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Karl Kerksiek

Founding Partner at Endeavor8

Redwood City, California

Overview 

Karl Kerksiek is an Early Stage VC based in Redwood City, California, with a background in management consulting and a focus on investing in companies across various sectors like AgTech, BioTech, and FinTech. Notable career highlights include his role as Founding Partner at Endeavor8 and investments in companies such as Tovala, Memphis Meats, and Good Eggs. Karl Kerksiek has an MA from Stanford University and a BA from Pomona College. He has invested in a variety of companies, including Robigo, Climate Robotics, and Placer.ai, and has a track record of successful investments in Series A and Series B rounds for innovative startups.

Work Experience 

  • Founding Partner

    2021 - Current

Endeavor8 is an early stage tech innovation impacting food value chain.

  • Investor

    2024

  • Investor

    2024

  • Investor

    2023

  • Investor

    2023

Citrine Informatics provides an informatics platform that transforms chemicals development through AI embedded in smart data infrastructure.

Raised $69,104,373.00 from DRIVE Catalyst, Universal Materials Incubator, Alumni Ventures, Presidio Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Prelude Ventures and Isai.

  • Investor

    2023

Robigo is a biomanufacturing company engineering microbes to create more sustainable crop protection solutions.

Raised $8,000,000.00 from Aera VC, Good Growth Capital, Congruent Ventures, First Star Ventures and Endeavor8.

  • Investor

    2022

  • Investor

    2022

Salient combines novel ocean and land-surface data with AI and climate expertise to deliver the world’s most accurate S2S weather forecasts.

Raised $11,822,187.00 from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Rose Rock Bridge.

  • Investor

    2022

Apparo is a food processing technology intended to process crops in order to maximize the yield of available nutrients.

Raised $4,500,000.00 from Blue Horizon Corporation, Finistere Ventures and Endeavor8.

  • Investor

    2022

MarketDial offers a platform that supports comprehensive testing of business initiatives related to promotions, operations, and more.

Raised $9,594,991.00 from Endeavor8, Peterson Ventures, Kickstart, Crosslink Capital and Silicon Valley Bank.

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