What stage does 8VC invest at?

8VC invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.

What is 8VC's typical check size?

8VC typically writes checks of $500K – $50M.

Where is 8VC located?

8VC is headquartered in Austin, US.

Does 8VC lead rounds?

Yes, 8VC leads investment rounds.

8VC

Venture capitalActively deploying

Austin · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 72 people tracked

Also known as EIGHT PARTNERS VC, LLC

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Investment thesis

8VC invests in and helps build companies that bring operational intelligence to complex, foundational industries. Drawing on more than a decade of experience and lessons from companies like Palantir, the firm believes that raw data alone is insufficient to run an organization; instead, mapping the underlying structure of how a business actually operates is essential to driving decisions at scale. The firm targets industries such as life sciences, healthcare, manufacturing, enterprise software, logistics, and defense, aiming to create large-scale enterprise value and reshape how corporations and governments approach operations.

Invests inAdvanced Manufacturing Biotech Deep Tech Defense Tech Enterprise Software Healthtech Logistics & Supply Chain Sector AgnosticAustinNorth AmericaUnited States

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage

Pre-Seed–Late Stage

Check

$500K – $50M

Austin, Texas, US

Leads rounds

Leads

Instruments

Equity

Founded

2015

AUM

$13.4B

Tracked investments

253

Team · 72 people

from the firm's website & public directories

Alex Kolicich· Founding Partner· South San Francisco, Californiain 𝕏

Alex Kolicich applies computer‑science and engineering expertise to technical investing in enterprise, infrastructure and AI, emphasizing Defense Tech and publishing H1/H2 market letters synthesizing macro, venture flows and AI‑platform shifts.

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Drew Oetting· Founder· Austin, TXin 𝕏

Drew Oetting is a co-founder/operator-turned-investor who co-founded Affinity and National Resilience and built an internal company-creation program acting as a junior co-founder in biomanufacturing and defense technology.

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Jake Medwell· Co-Founder and Partner· Austin, Texasin 𝕏

Jake Medwell built an investing focus on logistics, is the most active FreightTech investor behind Flexport, Project44 and Motive, and brings founder experience plus unusually fast, direct engagement.

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Kimmy Scotti· Founding Partner· New York Cityin 𝕏

Kimmy Scotti, a serial entrepreneur since age 15 who built ScriptRelief (acquired by UnitedHealth) and Fig.1 skincare, is unusually hands-on, follows the 3 a.m. Principle, and works alongside founders.

Alex Moore· Partner· San Francisco Bay Areain 𝕏

Leads 8VC's defense practice and incubates companies via the firm's Build Program. Previously a startup operator for 12 years and the first employee of Palantir Technologies; sits on the boards of Palantir, Saronic, Epirus, Chaos, Gallatin, CX2, iCOMAT, and Terra.

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Francisco Gimenez· Partner· San Francisco Bay Areain 𝕏

Francisco Gimenez focuses on Bio-IT and Enterprise AI investments at 8VC. He previously was Resident Data Scientist at Formation 8 and founded Catenus Science, a data science consulting and recruiting firm; he holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics from Stanford and a BS in EECS from UC Berkeley.

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Jack Moshkovich· Partner· Stanford, Californiain 𝕏

Jack Moshkovich is a member of 8VC's investment team focused on enterprise software. He previously worked at McKinsey & Company's Moscow office on strategic projects for consumer and enterprise clients, and holds a B.S. in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University.

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Jin-Young Kim· Partner· Palo Alto, Californiain 𝕏

Jin-Young Kim leads business development, investor relations, and firm operations at 8VC. She was an early team member at Formation 8, previously worked on enterprise software investments at General Atlantic, and began her career in technology investment banking at Morgan Stanley.

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Joe Lonsdale· General Partner· Austin, TXin 𝕏

Joe Lonsdale co-founded Palantir Technologies and Addepar before starting 8VC, which he runs from Austin with a portfolio concentrated in defense, logistics, life sciences, and government software. He also co-founded the University of Austin and the Cicero Institute, and is an active voice on technology policy.

