--- title: IEEE Entrepreneurship Connects Hardware Startups With... description: IEEE Entrepreneurship launched Hard Tech Venture Summits in 2024 to connect hardware startup founders with investors, addressing the unique funding challenges... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ieee-entrepreneurship-connects-hardware-startups-with-investors-8tehmz7m6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: IEEE Entrepreneurship Connects Hardware Startups With Investors | daily.dev og:description: IEEE Entrepreneurship launched Hard Tech Venture Summits in 2024 to connect hardware startup founders with investors, addressing the unique funding challenges... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ieee-entrepreneurship-connects-hardware-startups-with-investors-8tehmz7m6 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/8teHMz7m6.png og:image:alt: IEEE Entrepreneurship Connects Hardware Startups With Investors og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # IEEE Entrepreneurship Connects Hardware Startups With Investors **[IEEE Spectrum](https://daily.dev/sources/ieeespectrum)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary IEEE Entrepreneurship launched Hard Tech Venture Summits in 2024 to connect hardware startup founders with investors, addressing the unique funding challenges faced by hard tech companies — which typically require up to 50% more financing than software startups. The two-day events feature networking roundtables, pitch competitions, and a manufacturing/regulatory compliance workshop. Multiple summits are planned for 2025 across Silicon Valley, Toronto, and Boston, with future events in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and North America. Over 90% of 2025 San Francisco attendees said they would highly recommend the event. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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