Max Gazor
InvestorPartner at Striker Venture Partners Β· General Partner at CRV (Charles River Ventures)
San Francisco, California, United States
Midas 2026 Β· #81Midas 2025 Β· #67Midas 2024 Β· #61Midas 2023 Β· #81Midas 2022 Β· #81
About
Max Gazor is Founder and Partner at Striker, where he invests in technical founders at inception across AI, cybersecurity, and infrastructure software. He previously spent over 14 years at CRV, where he remains a board partner, and earlier led acquisitions and investments at Cisco and Oracle. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MS in EECS from MIT (Ph.D. candidate), and a BS in EECS from UC Berkeley.
Max Gazor @maxgazor
Pause to consider who you listen to for advice. https://t.co/2uC2qE45M2 https://t.co/Vn4jg63klw

Jun 25, 2026 Β· β₯ 101 Β· β 8
Max Gazor @maxgazor
There are approximately 2,352 Tier 1 VC firms and zero Tier 2 firms
Jun 23, 2026 Β· β₯ 30 Β· β 1
Max Gazor @maxgazor
No guts, no glory https://t.co/AAd8MtcwbB
May 15, 2026 Β· β₯ 455 Β· β 13
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningBiotechConsumerCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Experience
- Striker Venture PartnersPartnercurrent2025 β present
- ReflectionAIBoard Directorcurrent2024 β present
- CriblBoard Directorcurrent2019 β present
- AirtableBoard Directorcurrent2015 β present
- InferactSeed Investorcurrent2025 β present
- Ricursive IntelligenceSeed Investorcurrent2025 β present
- Elorian AISeed Investorcurrent2026 β present
- Edison ScientificSeed Investorcurrent2025 β present
- Dyna RoboticsBoard Directorcurrent2024 β present
- StealthBoard Directorcurrent2026 β present
- ScannerBoard Directorcurrent2022 β present
- CRVBoard Partnercurrent2025 β present
- CRVGeneral Partner2011 β 2025Menlo Park, CA
- Deductive AIBoard Director2023 β 2026
- Lepton AIBoard Director2023 β 2025
- ResilienceBoard Partner2017 β 2025
- Respond Software Inc.Board Director2016 β 2020
- CloudGenix, a Palo Alto Networks CompanyBoard Director2013 β 2020
- HPE SimpliVityBoard Observer2011 β 2017
- XamarinBoard Observer2012 β 2016
Education
- Harvard Business SchoolMBA2008 β 2010
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyM.S. (Ph.D. Candidate), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science2003 β 2005
- University of California, BerkeleyB.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science1999 β 2003
Same school
Also attended Harvard Business School1,777
+ 1,771 more
Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology849
+ 843 more
Also attended University of California, Berkeley863
+ 857 more
Shared employers
Also worked at ReflectionAI9
+ 3 more
Also worked at Edison Scientific3
Also worked at Dyna Robotics5
Also worked at Deductive AI2
Investments
Investor
AirtableCloudGenixCriblDyna RoboticsEdison ScientificElorian AIInferactLepton.aiReflection AIResilienceRespondRicursive IntelligenceScanner
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