Sven Strohband
Managing Director at Khosla Ventures
Mountain View, California
Writes $500K – $50M checks · typically $25M
About
Sven Strohband is a rare VC technical lead—Stanford Stanley's lead engineer on the winning 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge—offering deep robotics/autonomy expertise and CTO-style help on architecture and simulation frameworks.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningBiotechCleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechRobotics
Deals · 5
Hermeus CorpBoard seat
via Khosla Ventures · filed Apr 2026 · $200.6M raise
Compound Eye, Inc.Board seat
via Khosla Ventures · filed May 2025 · $13M raise
AIM Intelligent MachinesBoard seat
via Khosla Ventures · filed Jan 2025 · $41.1M raise
Adyton PBCBoard seat
via Khosla Ventures · filed May 2022 · $12M raise
Rocket LabLed round
via Khosla Ventures
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