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08 Oct 2026, 6:59 AM	TechCrunch	5.5	While VCs crowd into San Francisco, Endeavor Catalyst raises $320M for founders ‘elsewhere’ Endeavor Catalyst closed its fifth fund at $320 million, lifting the firm's total assets under management past $850 million. It only invests alongside a lead investor in rounds of at least $5 million, writing $1M–$3M checks capped at 10% of the round, and plans 40–50 investments a year up to 150 companies from this fund. The catch: founders must already be inside Endeavor's network, which screened over 10,000 candidates last year and admitted 88, out of a network of 3,100+ entrepreneurs across 50+ countries. Why: If you are raising outside the Bay Area, this is a follow-on cheque you can slot into a round someone else leads — but there is no cold-application path, so the decision point is whether to pursue Endeavor network selection (88 of 10,000 screened last year) before or during your raise, not after. Note also that half the fund's profits flow back to Endeavor itself, and the $1M–$3M cap at 10% of round means this is a participant, never your lead. funding venture-capital startups founder-networks

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08 Oct 2026, 6:59 AM

TechCrunch

5.5

While VCs crowd into San Francisco, Endeavor Catalyst raises $320M for founders ‘elsewhere’

Endeavor Catalyst closed its fifth fund at $320 million, lifting the firm's total assets under management past $850 million. It only invests alongside a lead investor in rounds of at least $5 million, writing $1M–$3M checks capped at 10% of the round, and plans 40–50 investments a year up to 150 companies from this fund. The catch: founders must already be inside Endeavor's network, which screened over 10,000 candidates last year and admitted 88, out of a network of 3,100+ entrepreneurs across 50+ countries.

Why: If you are raising outside the Bay Area, this is a follow-on cheque you can slot into a round someone else leads — but there is no cold-application path, so the decision point is whether to pursue Endeavor network selection (88 of 10,000 screened last year) before or during your raise, not after. Note also that half the fund's profits flow back to Endeavor itself, and the $1M–$3M cap at 10% of round means this is a participant, never your lead.