Hisham Elhaddad

Co-Founder & Managing Partner at HOF Capital

📍 New York, New York, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 32 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2026
VC🌍 United States20+ investmentsInvested this quarter
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Jul 2026
We create abundant and cheap gas out of thin air using atomic energy. Want to join our mission? Go on our website Mission > Join Our Team > General Application Or hit this link directly: https://airtable.com/appfshNOv7qcwdy5F/shrDbQa7dkT4Jt9FR
mid stageOil and Gas
Investor
Apr 2026
BUGATTI has been at the pinnacle of the automotive industry for over 110 years, creating the world’s most powerful and luxurious automobiles from its home in Molsheim, France. Every car crafted since the company was founded by Ettore Bugatti in 1909 is praised for its comfort, drivability, design, technology and reliability, desired by automotive connoisseurs from around the world. In the 1920s, the French brand became known for its racing victories with flagship models, such as the Type 13, Type 35 and their derivatives. Parallel to those successes, the brand’s portfolio broadened under the influence of Ettore Bugatti’s eldest son Jean - an exceptionally gifted designer - to elegant touring cars. His most distinguished coach-built bodyworks were the Type 41 Royale and the Type 57 SC Atlantic, some of the most valuable classic cars in the world. In the post Ettore and Jean Bugatti era, the 1980s especially stood out with the EB110. Premiering in 1991, it employed several innovations that set benchmarks for sports car performance, including a quad-turbocharged engine, carbon fiber monocoque and advanced four-wheel-drive system. With the introduction of the VEYRON 16.4 in 2005, BUGATTI created an entirely new segment: the hyper sports car, becoming the first production model to break through 1,000 PS and 400 km/h. In 2016, the CHIRON once again redefined speed and usability. Built around an evolution of the VEYRONs 8.0-liter quad-turbo W16 the Super Sport version of the CHIRON with 1,600 PS became the first vehicle from a production manufacturer to break the 300mph barrier. Today, BUGATTI is part of the BUGATTI Rimac Group and well underway with the development of the next-generation of BUGATTI hyper sports cars, true to Ettore Bugatti’s motto "If comparable, it is no longer BUGATTI," while simultaneously expanding BUGATTI’s excellence into the non-automotive sector with luxury lifestyle products and cooperations.
Investor
Jun 2025
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) is on a mission to deliver clean fusion energy to the planet fast enough to matter for humanity’s biggest challenges. It’s urgent. The gap between the energy we need and the energy we have is widening every day. Fusion is a critical part of the energy transition away from fossil fuels, a new chapter for the world’s energy supply. We’re committing to delivering fusion power plants and a full-fledged fusion energy industry as we’ve delivered on other promises. Like the world’s strongest high-temperature superconducting magnet, the game-changing technology that’s making commercial fusion energy a reality. We’ve raised over $2 billion in capital — more than any other fusion energy company — and attracted top talent to design, build, and deliver commercial fusion power plants. And we’re working with policymakers and suppliers to make fusion energy available globally. As we push toward the fusion-energy future, we’ll keep setting and meeting milestones, sharing and validating our progress, and encouraging others to do the same. If you are interested in joining our team, check out cfs.energy/careers for more information.
Investor
Mar 2025
Science Corporation is a clinical-stage medical technology company. We work to restore quality of life to those with debilitating conditions for which there are no treatment options, creating devices aimed at restoring vision, cognition, and mobility to patients who have lost it. To support progress across our industry, we provide state-of-the-art components and vertically integrated infrastructure for others to build on via Science Foundry. Headquartered in Alameda, California, with offices in Paris, France.
Board Observer
Oct 2024
GenLogs is the Truck Intelligence™ platform leveraging AI on a nationwide network of roadside sensors, satellites, and proprietary datasets. GenLogs tracks all commercial vehicle patterns in the United States in order to drive better business outcomes for customers in trucking, logistics, insurance, commercial real estate, financial institutions and governments.
Board Member
Sep 2024
Codesphere transforms deployment into a developer-centric self-service experience, reducing time-to-market and costs. It eliminates the wall by enabling developers to manage their own infrastructure needs end2end. On Codesphere you can deploy anything from simple frontends to multi service production landscapes and LLMs. Includes zero config autoscaling, replicas and managed services.
Investor
Sep 2024
As the AI factory company, Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. The company provides a reliable, scalable, cost-effective, and energy-first solution for AI infrastructure. By harnessing large-scale energy resources, building AI-optimized data centers, and delivering an AI cloud platform, Crusoe empowers its customers to build the future faster.
Investor
May 2024
Understand the Universe. We are a team of AI technologists and business leaders on a mission to build AI systems that can help humanity understand the world better. https://x.ai/careers
Investor
Nov 2023
Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and over 60% of the Fortune 500 — rely on Databricks to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified Data Intelligence Platform that includes Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, Lakebase and Unity Catalog. --- Databricks applicants Please apply through our official Careers page at databricks.com/company/careers. All official communication from Databricks will come from email addresses ending with @databricks.com or @goodtime.io (our meeting tool).
