7 Capital
Venture capitalSan Francisco, USA
Stages
Series A
Sectors
Software & Internet · Industrials & Manufacturing
Venture capital firm investing in the technology sector.
Industrials and Manufacturing venture capital investors
122 active venture and growth firms state that they invest in industrials and manufacturing. Each was read against its own website; firms that turned out to be advisories, lenders or recruiters were removed, as were funds that have wound down.
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Search all 1224Abbey International Finance
Venture capitalDublin, Ireland
Stages
GrowthSeries BSeries C
Sectors
Software & Internet · Financial Services · Industrials & Manufacturing · Real Estate
Independent niche finance house providing tailor-made equity and financing solutions to businesses and entrepreneurs, alongside leasing and insurance divisions. It is a diversified finance firm with…
Amethis
Venture capitalParis, France
Stages
GrowthSeries BSeries C
Sectors
Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Financial Services · Consumer & Retail · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities · +2 more
Edmond de Rothschild PE affiliate providing impact-oriented growth capital to companies serving African and European markets, with ESG integration.
Assembler Growth Capital
Venture capitalFort Lauderdale, Florida, US
Stages
GrowthSeries BSeries C
Sectors
Healthcare & Life Sciences · Business & Professional Services · Consumer & Retail · Food & Beverage · Industrials & Manufacturing
Entrepreneurial growth investors backing founders to scale and expand consumer and business-services companies.
Atlantic Bridge
Venture capitalDublin, Ireland
Stages
GrowthSeries BSeries C
Sectors
Software & Internet · Industrials & Manufacturing · Environmental & Safety
Provides cross-border expansion capital to deep-tech companies, helping them scale internationally across its Europe-US platform.
Atlantic Labs
Venture capitalBerlin, Germany
Stages
Pre-seedSeed
Sectors
Software & Internet · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities · Environmental & Safety
Leads pre-seed rounds backing ambitious European founders from day one with hands-on support.
ATX Venture Partners
Venture capitalAustin, TX, USA
Stages
SeedSeries A
Sectors
Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Financial Services · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities
Operator-led VC concentrating in high-conviction applied-AI verticals that collapse cost structures and replace legacy workflows.
Aurora Private Equity
Venture capitalAberdeen, Scotland, UK
Stages
GrowthSeedSeries ASeries BSeries C
Sectors
Healthcare & Life Sciences · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities · Media & Communications
Aberdeen-based business angel syndicate whose HNW/sophisticated members co-invest in emerging high-growth Scottish companies alongside the Scottish Co-Investment Fund.
Avia Capital
Venture capitalWarsaw, Poland
Stages
GrowthSeries BSeries C
Sectors
Healthcare & Life Sciences · Consumer & Retail · Industrials & Manufacturing · Materials & Chemicals
Poland's first growth fund, backing Polish B2B companies oriented toward international expansion.
Badlands Capital
Venture capitalSioux Falls, SD, United States
Stages
GrowthSeries ASeries BSeries C
Sectors
Software & Internet · Industrials & Manufacturing
Invests growth capital in Midwest tech and manufacturing companies underserved by other private capital.
battery ventures
Venture capitalBoston, Massachusetts, USA
Stages
GrowthSeries BSeries C
Sectors
Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Consumer & Retail · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities
Thesis-driven, technology-focused investor backing founders and teams at all stages of growth.
Ben Franklin Technology
Venture capitalBethlehem, PA, USA
Stages
Series A
Sectors
Software & Internet · Industrials & Manufacturing
State-backed economic development organization providing early-stage equity capital and support to Northeastern PA technology firms and manufacturers.
Biospring
Venture capitalNew York, New York, United States
Stages
GrowthSeries BSeries C
Sectors
Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Business & Professional Services · Industrials & Manufacturing
Growth investor partnering with technology-enabled, profitable life-sciences and pharma-services companies to scale them.
BlueYard Capital
Venture capitalBerlin, Germany
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries A
Sectors
Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Industrials & Manufacturing
Backs founders building frontier technologies that 'move us toward utopia' or 'hold the line against oblivion' - civilization-scale deep tech.
Bolt
Venture capitalSan Francisco, CA, USA
Stages
Pre-seedSeed
Sectors
Software & Internet · Industrials & Manufacturing
Pre-seed VC writing founders' first checks and providing hands-on hardware/product engineering support.
Boost VC
Venture capitalSan Mateo, CA, USA
Stages
Pre-seedSeed
Sectors
Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Industrials & Manufacturing
Boost VC is a pre-seed venture fund making generalist deep-tech bets on startups aiming to make a billion lives better.
Break Off
Venture capitalLondon, United Kingdom
Stages
SeedSeries A
Sectors
Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Industrials & Manufacturing · Agriculture
Backs early-stage founders commercialising breakthrough science that addresses large global/planetary challenges.
C4 Ventures
Venture capitalLondon, UK
Stages
GrowthSeries BSeries C
Sectors
Software & Internet · Industrials & Manufacturing · Transportation & Logistics
Operators backing European deep-tech entrepreneurs to craft global companies.
Chart Venture Partners, L.P.
