Innovation Endeavors
Venture capitalPalo Alto · Pre-Seed–Series C · 16 people tracked
Also known as INNOVATION ENDEAVORS III ADVISERS LLC · INNOVATION ENDEAVORS IV ADVISERS LLC · INNOVATION ENDEAVORS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC
Investment thesis
Founded by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, they invest exclusively in sensors, advanced ML/cloud, and robotics/3D printing/CRISPR, offering an invite-only Curiosity Camp and a venture-creation program forming founding teams.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 16 people
from public directories
Founder mafia
4 people who came through Innovation Endeavors went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 54 of 70 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×35SaaS ×18Enterprise Software ×14Data & Infrastructure ×11Deep Tech ×10Developer Tools ×10Biotech ×7Fintech ×6
HQs:United States×46Australia×1Hong Kong×1
Investments · 70 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 32025 · 92024 · 112023 · 52022 · 12019 · 12015 · 12013 · 132 dated
Anthony Notoin
Co-investorsBlue Lion GlobalDCM VenturesGood AI CapitalHaymaker VenturesHOF CapitalInvestX+8 more
Uber operates a multi-sided platform providing ride-sharing, food delivery, freight logistics, and business fleet management services across various global markets.
Logistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesMobility & TransportationSan Francisco, US
Travis Kalanick(Co-founder & CEO)Garrett Camp(Co-founder)
Co-investors137 Ventures408 VenturesA*Across Capital PartnersAglae VenturesAkkadian Ventures+63 more
HealthtechWaltham, US
Adam Sachs(President)Sammy Khalifa(Chief Technology Officer)Stephen From(Chief Executive Officer)Sarah Romano(Chief Financial Officer)
BoardJoseph Doherty(Director)David Ho(Director)
Co-investorsAME Cloud VenturesKhosla Ventures
Dewpoint Therapeutics develops condensate-modulating drugs by using an integrated platform that maps, measures, and modulates biomolecular condensates to identify druggable targets and disease mechanisms.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechBoston, US
Richard Young, Ph.D.(Director)Anthony Hyman, Ph.D.(Director)Tony Hyman(Scientific Co-founder)Rick Young(Scientific Co-founder)Elisabeth Leiderman(Executive Officer)Ameet Nathwani, M.D.(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsARCH Venture PartnersEcoR1 CapitalSamsara BioCapital6 Dimensions CapitalGeneral CatalystLeaps by Bayer+5 more
Mosaic is a general contractor for build-to-rent (BTR) residential communities, combining construction services with proprietary software to plan, schedule, contract, and deliver homes at scale.
Construction TechPropTechSaaSPhoenix, US
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBuilding VenturesAZ-VCFounders FundGreylock PartnersPeak State Ventures+5 more
ScyllaDB is a NoSQL database built for data-intensive applications requiring high throughput and predictable low latency, powering real-time AI systems at billion-scale data volumes.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaSNew York, US
Avi Kivity(CTO)Dor Laor(Founder)in
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersQualcomm VenturesTLV PartnersEight Roads VenturesMagma Venture PartnersVertex Ventures+3 more
Boulder-based preclinical biotech using human-cell directed evolution to create target-degrading antibodies and next-generation ADCs.
Boulder, US
Douglas A Chapnick(85 FORREST LANE BOULDER, CO 80302)
BoardNicholas Saccomano(Director)
Board seatJoel Dudley· per SEC Form D · $2M raise · filed Nov 2025
Co-investorsHorizons VenturesBoxOne Ventures
Miami, US
Joseph Jorgensen(Executive Officer, Director)Brett Wilson(Director)Mitchell Bennett(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatDavis Treybig· per SEC Form D · $18.6M raise · filed Apr 2025
CipherMode Labs, operating as Pyte, builds secure multiparty computation software for analyzing encrypted data without decryption.
