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Hunter Walk
Partner, Homebrew
Company

Based in
San Francisco, CA
Invests
Pre-Seed or Seed
Type
Investor
Hunter Walk is co-founder and Partner at Homebrew, the Bay Area seed fund he started with Satya Patel in 2013. He personally led Homebrew's seed investment in Shield AI, the autonomous defense systems company, and backed Boom Supersonic and cargo drone maker Elroy Air at seed and Series A. Before venture investing, he led consumer product management at YouTube and worked at Google, following an earlier career building Second Life at Linden Lab. He writes frequently on his own blog about venture strategy, hiring, and the creator economy.
Relevant Investments
Shield AI
Builds the Hivemind autonomy stack and V-BAT drones for defense and military applications.
Seed 2016, led by Homebrew
shield.ai
Boom Supersonic
Develops supersonic passenger aircraft and, more recently, natural-gas turbines for AI data centers.
Seed to Series B 2025
boomsupersonic.com
Elroy Air
Builds autonomous vertical take-off and landing aircraft for cargo delivery.
Series A 2021
elroyair.com
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