HCVC, a Paris-based VC firm dedicated to “hardtech”, has closed a new $75m fund to invest in startups building at the intersection of hardware and software.
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October 3, 2023
HCVC’s new $75m hardtech fund will back technologies that “exist in the physical world”
The French VC has raised a new $75m fund dedicated to “hardtech” — and focused on tackling big challenges, from climate change to aerospace
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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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