Top 10 Early Stage Investors: IoT, Connected Devices & Sensor Networks

RankInvestor Name
1Autotech Ventures
2Active Impact Investments
3Andreessen Horowitz - a16z
4Founders, Inc
5Innovation Works
6ImpactAssets
7Civilization Ventures
8Virginia Venture Partners
9Plug and Play Tech Center
10Ondine Capital

Early stage activity in this category is led by institutional venture franchises and category specialists. Industrial sensing and edge intelligence drive the category as physical operations digitize. For a company raising a priced early round, this list identifies the firms with the most active recent presence in the category.

The CapitalDart directory identifies the right person to contact at each of these firms, with their individual investment criteria.

Rankings reflect investment activity from January 2025 through July 2026 in US and Canada companies, based on transactions matched to the CapitalDart directory. Seed and Early Stage rank by participation, Later Stage by rounds led, Private Equity by control and buyout activity. Updated periodically.