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Innovation Endeavors portfolio
Innovation Endeavors has 22 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.
About this page
It is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, US, founded in 2010. It led 11 of the 33 rounds it joined. Its most recent investment on record is Gardens Interactive's $35M Series B+ round in October 2026, alongside Andy Zhong, ZenithCapital, Bayshore Global Management and 6 others. By category, its portfolio leans toward Robotics and hardware (6) and Logistics and mobility (5). It has co-invested with Insight Partners, Spark Capital and Maersk Growth, most often Insight Partners (3 rounds).
About Innovation Endeavors
Fund returns
| Fund | Vintage | Size | Net IRR | TVPI | DPI | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innovation Endeavors V LP | 2023 | — | -13.7% | 0.87x | 0.00x | Sep 30, 2025 |
What Innovation Endeavors invests in
- Robotics and hardware · 6 · 27%
- Logistics and mobility · 5 · 23%
- Education · 4 · 18%
- Media and content · 3 · 14%
- Developer tools and cloud · 3 · 14%
- Health and bio · 3 · 14%
- Commerce and retail · 3 · 14%
- Consumer and social · 2 · 9%
Innovation Endeavors recent investments
| Company | Round | Date | Alongside |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series B+ · $35M | Andy Zhong, ZenithCapital, Bayshore Global Management +6 | ||
| Seed · $7.9M | none named | ||
| Series A · $20M | Character, FirsthandVC, Magnetic Ventures +3 | ||
| Series B+ · $40M | Prudence, Insight Partners (lead), StepStone Group +2 | ||
| Series A · $12M · lead | none named | ||
| Series B+ · $93M | Jefferson Life Sciences, KdT Ventures, Bausch & Lomb +4 | ||
| Series B+ · $27M | Qualcomm Ventures, Woven Capital (lead), Norwest Venture Partners | ||
| Series A · $20M | WND Ventures, Suffolk Technologies, STO Building Group +6 |
How Innovation Endeavors invests
Innovation Endeavors portfolio companies
GGardens Interactive$35MSeries B+ · Oct 2026
AAutoheal$7.9MSeed · Sep 2026
WWeave Bio$20MSeries A · Oct 2025
TTrunk Tools$40MSeries B+ · Jul 2025
CCapsule$12MSeries A · Apr 2025
CCharacter Bio$93MSeries B+ · Mar 2025
TThird Wave Automation$27MSeries B+ · Nov 2024
SSkylo$37MSeries B+ · Feb 2024
AAfresh Technologies$115MSeries B+ · Aug 2022
DDatarails$50MSeries B+ · Mar 2022
PPlotlogic$18MSeries A · Mar 2022
AAtom Computing$60MSeries B+ · Jan 2022
PPandion$30MSeries A · Oct 2021
GGatikSeries B+ · Aug 2021
VViz.ai$71MSeries B+ · Mar 2021
AAlphaSense$50MSeries B+ · Jul 2019
AAiera$3.5MSeed · Dec 2018
MMark43$38MSeries B+ · Mar 2018
AAugment Codebacker
HHoodlinebacker
IInceptionbacker
EExtendbacker
| Company | Round with Innovation Endeavors | Total raised | Latest raise |
|---|---|---|---|
Gaming |
Series B+ · $35M | $35M | Oct 7, 2026 Series B+ |
Robotics and hardware |
Seed · $7.9M | $7.9M | Sep 28, 2026 Seed |
Legal and compliance |
Series A · $20M | $30M | Oct 16, 2025 Series A |
Real estate and construction |
Series B+ · $40M | $60M | Jul 24, 2025 Series B+ |
Sales and marketing |
Series A · $12M · lead | $18.75M | Apr 16, 2025 Series A |
Health and bio |
Series B+ · $93M | $111M | Mar 25, 2025 Series B+ |
Robotics and hardware |
Series B+ · $27M | $67M | Nov 1, 2024 Series B+ |
Robotics and hardware |
Series B+ · $37M · lead | $90M | Oct 12, 2026 round |
Commerce and retail |
Series B+ · $115M | $174M | Apr 21, 2026 round |
Fintech |
Series B+ · $50M | $169.5M | Jan 21, 2026 Series B+ |
Robotics and hardware |
Series A · $18M · lead | $51M | Jul 13, 2026 Series B+ |
Robotics and hardware |
Series B+ · $60M | $195.2M | Jun 17, 2026 Series B+ |
Education |
Series A · $30M | $77M | Mar 21, 2024 Series B+ |
Robotics and hardware |
Series B+ | $229.5M | Aug 25, 2026 Series B+ |
Health and bio |
Series B+ · $71M | $242M | Apr 7, 2022 Series B+ |
Data and analytics |
Series B+ · $50M · lead | $830M | Jun 3, 2026 round |
Fintech |
Seed · $3.5M | $35.5M | Jun 9, 2025 Series B+ |
Legal and compliance |
Series B+ · $38M | $179M | Jan 8, 2026 Series B+ |
AI coding and devtools |
backer · source | $227M | Apr 26, 2024 Series B+ |
Sales and marketing |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Foundation models and research |
backer · source | $50M | Dec 3, 2025 Seed |
AI agents |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Most frequent co-investors
IInsight Partners3 shared rounds · last Jul 24, 2025
SSpark Capital3 shared rounds · last Aug 4, 2022
MMaersk Growth3 shared rounds · last Aug 4, 2022
ZZeev Ventures3 shared rounds · last Mar 10, 2022
VVertex Ventures Israel3 shared rounds · last Mar 10, 2022
RRedpoint Ventures2 shared rounds · last Jul 24, 2025
LLiberty Mutual Strategic Ventures2 shared rounds · last Jul 24, 2025
SS322 shared rounds · last Mar 25, 2025
CCatalio2 shared rounds · last Mar 25, 2025
NNorwest Venture Partners2 shared rounds · last Nov 1, 2024
GGreen D Ventures2 shared rounds · last Jul 13, 2023
AAlumni Ventures2 shared rounds · last Jul 13, 2023
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Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Robotics and hardware).
How this is counted
Net returns as reported by the public-pension and foundation LPs invested in each fund.
Firm profile and fund returns: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.
Share is of the 33 rounds on Recent Funding that name Innovation Endeavors. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.
Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists Innovation Endeavors, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/innovation-endeavors (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.