Venture capitalNew York, New York, United States
Stages
Series A
Sectors
Healthcare & Life Sciences · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities · Materials & Chemicals · Media & Communications · Environmental & Safety
Early-stage fund formed with InSitech (US Army ARDEC partnership intermediary) to commercialise dual-use security and defence technologies for both government and commercial markets.
CincyTech USA
Venture capitalCincinnati, Ohio
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries A
Sectors
Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Industrials & Manufacturing
Regional early-stage venture firm formed by the Cincinnati Chamber, Cincinnati Children's and the University of Cincinnati to fill the high-risk seed capital gap and commercialise regional research;…
Circularity Capital
Venture capitalEdinburgh, United Kingdom
Stages
GrowthSeries BSeries C
Sectors
Industrials & Manufacturing · Materials & Chemicals
Specialist hands-on growth investor backing European SMEs whose models decouple growth from resource consumption via the circular economy.
Claritas Capital
Venture capitalNashville, TN, United States
Stages
GrowthSeedSeries BSeries C
Sectors
Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Financial Services · Consumer & Retail · Industrials & Manufacturing · Media & Communications · +1 more
Nashville alternative investments firm pairing a multi-stage venture practice with build-to-suit and credit-tenant real estate development.
Cogito Capital
Venture capitalToronto, Ontario, Canada
Stages
GrowthSeedSeries ASeries BSeries C
Sectors
Software & Internet · Consumer & Retail · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities · Media & Communications · Real Estate
Invests internationally in technology companies enabling digital transformation of mature industries, pairing capital with market-entry advisory (sister vehicle Cogito Ventures does early stage).
CoInvest Capital
Venture capitalVilnius, Lithuania
Stages
Seed
Sectors
Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Financial Services · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities · Transportation & Logistics · +1 more
Lithuanian state/EU-funded evergreen co-investment fund (100% subsidiary of national development bank ILTE) that invests only alongside at least three accredited business angels or other VCs, using a…
COMETA
Venture capitalMexico City, Mexico
Stages
GrowthSeries BSeries C
Sectors
Software & Internet · Financial Services · Industrials & Manufacturing · Transportation & Logistics
Technology investor backing fintech, mobility and industrial-AI companies transforming Spanish-speaking markets.
CoreCo Private Equity
Venture capitalGuatemala City, Guatemala (also Miami, Florida)
Stages
GrowthSeries BSeries C
Sectors
Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Financial Services · Consumer & Retail · Industrials & Manufacturing · Media & Communications · +1 more
Region-focused growth investor backing revenue-generating, capital-efficient Central American companies plus opportunistic corporate spin-outs.
Crescent Capital NI Limited
Venture capitalBelfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Stages
GrowthSeries ASeries BSeries C
Sectors
Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Industrials & Manufacturing
Belfast VC manager (Northern Ireland Growth Fund and predecessors) backing local founders with capital plus hands-on management and network support.
Day One Capital
Venture capitalBudapest, Hungary
Stages
Pre-seedSeed
Sectors
Software & Internet · Industrials & Manufacturing · Environmental & Safety
Backs CEE founders rebuilding industries with AI-first and emerging technologies.
Divergent Capital
Venture capitalNew York, New York
Stages
Pre-seedSeed
Sectors
Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities · Transportation & Logistics
High-conviction pre-seed fund led by two female operator-investors, leading first rounds for 20 to 25 science and engineering founders outside traditional Silicon Valley networks.
Driehaus Private Equity
Venture capitalChicago, Illinois, USA
Stages
GrowthSeries BSeries C
Sectors
Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Industrials & Manufacturing · Transportation & Logistics
Chicago growth-equity firm founded by the late Richard Driehaus providing capital for organic growth and acquisitions to near-profitable, revenue-generating companies.
Dynamo Ventures
Venture capitalChattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Stages
Series A
Sectors
Software & Internet · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities · Transportation & Logistics
Backs relentless founders upgrading the physical economy where technology collides with physics.
Elron Ventures
Venture capitalIsrael
Stages
GrowthSeries BSeries C
Sectors
Software & Internet · Industrials & Manufacturing · Environmental & Safety
Builds and acquires dual-use deep-tech/defense companies, leveraging a Rafael partnership.
Emend Vision Fund
Venture capitalVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Stages
Series A
Sectors
Software & Internet · Food & Beverage · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities · Media & Communications · Environmental & Safety
Vancouver VC investing in commercially-ready sustainability technology that meets traditional venture return thresholds without concessionary terms. NOTE: CSV domain shaw.ca is incorrect (Shaw…
Fusion Fund
Venture capitalPalo Alto, California, USA
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries A
Sectors
Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Industrials & Manufacturing
Palo Alto VC founded by Lu Zhang backing technical founders in healthcare, enterprise AI and deep/industrial tech; 75+ companies, 5 unicorns.
Hyperplane Venture Capital
Venture capitalCambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries A
Sectors
Software & Internet · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities
Early-stage 'first check' VC backing AI and deep-tech founders where AI meets workflows, infrastructure and the physical world (robotics, GPU/inference infra, autonomy, defense).
