8VC

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.
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  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
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'
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  - FN: 8VC
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