Karen White· Executive Partnerin

Executive Partner at 8VC who works with CEOs and founders to scale their businesses, and is co-founding a new company within the 8VC platform. She previously served as CEO of RMS (acquired by Moody's), President and COO of Addepar, CEO and Chairman of Syncplicity, and held executive roles at SolarWinds and Oracle.

Sebastian Caliri· Partner· San Francisco, Californiain 𝕏

Sebastian leads 8VC's healthcare team, investing in and building health-IT and health services businesses. Before 8VC he led the healthcare division at Palantir, and he studied a year of Stanford's MD program after earning a BS and MS in Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry from Yale.

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Allison Pavlick· Principal· San Francisco, Californiain

Bela Becerra· Principal· New York, New Yorkin

Bela Becerra is a member of the 8VC investment team focused on early-stage investing and build initiatives, and supports portfolio companies on talent and media strategy. She leads the Emerging Builders community and holds a BA in Economics from Stanford University.

Seth Lieblich· Principal· San Francisco, Californiain

Seth focuses on 8VC's Bio-IT investment area, backing companies spanning therapeutics, tools, bio-infrastructure and applications of biology. He previously worked in Amgen's business development technology group, at ZS Associates, and co-founded biologics startup Protomer Technologies as COO. He holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics from Caltech and B.S./M.S. degrees in Biochemistry from Brandeis University.

Vivek Gopalan· Principal· San Francisco, Californiain 𝕏

Vivek Gopalan is on 8VC's investment team, focusing on data & software infrastructure and horizontal B2B SaaS, and also works on the Build program incubating companies. He previously was a software engineer on the core database group at Yugabyte and worked on ML pipelines at Bloomberg, and studied Computer Science and Statistics & Data Science at Yale.

Wesley Friedman· Principal· San Francisco, Californiain 𝕏

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Zach White· Venture Partnerin

Venture Partner at 8VC focused on sourcing deals and growing the platform through content, events, and community, while supporting the 8VC Build incubation program and helping lead the firm's defense investment strategy. Previously spent four years at Sinai Ventures, a $100M sector-agnostic fund, and holds a B.A. in Economics from NYU.

Adrienne Alexander· Operationsin

Alan Gershenhorn

Alan Murray

Alex McLane· Investment Team· Los Angelesin

Member of the investment team focused on AI application layer software and robotics. Previously worked at the Yale Endowment and graduated magna cum laude from Yale with a Bachelor's in Math and Philosophy.

Andrew Perlman

Arie Belldegrun· MD

Arthur James· Advisor· Austin, Texasin 𝕏

Asanka Jayasuriya· CTO· Austin, TXin

Engineering and product leader with over 20 years in cloud, enterprise SaaS, PLG products, infrastructure, and security. Previously CTO and SVP of Engineering at SailPoint, with prior senior roles at InVision, Atlassian, and Amazon; at 8VC he serves as a virtual CTO supporting portfolio companies.

Audrey Abbott· Operations

Ava Eitzen· Portfolio Supportin

Bhaskar “BG” Ghosh· CTO· Palo Alto, Californiain 𝕏

Bhaskar BG Ghosh acts as a virtual CTO for portfolio companies, combining a Yale CS PhD, 22+ patents and LinkedIn-scale experience (50M→550M+) to advise on data, infrastructure, and org design.

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Caroline Haun· Operations Director· San Francisco, CAin

Caroline Haun is Operations Director at 8VC. She previously managed operations at Formation 8, worked in client services on loan-focused funds at Highbridge Capital in New York, and began her career as a research assistant covering healthcare at San Francisco hedge fund PFM. She holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a finance concentration from the University of the Pacific.

Chris Sultemeier

Damon Lim· Operations

Denis Aven· Investor· San Francisco, Californiain

Denise Mendez· Operations

Deny Khoung· Portfolio Supportin

Deny works with 8VC's portfolio companies on design mentorship, hiring, and product feedback, and leads the firm's design initiatives. He co-founded Standard Metrics, founded the designer accelerator Whitespace, and was previously Designer-in-Residence at Formation 8 and Creative Director at Zanbato. He holds BFAs in Graphic Design and Photography from San Jose State University.

