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Hardware.co

Founders Aydogan Ali Schosswald Jeff Katz Maximilian von der Ahe Yatan Blumenthal Yatan Yatan Blumenthal

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Total investments 71
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$34K
Portfolio companies 69
Rounds per year 7.10
Lead investments 0
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.03
Exits 3
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Information Technology
  • Internet of Things
  • Hardware
  • Automotive
Summary

Hardware.co is the famous VC, which was founded in 2013. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Berlin. The company was established in Europe in Germany.

The fund is constantly included in 13-24 investment rounds annually. Comparing to the other companies, this Hardware.co performs on 26 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The top activity for fund was in 2015. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 100 thousands - 1 million dollars.

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Manufacturing, Logistics. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight BabyWatch, Senic, Neuron Soundware. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States.

This organization was formed by Jeff Katz, Maximilian von der Ahe, Yatan Blumenthal, Yatan Yatan Blumenthal.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the Hardware.co, startups are often financed by SOSV, HAX, Eleven. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Brinc, TechFounders, Microsoft Accelerator Berlin. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Eleven, Techstars, Target Partners.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

MobilityDataLab GmbH ( CAR2AD | STORE2WEB )

Advertising Platforms
Information Technology
Software
$590K01 Sep 2019 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Droneable

Agriculture
Consumer Electronics
Drones
Robotics
01 Nov 2017 Mexico City, Mexico

Dorbeetle

Internet
Software
01 Feb 2017 Tallinn, Harju maakond, Estonia

Neuron soundware

Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
Internet of Things
Machine Learning
Predictive Analytics
Software
15 Jul 2016 Prague, Czechia

FreightCloud

Information Technology
Software
01 Jul 2016 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Neuron soundware

Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
Internet of Things
Machine Learning
Predictive Analytics
Software
$13K09 Jun 2016 Prague, Prague, Czechia

Phrame

Automotive
Information Technology
$1M02 Feb 2016 San Francisco, California, United States

Cloud Your Car

Automotive
Consumer Electronics
Enterprise Software
Fleet Management
Insurance
Internet of Things
$150K01 May 2015 Wroclaw, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

brightup

Hardware
Security
Software
15 Mar 2015 Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Total investments 71
Average round size 34K
Rounds per year 7.10
Peak activity year 2015
Lead investments 0
Follow on index 0.03
Exits 3
Group Appearance index 0.11

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

MobilityDataLab GmbH ( CAR2AD | STORE2WEB )

Advertising Platforms
Information Technology
Software
$590K01 Sep 2019 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Droneable

Agriculture
Consumer Electronics
Drones
Robotics
01 Nov 2017 Mexico City, Mexico

Dorbeetle

Internet
Software
01 Feb 2017 Tallinn, Harju maakond, Estonia

Neuron soundware

Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
Internet of Things
Machine Learning
Predictive Analytics
Software
15 Jul 2016 Prague, Czechia

FreightCloud

Information Technology
Software
01 Jul 2016 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Neuron soundware

Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
Internet of Things
Machine Learning
Predictive Analytics
Software
$13K09 Jun 2016 Prague, Prague, Czechia

Phrame

Automotive
Information Technology
$1M02 Feb 2016 San Francisco, California, United States

Cloud Your Car

Automotive
Consumer Electronics
Enterprise Software
Fleet Management
Insurance
Internet of Things
$150K01 May 2015 Wroclaw, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

brightup

Hardware
Security
Software
15 Mar 2015 Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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