Brian Zhan
InvestorPartner at Striker Venture Partners Β· Investor at CRV (Charles River Ventures)
San Francisco Bay Area
About
Brian Zhan is a Partner at Striker Venture Partners, where he focuses on backing technical founders at inception, often as the first investor. He began his career on Facebook's Presto team and previously served as a Principal at CRV. He works with founders on technical roadmaps, moving from research breakthroughs to products, and building founding engineering teams.
ContactΒ· published on Brian's own website
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRobotics
Experience
- Striker Venture PartnersPartnercurrent2025 β present
- Elorian AIBoard Directorcurrent2026 β present
- Skild AIInvestorcurrent2024 β present
- Ricursive IntelligenceSeed Investorcurrent2025 β present
- Edison ScientificSeed Investorcurrent2025 β present
- ReflectionAIBoard Obsever2024 β 2026
- CRVPrincipal2023 β 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Dyna RoboticsBoard Observer2024 β 2025
- Lepton AIBoard Observer2023 β 2025
- Voyage AI (part of MongoDB)Board Observer2023 β 2025
- LanceDBSeed Investor2023 β 2025
- Deductive AIBoard Observer2023 β 2025
- StarburstProduct2021 β 2022Palo Alto, California, United States
- FacebookProduct2018 β 2021Menlo Park, CA
Skills & more
Languages Chinese Β· English
From Brian's professional profile.
Investments
Board seats
Dyna RoboticsLepton AIPeriodic LabsReflection AISkildVoyage AI
Per the firm's website.
Colleagues at Striker Venture Partners
Network11
Andy TriedmanScout
Partner at Theory Ventures
Anna KhanScout
General Partner at CRV (Charles River Ventures)
Brett WilsonScout
General Partner at Swift Ventures
Caitlin Bolnick RellasScout
General Partner at CRV (Charles River Ventures)
Chiraag DeoraScout
Principal at Greycroft
George ZacharyScout
Investor at CRV (Charles River Ventures)
Kristin Baker SpohnScout
General Partner at CRV (Charles River Ventures)
Matt GarrattScout
General Partner at US Venture Partners
Saar GurScout
General Partner at CRV (Charles River Ventures)
Izhar Armony
Investor at CRV (Charles River Ventures)
James Green
General Partner at CRV (Charles River Ventures)
Investors connected to Brian in public investor directories β a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Brian Zhan?
- Brian Zhan is a Partner at Striker Venture Partners, where he focuses on backing technical founders at inception, often as the first investor. He began his career on Facebook's Presto team and previously served as a Principal at CRV. He works with founders on technical roadmaps, moving from research breakthroughs to products, and building founding engineering teams.
- Where does Brian Zhan work?
- Brian Zhan is Partner at Striker Venture Partners.
- What does Brian Zhan invest in?
- Brian Zhan invests in AI & Machine Learning, Deep Tech, Robotics.
- What boards does Brian Zhan sit on?
- Brian Zhan holds tracked board seats at Dyna Robotics, Lepton AI, Periodic Labs, Reflection AI, Skild, Voyage AI.
- Where did Brian Zhan go to school?
- Brian Zhan studied at Northwestern University.
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