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Eric Scott· Advisor· San Francisco, Californiain 𝕏

Erica Sun· Finance/Legal/IRin

Evan Pun· Portfolio Supportin

Faith Zehfuss· Investment Teamin

Member of 8VC's investment team focused on defense, manufacturing, supply chain, and emerging technologies, and active in the 8VC Build program. Previously worked with early-stage startups in compliance, fintech, gaming, and agriculture, and holds degrees from Stanford in International Relations and International Policy.

Gabe Rosen· Portfolio Supportin

Ganesh Krishnan

Ian Shannon· General Counsel· San Francisco, CAin

Ian Shannon serves as 8VC's general counsel, advising on investments, fund structuring, and compliance. He previously was a partner and corporate counsel at Andreessen Horowitz and began his career as a corporate associate at Cooley in Palo Alto.

Jack Robersonin

James Piercy· Portfolio Support

Jane Commerford· Operationsin

Joel Hemmert· Finance/Legal/IRin

John Bertrand· Advisor· San Francisco, Californiain

Justin Rose· Associate· San Francisco, Californiain

Member of 8VC's investment team focused on aerospace, semiconductors, energy, and other frontier technologies. Previously wrote firmware for SpaceX's Starlink inter-satellite links and worked as a real estate and private equity analyst at A.G. Hill Partners; holds Math/Physics and Electrical Engineering degrees from Stanford.

Kevin Niechen· Investment Team· San Francisco, CAin 𝕏

Kevin is on 8VC's investment team focusing on enterprise software. Before 8VC he did systems architecture research on distributed databases with Professor Dan Abadi at the University of Maryland, worked on large-scale ML research at Airbnb AI Labs, and was an early engineer at search startup Neeva where he built the first indexing pipeline. He graduated from the University of Maryland.

Luke Bugbee· Head of Design and Creative Director· Austin, TXin

Luke Bugbee is 8VC's Head of Design and Creative Director, overseeing the firm's brand, website, and materials while partnering with portfolio companies on product design and branding. He leads design for 8VC's Build and Fellowship programs, has served as first designer at several portfolio companies, and previously designed for Camino and OpenGov.

Luke Zane· Graphic Designer· Austin, TXin

Luke Zane is a graphic designer at 8VC, handling graphic requests, rebrands for the Build and Fellowship programs, and portfolio company design needs. He previously ran a freelance business in Boise, Idaho, working with advertising agencies and startups, and has also worked as a muralist.

Macenzie Walford· Operations

Madison McDonald· Finance/Legal/IRin

Nichole Horton· Finance/Legal/IR

Nick Dolik· Investment Teamin

Nick Dolik joined 8VC after serving as Managing Director at TriplePoint Capital, a hybrid private credit and venture firm, where he worked on debt and equity investments in venture-backed companies. He previously helped build the venture lending and banking business at Signature Bank, led growth at Nomad Financial, and started his career in structured credit at Goldman Sachs.

Nick Penske· Investment Team· Los Angelesin

Nick joined 8VC after working as an Associate at TRP Capital Partners, a private equity fund focused on the transportation sector, and previously at Hudson Pacific Properties, a West Coast REIT. He graduated from Cornell University in 2019 with a degree in Government.

Pankaj Patel

Rebekah Gee

Robin Kaufman· Operations

Rohan Bhargava· Associate, Finance/Legal/IRin

Rohan is an associate at 8VC working on capital formation, investor relations, and strategic initiatives. He previously worked at KKR on product strategy and capital formation, and holds a BS in Business Administration from UC Berkeley (2023).

Sallie Kim· Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Regulatory Counselin

Sallie Kim serves as 8VC's Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Regulatory Counsel. She previously spent over eight years at the U.S. SEC, rising to Assistant Director, and earlier worked as a litigator at Sidley Austin and Davis Polk; she holds a J.D. from NYU and a B.A. from Yale.

