Gabriel Venture Partners

Gabriel Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 1999 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, at the heart of Silicon Valley. The firm manages over $260 million and has built a track record as a self-described leader in capital-efficient investing, backing companies in SaaS, AI, data analytics, hardware and IoT, cleantech, digital media, and mobile across the United States and India. Partner Scott Chou anchors a lean team of three focused on identifying and actively supporting founders who can build market leaders without burning through capital unnecessarily. Gabriel invests from seed through Series B, deploying up to $10 million in a company over the life of a relationship, and leads rounds. The firm has made 75 total investments, producing a notable exit record of six IPOs and 16 acquisitions. IPOs include MakeMyTrip (online travel, India), Tejas Networks (optical networking), and Chegg (student learning platform). Acquisitions span household names: NetScaler was acquired by Citrix, Placeware was acquired by Microsoft, NeoPath by Cisco, Iridigm by Qualcomm, and LVL7 by Broadcom. Other portfolio companies include Kajeet (education connectivity) and Careerminds. Gabriel's philosophy is rooted in operational discipline: it looks for founders who can scale efficiently and backs them from the earliest institutional capital through to exit. The firm invests across the US and India, reflecting an early recognition of both markets as productive ground for capital-efficient technology companies. The firm's website has not been updated since 2014, suggesting it is in portfolio management mode rather than making new investments.