Innovation Endeavors

2010

Founded

214

Investments

United States

Offices

Venture Fund

Investor Type

About

Innovation Endeavors is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Eric Schmidt, Dror Berman, Scott Brady, and Rick Scalon. Based in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in New York and Tel Aviv, the firm specializes in investing in visionary founders and transformative technologies that drive industry evolution. Their central investment thesis, the Super Evolution, is a non-linear approach to innovation that leverages advances in data, computation, and engineering to solve significant engineering and science challenges across various industries, including agriculture, supply chain, life sciences, cities, transportation, infrastructure, and industrial sectors.

The firm typically invests between $1 million and $15 million in early-stage opportunities, often taking active roles in the companies they support. Notable investments include Afresh, AlphaSense, Atom Computing, Color, Gatik, Eikon Therapeutics, Fabric, Homelight, Kong, Formlabs, Panther, Planet, Replica, SoFi, Uber, Upstart, and Vicarious Surgical.

Portfolio Companies

Afresh, AlphaSense, Atom Computing, Color, Gatik, Eikon Therapeutics, Fabric, Homelight, Kong, Formlabs

Gepgraphic Focus

United States, Israel

Key Differentiators

Focus on the Super Evolution, a non-linear approach to innovation, Active involvement in portfolio companies, Investments across diverse industries

Thypical Investment Size

$1 million to $15 million

Total Funds Raised

$1 billion

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Big Data & Analytics

CloudTech

Cybersecurity

Software

EdTech

SaaS

Palo Alto

Pre-Seed

Seed

Series A

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Series C

Series D

United States