Los Angeles, US
Ilya Razenshteyn(Executive Officer, Director)Mohammad Sadegh Riazi(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardFariborz Assaderaghi(Director)
Board seatDavis Treybig· per SEC Form D · filed May 2022
Cosmon builds Nexus, an AI agent for hardware engineers that automates CAD, simulation (CAE), and PLM tasks such as design checking, drawing generation, and simulation setup.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Rui Aguiar(Executive Officer, Director)Noah Weber(Director)
BoardCaleb Appleton(Director)in
Board seatDavis Treybig· per SEC Form D · $31.7M raise · filed May 2026
Co-investorsBison Ventures
Dosu provides knowledge infrastructure that automatically captures and maintains documentation for engineering teams and their AI coding agents.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaSSan Francisco, US
Devin Stein(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatDavis Treybig· per SEC Form D
Chicago, US
Samuel Tegel(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardIrena Spazzapan(Director)inSamantha Smith-Eppsteiner(Director)in
Board seatSam Smith-Eppsteiner· per SEC Form D · $36.5M raise · filed Dec 2025
Co-investorsSystemiq Capital
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Eppo builds a platform for running A/B tests and experiments, automating analysis workflows and integrating with data warehouses and feature flagging tools.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Chetan Sharma(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardErik Goldman(Director)Naomi Pilosof Ionita(Director)in
Board seatDavis Treybig· per SEC Form D · $32.5M raise · filed Aug 2024
Co-investorsAmplify PartnersIcon VenturesMenlo Ventures
New York, US
Matthew Eby(Executive Officer, Director)MATTHEW EBY(Executive Officer, Director)MARK BRUINOOGE(Director)
BoardMark Bruinooge(Director)Cliff Ryan(Director)
Board seatSam Smith-Eppsteiner· per SEC Form D · $22M raise · filed Aug 2024
Machina Labs builds and operates software-defined factories using AI-guided robotics to manufacture complex metal structures and components from digital designs.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRoboticsChatsworth, US
Edward Mehr(Executive Officer, Director)Babak Raeisi Nia(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardPeter Lee(Director)Scott Brady(Director)in
Board seatSam Smith-Eppsteiner· per SEC Form D · $31.8M raise · filed Oct 2023
Co-investorsAIX VenturesAtento CapitalBalerion Space VenturesCadron Capital PartnersCongruent VenturesHelium-3 Ventures+10 more
Los Angeles, US
Joseph Burfitt(Founder)inJoseph J. Burfitt(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Board seatDavis Treybig· per SEC Form D · $15M raise · filed Jun 2024
Co-investorsHabitat PartnersNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Plotlogic develops OreSense®, a sensing and AI platform that provides real-time, quantitative mineral data to help mining operators make extraction decisions.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechDeep TechHardwareRed Hill, AU
Andrew Job(Executive Officer, Director)Steve Lennard(CEO)
BoardSaman Farid(Director)Grant Allen(Director)Samantha Smith-Eppsteiner(Director)inAlireza Tahmasebzadeh(Director)
Board seatSam Smith-Eppsteiner· per SEC Form D · $30.7M raise · filed Aug 2023
Co-investorsCerity Partners VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)Main Sequence VenturesSE VenturesGalvanize Climate Solutions
Tarrytown, US
Jack Hidary(Executive Officer, Director)David Silverman(Executive Officer)
BoardRobert Mitgang(Director)
Board seatEric Schmidt· per SEC Form D · $6M raise · filed Sep 2025
Encinitas, US
Lucas McGartland(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatDavis Treybig· per SEC Form D · $6.1M raise · filed Aug 2023
Syrna Therapeutics is a biotech company developing small-molecule covalent translation inhibitors that bind and modify structured domains in the mRNA of disease-causing proteins to block their expression.
BiotechDeep TechDel Mar, US
Thomas Hermann(Director)inAiden Aceves(Director)David Weitz(Executive Officer, Director)in
Board seatJoel Dudley· per SEC Form D · $10.9M raise · filed Aug 2023
New Haven, US
Stephen Klapper(Executive Officer)Brandon Rice(Executive Officer)Aryeh Caroline(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardUmut Eser(Executive Officer)Christine Aylward(Director)in
Board seatJoel Dudley· per SEC Form D · $11.4M raise · filed Dec 2023
Co-investorsMagnetic Ventures
Afresh offers an AI platform for grocery retailers and distributors that uses data models of products, inventory, and operations to guide ordering and merchandising decisions.
