Striker Venture Partners Fund I

Striker Venture Partners

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Status

ACTIVE

Global HQ

Palo Alto, United States

Countries of investment

United States
Israel

Investment stages

Seed
Series A

Industries

Artificial intelligence
Cybersecurity
Infrastructure software
Robotics
Developer tools
Life sciences AI

About
Striker Venture Partners is a Palo Alto-based venture capital firm focused on AI and infrastructure. Their focus spans AI models, cybersecurity, infrastructure software and robotics across the United States and Israel. The firm supports founders from seed through Series A stages.

Min check size: $5M
Max check size: $30M
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Investment Thesis

Striker Venture Partners is a seed and Series A stage firm writing large inception checks into around ten companies per fund in AI, cybersecurity and infrastructure software. The firm differentiates itself through a highly concentrated model and a mandate that earmarks up to half of the fund for Israel.

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Manager's Experience

Founded in 2025 in Palo Alto by Max Gazor, formerly a General Partner at CRV, with Brian Zhan and Matan Lamdan. Closed a $165M Fund I in October 2025, making around ten investments per fund with $5–30M initial checks, and earmarks up to half the fund for Israel. Partners' prior investments include Airtable, Cribl and Reflection AI.