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INV Venture capital
HCVC
Early-stage hardtech VC founded as Hardware Club in 2014, investing from inception to Series A in robotics, defense, biotech, space, and deep tech across Europe and the US; check sizes $100K–$2.5M.
HeadquartersParis, FR
Portfolio5 companies
Cited round volume$65M
Cited rounds7
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Physical AI portfolio
Round-by-round participation
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Source ledger
7 unique public sources
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Lendurai secures EUR 5.57M for autonomous UAV solutions in GPS-denied environmentsTech.eu · retrieved 2026-07-05
02Cosmic Robotics' robots could speed up solar panel deployments for data centersTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05
03Alpine Eagle secures funding from European backers for counter-drone tech amid rising threatsTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05
04Gideon Brothers raises $31 million Series A to expand its portfolio of AI 3D vision autonomous mobile robotsGideon Brothers · retrieved 2026-07-05
05Gideon Brothers raises another EUR 2.65 million (second seed financing round; USD 2.95M equivalent)Gideon Brothers · retrieved 2026-07-05
06Gideon Brothers seed round EUR 1.72M co-led by LocalGlobe and Hardware Club (converted from EUR at ~1.16)The Recursive · retrieved 2026-07-05
07UK's Automata raises $7.4M for its lightweight industrial 'desktop' robotTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05