AI & Machine LearningFoodTechRetail Tech
Matt Schwartz(Founder)inNathan Fenner(Founder)in
Co-investorsBetter Food VenturesBlack Jays VenturesBright Pixel CapitalCaesar VenturesDesigner FundDoon Capital+4 more
AlphaSense provides a financial research and market intelligence platform that combines standardized financials, consensus estimates, filings, earnings transcripts, broker research, and AI-generated answers for analyzing and benchmarking companies.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechNew York, US
Raj Neervannan(Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder)inJaakko (Jack) Kokko(Founder)inJack Kokko(Chief Executive Officer & Founder)Kiva Kolstein(President & Chief Revenue Officer)Heather Zynczak(Chief Marketing Officer)Robert Magri(Chief Content Officer)
Co-investorsAlkeon InnovationCapitalGCentana Growth PartnersSoftBank Vision FundVendep Capital
Anyword provides an AI content platform that predicts how well marketing copy will perform and generates on-brand content for ads, emails, social posts, blogs, and landing pages.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsGandyr InvestmentsSherpalo VenturesUpWest
The site (Impulsec) publishes buyer's-guide content and reviews of parental control apps, ranking and comparing products such as Qustodio, Bark, and Mobicip across screen-time, filtering, and location features.
ConsumerCybersecurityMedia & Entertainment
Idan Plotnik(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelGlilot Capital Partners
Atom Computing develops large-scale quantum computers using optically-trapped neutral atoms for on-premises deployment.
Deep TechHardwareQuantum ComputingBerkeley, US
Ben Bloom(Founder & CEO)in
BoardDror Berman(Director)inEthan Batraski(Director)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesBerkeley FrontierBlue Ivy VenturesBoxGroupCantos VenturesCaruso Ventures+15 more
Augment builds an AI productivity platform (Augie) that automates repetitive tasks in supply chain operations, focusing on trucking and freight logistics.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSan Francisco, US
Harish Abbott(CEO & Co-founder)Justin Hall(CCO & Co-founder)Artur Rivilis(CTO & Co-founder)
Co-investors8VCSocium Ventures9Yards CapitalDell Technologies CapitalIndex VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners+1 more
Augment is an AI platform for professional workflows, providing AI-driven insights and task coordination.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaS
Co-investorsAllen Institute for AI (AI2) IncubatorFlying Fish VenturesJAZZ Venture PartnersPortland Seed FundIndex VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners+1 more
Augment is an online business education program for entrepreneurs and executives, positioned as an MBA alternative for the AI era.
AI & Machine LearningEdTech
Co-investorsRTP Global8VCAutotech VenturesIndex VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersRedpoint Ventures+1 more
Cosmos is a unified AI agents platform that enables enterprise development teams to automate software development workflows at scale, improving engineering throughput and reducing time-to-merge through intelligent agent coordination and codebase understanding.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwarePalo Alto, US
Guy Gur-Ari(Founder)
Co-investorsEvolution Equity PartnersEvolution VC PartnersGlynn Capital ManagementIndex VenturesOperator CollectivePebblebed+3 more
Delinea (formerly Authomize) provides identity authorization and privileged access management solutions for hybrid enterprises.
CybersecurityEnterprise Software
Co-investorsBlumberg CapitalEntrée CapitalM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)
Bauplan is an execution layer that lets AI agents and engineers build, validate, and ship data pipelines on production data using isolated branches, atomic publishes, and rollback.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
Jacopo Tagliabue(President)Mattia Pavoni(Chief Financial Officer)Ciro Greco(Chief Executive Officer)
Beamr provides video optimization technology, including its CABR compression, that reduces video storage requirements while preserving quality.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingMedia & Entertainment
Sharon Carmel(CEO)
Co-investorsMarkerVerizon Ventures
Bolt Threads was a manufacturer of biomaterials for personal care formulations.
