HAX
Hardware & Manufacturing · Run by SOSV · Newark, NJ
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The facts
All fields verified Jul 22, 2026- Terms model
- Equity for cashInvests cash in your company and takes equity (an ownership stake) in return.
- Investment
- $550,000 initial investment
- Equity taken
- Not publishedSOSV's pre-seed hard-tech development program: $550K initial investment per startup, hands-on engineering support at 35,000 sq ft Newark HQ (plus HAX Plasma Forge facility in Princeton). Equity percentage not published on hax.co, so null. Applications via sosv.com/apply/hax/ on a rolling basis (no fixed cohort deadlines published), so next_deadline null and program_length null (residency model rather than fixed-week cohort).
- Program length
- Not published
- Format
- In person
- Location
- Newark, NJ
- Cohorts per year
- Not published
- Cohort size
- Not published
- Stage focus
- pre-seed hard tech
- Sub-vertical
- hard tech (energy, advanced compute, transportation, health tech, manufacturing, physical AI)
- Demographic focus
- Not published
- Backers
- SOSV
- Notable alumni
- Not published
Terms notes: SOSV's pre-seed hard-tech development program: $550K initial investment per startup, hands-on engineering support at 35,000 sq ft Newark HQ (plus HAX Plasma Forge facility in Princeton). Equity percentage not published on hax.co, so null. Applications via sosv.com/apply/hax/ on a rolling basis (no fixed cohort deadlines published), so next_deadline null and program_length null (residency model rather than fixed-week cohort).
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Terms in plain English
HAX, SOSV's pre-seed hard tech program, makes a $550,000 initial investment and embeds its in-house engineering organization directly into portfolio startups. The equity SOSV takes in exchange is not published on hax.co or the application page. Founders work in person from the 35,000 sq ft Newark, NJ headquarters, with an additional 10,000 sq ft HAX Plasma Forge facility in Princeton, NJ. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis through sosv.com/apply/hax, with no fixed cohort deadlines posted.
Who this is actually for
Pre-seed hard tech founders working on climate, industrial automation, or human health who want deep hands-on engineering support alongside capital. Best suited to teams able to work in person at the Newark facility.
Application windows
Rolling applications: Rolling: applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis.
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Sources
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