Venture Capital

8VC

8VC is a technology investment firm founded in 2015 by Joe Lonsdale and Jake Medwell (with founding partners Drew Oetting and Kimmy Scotti) following the wind-down of Formation 8, and headquartered at 907 South Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas after relocating from San Francisco in 2020. The firm both invests in and co-founds early-stage companies, dedicating a significant share of its capital (roughly 25-30%) to building companies from scratch through its "8VC Build" venture-studio program and assembling teams of top specialists. 8VC concentrates on "national capability" and deep-tech categories including defense, life sciences and biotech, healthcare, logistics and supply chain, manufacturing and industrials, enterprise software, financial services, AI, and IT infrastructure. With approximately $6 billion in assets under management (2023) and a public portfolio of more than 170 companies, 8VC is known for its founder-led, mission-driven approach and notable investments including Palantir, Addepar, Anduril, Flexport, Vercel, Saronic, Epirus, Yugabyte, and Project44. The firm runs the 8VC Fellowship and Bio-IT Fellowship talent programs and maintains a stated policy of not accepting capital from foreign-government-connected sources.

173 portfolio companies 36 publish APIs here 13 properties
Venture CapitalSeedSeries AEarly StageVenture StudioDefenseAmerican DynamismLife SciencesHealthcareLogisticsEnterpriseArtificial IntelligenceInfrastructureAustinNorth America

8VC has 173 portfolio companies tracked on the APIs.io network, of which 36 (21%) publish APIs indexed here.

Its highest-rated API providers on the network are Salesforceiq, Asana, Yugabyte, Airbyte, Vercel.

Portfolio on the Network

Portfolio companies that publish APIs indexed on APIs.io, grouped by their API Evangelist rating. Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Exemplar 5 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Salesforceiq 43 APIs 75.3 Asana 45 APIs 74.8 Yugabyte 2 APIs 73.0 Airbyte 1 API 71.2 Vercel 5 APIs 71.2
Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Datahub 7 APIs 61.8
Developing 9 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Ramp 1 API 58.9 Affinity 2 APIs 57.0 Flux 2 APIs 56.9 Candid Health 8 APIs 51.3 Forethought 2 APIs 50.7 Alloy 1 API 49.6 Materialize 3 APIs 48.9 Rainbow 3 APIs 48.7 Vector 3 APIs 48.2
Thin 9 Limited public surface area
Project44 1 API 44.0 Blend 10 APIs 40.3 Nylas 1 API 40.3 Ai21 Labs 8 APIs 37.7 Palantir 1 API 37.1 Guardant Health 7 APIs 37.0 Cognition 1 API 36.6 Polly 1 API 36.1 Cartography 11 APIs 30.6
Emerging 8 Early or largely undocumented
Anduril 1 API 29.0 Flexport 1 API 27.7 Hive 1 API 24.0 Opengov 21 APIs 22.3 Qualia 6 APIs 21.6 Branch 1 API 17.2 Saronic 1 API 16.5 Digital Surgery 1 API 16.4
Minimal 4 Almost no public developer surface
Indio 4 APIs 14.7 Twingate 1 API 14.6 Gatsby 1 API 12.5 Color 5 APIs 11.0

Rest of Portfolio

137 further portfolio companies that don’t yet have a provider page on the network.