BiotechNew MaterialsFoxboro, US
Ethan Mirsky(Executive Officer)David Breslauer(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Widmaier(Executive Officer, Director)Paul Koontz(Director)
BoardJerry Fiddler(Director)Steven Vassallo(Director)in
Co-investorsMission Bay CapitalMission Biocapital8VCBaillie GiffordEast West Capital LimitedFidelity Investments+2 more
Character Bio is a precision medicine company that integrates genomics, longitudinal clinical data, imaging, and AI-based biomarker analysis to identify genetic drivers of progressive polygenic eye diseases such as age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthJersey City, US
Cheng Zhang(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardVivek Garipalli(Director)Nick Olsen(Director)Peter DiLaura(Director)
Co-investorsaMoonCantos VenturesCatalio Capital Management, LPDuke Capital PartnersLifeforce CapitalSanofi Ventures+3 more
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)Rahim Lakhani(Executive Officer)in
BoardScott Brady(Director)inMark Cupta(Director)inAmar Hanspal(Director)
Co-investorsDCVC (Data Collective)DYDX CapitalEndeavor8IsaiISAI GestionPrelude Ventures+3 more
Conduit automates freight handoff and transfers through digital tools, addressing the analog processes that occur when freight changes hands between logistics operators.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSan Francisco, US
Conrad Lilleness(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorDrive CapitalEniac VenturesHaun VenturesParadigmTwelve Below
Conduit provides an AI agent platform for the hospitality industry that automates guest interactions across multiple channels, handles bookings and upsells, manages internal operations, and delivers leadership insights integrated with existing systems.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Cole Rubin(Founder)inPunn Kam(Founder)in
Co-investorsPi LabsY CombinatorDrive CapitalEniac VenturesHaun VenturesParadigm+1 more
Conduit provides infrastructure for global financial transactions, serving clients who need fast and reliable payment processing across different markets and regulatory environments.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Matt Zisow(Founder)Kirill Gertman(Founder)in
Co-investorsCore Venture CapitalGradient VenturesInovia CapitalCoinbase VenturesDrive CapitalEniac Ventures+5 more
Conduit provides AI agents for hospitality brands that handle guest communication across email, WhatsApp, OTAs, social channels, and phone calls, and automate internal operations across a company's existing tools.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSTravel & Hospitality
Co-investorsTranspose Platform ManagementUnpopular VenturesY CombinatorHack VCPi LabsAltos Ventures+8 more
Conduit provides enterprise-grade blockchain infrastructure for production use cases, including rollups, Layer 1 chains, RPC nodes, and professional deployment services.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesHaun VenturesLiam HorneParadigmScott SunartoDrive Capital+3 more
Conduit develops non-invasive brain-computer interface technology, building a thought-to-text system where a headset completes a user's sentences from their thoughts.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSan Francisco, US
Clem von Stengel(Founder)in
Co-investorsTranspose Platform ManagementWonder VenturesBankless VenturesCoinbase VenturesCredibly NeutralDragonfly+7 more
Conduit provides an API for embedding USD accounts, payments, wallets, and FX into other companies' products, with near-instant end-customer onboarding and automated KYB/AML compliance.
Developer ToolsFintechSaaS
Kirill Gertman(Founder)in
Co-investorsCommerce VenturesDiagramHelios Digital VenturesAltos VenturesBankless VenturesCoinbase Ventures+8 more
Cube is a cryptocurrency exchange offering a central limit order book with MPC-based custody, supporting trading of over 1,420 tokens.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Co-investors6th Man VenturesGraph VenturesParaFi CapitalWWVenturesAsymmetricBain Capital Ventures+5 more
Cube provides a semantic layer that lets data teams define metrics, dimensions, joins, and access rules once and serve them to dashboards, embedded analytics, and AI agents through SQL, REST, GraphQL, MCP, DAX, and MDX APIs.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFuture of WorkSaaS
Artyom KeydunovinMike MelaninPavel Tiunovin
Co-investors500 GlobalDecibel PartnersEniac VenturesBain Capital VenturesBetaworksDatabricks Ventures+2 more
Dynamic Yield offers Experience OS, a personalization and A/B testing platform that uses AI to match content, products, and offers to individual customers across digital channels.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceMarketing Tech
Liad Agmon(CEO)
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersClaltechEmerge VenturesMarkerOTVR136 Ventures+4 more
Empower Delivery provides a timing and coordination software engine designed to optimize omnichannel operations for restaurant brands, enabling efficient order management and fulfillment across digital and in-person channels.
Enterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Dan McFaddenChris PfeifferDavid BaldwinKristopher ChambersLisa SangiorgioNakul Deo
Co-investorsHigh AlphaAllos VenturesAtreides ManagementCapitalGFidelity InvestmentsIndex Ventures+6 more
Empower Semiconductor designs power management and mixed-signal integrated circuits, including high-power and voltage regulation devices for the semiconductor industry.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Tim Phillips(Chief Executive Officer & President, Founder)inGene Sheridan(Founder)Trey Roessig(Chief Technology Officer & SVP Engineering)Kurt Redfield(Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer)
Co-investorsCapitalGRaptor GroupSamsung Catalyst FundSocratic PartnersAtreides ManagementFidelity Investments+6 more
Extend builds infrastructure that processes unstructured data at scale for applications in healthcare, real estate, insurance, and finance.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US
Kushal Byatnal(Founder)inEli Badgio(Founder)in
Co-investorsHawk Hill VenturesHomebrewY CombinatorB CapitalCharacterCommerce Ventures+2 more
Extend provides product protection plans that merchants offer shoppers at checkout to cover product failures and accidental damage such as drops, breaks, and spills, handling repairs or replacements with online claims support.
E-commerceInsurTechRetail TechSaaS
Woodrow Levin(Founder)inJoe Moss(Founder)in
Co-investorsGraph VenturesGreatPoint VenturesLaunchpad CapitalSoftBank Vision FundB CapitalCommerce Ventures+2 more
Software for manufacturing improvement
New York, US
Berk Birand(Executive Officer, Director)inAlp Kucukelbir(Director)in
BoardKlaus Kleinfeld(Director)inMichael Brown(Director)in
Co-investorsAsymmetric Capital PartnersBlackhorn VenturesBowery CapitalClimate InvestmentCarat Venture Partners
Flai is an AI communications platform that handles incoming calls, SMS, and email for automotive dealerships, answering customer inquiries, scheduling appointments, and qualifying leads 24/7.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningMobility & TransportationSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Ari Polakof(Founder)inJuan Alzugaray(Founder)inAlen Polakof(Founder)inJuan Francisco Alzugaray(Founder)
Co-investorsBeat VenturesY CombinatorFirst Round CapitalLiquid VenturesRedBlue CapitalToyota Ventures
Gatik develops Level 4 autonomous trucks for regional freight and e-commerce delivery, operating commercial fleets for retailers including Walmart, Loblaw, Kroger, and others.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsSilicon Valley, US
Gautam Narang(CEO)inArjun Narang(CTO)inApeksha Kumavat(Chief Engineer)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundDynamo VenturesFlucas VenturesFontinalis PartnersFraser McCombs Capital+6 more
GRObio (GRO Biosciences) develops protein therapeutics using non-standard amino acids (NSAAs) via its GRO platform, aiming to improve protein potency, stability, and function.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtechCambridge, US
Daniel J Mandell(Executive Officer, Director)Tracey Lodie(Executive Officer)Christopher Gregg(Director)
BoardMing Fang(Director)Bruce Beutel(Director)Dan Becker(Director)
Co-investorsLeaps by BayerREDMILEDigitalis VenturesDreamers VCRising TideAtlas Venture+1 more
Harmonic Discovery applies medicinal chemistry, cheminformatics, data science and machine learning expertise to advance drug discovery.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHealthtechNew York City, US
Rayees Rahman(Founder CEO)inJ Lee(Founder)inMarcel Patek(Founder)in
Co-investorsFarvatn VentureFifty YearsY Combinator
HomeLightoffers bridge loans and financial solutions that allow homebuyers to remove sale contingencies and access equity for home purchases.
