Dror Berman
Private Equity Investor at SOFI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Profile
Dror Berman is a founding partner at Innovation Endeavors LLC, which was founded in 2010.
He is currently a director at Keywee, Inc., LP Corporate Ventures, Inc., Team8 Labs Ltd., Romaine Empire, Inc., Viz.ai, Inc., GRO Biosciences, Inc., Gatik AI, Inc., Atom Computing, Inc., Eikon Therapeutics, Inc., and Innovation Endeavors Et Spv LP.
He is also an investor at Formlabs, Inc., Planet Labs, Inc., HomeLight, Inc., Zymergen, Inc., Color Health, Inc., Velo3D US, Inc., Freenome Holdings, Inc., Uber Freight LLC, Astra App, and SoFi Technologies, Inc. Mr. Berman previously served as a director at Blue River Technology, Inc. from 2014 to 2017.
He was also an independent director at D8 Holdings Corp.
and served as an investor at Upstart Capital from 2013 to 2019.
Mr. Berman has an undergraduate degree from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Dror Berman active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
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| ZYMERGEN INC. | Private Equity Investor | 2012-12-31 |
| SOFI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | Private Equity Investor | 2011-08-31 |
LP Corporate Ventures, Inc.
 LP Corporate Ventures, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services LP Corporate Ventures, Inc. provides online penny auction services. The company was founded by Christopher Couhault and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2010-09-29 |
Team8 Labs Ltd.
 Team8 Labs Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Team8 Labs Ltd is an Independent Private Equity/Venture Capital firm founded by Liran Grinberg, Israel Grimberg, and Nadav Zafrir in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. | Director/Board Member | 2013-12-31 |
Velo3D US, Inc.
 Velo3D US, Inc. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing Velo3D US, Inc. develops and manufactures metal laser sintering printing machines for 3D printing. It offers sapphire printer, flow software, and assure system. The company was founded by Benyamin Buller and Erel Milshtein in 2014 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA. | Private Equity Investor | 2013-12-31 |
Color Health, Inc.
 Color Health, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Color Health, Inc. provides genetics services. It offers genetic testing services for hereditary cancers including breast, ovarian, colorectal, pancreatic, uterine, melanoma, prostate, and stomach cancers. The company was founded by Elad Gil, Othman Laraki, Taylor Sittler and Nish Bhat in 2013 and is headquartered in Burlingame, CA. | Private Equity Investor | 2014-11-30 |
Planet Labs, Inc.
 Planet Labs, Inc. Engineering & ConstructionIndustrial Services Planet Labs, Inc. operates earth-imaging satellites. The firm offers its imaging services for logistics, site development, crop monitoring, urbanization, natural resources, and asset management applications. The company was founded by William S. Marshall, Robert H. Schingler, Jr. and Christopher R. Boshuizen in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Private Equity Investor | 2012-03-31 |
Uber Freight LLC
 Uber Freight LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Uber Freight LLC operates as a freight broker. It develops a mobile application that matches carriers with shippers to book the loads for hauling. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Private Equity Investor | 2011-12-31 |
Astra App
 Astra App Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Astra App develops a hotel booking platform. | Private Equity Investor | 2016-05-31 |
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Training of Dror Berman
| Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | Undergraduate Degree |
| Stanford Graduate School of Business | Masters Business Admin |
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| Listed companies | 2 |
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| SOFI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | Finance |
| VICARIOUS SURGICAL INC. | Health Technology |
| Private companies | 25 |
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Formlabs, Inc.
 Formlabs, Inc. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing Formlabs, Inc. engages in the design and manufacture of three-dimensional (3D) printing tools. Its products portfolio includes Form 3, Form 3L, Form 2, Wash + Cure, Form Cell, and Fuse 1. The firm offers products and services in the industries of engineering, manufacturing, education, entertainment, dental, jewelry, healthcare, and audiology. The company was founded by Maxim Boris Lobovsky, Natan Linder, and John D. Cranor III in 2011 and is headquartered in Somerville, MA. | Producer Manufacturing |
Keywee, Inc.
 Keywee, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Keywee, Inc. provides content marketing and data mining services. It specializes in content marketing, natural language processing, data mining. The company was founded by Yaniv Makover in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
Planet Labs, Inc.
Planet Labs, Inc. Engineering & ConstructionIndustrial Services Planet Labs, Inc. operates earth-imaging satellites. The firm offers its imaging services for logistics, site development, crop monitoring, urbanization, natural resources, and asset management applications. The company was founded by William S. Marshall, Robert H. Schingler, Jr. and Christopher R. Boshuizen in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Industrial Services |
Upstart Capital
 Upstart Capital Investment ManagersFinance Upstart Capital is a venture capital firm located in Palo Alto, California. | Finance |
LP Corporate Ventures, Inc.
LP Corporate Ventures, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services LP Corporate Ventures, Inc. provides online penny auction services. The company was founded by Christopher Couhault and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. | Technology Services |
Innovation Endeavors LLC
 Innovation Endeavors LLC Investment ManagersFinance Innovation Endeavors LLC (Innovation Endeavors) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Dror Berman and Eric E. Schmidt. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Finance |
Blue River Technology, Inc.