Investor
Aug 2023
Neuralink is a neurotechnology company building a generalized input/output platform for the brain. Our work has the potential to restore autonomy to those with unmet medical needs and fundamentally transform how humans interact with the world. Our core technology is an implantable brain-computer interface with ultra-thin, flexible electrode threads placed precisely by a surgical robot, enabling high-bandwidth, bidirectional interaction with neural signals. We’ve received multiple FDA Breakthrough Device designations and are conducting clinical trials around the world. Trial participants are exploring how our implant could enhance their daily lives — controlling digital devices like computers and smartphones, operating physical devices like robotic arms and wheelchairs, and translating thought directly into speech and text. Developing brain-computer interfaces is an interdisciplinary challenge, and we’re looking for exceptional talent across engineering, science, and operations. Explore opportunities to contribute to our mission at neuralink.com/careers.
Investor
Feb 2023
Were an AI research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Our first product is Claude, an AI assistant for tasks at any scale. Our research interests span multiple areas including natural language, human feedback, scaling laws, reinforcement learning, code generation, and interpretability.
Investor
Jan 2023
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core. OpenAI is dedicated to putting that alignment of interests first — ahead of profit. To achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Our investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership. At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
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Mar 2022
Varda is building the infrastructure for a thriving orbital economy, from in-orbit pharmaceutical processing to reliable and economical reentry capsules. From new, life-saving pharmaceuticals to more powerful fiber optic cables, there is a world of products used to benefit life on Earth that can only be manufactured in space. Our mission is to expand the economic bounds of humankind.
Investor
Nov 2021
Making extinction a thing of the past. Colossal is a breakthrough bioscience and genetic engineering company that builds radical new technologies to advance the field of genomics. Colossal creates disruptive technologies for extinct species restoration, critically endangered species protection and the repopulation of critical ecosystems that support the continuation of life on Earth. The company is the first to apply CRISPR technology for the purposes of species de-extinction. Colossal is accepting humanity’s duty to restore Earth to a healthier state, while also solving for the future economies and biological necessities of the human condition through cutting-edge science and technologies.
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2026
Investor
Jul 2026
We create abundant and cheap gas out of thin air using atomic energy. Want to join our mission? Go on our website Mission > Join Our Team > General Application Or hit this link directly: https://airtable.com/appfshNOv7qcwdy5F/shrDbQa7dkT4Jt9FR
mid stageOil and Gas
Investor
Apr 2026
BUGATTI has been at the pinnacle of the automotive industry for over 110 years, creating the world’s most powerful and luxurious automobiles from its home in Molsheim, France. Every car crafted since the company was founded by Ettore Bugatti in 1909 is praised for its comfort, drivability, design, technology and reliability, desired by automotive connoisseurs from around the world. In the 1920s, the French brand became known for its racing victories with flagship models, such as the Type 13, Type 35 and their derivatives. Parallel to those successes, the brand’s portfolio broadened under the influence of Ettore Bugatti’s eldest son Jean - an exceptionally gifted designer - to elegant touring cars. His most distinguished coach-built bodyworks were the Type 41 Royale and the Type 57 SC Atlantic, some of the most valuable classic cars in the world. In the post Ettore and Jean Bugatti era, the 1980s especially stood out with the EB110. Premiering in 1991, it employed several innovations that set benchmarks for sports car performance, including a quad-turbocharged engine, carbon fiber monocoque and advanced four-wheel-drive system. With the introduction of the VEYRON 16.4 in 2005, BUGATTI created an entirely new segment: the hyper sports car, becoming the first production model to break through 1,000 PS and 400 km/h. In 2016, the CHIRON once again redefined speed and usability. Built around an evolution of the VEYRONs 8.0-liter quad-turbo W16 the Super Sport version of the CHIRON with 1,600 PS became the first vehicle from a production manufacturer to break the 300mph barrier. Today, BUGATTI is part of the BUGATTI Rimac Group and well underway with the development of the next-generation of BUGATTI hyper sports cars, true to Ettore Bugatti’s motto "If comparable, it is no longer BUGATTI," while simultaneously expanding BUGATTI’s excellence into the non-automotive sector with luxury lifestyle products and cooperations.
2025
Investor
Jun 2025
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) is on a mission to deliver clean fusion energy to the planet fast enough to matter for humanity’s biggest challenges. It’s urgent. The gap between the energy we need and the energy we have is widening every day. Fusion is a critical part of the energy transition away from fossil fuels, a new chapter for the world’s energy supply. We’re committing to delivering fusion power plants and a full-fledged fusion energy industry as we’ve delivered on other promises. Like the world’s strongest high-temperature superconducting magnet, the game-changing technology that’s making commercial fusion energy a reality. We’ve raised over $2 billion in capital — more than any other fusion energy company — and attracted top talent to design, build, and deliver commercial fusion power plants. And we’re working with policymakers and suppliers to make fusion energy available globally. As we push toward the fusion-energy future, we’ll keep setting and meeting milestones, sharing and validating our progress, and encouraging others to do the same. If you are interested in joining our team, check out cfs.energy/careers for more information.
Investor
Mar 2025
Science Corporation is a clinical-stage medical technology company. We work to restore quality of life to those with debilitating conditions for which there are no treatment options, creating devices aimed at restoring vision, cognition, and mobility to patients who have lost it. To support progress across our industry, we provide state-of-the-art components and vertically integrated infrastructure for others to build on via Science Foundry. Headquartered in Alameda, California, with offices in Paris, France.
2024
Board Observer
Oct 2024
GenLogs is the Truck Intelligence™ platform leveraging AI on a nationwide network of roadside sensors, satellites, and proprietary datasets. GenLogs tracks all commercial vehicle patterns in the United States in order to drive better business outcomes for customers in trucking, logistics, insurance, commercial real estate, financial institutions and governments.
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