Data & InfrastructureFintechMarketplacesPropTechSan Francisco, US
Andrew Uher(Executive Officer, Director)Drew Uher
BoardTyler Sosin(Director)inOren Zeev(Director)in
Co-investors500 GlobalBullpen CapitalCrosslink CapitalFundersClubKrillion VenturesMenlo Ventures+12 more
Jest is a messaging app that can be used in a web browser and lets users sign up with a text message.
ConsumerGamingSocial
Co-investorsInception Studio CapitalZelda VenturesJanuary Ventures
Kong builds an API and AI connectivity platform that manages the complete lifecycle of APIs across any cloud environment.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Augusto Marietti(Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder)inMarco Palladino(Chief Technology Officer & Co-founder)Chirag Shah(Executive Officer)
BoardDevdutt Yellurkar(Director)inMike Volpi(Director)inMartin Casado(Director)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzIndex VenturesBalderton CapitalCRV (Charles River Ventures)Founders Circle CapitalNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)+4 more
Own provides SaaS data protection and backup solutions for organizations operating in the cloud, ensuring data resilience, compliance, and security.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareHerzliya Pituach
Samuel Eric Gutmann(Director)Ariel Berkman(Director)
BoardYuval Shachar(Director)
Co-investorsB Capital GroupB4 CapitalSapphire VenturesVertex Ventures Israel
Panther is an AI-powered SOC (security operations center) platform that ingests and normalizes security logs at scale, lets teams write detection rules in Python or via natural language, and uses agents to triage alerts, run investigations, and hunt threats.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & Infrastructure
Jack Naglieri(Founder)in
Co-investorsCoatue ManagementICONIQ
Planet operates a web-geo platform that provides daily satellite imagery and foundational analytics of Earth's landmass for businesses, governments, and research institutions.
AgTechData & InfrastructureDeep TechSpace TechSan Francisco, US
Will Marshall(Co-founder and CEO)inRobbie Schingler(Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer)Christopher R. Boshuizen(Executive Officer, Director)inMark Jacobson(Director)Robert H. Schlingler Jr.(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardZachary Bogue(Director)in
Co-investors137 VenturesDBL PartnersDCVC (Data Collective)Felicis VenturesFuture VenturesHemisphere Ventures LLC+16 more
Mountain View, US
Tomer Kagan(Executive Officer, Director)Liron Shapira(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardKevin Dillon(Director)Zeng Ming(Director)Steve Krausz(Director)
Co-investorsGoldman SachsSoftBank Group
Next-generation urban planning tool that helps cities answer key transportation questions.
Overland Park, US
Nick Bowden(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardDaniel Doctoroff(Director)Scott Brady(Director)
Co-investorsFirebrand VenturesFounders Fund
Skylo provides satellite connectivity that integrates with existing mobile networks to fill coverage gaps for consumer smartphones, wearables, and enterprise devices.
