Endeavor8

ActiveVenture Capital

Updated: Jan 6, 2026 ·

About

Endeavor8 backs entrepreneurs and scientists using novel technology pioneered and developed in high margin industries with the capability to expand to other sectors, beginning with food, agriculture, energy, and climate.

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Mar 1, 2025	Aryon Security	$9.0M Seed	—	Ballistic Ventures, Blumberg Capital, Cyberstarts VC, Evolution Equity Partners, Glilot Capital Partners, OurCrowd, Seraphim Space, Seven Hill Ventures, Vertex Ventures, Viola Ventures, Webtalk Ltd, Marc Benioff, Shlomo Kramer
Oct 1, 2024	Phaseshift Technologies	$3.0M Seed	—	Bascom Ventures, Congruent Ventures, Draper Associates, First Star Ventures, Hustle Fund, Innospark Ventures, Locus Ventures, Wisdom LLP
Jul 1, 2024	Lineaje	$20.0M Series A	—	ClimacticVC, Four Rivers Group, Neotribe Ventures
May 1, 2024	MacroX	$5.0M Seed	—	Accomplice VC, ClimacticVC, Founder Collective, Four Rivers Group, Neotribe Ventures, Project 11, Rich Miner
May 1, 2024	AgriWebb	$7.0M Venture Round	—	Germin8 Ventures
Feb 1, 2024	ProducePay	$38.0M Series D	—	Astanor Ventures, Bam Ventures, G2VP, Moonshots Capital, Owl Rock Capital Partners, Syngenta Group Ventures, Stanton Green
Feb 1, 2024	Fervo Energy	$240.0M Series D	—	Congruent Ventures, First Star Ventures
Aug 1, 2023	Intuition Robotics	$20.0M Venture Round	—	2150, Bee Partners, BoxOne Ventures, Crow Holdings, Microsoft, OurCrowd, Pioneer Fund, Seraphim Space, Toyota Ventures, Vertex Ventures, Viola Ventures, Webtalk Ltd, Marc Benioff
Jul 1, 2023	Arrive Recommerce	$16.0M Series A	—	ClimacticVC, Comcast Ventures, Four Rivers Group, Javelin Venture Partners, Neotribe Ventures, Charlie Songhurst, Kunal Shah
Nov 1, 2022	Vivrelle	$35.0M Series B	—	Ascension Ventures, Climate Capital, Comcast Ventures, CP Ventures, Left Lane Capital, Newlin, Origin Ventures, OurCrowd, Gordon Segal, Grant Newlin, Paul Sims
Oct 1, 2022	AgriWebb	$6.0M Series B	—	Germin8 Ventures
Sep 1, 2022	Taranis	$40.0M Series D	—	Cyberstarts VC, Grove Ventures, OurCrowd, Primetime Partners, Seraphim Space, Vertex Ventures, Viola Ventures, Visionaire Ventures, Webtalk Ltd, Zeev Capital, Joey Low, Marc Benioff, Ronald Cohen
Sep 1, 2022	Climate Robotics	$50K Seed	—	Array Ventures, Blackhorn Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Golan Ventures, LGF, Race Capital, Recursive Ventures, Tango.vc, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Vitalize Venture Group, Zero Capital, Aaron Rosenson, Elad Kushnir, Ran Makavy
Sep 1, 2022	Diamond Standard	$30.0M Series A	—	Ascension Ventures, Climate Capital, Comcast Ventures, CP Ventures, Left Lane Capital, Newlin, Origin Ventures, OurCrowd, Gordon Segal, Grant Newlin, Paul Sims
Jun 1, 2022	TaskHuman	$20.0M Series B	—	Animo Ventures, Bridge Angel Investors, Catapult Capital, Impact VC, Madrona Ventures, Monarch Collective, Rick Lewis, U.S. Venture Partners, Baron Davis, Drew Koven, Gopi Kallayil, Vernon Davis
Apr 1, 2022	Enara Health	$6.0M Seed	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Blu Venture Investors, ClimacticVC, Four Rivers Group, Global Founders Capital, Neotribe Ventures, Preface Ventures, Scale Asia Ventures, SNR, SRB Ventures, True Ventures, Oleg Rogynskyy, Siqi Chen, Tom Williams
Apr 1, 2022	Gridwise	$13.0M Series A	—	Autotech Ventures, Creandum, LocalGlobe, Crosslink Capital, Deborah Liu, Forum Ventures, Helen Liang, Innovation Works, Michael Ma, Peterson Ventures, Ron Pragides, Scribble Ventures, Serena Ventures
Mar 1, 2022	Deeded	$4.0M Seed	—	Ascension Ventures, Climate Capital, Comcast Ventures, CP Ventures, Left Lane Capital, Newlin, Origin Ventures, OurCrowd, Gordon Segal, Grant Newlin
Feb 1, 2022	Endgame	$30.0M Series B	—	Accel, Array Ventures, Austin Ventures, Baukunst, Bolt, Buckley Ventures, Deciens Capital, DNX Ventures, Emergence Capital, EQT Ventures, Flex Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Founder Collective, Golan Ventures, Grace Beauty Capital, Kaya Ventures, LGF, MAGIC Fund, Menlo Ventures, Monarch Collective, Next Coast Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Race Capital, Recharge Capital, Reciprocal Ventures, Recursive Ventures, Red Swan Ventures, S3 Ventures, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Springdale Ventures, StartHer, Tet Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Trajectory Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Vera Equity, Vitalize Venture Group, Zero Capital, Aaron Rosenson, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Brian Cruver, Charles Delingpole, Dave Balter, Elad Kushnir, Ethan Austin, Ian Lopatin, Jiake Liu, Mark Cuban, Mark Ghermezian, Ran Makavy, Suhail Doshi, Thomas Vu, Vince Thompson
Feb 1, 2022	ConcertoCare	$110.0M Series B	—	AirAngels, Arkitekt Ventures, Benchmark, Climate Capital, Deerfield Management, Earthshot Ventures, Ensemble VC, Foresite Capital, Friedom Partners, Harrison Metal, Index Ventures, Kapor Capital, Ligature, LombardStreet Ventures, Obvious Ventures, S2G Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Torch Capital, Vast Ventures, Max Ventilla
