Innovation Endeavors
Venture capitalPalo Alto · Pre-Seed–Series C · 17 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 Jul 28, 2026.
Team · 17 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 29 of 46 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×18Enterprise Software ×10Data & Infrastructure ×7SaaS ×7Deep Tech ×6Developer Tools ×6Biotech ×4Advanced Manufacturing ×3
HQs:United States×33Australia×1
Investments · 46 tracked
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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)
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
Regina Barzilay, Ph.D.(Director)Guiseppe A. Ciaramella, Ph,D.(Director)Mark Murcko, Ph.D.(Director)Amir H. Nashat, Ph.D.(Director)Olivier Brandicourt, M.D.(Director)Richard Young, Ph.D.(Director)
Mosaic is a national builder and pre-development company specializing in build-to-rent residential construction across the United States.
Climate TechConstruction TechPropTechPhoenix, US
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)
Boulder, US
Nicholas Saccomano(Director)Douglas A Chapnick(85 FORREST LANE BOULDER, CO 80302)Joel Dudley(Director)
Board seatJoel Dudley· per SEC Form D · $2M raise · filed Nov 2025
Miami, US
Board seatDavis Treybig· per SEC Form D · $18.6M raise · filed Apr 2025
Los Angeles, US
Ilya Razenshteyn(Executive Officer, Director)Fariborz Assaderaghi(Director)Mohammad Sadegh Riazi(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatDavis Treybig· per SEC Form D · filed May 2022
San Francisco, US
Noah Weber(Director)Rui Aguiar(Executive Officer, Director)Caleb Appleton(Director)Davis Treybig(Director)
Board seatDavis Treybig· per SEC Form D · $31.7M raise · filed May 2026
San Francisco, US
Board seatDavis Treybig· per SEC Form D · $9.5M raise · filed May 2024
Chicago, US
Samuel Tegel(Executive Officer, Director)Irena Spazzapan(Director)Samantha Smith-Eppsteiner(Director)
Board seatSamantha Smith-Eppsteiner· per SEC Form D · $36.5M raise · filed Dec 2025
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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)
BoardErik Goldman(Director)Naomi Pilosof Ionita(Director)
Board seatDavis Treybig· per SEC Form D · $32.5M raise · filed Aug 2024
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)Peter Lee(Director)Scott Brady(Director)Sam Smith-Eppsteiner(Director)Babak Raeisi Nia(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatSam Smith-Eppsteiner· per SEC Form D · $31.8M raise · filed Oct 2023
Los Angeles, US
Joseph J. Burfitt(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Board seatDavis Treybig· per SEC Form D · $15M raise · filed Jun 2024
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
Steve Lennard(CEO)Andrew Job(Executive Officer, Director)Saman Farid(Director)Grant Allen(Director)Samantha Smith-Eppsteiner(Director)Alireza Tahmasebzadeh(Director)
Board seatSamantha Smith-Eppsteiner· per SEC Form D · $30.7M raise · filed Aug 2023
Tarrytown, US
Jack Hidary(Executive Officer, Director)David Silverman(Executive Officer)Robert Mitgang(Director)Eric Schmidt(Director)
Board seatEric Schmidt· per SEC Form D · $6M raise · filed Sep 2025
Encinitas, US
Lucas McGartland(Executive Officer, Director)Davis Treybig(Director)
Board seatDavis Treybig· per SEC Form D · $6.1M raise · filed Aug 2023
BiotechDel Mar, US
Thomas Hermann(Director)Aiden Aceves(Director)Joel Dudley(Director)David Weitz(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatJoel Dudley· per SEC Form D · $10.9M raise · filed Aug 2023
New Haven, US
Umut Eser(Executive Officer)Joel Dudley(Director)Stephen Klapper(Executive Officer)Brandon Rice(Executive Officer)Christine Aylward(Director)Aryeh Caroline(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatJoel Dudley· per SEC Form D · $11.4M raise · filed Dec 2023
Atom Computing develops large-scale quantum computers using optically-trapped neutral atoms for on-premises deployment.
Deep TechHardwareQuantum ComputingBerkeley, US
Ben Bloom(Founder & CEO)inDror Berman(Director)Ethan Batraski(Director)
Bolt Threads was a manufacturer of biomaterials for personal care formulations.
BiotechNew MaterialsFoxboro, US
Jerry Fiddler(Director)Ethan Mirsky(Executive Officer)David Breslauer(Executive Officer, Director)Steven Vassallo(Director)Jim Kim(Director)Daniel Widmaier(Executive Officer, Director)
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)inRahim Lakhani(Executive Officer)inBryce Meredig(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardScott Brady(Director)Mark Cupta(Director)Amar Hanspal(Director)
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
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
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
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)in
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)Arjun Narang(CTO)Apeksha Kumavat(Chief Engineer)
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
HomeLightoffers bridge loans and financial solutions that allow homebuyers to remove sale contingencies and access equity for home purchases.
Data & InfrastructureFintechMarketplacesPropTechSan Francisco, US
Tyler Sosin(Director)Andrew Uher(Executive Officer, Director)Oren Zeev(Director)
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)Marco Palladino(Chief Technology Officer & Co-founder)Chirag Shah(Executive Officer)
BoardDevdutt Yellurkar(Director)Mike Volpi(Director)Martin Casado(Director)
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
Yuval Shachar(Director)Ariel Berkman(Director)Samuel Eric Gutmann(Director)
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
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)Robbie Schingler(Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer)Christopher R. Boshuizen(Executive Officer, Director)Zachary Bogue(Director)Steve Jurvetson(Director)
Mountain View, US
Kevin Dillon(Director)Tomer Kagan(Executive Officer, Director)Zeng Ming(Director)Liron Shapira(Executive Officer, Director)Steve Krausz(Director)
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)DROR BERMAN(APPOINTMENT EFFECTIVE UPON THIS FINANCING.)MICHAEL O'DONNELL(Executive Officer)
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.
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
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