Co-investorsBMW i VenturesBoeing HorizonX VenturesDCM VenturesIntel CapitalNext47NGP Capital+5 more
Co-investorsEcoR1 CapitalHorizons VenturesLux CapitalTCG CrossoverThe Column Group
Trunk is a CI reliability platform that detects, quarantines, and eliminates flaky tests across any language, test runner, or CI provider.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
David Mytton(Co-Founder)Matt Matheson(Founder)inChris Clearwater(Founder)David Apirian(Founder)Eli Schleifer(Founder)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzGarage CapitalInsight PartnersRedpoint Ventures
Trunk Tools builds AI agents for construction teams that answer questions from project documents and automate document-heavy workflows such as submittal reviews, drawing revision comparisons, RFI drafting, and bid analysis.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechSaaS
Co-investorsPrudencePruVen Capital PartnersRedpoint VenturesSuffolk TechnologiesInsight PartnersLiberty Mutual Strategic Ventures
Viz.ai uses artificial intelligence to accelerate care coordination in healthcare settings, reducing delays between patients and life-saving treatments.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesPalo Alto, US
Chris Mansi(Co-founder)David Golan(Co-founder)Dr Chris Mansi(Founder)inMICHAEL O'DONNELL(Executive Officer)
BoardDROR BERMAN(APPOINTMENT EFFECTIVE UPON THIS FINANCING.)in
Co-investorsCRV (Charles River Ventures)Geodesic CapitalHakluyt CapitalKleiner PerkinsScale Venture PartnersSozo Ventures+5 more
Weave Bio offers an AI-native regulatory platform for preparing and managing eCTD-formatted regulatory dossiers, automating data organization, authoring, review, publishing and response management across the therapeutic lifecycle.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Ari Caroline(Founder)
Co-investorsFirsthandVCGround Up VenturesMagnetic VenturesRaptor GroupTMVUS Venture Partners+1 more
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Exits · 3
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioPrior FinanceNASDAQ: SOFIUberNYSE: UBERVicarious SurgicalOTC: RBOT
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesMachina Labs · businessinsider.com · Aug 17, 2026
Trunk Tools · runtimewire.com · Aug 13, 2026
Dynamic Yield · etfdb.com · Aug 6, 2026
Cube Dev · en.sedaily.com · Aug 4, 2026
Cube · en.sedaily.com · Aug 4, 2026
Extend · quartr.com · Jul 24, 2026
Kong · beincrypto.com · Jul 19, 2026
Fund performance · per public LP disclosures
as of Sep 2025| Fund | Vintage | Committed | Net IRR | TVPI | DPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innovation Endeavors V LPLPs: Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association | 2023 | — | -13.7% | 0.87x | 0.00x |
Source: public limited-partner disclosures (CalPERS, CalSTRS). Net IRR / TVPI / DPI as reported by the limited partner; a fund's early-year IRR is an interim estimate (J-curve).
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Innovation Endeavors invest at?
- Innovation Endeavors invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C stages.
- What is Innovation Endeavors's typical check size?
- Innovation Endeavors typically writes checks of $1M – $15M.
- What sectors does Innovation Endeavors focus on?
- Innovation Endeavors focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Media & Entertainment, SaaS.
- Where is Innovation Endeavors located?
- Innovation Endeavors is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.
- Does Innovation Endeavors lead rounds?
- Innovation Endeavors typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamEp665: Dror Berman | Managing Partner, Innovation Endeavors
The Matias Experiment · Dror Berman
Harpinder Singh: Innovation Endeavors | Validation | Product Design | Udacity
Udacity · Harpinder Singh
Ep665: Dror Berman | Managing Partner, Innovation Endeavors | Ep665: Dror Berman | Managing Partner, Innovation Endeavors Bio: Dror co-founded Innovation Endeavors with Eric Schmidt, former CEO and Executive... | By 20 Minute Leaders
Dror Berman · facebook.com
Co-investors · 181
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Insight Partners is an investment firm focused on accelerating revenue and profit growth in software companies, providing capital and operational support through its Insight Onsite team.
DCVC (Data Collective) is a deep tech venture capital firm that backs entrepreneurs using computational approaches to solve large-scale real-world problems across many industries.
SoftBank Vision Fund invests globally in AI-focused companies working to transform and create industries.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.
Founders Fund is a venture capital firm that backs technology companies building transformative products.
Lightspeed is a global venture capital firm that has spent over two decades backing innovative companies as an early and first investor.
New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is a venture capital firm that invests in and provides long-term support to founders building new companies.
Redpoint Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 1999 by former partners from leading venture firms, focusing on early-stage technology companies across multiple sectors. The firm leverages its partners' technology investment experience and an extensive network of entrepreneurs and industry contacts to support portfolio company growth.
Menlo Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in transformative, early-stage AI companies across every layer of the modern AI stack, from applications and middleware to data infrastructure and foundation models.
Ulu Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm focused on finding and funding early-stage founder teams, emphasizing diversity and data-driven investment decisions.
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