Marker

Lior Susan, co-founder and managing partner, leads the investment team. His background as a repeat entrepreneur — including a prior exit — shapes the firm's operator-centric investment committee. The partnership structure remains small, meaning Susan is heavily involved in each commitment.

Marker's sourcing advantage derives from its permanent presence in both Tel Aviv and Palo Alto, giving it early visibility into engineering-heavy Israeli startups. The firm's deep ties to Israel's elite technical units, particularly alumni of Unit 8200, provide access to founders before they engage broader Silicon Valley venture capital. The US offices then convert this pipeline into scaled enterprise relationships.

Marker makes direct investments into companies, typically leading or co-leading early-stage rounds. The firm does not publicly participate as a limited partner in other venture funds. Its capital reserves are directed toward concentrated initial checks and substantial follow-on allocations for existing portfolio companies.

Marker focuses on Seed and Series A rounds, with initial checks reported in the $5 million to $15 million range. The firm will follow on in later rounds for its highest-conviction portfolio companies. It does not typically invest at the pre-seed stage or in later-stage growth equity.

Marker has not publicly enumerated a formal exclusions list, but its portfolio concentration in enterprise infrastructure, cybersecurity, AI/ML, and fintech implies a deliberate avoidance of consumer internet, hardware-heavy industrial tech, and biotechnology. The firm's partnership expertise is firmly anchored in B2B software.

Snyk, a developer-security platform with Israeli roots that scaled into a global enterprise business, exemplifies Marker's cross-border thesis. The firm identified a deeply technical team in the Israeli ecosystem and supported its go-to-market expansion into the US, where the majority of Snyk's large enterprise customers reside. The position was confirmed as a Marker portfolio holding in financial media reports.

No philanthropic foundation, donor-advised fund, or impact-investing vehicle is publicly linked to Marker or its principals. The firm operates as a pure-play venture capital partnership without adjacent social-sector entities.