics$4M · Unknown date

First Round

• Caper$10M · 2019-09-11
• Caper$2M · 2019-01-10

Hummingbird Ventures

• Karman+$20M · 2025-02-19
• Automata$7M · 2019-03-19

Sidekick Partners

• Caper$10M · 2019-09-11
• Caper$2M · 2019-01-10

Barend Van den Brande

• Karman+$20M · 2025-02-19

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Investments

$12M2026-02-06	Chiral	Crane Venture Partners, HCVC
$5M2025-12-15	Navier	HCVC, GV
€2M2025-08-22	Karavela	HCVC, Daphni, First Momentum Ventures
$14M2025-07-29	Delian	HCVC, Nathan Benaich
$4M2025-04-16	Cosmic Robotics	HCVC
$43M2025-03-31	Chef Robotics	HCVC
€10M2025-03-06	Alpine Eagle	HCVC
$10M2025-03-05	Alpine Eagle	General Catalyst, HCVC, IQ Capital
$5M2025-02-25	Fuse Vectors	HCVC
$20M2025-02-19	Karman+	Hummingbird Ventures, Plural, HCVC, Barend Van den Brande

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