Matan Lamdan
InvestorPartner at Striker Venture Partners · Investor at CRV (Charles River Ventures)
San Francisco Bay Area
About
Matan Lamdan is a Partner at Striker, where he backs inception-stage founders in cybersecurity and AI, with a focus on Israel's tech ecosystem. Before Striker, he invested at CRV, working with deeply technical, pre-product teams. Earlier he spent about a decade in Israel's intelligence directorate in technical and intelligence leadership roles, later worked as an investigative journalist for a top Israeli news program, and completed an MBA at Stanford GSB.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity
Experience
- Striker Venture PartnersPartnercurrent2025 — present
- CRVInvestor2023 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMBA Candidate2021 — 2023
- B CapitalMBA Investor2022New York, United States
- Keshet Media GroupJournalist - Uvda2019 — 2022
- Israeli Military Intelligence - Unit 8200Officer2013 — 2019
- Havatzalot ProgramCadet2010 — 2013
Education
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration - MBA2021 — 2023
Same school
Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,147
Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew
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Shared employers
Also worked at CRV52
Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateBruce SachsInvestor at CRV (Charles River Ventures)Rick BurnesInvestor at CRV (Charles River Ventures)Erica VanInvestment Director at Intel CapitalSanto PolitiInvestor at Spark CapitalAnnie KadavyVenture Partner at Redpoint Ventures
+ 46 more
Also worked at Stanford University Graduate School of Business147
Michael McBrideInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Elliot GeidtManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesDeena ShakirPartner at Lux CapitalBlair ShaneInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Jules MaltzInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Saar GurGeneral Partner at CRV (Charles River Ventures)
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Also worked at B Capital81
Jenn Kranz GuillenInvestor at Mucker CapitalMargaret Gaby MalonePartner at Flare Capital PartnersPaulina KarpisVice President, Platform at Long Ridge Equity PartnersOceana SweetOffice Manager at MaC Venture CapitalHoward MorganCo-Founder, Chair and General Partner at B4 CapitalEduardo SaverinCo-Founder and Co-CEO at B4 Capital
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Also worked at Keshet Media Group2
Investments
Investor
KelaTrail SecurityVega Security
Per the firm's website.
