Funded Hardware Startups in San Francisco
Disclosed round sizes in this San Francisco Hardware slice cluster heavily in the tens of millions, but one entry breaks the pattern: The Bot Company raise…
Disclosed round sizes in this San Francisco Hardware slice cluster heavily in the tens of millions, but one entry breaks the pattern: The Bot Company raised $150M on 2025-03-21, dwarfing the next-largest disclosed amounts of $170M (Loft Orbital, 2025-01-14) and $200M (Astranis, 2024-07-24). The top-of-list is also stage-heavy in later rounds, with large checks showing up alongside many smaller disclosed deals (for example, $10M on 2025-09-27 for InCountry, versus $500K pre-seed raises like Normal Factory on 2025-09-13). Timing forms a clear concentration: multiple rounds land in the first half of 2025 (for instance, 2025-06-17 has both Digger at $4M and Integrated Reasoning at $2M), while the oldest rows shown extend back to 2021-12-28 (MetaMap at $70M). Outliers on the downside appear as “undisclosed” amounts (Instinct on 2025-03-12 and others), while disclosed minimums include $100K (NeuroTrainer on 2022-06-20 and MerkleBot on 2022-03-20). Across 50 listed companies, at least 27 entries are tagged with a Series Unknown/blank stage label, creating a stage-assignment skew relative to named “Series A/B/C/D/E” rounds.
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Frequently asked
Which disclosed round is the outlier, and how much larger is it than the rest of the disclosed amounts?
The Bot Company’s $150M (2025-03-21) stands out within the disclosed set, but even larger disclosed checks appear nearby: Loft Orbital’s $170M (2025-01-14) and Astranis’s $200M (2024-07-24). Compared with the majority of disclosed rounds in the $1M–$50M band (e.g., InCountry’s $10M on 2025-09-27; Digger’s $4M on 2025-06-17), these top-tier rounds are materially larger.
Do the rounds cluster in a specific recent time window in San Francisco Hardware?
Yes. The list shows a dense run in early-to-mid 2025: 2025-06-17 includes two disclosed seed rounds (Digger $4M and Integrated Reasoning $2M), and 2025-03-12 has both Instinct (undisclosed) and Inversion Semiconductor ($500K). Earlier concentration is also visible in 2024 (for example, multiple rounds from December 2024 through July 2024 such as Gigs $73M on 2024-12-12 and Astranis $200M on 2024-07-24).
How often are amounts or stages not disclosed, and does that affect interpretability of stage patterns?
Undisclosed amounts appear alongside the stage uncertainty: Instinct is listed with an undisclosed amount on 2025-03-12, and Amplium is undisclosed on 2025-03-01. Stage labels are also skewed toward “Series Unknown” or blank: entries like InCountry (2025-09-27, Series Unknown) and Ubicloud (2024-03-05, blank) mean many rounds cannot be cleanly compared across consistent A/B/C/D/E categories.
What stage mix dominates when the stage is named, based on the strongest recurring labels?
When stages are specified, later rounds and seed both show up repeatedly with large and mid-size checks: Swift Navigation is Series E at $50M (2025-07-23), Fictiv is Series E at $100M (2022-05-05), and multiple seed rounds carry disclosed amounts such as Render? (not seed), but clearly Therma is Series A $19M (2023-02-07) and many seeds like Reshape Automation $5M (2024-09-10) and Arch $6M (2024-02-15). In contrast, pre-seed entries include Normal Factory $500K (2025-09-13) and Patchwork $500K (2024-04-03), often at the low end of disclosed sizes.
Are there unusually small disclosed rounds that can be treated as near-floor benchmarks for this list?
Yes. The smallest disclosed amounts are $100K, shown by NeuroTrainer on 2022-06-20 (Grant, $100K) and MerkleBot on 2022-03-20 (Non-equity Assistance, $100K). Those compare sharply against common mid-range disclosed rounds like Render $80M on 2025-01-21 and Ubicloud $16M on 2024-03-05, making $100K a clear low-end anchor for disclosed comparisons.
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