Orbit City Ventures

Co-founders Jonathan Struhl and David Adler function as the sole investment committee. Struhl brings computational social science and machine learning expertise from Stanford and Columbia, while Adler was a co-founder of AR pioneer Blippar. The firm has no outside investment staff.

The firm relies on the founder networks built through Struhl and Adler's operating careers — particularly in the AI, AR, and frontier tech ecosystems. Its dual presence in New York and Belvedere Tiburon provides overlapping access to both coastal venture communities without formal scout programs.

Yes. The firm deploys exclusively partner capital with no external limited partners. It operates as the unified investment vehicle for its two co-founders, functioning more like a concentrated venture partnership than a multi-generational family office.

Orbit City writes direct minority equity checks almost exclusively. The firm does not market itself as an LP in other funds, preferring to lead or co-lead seed and Series A rounds where the partners can contribute as active board-level advisors.

The firm targets pre-seed through Series A. Typical initial checks range from $500,000 to $2 million, with capacity for follow-on in select portfolio companies. The office does not participate in growth-stage rounds.

The capital originates from the founders' exits from companies they built and operated, most notably Blippar, the augmented reality platform that raised significant venture backing in the 2010s. Neither partner manages outside family wealth.

The firm regularly co-invests alongside venture funds. For example, its participation in GITAI's 2024 seed round occurred alongside other institutional and strategic co-investors. Orbit City does not require lead position and is comfortable in syndicate structures.