# Endeavor8

> Endeavor8 is a VC fund in Palo Alto backing Biotechnology and Agriculture. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/endeavor8/
- Website: https://www.endeavor8.com/

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

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 5 | 31% |
| Agriculture | 4 | 25% |
| AgTech | 2 | 13% |
| Farming | 2 | 13% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 13% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 25% |
| Series C | 4 | 25% |
| Series A | 2 | 13% |
| Series B | 2 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 11 | 69% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 6% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Karl Kerksiek | Founding Partner | 1 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Animol Discovery | Animol is building its own pipeline of break-through proprietary veterinary small molecules led by a team of animal health industry experts with vast experience in bringing drugs to market. With our unique and powerful technology platform we deliver innovative medicines that are specifically designed for the needs of veterinary patients. | $12M | Series C | Oct 17, 2025 |  |
| Siftr Bio | Siftr is a precision therapeutics company that is currently in development. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Dec 04, 2024 |  |
| Animol Discovery | Animol is building its own pipeline of break-through proprietary veterinary small molecules led by a team of animal health industry experts with vast experience in bringing drugs to market. With our unique and powerful technology platform we deliver innovative medicines that are specifically designed for the needs of veterinary patients. | $9.5M | Series C | Nov 15, 2024 |  |
| Edge Animal Health | Animal Health | $11M | Series B | Jun 17, 2024 |  |
| ProducePay | Founded by Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck, a fourth-generation farmer, ProducePay is eliminating the economic and food waste caused by the volatile, opaque, and fragmented nature of today’s global fresh produce supply chain. The AgTech company’s Predictable Commerce Platform is giving growers and buyers greater control of their business by providingunprecedented access to each other, capital, trading, insights and greater supply chain visibility. Consumers receive fresher produce more efficiently, knowing it is grown and delivered in responsible ways. This transformational approach is unlocking economic value, and creating a more sustainable global fresh produce industry. | $38M | Series D | Feb 05, 2024 |  |
| Robigo | Robigo is a biomanufacturing company engineering microbes to create more sustainable crop protection solutions. | $6.9M | Seed | Feb 15, 2023 |  |
| Enko Chem, Inc. | Enko Chem discovers and develops novel products for farmers to protect their crops from pests and diseases. Their proprietary technology platform represents a revolutionary approach to rapidly discover safe and economical solutions that are needed to ensure sustainable food production.It was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Woburn,Massachusetts. | $10M | Series C | Jan 31, 2023 |  |
| Vestaron | Vestaron produces insecticides for agriculture, animal health, non-crop, and commercial pest control applications. Vestaron Corporation develops and produces insecticides by employing peptides sourced from spiders in the United States. Its products are used in agriculture, animal health, and specialty non-crop applications, as well as in-householdinsects and commercial pest control applications. Vestaron Corporation was formerly known as Venomix, Inc. and changed its name to Vestaron Corporation in August 2009. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan. | $10M | Series C | Aug 25, 2022 |  |
| Applied Carbon | Applied Carbon is scaling ground-breaking technology to regenerate soils and trap atmospheric carbon for the benefit of people and the world. |  | Seed | Aug 15, 2022 |  |
| Enko Chem, Inc. | Enko Chem discovers and develops novel products for farmers to protect their crops from pests and diseases. Their proprietary technology platform represents a revolutionary approach to rapidly discover safe and economical solutions that are needed to ensure sustainable food production.It was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Woburn,Massachusetts. | $70M | Series C | Jul 27, 2022 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Anterra Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anterra-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Finistere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finistere-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Syngenta Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/syngenta-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Eight Roads Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eight-roads-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Novalis LifeSciences — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Endeavor8 invest in?

Endeavor8 invests primarily in Biotechnology, Agriculture and AgTech startups, most often at Seed and Series C stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Endeavor8?

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### Who are the partners at Endeavor8?

The team at Endeavor8 includes Karl Kerksiek (Founding Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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