Karl Kerksiek
Founding Partner at Endeavor8
Redwood City, California
Overview
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.