Hardware Club

Hardware Club is a Paris-headquartered venture capital firm that focuses on seed-stage investments in hardware and technology companies. It backs startups in areas such as digital health, artificial intelligence, new sensors, connected devices, smart transportation, and consumer hardware, with a geographically broad remit that includes the United States, Europe, and beyond. The firm operates a global community of hardware startups and provides capital alongside dedicated resources, partnerships, and events to help founders tackle hard problems. It maintains a presence in Paris with additional offices in Taipei, Tokyo, and San Francisco, enabling collaboration across regions.

Alexis Houssou

Founder and President

Aymerik Renard

General Partner

Jerry Yang

General Partner

Past deals in Consumer Electronics

Cowboy

Venture Round in 2024
Cowboy designs innovative electric bikes for urban riders. Its mission is to empower users to navigate city paths mindfully while benefiting everyone. Cowboy's e-bikes are simple, featuring no gears or power adjustment buttons.

Cowboy

Series C in 2022
Cowboy designs innovative electric bikes for urban riders. Its mission is to empower users to navigate city paths mindfully while benefiting everyone. Cowboy's e-bikes are simple, featuring no gears or power adjustment buttons.

Cowboy

Series B in 2020
Cowboy designs innovative electric bikes for urban riders. Its mission is to empower users to navigate city paths mindfully while benefiting everyone. Cowboy's e-bikes are simple, featuring no gears or power adjustment buttons.

Cowboy

Series A in 2018
Cowboy designs innovative electric bikes for urban riders. Its mission is to empower users to navigate city paths mindfully while benefiting everyone. Cowboy's e-bikes are simple, featuring no gears or power adjustment buttons.

Play Impossible

Venture Round in 2018
Play Impossible Corporation is a company focused on enhancing recreational activities through innovative technology. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, the company specializes in creating the Play Impossible Gameball™, a multi-sport, inflatable ball equipped with various electronic sensors. This smart ball interacts with a mobile application on smartphones and tablets, transmitting real-time data such as speed, distance, and spin rate via Bluetooth. Designed for both indoor and outdoor use, it allows players to engage in a variety of games while also enabling them to record highlight videos. The Gameball features a unique charging stick that can fully recharge the ball in just 20 seconds, providing up to two hours of playtime. Play Impossible aims to promote active play and physical engagement through its cutting-edge products.

Cowboy

Seed Round in 2018
Cowboy designs innovative electric bikes for urban riders. Its mission is to empower users to navigate city paths mindfully while benefiting everyone. Cowboy's e-bikes are simple, featuring no gears or power adjustment buttons.

Keecker

Seed Round in 2017
Keecker SAS is a Paris-based company that has developed an innovative mobile robot designed to enhance home entertainment, communication, and security. Founded in 2012, Keecker's robot features a smart video projector capable of displaying images on various surfaces, a high-quality surround sound system, and a 360-degree camera for video conferencing and environmental monitoring. The device operates autonomously, moving throughout the home while providing users with real-time analytics on temperature, humidity, CO2 levels, and other vital home metrics. Users can control the robot through a smartphone application, allowing them to interact with their home remotely, check in on security, and access entertainment options seamlessly. By integrating advanced technologies such as machine learning and AI, Keecker aims to create a comprehensive home platform that supports a variety of applications and enhances the overall living experience.

Cowboy

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Cowboy designs innovative electric bikes for urban riders. Its mission is to empower users to navigate city paths mindfully while benefiting everyone. Cowboy's e-bikes are simple, featuring no gears or power adjustment buttons.

Play Impossible

Venture Round in 2016
Play Impossible Corporation is a company focused on enhancing recreational activities through innovative technology. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, the company specializes in creating the Play Impossible Gameball™, a multi-sport, inflatable ball equipped with various electronic sensors. This smart ball interacts with a mobile application on smartphones and tablets, transmitting real-time data such as speed, distance, and spin rate via Bluetooth. Designed for both indoor and outdoor use, it allows players to engage in a variety of games while also enabling them to record highlight videos. The Gameball features a unique charging stick that can fully recharge the ball in just 20 seconds, providing up to two hours of playtime. Play Impossible aims to promote active play and physical engagement through its cutting-edge products.

Shortcut Labs

Seed Round in 2016
Shortcut Labs develops and markets Flic, a wireless smart button that provides physical shortcuts to digital functions on mobile devices. The button connects to phones, tablets, or computers to trigger preconfigured tasks and support apps through an open API. Flic is sold in packs of two in retail and as single units via the company's website, and Shortcut Labs also creates companion apps for iOS and Android. The company was founded in 2013 by Pranav Kosuri, Tomas Ohlson, Joacim Westlund, and Amir Sharifat and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Keecker

Seed Round in 2015
Keecker SAS is a Paris-based company that has developed an innovative mobile robot designed to enhance home entertainment, communication, and security. Founded in 2012, Keecker's robot features a smart video projector capable of displaying images on various surfaces, a high-quality surround sound system, and a 360-degree camera for video conferencing and environmental monitoring. The device operates autonomously, moving throughout the home while providing users with real-time analytics on temperature, humidity, CO2 levels, and other vital home metrics. Users can control the robot through a smartphone application, allowing them to interact with their home remotely, check in on security, and access entertainment options seamlessly. By integrating advanced technologies such as machine learning and AI, Keecker aims to create a comprehensive home platform that supports a variety of applications and enhances the overall living experience.

iskn

Seed Round in 2015
iskn is a consumer electronics company that develops and markets the slate for smart drawing. iskn is the leading pioneer in AUGMENTED INTERACTION thanks to its technology representing 24 international patents based on 60 years of deep tech R&D expertise in magnetometry at the world-renowned CEA LETI. The company’s primary mission consists in enriching the experience and facilitate interaction with the digital world by bringing back emotion through the use of day-to-day physical objects. This has already come to life by turning any pencil into a digital one with the widely adopted SLATE, and the yet to come disruptive REPAPER graphic tablet.

Prynt

Seed Round in 2014
Prynt is a manufacturer of innovative smartphone camera cases that transform mobile devices into instant cameras. The case allows users to capture photos and print them instantly, without the need for ink, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth. Compatible with both iOS and Android phones, Prynt's unique feature is its ability to embed short videos within the printed photos, which can be accessed through its accompanying app. This functionality offers a creative and engaging way for users to share their memories, combining tangible prints with digital storytelling.
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