180 InsuranceAddeparAgvendAimipAlloy TherapeuticsAltos LabsAmerican OperatorAnduinAnzennaArcos LabsArmadinAugmentAviatrixBatonBedrock RoboticsBespoke LabsBighat BiosciencesBlink HealthBluevoyantBobyardCambiumCasetextCellanomeCellaresCellino BioChaosCitizenCity BlockCommureCoram AiCreateCx2DaydreamDealpathDeliverrDigital DiagnosticsDren BioEdraElemyEnclaveEpirusEsperFabrionFieldguideFig 1FlywheelFractalFreight WavesGalileoGallatin AiGeneralistGlimpseHalo HealthHarbor HealthHdviHearthHello PatientHill HouseHimsHonorHopscotchIllumioIndigovInfraJobyKeycareKojoKosLatent LabsLatus BioLightbeam AiLightenLoopLuminaryLuminateLunaMammoth BiosciencesMendraMeritfirstMindbloomModel MedicinesNewlimitNileNimbus HealthNyansaOctantOculusOpencareOptoOrca BioOrchestraOscarOulaOur PlaceOutriderOutsetOverland AiPathaiPlatform SciencePointonePonderPromiseQuinceReservResilienceRittenRocketlaneSarisSequence HoldingsSeshSila NanotechnologiesSironaSocotraSoftwareSonoma BiotherapeuticsSpotnanaStack HealthStandard MetricsStructifyTapTasca TherapeuticsTerminalTerminal LogisticsTerra IndustriesThe Boring CompanyThorinTildaTrackonomyTulUnlearnUshurVals AiWaabiWishWispr AiWithcoverageWorktrace Ai

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Team

Partners and investing staff

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Content

Blog, podcast, newsletter, and research

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Twitter

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: 8vc
name: 8VC
description: >-
  8VC is a technology investment firm founded in 2015 by Joe Lonsdale and Jake Medwell (with founding
  partners Drew Oetting and Kimmy Scotti) following the wind-down of Formation 8, and headquartered at
  907 South Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas after relocating from San Francisco in 2020. The firm both
  invests in and co-founds early-stage companies, dedicating a significant share of its capital (roughly
  25-30%) to building companies from scratch through its "8VC Build" venture-studio program and assembling
  teams of top specialists. 8VC concentrates on "national capability" and deep-tech categories including
  defense, life sciences and biotech, healthcare, logistics and supply chain, manufacturing and
  industrials, enterprise software, financial services, AI, and IT infrastructure. With approximately
  $6 billion in assets under management (2023) and a public portfolio of more than 170 companies, 8VC is
  known for its founder-led, mission-driven approach and notable investments including Palantir, Addepar,
  Anduril, Flexport, Vercel, Saronic, Epirus, Yugabyte, and Project44. The firm runs the 8VC Fellowship
  and Bio-IT Fellowship talent programs and maintains a stated policy of not accepting capital from
  foreign-government-connected sources.
image: https://8vc.com/favicon.ico
x-type: venture-capital
x-category: Venture Capital
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
tags:
  - Venture Capital
  - Seed
  - Series A
  - Early Stage
  - Venture Studio
  - Defense
  - American Dynamism
  - Life Sciences
  - Healthcare
  - Logistics
  - Enterprise
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - Infrastructure
  - Austin
  - North America
apis: []
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://8vc.com/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: https://8vc.com/companies
  - type: Portfolio
    url: portfolio/8vc-portfolio.yml
  - type: Team
    url: https://8vc.com/team
  - type: Team
    url: team/8vc-team.yml
  - type: InvestmentThesis
    url: https://8vc.com/our-thesis
  - type: News
    url: https://8vc.com/resources
  - type: Blog
    url: https://8vc.com/resources
  - type: Jobs
    url: https://8vc.com/jobs
  - type: Contact
    url: https://8vc.com/contact
  - type: Crunchbase
    url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/8vc
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/8vc
  - type: Twitter
    url: https://twitter.com/8vc
  - type: Features
    data:
      - "Stage: Early stage (Seed, Series A) plus in-house company building via 8VC Build"
      - "Sectors: defense, life sciences/biotech, healthcare, logistics, manufacturing/industrials, enterprise software, financial services, AI, IT infrastructure"
      - "Geography: Primarily United States / global technology"
      - "AUM: ~$6 billion (2023, self-reported/press)"
      - "Portfolio: 170+ companies"
      - "Founded: 2015"
      - "HQ: Austin, Texas, USA (relocated from San Francisco in 2020)"
    sources:
      - https://8vc.com/
      - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8VC
      - https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/8vc
    updated: '2026-07-17'
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: info@apievangelist.com
    url: https://apievangelist.com
  - FN: APIs.json
    url: http://apisjson.org
  - FN: 8VC
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