Seetharam Venkatesh· Investor· San Francisco Bay Areain

Stephanie Chubin· Operationsin

Stephanie Watkins· Operationsin

Stephen Condon· Chief Financial Officer· Austin, TXin

8VC's CFO, previously a Senior Director at TPG Inc. overseeing finance and reporting for its private equity, REIT, and SPAC businesses, and a Finance Director at Tradeweb Markets. Holds an MBA from Texas Christian University and is a CIMA Fellow and AICPA member.

Sudarsan Thattai

Susan Liu· Investment Teamin

Susan focuses on therapeutics, tools, bio-infrastructures, and broader applications of biology at 8VC. She previously worked on the biotech investing team at Insight Partners and was a Venture Investing Fellow at 5AM Ventures, and holds a PhD in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics from Duke.

Toby Cosgrove

Tyler Bates-Collier· Operationsin

Vero St Germain· Portfolio Support

Yurie Lee· Operations

What they invest in

from 170 of 253 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×89Enterprise Software ×66SaaS ×52Healthtech ×37Biotech ×31Data & Infrastructure ×22Digital Health ×22Medical Devices ×19

HQs:United States×117Brazil×1Canada×1Colombia×1United Kingdom×1India×1

Investments · 253 tracked

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Senti Biosciencessentibio.comin 𝕏NASDAQ: SNTI

Senti Bio develops cell and gene therapies for cancer and difficult-to-treat diseases using synthetic biology and engineered Gene Circuits to enhance precision, control, and selectivity in targeting tumor cells.

BiotechDeep TechMedical DevicesSouth San Francisco, US

Tim Lu(Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer)James Collins(Director)Kanya Rajangam(President, Head of Research & Development and Chief Medical Officer)Yvonne Li(Executive Officer)Philip Lee(Executive Officer)Alex Kolicich(Director)

Board seatAlex Kolicich· per SEC Form D

Asanaasana.cominNYSE: ASAN

Asana is a collaborative work management platform that helps teams align work to goals, coordinate tasks, and automate processes using AI-powered workflows.

Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Tim Wan(Executive Officer)Colin le Duc(Director)Dustin Moskovitz(Executive Officer, Director)Matthew Cohler(Director)Adam D'Angelo(Director)Eve Saltman(Executive Officer)

BiomXbiomx.comin 𝕏NYSE: PHGE

Biotech

Jesse Goodman(Director)Alan Moses(Director)Jonathan Leff(Director)Jonathan Solomon(Chief Executive Officer)Merav Bassan(Chief Development Officer)Gregory Merril(Director)

Blendblend.comin 𝕏NYSE: BLND

Guardant Healthguardanthealth.comin 𝕏NASDAQ: GH

Guardant Health develops blood-based testing (liquid biopsy) for cancer detection and monitoring across all stages of the disease.

BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesRedwood City, US

AmirAli Talasaz(Executive Officer, Director)Warren Hogarth(Director)Michael Wiley(Executive Officer)Helmy Eltoukhy(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardSamir Kaul(Director)

Palantirpalantir.comNASDAQ: PLTR

PartnerSebastian Caliri· led

PointOnepointone.comin 𝕏✓ verified

PointOne automates administrative and time-tracking tasks for large law firms to improve operational efficiency.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSNew York City, US

Katon Luaces(Co-Founder & CEO)inJeremy Ben-Meir(Co-Founder & CTO)in

180 Holdings Ltd.SEC filingmedium confidence

Sao Paulo

Jake Medwell(Director, Promoter)Franco Lamping(Director)Mauro Levi D'Ancona(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

Board seatJake Medwell· per SEC Form D · $12.8M raise · filed Aug 2025

Adentro, Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Board seatAlex Kolicich· per SEC Form D · $14.6M raise · filed Nov 2023

Agvendagvend.comin 𝕏

FeedTeam is a mobile and web platform for agricultural feed distributors that provides real-time visibility into customer data, sales performance, and feed positions integrated with agricultural ERPs and financing solutions.

