Founder & Managing Partner at HCVC · Joined 2015
View Live Interactive Profile →Alexis Houssou is the founder and managing partner of HCVC, the Paris and San Francisco hardtech firm he started in 2015 as Hardware Club, a community-first venture firm that grew to more than 600 member startups across roughly 50 countries. An entrepreneur turned investor, he founded contextual video advertising startup UXUP.tv, spent about five years in finance, and ran Elephants&Ventures, a boutique that invested in and advised hardware startups including Lima, ISKN, and Aryballe. At Hardware Club he co-led early investments in companies such as Prynt, Reach Robotics, and Keecker, and he went on to raise HCVC's $50 million debut fund in 2018 and its $75 million second fund in 2023.