Jan 1, 2022	Placer.ai	$100.0M Series C	—	1776, AirAngels, Alt Capital, Ambush Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Ascension Ventures, Banana Capital, Buckley Ventures, City Light Capital, Climate Capital, Comcast Ventures, Coughdrop Capital, CP Ventures, Gutter Capital, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Lampros Capital Partners, Left Lane Capital, LGF, Logos Labs, Neu Venture Capital, Newlin, Not Boring Capital, Origin Ventures, OurCrowd, Section 32, Sequoia Capital, SRB Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Vibe Capital, Emily Kramer, Gordon Segal, Grant Newlin, Greg Isenberg, Harry Hurst, Loic Le Meur, Manik Gupta, Marc McCabe, Mike Hudack, Oliver Cameron, Paul Sims, Russell Smith, Sam Corcos, Sam Parr, Scott Belsky, Steve Schlafman, Zachary Sims
Jan 1, 2022	1Password	$620.0M Series C	—	8VC, Abstract Ventures, A Capital, Accel, AirAngels, AIX Ventures, Allegion Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Atomic, Axiom Partners, Balderton Capital, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Dreamers VC, Footprint Coalition, Greylock, Inspired Capital, i/o Ventures, K9 Ventures, Khosla Ventures, KRM Interests LLC, Lead Edge Capital, Madrona Ventures, Mucker Capital, Next Play Ventures, Openspace Ventures, Picus Capital, QueensBridge Venture Partners, Quiet Capital, Scalar Capital, Seaside Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, Slow Ventures, Sound Ventures, South Park Commons, Square Peg Capital, SV Angel, TechSquare Labs, The Hit Forge, Transpose platform, Tribe Capital, Trucks Venture Capital, Twelve Below, Unusual Ventures, Village Global, Vouch Insurance, WorkLife Ventures, XYZ Venture Capital, Y Combinator, Aleksander Leonard Larsen, Andy Coravos, Anthony Saleh, Balaji Srinivasan, Baron Davis, Daniela Binatti, Diego Berdakin, Do Kwon, Dylan Field, Frederic Kerrest, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jack Chou, Jannick Malling, Jeff Schneble, Kelvin Beachum Jr., Kevin Hart, Leif Abraham, Louis Beryl, Mathilde Collin, Odell Beckham Jr., Peter Sonsini, Ron Pragides, Scott Belsky, Sergio Jimenez, Sujata Bhatia, Trevor McFedries, Whitney Cummings, Yan-David Erlich
Jan 1, 2022	Fathom	$5.0M Seed	—	10100, 1/1 Capital, 6th Man Ventures, Accelr8, Adjacent, Afore Capital, Alchemy Ventures, Alkeon Capital, Alpine Ventures, Alumni Ventures, American Express Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Array Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Better Capital, Blu Venture Investors, BoxOne Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Chemistry VC, Cornerstone VC, Coughdrop Capital, Dale Venture, Matt Ocko, DCVC (Data Collective), Earl Grey Capital, East West Ventures EWV, Elevate Ventures, Embedded Ventures, Endeavor Venture Funds, Aniq Kassam, Firework Ventures, FirstHand Alliance, Flexsteel Industries Inc., Foundation Capital, Fuel Capital, Galaxy Digital, Goat Capital, Golan Ventures, GSF Accelerator, GSV Acceleration, GSV Ventures, Heretic Ventures, High Alpha, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Ignition Partners, Index Ventures, Industrious Ventures, Kohala Ventures, LAUNCH, LGF, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lobby Capital, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Majinx Capital, Mantis VC, Master Ventures, Master Ventures Investment Management, Maven Ventures, MS&AD Ventures, Ben Huh, Orion Willow Parrott, Paradigm, Pario Ventures, Pear VC, Polychain Capital, Portage Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Preface Ventures, Primetime Partners, Race Capital, Recursive Ventures, Ride Home Fund, Runa Capital, Scale Asia Ventures, Shaan's All Access Fund, SNR, Spark Capital, Sprout Social, Inc., SRB Ventures, Summit Partners, SuperSeed, TM3 Capital, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Trajectory Ventures, Tribe Capital, True Ventures, Vitalize Venture Group, Y Combinator, Zero Capital, Aaron King, Aaron Rankin (Sprout Social), Aaron Rosenson, Adam Michalski, Andrew Steinwold, Ashish Toshniwal, Balaji Srinivasan, Bill Tai, Charlie Songhurst, Chris Fanini, Daniel Kan, Dharmesh Shah, Elad Kushnir, Elizabeth Iorns, Emmett Shear, Henry Davis, Immad Akhund, James Beshara, Jason Hunt, Jay Jamison, Joi Ito, Kunal Shah, Kyle Vogt, Mark Pincus, Mikhail Seregine, Narendra Rocherolle, Odell Beckham Jr., Oleg Rogynskyy, Ran Makavy, Rayn Ong, Rick Morrison, Rob May, Ted Serbinski, Tim Seears, Tom Williams, Vikas Gupta, Viral Bajaria, Vishal Rao
Dec 1, 2021	Particl	$5.0M Seed	—	Album VC, Crosslink Capital, NFX, Peterson Ventures
Nov 1, 2021	Riff	$3.0M Seed	—	Balderton Capital, Bridge Angel Investors, Catapult Capital, Maki.vc, Monarch Collective, Northzone, Rogue VC, Seedcamp, Rick Lewis, VTF Capital, Drew Koven, Nicolas Brusson, Steve Barham, Tim Sadler, Vernon Davis