AgTechB2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareSaaSAustin, US

Eli Rosenberg(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Alexander M. Reichert(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

BoardDavid Yuan(Director)

Board seatDrew Oetting· per SEC Form D

Alloy Therapeutics, Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

BiotechWaltham, US

Anthony Sun(Director)Alaa Halawa(Director)Ulrik Nielsen(Director)Jason Camm(Director)Jason Coloma(Director)Christian Kanady(Director)

Board seatAlex Kolicich· per SEC Form D · $40M raise · filed Apr 2026

BigHat Biosciencesbighatbio.comin 𝕏

Big Hat Bio develops therapeutics under development across multiple programs.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechSan Francisco, US

Peyton Greenside(Executive Officer, Director)Steve Kafka(Director)Vineeta Agarwala(Director)Robert Chess(Director)Mark DePristo(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatFrancisco Gimenez· per SEC Form D

Bobyardbobyard.comin

Bobyard is an AI-powered infrastructure platform that automates takeoff and estimating for construction trades by analyzing drawings and extracting quantities, enabling contractors to generate bids significantly faster.

AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechCupertino, US

Michael Ding(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

BoardJason Shuman(Director)

Board seatJoe Lonsdale· per SEC Form D

Cambium Biomaterials, Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

El Segundo, US

Christopher Pederson(Director)Brett Schneider(Director)Tim Gardner(Executive Officer)Stephan Herrera(Executive Officer)Simon Waddington(Executive Officer, Director)James Griffin(Executive Officer)

Board seatFrancisco Gimenez· per SEC Form D · $101.4M raise · filed Dec 2025

Candid Group, Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

HealthtechSan Francisco, US

Nick Perry(Executive Officer, Director)Doug Proctor(Executive Officer, Director)William Deitch(Director)Alex Katz(Director)

Board seatSebastian Caliri· per SEC Form D · filed Jul 2026

Common LivingSEC filingmedium confidence

New York, US

Simon Jawitz(Executive Officer)Brad Hargreaves(Executive Officer, Director)Jason Stoffer(Director)

Board seatDrew Oetting· per SEC Form D · $30M raise · filed Feb 2022

Coram AIcoram.ai

Coram provides an AI-native physical security platform that unifies video security, access control, emergency management, and guest management for schools, hospitals, and multi-site teams.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSunnyvale, US

Ashesh Jain(Co-Founder & CEO)Peter Ondruska(Co-Founder & CTO)TOBY COPPEL(Director)JAKE MEDWELL(Director)BRYAN BAUM(Executive Officer, Promoter)

Board seatJake Medwell· per SEC Form D

Dealpathdealpath.comin 𝕏

Dealpath provides deal management software for the real estate asset lifecycle, serving professionals who manage real estate transactions and operations.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechPropTechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Michael Sroka(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatJin-Young Kim· per SEC Form D

Dren Biodrenbio.com

Dren Bio is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel antibody therapeutics designed to selectively eliminate pathogenic cells and disease-causing agents, with a pipeline targeting oncology, autoimmune diseases, immunology, and neurology.

BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesFoster City, US

Nenad Tomasevic(Executive Officer, Director)Ivan Trifunovich(Director)John Wesley(Director)

Board seatAlex Kolicich· per SEC Form D

EMPASSION HEALTH HOLDINGS, LLCSEC filingmedium confidence

New York, US

SPENCER CARRUCCIU(MANAGER, VICE PRESIDENT, TREASURER AND SECRETARY)DAVID BAIADA(MANAGER)BURKE WISE(PRESIDENT)DAVID WHELAN(MANAGER)TOM KOUTSOUMPAS(MANAGER)

Board seatSebastian Caliri· per SEC Form D · $25M raise · filed Mar 2023

Erebor Bank National AssociationSEC filingmedium confidence

Columbus, US

Trevor Capozza(Director)Owen Rapaport(Executive Officer, Director)Jacob Hirshman(Executive Officer, Director)Anre Williams(Director)Palmer Luckey(Director)Wendy Goldberg(Executive Officer)

