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Venture capitalSan Francisco · 11 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Endeavor8 invests in entrepreneurs and scientists using technology first pioneered in high-margin industries and expanding it into new sectors, starting with food, agriculture, energy, and climate. The firm applies learnings from biotechnology, AI, and machine learning across all stages of the food value chain. It targets companies addressing changing consumer food preferences, identifying new chemical and biological compounds, driving data-driven operations improvement, and offering new approaches to finance and risk management.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 27, 2026.
Team · 11 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 11 of 13 portfolio companiesAgTech ×5AI & Machine Learning ×4Biotech ×3Climate Tech ×3Advanced Manufacturing ×2Data & Infrastructure ×2Deep Tech ×2Enterprise Software ×2
HQs:United States×9India×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 9 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×42 founders×33 founders×14+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 11 founders with education data
Brigham Young University ×2Northwestern University ×2Stanford University ×2Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 14 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×6Business & Management ×3Finance & Accounting ×3Computer Science ×2Economics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 13 founders with career history
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ×2
Investments · 13 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2023 · 12022 · 42021 · 16 dated
Advanced ManufacturingEden Prairie, US
Kevin Toboja(Executive Officer, Director)inSteve Gullickson(Director)Karl Greden(Director)Ian Mackay(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsBlue Horizon CorporationFinistere Ventures
Citrine provides an AI platform for product development used across organizations, with expertise in materials discovery and advanced manufacturing optimization.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareNew MaterialsRedwood City, US
Greg Mulholland(Co-founder & CEO)inBryce Meredig(Executive Officer, Director)inRahim Lakhani(Executive Officer)in
BoardScott Brady(Director)inMark Cupta(Director)inAmar Hanspal(Director)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesB&C Innovation InvestmentsCm VentureDCVC (Data Collective)DYDX CapitalIsai+6 more
ML-powered climate forecasting platform for enterprise supply chains.
Co-investorsACADEMY INVESTORNational Grid PartnersNeotribe VenturesThirdstream Partners
Applied Carbon develops mobile robots that convert agricultural crop residues into biochar in the field, sequestering carbon while improving soil health for farmers.
AgTechClimate TechRobotics
Co-investorsGraph Ventures
Drip provides trade financing and working capital solutions for small and midsize businesses conducting cross-border commerce, using automated underwriting and transaction processing to assess credit and connect borrowers with capital providers and logistics partners.
FintechMH, IN
Pushkar Mukewar(Founder/CEO)in
Co-investorsAccelBetter Tomorrow VenturesBragiel BrothersDYDX CapitalGMO VenturePartnersIncubate Fund+20 more
Enko discovers and develops novel crop protection products for farmers using a proprietary AI and machine learning discovery platform to combat pests and diseases.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningBiotechBoston, US
Jacqueline Heard(Executive Officer, Director)inTom Meade(Chief Science Officer)Philip Austin(Director)inSteffen Helmling(Director)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesCastor VenturesConnecticut InnovationsDYDX CapitalGermin8 VenturesNovalis LifeSciences+6 more
MarketDial provides a testing platform that combines machine learning with human expertise to help companies conduct in-store experiments and make data-driven decisions.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureRetail TechSaaSSalt Lake City, US
Morgan Davis(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inJohnny Stoddard(Founder)in
BoardBen Capell(Director)inDavid Silverman(Director)in
Co-investorsCrosslink CapitalDYDX CapitalEPIC VENTURESKickstartPeterson VenturesBlumberg Capital+3 more
Placer.ai provides location analytics for brick-and-mortar businesses, retailers, restaurants, and municipalities to understand foot traffic patterns and economic development.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwarePropTechRetail TechSaaS
Noam Ben-Zvi(CEO)inJony ShlomoffinOded Fossfeld(CTO)inOfir Lemel(CPO)in
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Co-investors500 GlobalAkkadian VenturesAlephFlucas VenturesHumba VenturesReciprocal Ventures+5 more
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ProducePay operates a Predictable Commerce Platform for the fresh produce industry, connecting growers and buyers while providing capital, trading opportunities, supply chain visibility, and market insights.
