Stratus Venture Group

Stratus Venture Group

Stratus Venture Group operates from Deerfield Beach, Florida, under Chairman and President Brian Street. Street previously founded Power Breezer, an industrial evaporative cooling company, and that operating background shapes the firm's hands-on investment approach. Partners Ofir Baharav, former Chairman of Nano Dimension, and Francis Guillemard round out a lean leadership group with experience across advanced manufacturing, public company governance, and operations. The firm focuses on early-stage direct investments, primarily in Florida-based technology and industrial companies. Confirmed investment activity includes co-investments alongside Star Capital, a frequent Florida partner. The group favors companies where its operating partners can provide active guidance on scaling manufacturing, go-to-market execution, and corporate governance. The geographic focus remains concentrated in the southeastern United States, especially the South Florida innovation corridor. The firm maintains ties to single-family residential real estate development in Florida as a parallel asset activity, though the venture practice operates separately. The principal group's small size suggests a concentrated portfolio built around a limited number of positions per year, with deployment dependent on partnership opportunities and co-investor syndicates. Stratus Venture Group's structural distinction lies in its operator-founder DNA — Street built and sold a physical-product company before moving into investment, a path that shapes his due diligence toward tangible assets and manufacturing scalability rather than pure software metrics. The tight-knit partnership and local co-investor relationships create a sourcing funnel distinct from coastal venture networks.