https://pitchbook.com/tag/hardware hardware en-US Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:36:36 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/european-semiconductor-startups-cash-in-as-vcs-turn-to-hardware With the SaaS model under pressure, investors are chasing defensibility—and European hardware startups are delivering it. Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:36:36 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/european-semiconductor-startups-cash-in-as-vcs-turn-to-hardware https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/nothing-raises-200m-series-c-at-1-3b-valuation The funding pushes Q3 VC dealmaking to 190% above the Q2 total. Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:14:50 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/nothing-raises-200m-series-c-at-1-3b-valuation https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/openai-acquisition-jony-ives-startup-6-5b-biggest-acquisition-yet The $6.5B acquisition is OpenAI's biggest to date and the latest in the growing startup-to-startup M&A transaction trend Wed, 21 May 2025 19:48:54 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/openai-acquisition-jony-ives-startup-6-5b-biggest-acquisition-yet https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/hailo-series-c-generative-artificial-intelligence The Israeli-based startup raised $120 million for its edge computing devices, specialized chips that handle tasks locally as opposed to sending off information to a data center. Tue, 02 Apr 2024 13:55:19 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/hailo-series-c-generative-artificial-intelligence https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/hardware-vc-investing-generative-ai-rabbit-humane Investing in hardware has always been hard. Wed, 21 Feb 2024 22:11:35 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/hardware-vc-investing-generative-ai-rabbit-humane https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/quantum-computing-venture-capital-funding Scientists are still working to develop the next level of quantum computing. But even with the finish line potentially years away, VCs are funding the technology at record levels. Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/quantum-computing-venture-capital-funding https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/nvidia-assembles-69b-takeover-bid-for-chipmaker-mellanox Nvidia has agreed to acquire Mellanox Technologies for an enterprise value of around $6.9 billion, or $125 per share, marking one of the largest M&A deals ever for a company founded in Israel. Mon, 11 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/nvidia-assembles-69b-takeover-bid-for-chipmaker-mellanox https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/snapchat-rebrands-as-snap-announces-first-hardware-product Snapchat has rebranded and announced its first physical product: a pair of glasses with an implanted camera reminiscent of the failed Google Glass, but perhaps this time it's different. Sun, 25 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/snapchat-rebrands-as-snap-announces-first-hardware-product https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/oculus-becomes-reality-vr-headsets-finally-ship The Oculus Rift headset shipped early this week, marking a potentially huge moment for the virtual reality industry. All eyes in the tech community are on the company and its debut product. Mon, 04 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/oculus-becomes-reality-vr-headsets-finally-ship https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/why-arent-vcs-funding-the-future Turns out VCs have spurned the hardware sector in recent years, instead opting to fund startups in the cheaper software space. Thu, 05 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/why-arent-vcs-funding-the-future https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/most-active-vc-firms-by-sector-in-2013 PitchBook's PE & VC Global League Table Report, featuring the most active investors, lenders, advisors and law firms in the PE and VC spaces in 2013. Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/most-active-vc-firms-by-sector-in-2013