 Blue River Technology, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Blue River Technology, Inc. develops technology for chemical intensive agriculture. Its systems use cameras, computer vision and machine learning algorithms. The company was founded by Jorge Heraud and Lee Redden on May 2011 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Commercial Services |
HomeLight, Inc.
 HomeLight, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services HomeLight, Inc. provides real estate related services. It offers an online service that uses client reviews and non-public historical sales data to identify the top agents in a given market. The company was founded by Andrew J. Uher, BC Broussard and Jason Zhang in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Zymergen, Inc.
 Zymergen, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Zymergen, Inc. engages in the design, development, and commercialization of bio-based products. Its products include electronic films, repellent products, and agriculture products such as traditional synthetic nitrogen fertilizers and traditional chemical-based crop protection products. The company was founded by Zachariah Serber, Jed Dean and Joshua J. Hoffman in 2013 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA. | Commercial Services |
Team8 Labs Ltd.
Team8 Labs Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Team8 Labs Ltd is an Independent Private Equity/Venture Capital firm founded by Liran Grinberg, Israel Grimberg, and Nadav Zafrir in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. | Finance |
Color Health, Inc.
Color Health, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Color Health, Inc. provides genetics services. It offers genetic testing services for hereditary cancers including breast, ovarian, colorectal, pancreatic, uterine, melanoma, prostate, and stomach cancers. The company was founded by Elad Gil, Othman Laraki, Taylor Sittler and Nish Bhat in 2013 and is headquartered in Burlingame, CA. | Technology Services |
Velo3D US, Inc.
Velo3D US, Inc. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing Velo3D US, Inc. develops and manufactures metal laser sintering printing machines for 3D printing. It offers sapphire printer, flow software, and assure system. The company was founded by Benyamin Buller and Erel Milshtein in 2014 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA. | Producer Manufacturing |
CropX Technologies Ltd.
 CropX Technologies Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services CropX Technologies Ltd. engages in the development of cloud-based software solutions for soil sensing. It focuses on boosting crops yield and save water and energy. The company was founded by Isaac Bentwich in 2015 and is headquartered in Netanya, Israel. | Technology Services |
Romaine Empire, Inc.
 Romaine Empire, Inc. Food: Specialty/CandyConsumer Non-Durables Romaine Empire, Inc. manufactures and sells salads and snacks. Its products include tarragon chicken salad half sandwich, half crunchy Thai, Caprese half sandwich, farmer's half, Greek, southwest, north Napa and blueberry mezze salads. The company was founded by Luke Saunders and is headquartered in Chicago, IL. | Consumer Non-Durables |
Freenome Holdings, Inc.
 Freenome Holdings, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Freenome Holdings, Inc. engages in the development of multiomics platform for early cancer detection. It develops simple and accurate blood tests for early cancer detection and integrating the actionable insights into health systems to operationalize a machine learning feedback loop between care and science. The company was founded by Charles Roberts, Riley Ennis, and Gabriel Otte and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA. | Health Technology |
Viz.ai, Inc.
 Viz.ai, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Viz.ai, Inc. operates as an artificial intelligence healthcare company. Its products include Viz LVO and Viz CTP. The firm?s system connects to a hospital CT scanner and alerts the stroke specialist that a suspected LVO stroke has been identified, sending the radiological images directly to smart phone. The company was founded by Chris Mansi, David Golan and Manoj Ramachandran in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
GRO Biosciences, Inc.
 GRO Biosciences, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology GRO Biosciences, Inc. develops genomically recoded organisms to express therapeutic proteins. The company was founded by George McDonald Church, Andrew D. Ellington, Daniel J. Mandell, Christopher J. Gregg, P. Benjamin Stranges, Marc J. Lajoie, and Ross Thyer in 2016 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Health Technology |
Gatik AI, Inc.
 Gatik AI, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Gatik AI, Inc. provides software solution in logistic industry. It offers self-driving commercial fleets. The company was founded on May 24, 2017 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Technology Services |
Uber Freight LLC
Uber Freight LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Uber Freight LLC operates as a freight broker. It develops a mobile application that matches carriers with shippers to book the loads for hauling. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Atom Computing, Inc.
 Atom Computing, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Atom Computing, Inc. builds quantum computers using individually controlled atoms. The company was founded by Benjamin Bloom and Jonathan King and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA. | Technology Services |
Eikon Therapeutics, Inc.
 Eikon Therapeutics, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Eikon Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. The company is headquartered in Hayward, CA. | Commercial Services |
D8 Holdings Corp.
 D8 Holdings Corp. Financial ConglomeratesFinance D8 Holdings Corp. is a blank check company, which is created for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, focusing on regional consumer brands. The company was founded on May 6, 2020 and is headquartered in Hong Kong. | Finance |
Astra App
Astra App Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Astra App develops a hotel booking platform. | Technology Services |
| Innovation Endeavors Et Spv LP | |
NICE Systems, Inc.
 NICE Systems, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services NICE Systems, Inc. provides financial crime, risk and compliance solution services. The company is headquartered in Rutherford, NJ. | Commercial Services |
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