Max Gazor
Founder & General Partner
Max is Founder & General Partner at Striker, where he partners with technical founders at inception to build generational companies in AI, cybersecurity and infrastructure software. Before Striker, Max spent over 14 years at CRV, where he remains a board partner.
Across his career, Max has made every first investment before revenue, backing founders of Airtable, Cribl, Reflection AI, Dyna Robotics, Lepton.ai ($NVDA), Respond ($GOOG), CloudGenix ($PANW), Napkin.ai, Scanner, Resilience, and more. His founders have gone on to raise over $4.6bn with his support as a board member, all from pre-revenue.
Max was featured on the Forbes Midas List four consecutive years (2022–2025) as one of the world’s top venture capital investors. His investing approach is simple but rare: a concentrated portfolio, deep alignment with founders, and unwavering conviction from day zero.
Earlier in his career, Max led acquisitions and investments at Cisco and Oracle. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MS in EECS from MIT, and a BS in EECS from UC Berkeley.
- Based solely on public disclosures (company press releases/blogs, PitchBook, Crunchbase, social media or public media reports). Primary equity only; excludes debt, secondaries, and undisclosed amounts. Includes companies partnered with while at prior firm; no prior firm endorses Striker. Prior investments referenced are not representative of all investments; there can be no assurance that investments referenced will be profitable or that future investments will have similar results. As of September 1, 2025.
- The Midas List is an annual list of venture capitalize compiled by Forbes. Neither Striker nor Mr. Gazor participated in the creation of the Midas list nor did either compensate Forbes for inclusion. Mr. Gazor was included on the 2022–2025 Midas Lists for the periods covering 2011–2025.