INNOVACOM
Venture capitalParis, France
Stages
GrowthSeries ASeries BSeries C
Sectors
Software & Internet · Industrials & Manufacturing · Environmental & Safety
Finances breakthrough innovations driving industrial, digital and environmental transitions.
Inter-Risco Private Equity
Venture capitalPorto, Portugal
Stages
GrowthSeries BSeries C
Sectors
Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities · Materials & Chemicals
Backs Iberian mid-market SMEs with expansion and build-up strategies to create sector-leading companies.
IQ Capital
Venture capitalLondon, UK
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries A
Sectors
Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities
Backs European deep-tech founders building frontier-technology companies that disrupt industrial norms (200+ founders since 2005).
Karista
Venture capitalFrance
Stages
GrowthSeedSeries ASeries BSeries C
Sectors
Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Industrials & Manufacturing
Backs exceptional teams building future category leaders from scratch across health, deeptech and digital.
LeadX Capital
Venture capitalGermany
Stages
GrowthSeries BSeries C
Sectors
Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Consumer & Retail · Industrials & Manufacturing · Environmental & Safety
Backs technology-enabled companies driving sustainable digital transformation.
82 more investors in industrials and manufacturing
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- M25 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Max Holding · Tehran, Iran
- Meridian Capital China · Shanghai, China
- NetScientific PLC · London, United Kingdom
- Nordic Alpha · Copenhagen, Denmark
- redstone · Berlin, Germany
- St. Cloud Capital · Los Angeles, California, USA
- Tikehau Ace Capital · Paris, France
- TitletownTech · Green Bay, WI
- Topview International · Oldsmar (Tampa), Florida, United States
- Ubiquity Ventures · San Francisco, CA
- Unicorn India Ventures · Mumbai, India
- Union Labs Ventures · San Mateo, California, US
- UpperStage.Capital · Vancouver, BC, Canada
- VCV Digital Group · New York, New York, USA
- Vision Plus Capital · China
- Xploration Capital · London, UK
- ZGI Capital · Riga, Latvia
- A* Capital · San Francisco, California, USA
- Activate Capital · San Francisco, California, USA
- AI Capital · Denver, Colorado, USA
- Almaz Capital · Portola Valley, California, USA (also Berlin, Germany)
- Alpaca VC · New York, New York, USA
- Alta Growth Capital · Mexico City, Mexico
- Anzu · Washington, DC, USA
- ASI Valuetech Seed Fund · Poland
- Avenue Growth Partners · Chicago, United States
- Blue Bear Capital · Jackson, Wyoming, United States
- Blue Ox Healthcare Partners · New York, USA
- bm-t beteiligungsmanagement thüringen GmbH · Erfurt, Germany
- Boundary Capital · Northampton, United Kingdom
- Bridges Fund Management · London, United Kingdom
- Brookstreet Equity · London, United Kingdom
- Caffeinated Capital · San Francisco / New York, USA
- Capital Export · Paris, France
- Caymont · Houston, TX, United States
- Cusp Capital · Essen, Germany
- DECACORN · Singapore
- Deepvp · Menlo Park, California, USA
- DTCP · Germany
- Earthshot Ventures · Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- Echoeight Investments · United Kingdom
- Energize Ventures · Chicago, IL, USA
- Eniac Ventures · New York, New York, USA
- Episode 1 Ventures · London, United Kingdom
- GALLOS Technologies Limited · London, United Kingdom
- GiantLeap Capital · New York, NY, USA (and Chicago)
- Haiti Venture Impact · Boston, USA
- Harpoon · San Diego, California, USA
- HB Ventures/ 木槿资本 · Vienna, Austria
- InterAlpen · United States
- Isatis Capital · Paris, France
- JOIN CAPITAL · Berlin, Germany
- LFE Capital · Minneapolis, United States
- Marathon Venture Capital · Athens, Greece
- Marlinspike · Arlington, Virginia, USA
- Matterwave Ventures · Munich, Germany
- MDH Venture Capital · United States
- Michigan Capital Network · Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
- MKB · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Momenta · Switzerland / New York, USA
- nct ventures · Columbus, Ohio, USA
- New Stack Ventures · Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Next Sparc Growth · Chagrin Falls, Ohio, USA (also Miami, Florida)
- ONE9 · Canada
- Outlier Ventures · London, United Kingdom
- REFASHIOND Ventures · New York, NY, USA
- Sente Ventures · Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Spider Capital · San Francisco, CA, USA
- Strand Equity · Los Angeles, California, USA
- Széchenyi Alapok · Budapest, Hungary
- Tekfen Ventures · New York, NY, USA
- Ubisu · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- UP.Partners · Santa Monica, California, United States
- Verge Fund · Albuquerque, NM, USA
- Wave Equity · Boston, MA, United States
- Yotta Capital · Paris, France
- First Imagine! · London, UK / Guernsey
- Foresite Capital · San Francisco, United States
- BeAble Capital SGEIC SA · Madrid, Spain
- Chrysalix Venture Capital · Vancouver, Canada
- McRock Capital · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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