Innovation Endeavors

Venture Capital Est. 2010
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≈USD 1.46B
Reported FUM
Assets under management, reported by Private Equity List, 2026 · source
Type
Venture Capital
HQ
New York, NY, United States
Founded
2010
Focus
Varies by strategy

About

Innovation Endeavors is a venture capital firm focused on visionary founders, transformational technology and emergent ecosystems for a new world. Innovation Endeavors was co-founded by Eric Schmidt (ex-CEO and Chairman of Google), who remains an anchor investor, and merged with Herzilya, an Israel-based fund, in August 2017. Innovation Endeavors has offices in Silicon Valley, Tel Aviv and New York, and focuses its investment efforts on North America, Europe and the Middle East.

Strategies

Venture Capital
Sources

Profile sources

  1. innovationendeavors.com — Deep Tech, Technology

Locations & investment markets

Capital and location details checked 2026-10-12.

Investment Criteria

Investment size
USD 500K - USD 8M

Reported investment size. Actual commitments may vary by stage, ownership and follow-on participation.

Investment Stages
Stages
Seed Series A Series B
Investment Geographies
Primary Markets
United States Israel
Coverage
Global
Regions
North America Middle East

Coverage is a guide only.

Location

Headquarters
New York, NY, United States
More investors with offices in New York
Office Presence
2 countries
United States Israel
3 known offices
New York, NY, United States (HQ)
Herzliya, Tel Aviv District, Israel
Palo Alto, CA, United States

Fundraising

Innovation Endeavors V
2024
USD 630M
source
Innovation Endeavors IV
2021
USD 500M
source
Innovation Endeavors III
2018
USD 333.5M
source

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