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Dror Berman
Founder, Managing Partner at Innovation Endeavors
Dror Berman is a Founding Partner at Innovation Endeavors, a venture capital firm he co-founded with Eric Schmidt in 2010.12 He invests in early-stage startups driving significant industry changes, focusing on areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, cybersecurity, IoT, and digital health.12
Berman has invested in over 100 companies from Seed through Series B, including notable investments in Uber, SoFi, Planet, Zymergen, Freenome, and Blue River Technologies.2 Before becoming an investor, he was a team leader of R&D at NICE Systems.2
Education and Background
- MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business
- BS in Computer Science from Ben-Gurion University
- Served in the Israel Defense Forces Special Forces2
Current Roles
- Managing Partner at Innovation Endeavors (July 2010 - Present)
- Investor and Board Member for various companies, including Anyword, Team8, Viz.ai, Formlabs, Astra, Upstart, Freenome, Kong Inc., and HomeLight2
Berman is known for his approach based on seeking moonshot thinking, trying new things, and being passionately curious.1 He is also an ML7 Associate at Creative Destruction Lab and a member of the Steering Committee of Israel Collaboration Network.2
