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Innovation Endeavors

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Founded in 2010 by Google Chairman Eric Schmidt and Dror Berman, Innovation Endeavors is an early stage venture fund focused on advancing the world by providing high-impact entrepreneurs with the capital, coaching and network to build game-changing ventures. Innovation Endeavors has invested in more than 30 companies around the world in various industries. The fund also supports an in-house pre-team, pre-idea search fund grounded in the design thinking methodology. Innovation Endeavors is based in Palo Alto with an office in Tel Aviv.

Recent Milestones

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  Innovation Endeavors invested in Any.DO. (5/13/13)
  Posted 5/13/13 at 10:11pm via venturebeat.com
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  Innovation Endeavors invested in Dynamic Yield. (4/24/13)
  Posted 4/25/13 at 8:53pm via marketwatch.com
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  Innovation Endeavors invested in Tango Card. (4/19/13)
  Posted 4/20/12 at 7:45am via techcrunch.com
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  Innovation Endeavors invested in Sherpa App. (3/25/13)
  Posted 3/25/13 at 9:46am via techcrunch.com
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  Innovation Endeavors invested in LUMOback. (12/19/12)
  Posted 12/20/12 at 5:26am via prnewswire.com
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  Innovation Endeavors invested in ZenDeals. (12/13/12)
  Posted 12/12/12 at 7:53pm via techcrunch.com
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  Innovation Endeavors invested in HomeLight. (11/15/12)
  Posted 11/15/12 at 6:30pm via techcrunch.com
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  Innovation Endeavors invested in Nebula. (9/5/12)
  Posted 9/5/12 at 1:57am via techcrunch.com
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  Innovation Endeavors invested in Getaround. (8/2/12)
  Posted 8/2/12 at 6:54pm via techcrunch.com
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  Innovation Endeavors invested in Commerce Sciences. (7/2/12)
  Posted 7/2/12 at 7:39pm via techcrunch.com
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  Innovation Endeavors invested in #waywire. (6/30/12)
  Posted 6/30/12 at 12:55pm via techcrunch.com
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  Innovation Endeavors invested in Quixey. (6/7/12)
  Posted 6/7/12 at 5:09am via techcrunch.com
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  Innovation Endeavors invested in Tango Card. (6/6/12)
  Posted 6/6/12 at 5:43pm via techcrunch.com
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  Innovation Endeavors invested in Identified. (6/5/12)
  Posted 6/5/12 at 5:41am via techcrunch.com
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  Innovation Endeavors invested in EyeView. (1/10/12)
  Posted 1/10/12 at 10:30am via techcrunch.com
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  Innovation Endeavors invested in AppCard. (1/1/12)
  Posted 5/15/13 at 12:30pm via thenextweb.com

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Techcrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
Globes (globes.co.il) [edit]
Angel.co (angel.co) [edit]
Gogobot (gogobot.com) [edit]
1. Sleek to-do app Any.Do nabs $3.5M from Genesis Partners, Eric Schmidt, & others (venturebeat.com) [edit]
2. Dynamic Yield Secures $2M in Series A Funding Led by Bessemer Venture Partners (marketwatch.com) [edit]
3. Tango Card Raises Another $4.1M As Gift Cards Get More Enterprising (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. Sherpa Gets $1.1M From Google Ventures, A16Z, & More For Location-Aware Predictive Intelligence iOS App (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. LUMO BodyTech Closes $5 Million Series A Funding Round Led By Madrona Venture Group (prnewswire.com) [edit]
6. ZenDeals Launches With $1M+ From Eric Schmidt, Facebook & Zynga Execs To Bring Transparency To Digital Coupons (techcrunch.com) [edit]
7. HomeLight Raises $1.5M in Funding (techcrunch.com) [edit]
8. Nebula Raises $25M From Comcast, Kleiner Perkins To Help Companies Deploy On-Premise, Private Clouds (techcrunch.com) [edit]
9. Getaround Raises $13.9M Series A Led By Menlo Ventures, Launches Getaway For Managed Car Rentals (techcrunch.com) [edit]
10. Commerce Sciences Nabs $1.8M From Eric Schmidt, Joe Lonsdale To Make Online Shopping More Personal (techcrunch.com) [edit]
11. #waywire, Cory Booker’s Personalized News Startup, Uses Video To Give Youth A Voice (techcrunch.com) [edit]
12. Fast-Growing App Search Engine Quixey Raises $20 Million Series B (techcrunch.com) [edit]
13. Rewards To The Beat Of A Different Drum: Tango Card Gets $1.8M From Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors, WTI (techcrunch.com) [edit]
14. Identified Hits 10M Users, Nabs $21M In Series B Funding (techcrunch.com) [edit]
15. Eyeview Raises $5.2 Million For Personalized Video Ads (And They’re Pretty Nifty) (techcrunch.com) [edit]
16. thenextweb.com [edit]
17. Any.DO Launches A Social To Do List App With $1 Million In Funding (techcrunch.com) [edit]
18. PharmaSecure completes $4M funding round (masshightech.com) [edit]
19. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
20. Khosla, Founders Fund, and Eric Schmidt Put $10 Million Into BillGuard (techcrunch.com) [edit]
21. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
22. Quixey Raises $3.8 Million For A Functional Search Engine For Apps (techcrunch.com) [edit]
23. API market Mashape raises $1.5M seed from mega investors (gigaom.com) [edit]
24. Nearbuy Nabs A Cool Million From Motorola Ventures, Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors, And More (techcrunch.com) [edit]
25. Freelancer Community DoNanza Raises $1 Million From Eric Schmidt’s Fund, Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
26. VideoGenie Scores $2M From Eric Schmidt, Others For Video Testimonials Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
27. Online Shopping Startup ProjectSlice Raises $9.4 Million From Eric Schmidt, Michael Birch And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
28. Voice Sentiment Analysis Startup Saygent Raises $1 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
29. Quixey Raises $400K From Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors For App Search (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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31. Gogobot Unveils Plans To Evolve Online Travel, Takes $4 Million From Battery Ventures (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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