AgTechFintechFoodTech
Pablo Borquez(Founder & CEO)inBen DusastreinPablo Borquez Schwarzbeckin
Co-investors500 GlobalArena VenturesAstanor VenturesDorm RoomDYDX CapitalFJ Labs+16 more
Robigo develops engineered microbial crop protection products for growers, including a biological solution targeting Sudden Death Syndrome in soybean.
AgTechBiotechFoodTech
Andee Wallace, PhD(Founder)in
Co-investorsCongruent VenturesFirst Star VenturesGood Growth CapitalSUPPLY CHANGE CAPITALSVG Ventures | THRIVEThe E14 Fund+3 more
Salient produces AI-powered subseasonal-to-seasonal weather and climate forecasts spanning one day to one year, using deep neural networks trained on ocean, land-surface, and climate data.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechDeep TechFalmouth, US
Matthew Stein(Executive Officer, Director)Raymond Schmitt(Executive Officer, Director)inRay Schmitt(Co-founder)inEric Schmitt(Co-founder)inStephen Schmitt(Co-founder)in
BoardPaul Straub(Director)in
Co-investorsBlindspot Ventures Management CoFirst Star VenturesWireframe VenturesMunich Re Ventures
Vestaron develops peptide-based insecticides derived from naturally-occurring peptides such as those found in spider venom, produced through fermentation, offering new modes of action for crop protection.
AgTechBiotechCleantechClimate TechNew MaterialsKalamazoo, US
Glenn King(Founder)inJuan Estupinan(Executive Officer, Director)inDawn de los Santos(Executive Officer)inRobert Kennedy(Executive Officer)Nancy Newman(Executive Officer)inJohn C. Sorenson(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsArgonautic VenturesCavallo VenturesCultivian Sandbox VenturesiSelect FundMichigan Capital NetworkPangaea Ventures Us Inc.+4 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Climate Robotics
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Endeavor8 made?
- Endeavor8 has 13 tracked investments.
- What sectors does Endeavor8 focus on?
- Endeavor8 focuses on AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Climate Tech, Energy, Fintech, FoodTech, New Materials.
- Where is Endeavor8 located?
- Endeavor8 is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Who does Endeavor8 co-invest with?
- Endeavor8 most often shares deals with DYDX Capital, 500 Global, First Star Ventures, among 70 tracked co-investors.
Co-investors · 11
Accel is a venture capital firm that partners with exceptional teams, positioning itself as a first partner to founders globally.
Neotribe Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs early and growth-stage entrepreneurs pursuing bold, category-defining ideas aimed at solving complex, high-impact problems.
iSelect Fund is a venture investor focused on the convergence of agriculture technology and human health, backing companies that improve nutrition, food affordability and sustainability as well as data and delivery technologies for detecting and treating cardio-metabolic disease.
Moonshots Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm founded and led by military veterans, investing in US technology companies since 2004. It backs founders it deems extraordinary leaders, offering leadership mentorship, operational experience, and government/private-sector networks alongside capital.
Germin8 Ventures is an investment firm focused on breakthrough technologies transforming the AgriFood and Health value chains, backing companies advancing resilient agriculture, supply chains and population health.
Tango.vc is an early-stage venture firm focused on machine learning and robotics startups, operated and written about by Ivan Kirigin via a Substack publication.
Freestyle Capital is a venture firm that leads seed rounds in early-stage technology companies, backing founders with operating experience, connections, and conviction.
Abstract is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm managing $1.8 billion in assets, investing in seed and early-stage companies across all sectors.
Buckley Ventures is a venture capital firm that makes concentrated early-stage investments in internet, software, and frontier technology companies.
Comcast Ventures is the venture capital arm of Comcast NBCUniversal, backing early- to growth-stage companies in sectors relevant to Comcast's future, and offering portfolio companies access to Comcast NBCUniversal's expertise, scale, network, and resources.
Ascension Ventures manages capital and presents itself as an investor connected to a large health system network, referencing hundreds of acute care hospitals and a substantial employee base.
Firms observed investing alongside Endeavor8, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Endeavor8's recorded portfolio.
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