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Leadership Team

Key people at Endeavor8.

Karl Kerksiek

Managing Director

Leadership Team

Key people at Endeavor8.

Karl Kerksiek

Managing Director

Deep Dive

Endeavor8 is a venture capital firm focused on investing in early-stage, high-growth technology companies that transform the agriculture and food value chain. Their mission centers on backing entrepreneurs and scientists who leverage novel technologies—such as biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and machine learning—to address evolving consumer preferences, improve operational efficiencies through data-driven methods, and develop new approaches to finance and risk management within food, agriculture, energy, and climate sectors. By targeting historically underserved industries, Endeavor8 aims to unlock significant value and drive innovation across the entire food ecosystem[1][2][4].

Founded with a vision to apply advanced technologies from high-margin industries to the food and agriculture sectors, Endeavor8 was established by Karl Kerksiek, who brings over 15 years of investment experience, including leadership roles at Finistere Ventures. The firm’s origin story reflects a strategic focus on leveraging scientific breakthroughs and data analytics to solve complex challenges in the food supply chain. Early traction has come from identifying and supporting disruptive startups that pioneer chemical and biological compounds, operational improvements, and financial innovations tailored to these sectors[2].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Endeavor8 specializes in early-stage investments that combine deep scientific innovation with scalable business models, focusing on technology transfer from biotech and AI to agriculture and food.
Network Strength: The firm leverages extensive industry and scientific networks to support portfolio companies with expertise and market access.
Track Record: Led by experienced investors like Karl Kerksiek, Endeavor8 has a history of backing companies that address critical gaps in the food and agriculture value chain.
Operating Support: Beyond capital, Endeavor8 provides strategic guidance on technology development, regulatory navigation, and market entry.

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Endeavor8 rides the wave of increasing technological integration into agriculture and food systems, driven by global trends such as sustainability demands, climate change, and shifting consumer behaviors toward healthier and more ethical food choices. The timing is critical as these sectors have been historically under-digitized and undercapitalized, presenting vast opportunities for innovation. Market forces like the rise of precision agriculture, alternative proteins, and climate-smart farming create a fertile environment for Endeavor8’s portfolio companies to thrive and influence the broader ecosystem by accelerating technology adoption and fostering cross-sector collaboration[1][2][3].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Endeavor8 is poised to deepen its impact by expanding investments into emerging technologies that address climate resilience and sustainable food production. Trends such as AI-driven crop management, novel bio-based inputs, and decentralized finance models for agriculture will likely shape their journey. As the firm continues to scale its portfolio and influence, it may play a pivotal role in redefining how food systems operate globally, bridging the gap between cutting-edge science and practical, scalable solutions. Endeavor8’s continued focus on technology diffusion in neglected sectors positions it as a key catalyst for innovation in the evolving agri-food landscape[2][3].

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Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Endeavor8 specializes in early-stage investments that combine deep scientific innovation with scalable business models, focusing on technology transfer from biotech and AI to agriculture and food.
Network Strength: The firm leverages extensive industry and scientific networks to support portfolio companies with expertise and market access.
Track Record: Led by experienced investors like Karl Kerksiek, Endeavor8 has a history of backing companies that address critical gaps in the food and agriculture value chain.
Operating Support: Beyond capital, Endeavor8 provides strategic guidance on technology development, regulatory navigation, and market entry.