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Root Ventures
The Seed Fund Built for Technical Hardware Founders
Visit websiteWhy it made the list
Root is a fit for technical industrial founders, it is a deep-tech Seed fund that usually leads initial rounds and explicitly targets robotics, hardware, manufacturing, semiconductors and automation.
Proof point
The newest verified dated firm-level proof point is Root Ventures' November 2025 Fund IV, a $190M Seed fund. Its current site reports typical initial investments of $3M to $5M and two-thirds of fund capital reserved for follow-ons.
Sources: rootventures.coffee, root.vc
- Industry focus
- Advanced Manufacturing; Manufacturing Automation & Robotics; IndustrialTech; Semiconductor designers and manufacturers; Semiconductor engineering tools
- Technology focus
- AI; Machine Learning; Robotics & Automation; Hardware; Deep tech; Hard Tech; Semiconductors Technologies; Developer Tools; Embedded Products, Systems & Firmware; IoT & Connected Systems; Software
- Stage
- Pre-seed & Seed rounds
- Geography
- Global
- Category
- The Hot Early Stage Investor
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