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Investor profile

Kane Hsieh

Partner, Root Ventures

About

Kane Hsieh runs MachinePix, a popular engineering media brand showcasing industrial machinery that gives him deep visual exposure to automation and robotics, which directly informs his hardware investing at Root Ventures. He's known for his hands-on maker identity, publicly documenting his custom builds like conference cabins and retro computer modifications, and uses his engineering content to attract technical founders who follow his work. Kane Hsieh runs MachinePix, a popular engineering media brand showcasing industrial machinery that gives him deep visual exposure to automation and robotics, which directly informs his hardware investing at Root Ventures. He's known for his hands-on maker identity, publicly documenting his custom builds like conference cabins and retro computer modifications, and uses his engineering content to attract technical founders who follow his work.

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Investment focus

Stages
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Sectors
Deeptech
Hardware
Robotics
Devtools
AI
Defense

Investment details

Avg check size$1M - $3M
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
USA
Africa