Investing Profile

Brian Zhan

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Investor at CRV
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Current Investing Position
CRV Investor
Investment Range
$500K - $20.0M
Sweet Spot
$13.0M
Investments On Record
9
Current Fund Size
$600M

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Brian Zhan's Investments On Record (7)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Elorian
SeedApr 2026$55M
$55M
Co-investors: Brian Zhan (Striker Venture Partners)
Ricursive Intelligence
SeedDec 2025$35M
$340M
Co-investors: James Detweiler (Felicis Ventures), Stephanie Zhan (Sequoia Capital), Ravi Mhatre (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Brian Zhan (Striker Venture Partners), Guru Chahal (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout)
Reflection AI
Series BOct 2025$2B
Series AMar 2025$110M
$2.1B
Co-investors: Max Gazor (CRV), Roelof Botha (Sequoia Capital), Stephanie Zhan (Sequoia Capital), Reid Hoffman (Greylock), Raviraj Jain (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Brian Zhan (Striker Venture Partners), Eric Schmidt (Innovation Endeavors)
LanceDB
Series AJun 2025$30M
SeedMay 2024$8M
$41M
Co-investors: Brittany Walker (CRV), Tomasz Tunguz (Redpoint Ventures), Murat Bicer (CRV (Charles River Ventures)), Brian Zhan (Striker Venture Partners), Brett Wilson (Swiftarc Ventures), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Andy Triedman (New Theory Ventures), Charles Zedlewski
Dyna Robotics
SeedMar 2025$24M
$140M
Co-investors: Max Gazor (CRV), Ludwig Schulze (Alumni Ventures ), Bill Trenchard (First Round Capital), Peter Bordes (Trajectory Ventures), Brian Zhan (Striker Venture Partners), Shane Neman
Voyage AI
Series AOct 2024$20M
$20M
Co-investors: Murat Bicer (CRV (Charles River Ventures)), Brian Zhan (Striker Venture Partners)
Skild AI
Series AJul 2024$300M
$1.7B
Co-investors: Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Stephanie Zhan (Sequoia Capital), Raviraj Jain (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Ravi Mhatre (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Murat Bicer (CRV (Charles River Ventures)), Matt Murphy (Kleiner Perkins), Brian Zhan (Striker Venture Partners), Jeff Bezos

Brian Zhan's Experience

Investor CRV2023 - Present
Board Obsever Reflection AIPresent
Investor Skild AIPresent
Principal CRVPresent
Partner Striker Venture PartnersPresent
Investor Ricursive IntelligencePresent
Software Engineer Rehabilitation Institute of ChicagoPresent
Investor Charles River VenturesPresent
Scout Sequoia Capital2022 - 2022
Product Starburst2021 - 2022
Product Facebook2018 - 2021
Software Engineer Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (Assistive Robotics Lab)2016 - 2017

Brian Zhan's Education

Northwestern University Bachelor's Degree Computer Science
Northwestern University

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