Board seatJoe Lonsdale· per SEC Form D · $276M raise · filed Jun 2026

Flywheel Exchange, Inc.flywheel.ioin

Flywheel provides a platform for organizing, managing, and sharing medical imaging data.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureHealthtechMedical DevicesMinneapolis, US

Brian Wandell(Co-founder)Gunnar Schaefer(Co-founder)Colby Moosman(Executive Officer)Matthew D. Michela(Executive Officer, Director)Sarah Fazio(Executive Officer)Danny J. Cunagin(Director)

Board seatFrancisco Gimenez· per SEC Form D

Gatsby Labs, Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

Austin, US

Zach Rivkin(Executive Officer, Director)Joe Lonsdale(Director)

Board seatJoe Lonsdale· per SEC Form D · $3.9M raise · filed Sep 2021

Harbor Healthharborhealth.comin 𝕏

Harbor Health is a healthcare provider and insurance company operating clinics across Texas that offers primary care, specialty care, and health coaching alongside integrated insurance coverage.

HealthtechInsurTechAustin, US

Pete Hudson(Director)Anthony Miller(Director)Sterling Claiborne Johnston(Chief Medical Officer)Jeffrey Fisher(Chief Financial Officer)Sebastian Caliri(Director)Brian Beutner(Corporate Secretary)

Board seatSebastian Caliri· per SEC Form D

Hexagon BioSEC filingmedium confidence

BiotechMenlo Park, US

Colin James Bell Harvey(Director)Alex Kolich(Director)Brian T. Naughton(Director)Maureen E. Hillenmeyer(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatAlex Kolicich· per SEC Form D · $80M raise · filed Oct 2022

HOPSCOTCH HEALTH HOLDINGS, LLCSEC filingmedium confidence

Chicago, US

Board seatSebastian Caliri· per SEC Form D · $61.6M raise · filed Apr 2026

IDxSEC filingmedium confidence

HealthtechCoralville, US

James Folk(Manager, Vice President & Secretary)William Frist(Manager)Howard H Leach(Manager)Stefan Abrams(Manager, Vice Chairman of the Board of Managers & Treasurer)Gary Seamans(Executive Officer, Director)Michael D Abramoff(Manager & President)

Board seatDrew Oetting· per SEC Form D · $76.4M raise · filed Aug 2022

Indiouseindio.comin 𝕏

Indio is a cloud-based software platform that automates the insurance application and renewal process for agencies, brokerages, and insurers.

Cloud ComputingInsurTechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Matthew Watson(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Adam Bratt(Executive Officer)Alex Kolicich(Director)Michael Furlong(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

Board seatAlex Kolicich· per SEC Form D

KeyCarekeycare.orgin 𝕏

KeyCare builds virtual care technology and telehealth solutions to extend health system capacity and improve access to healthcare.

Digital HealthHealthtechSaaSChicago, US

Lyle Berkowitz, MDSulabh Agarwal(Executive Officer, Director)inCarrie Nelson, MDinMike RobbinsinAndy JacksonJennifer Timm

Board seatSebastian Caliri· per SEC Form D

National Resilience, Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

La Jolla, US

Board seatDrew Oetting· per SEC Form D · $755M raise · filed Jan 2021

Nest Healthcare, Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

HealthtechNew Orleans, US

Tim Howe(Director)Jeff Carroll(Director)Rebecca Kavoussi(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Meador(Executive Officer)Will Shrank(Director)Mark Bartlett(Director)

Board seatSebastian Caliri· per SEC Form D · $23.1M raise · filed Dec 2025

Orca Bioorcabio.comin 𝕏

Orca Bio develops allogeneic T-cell immunotherapies for high-risk blood cancers including acute myeloid leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia, and myelodysplastic syndrome.

BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesCalifornia, US

Jeroen(Co-founder and President)Alex Kolicich(Director)Ivan Dimov(Executive Officer, Director)Jonathan MacQuitty(Director)Nathaniel Fernhoff(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatAlex Kolicich· per SEC Form D

Parnassus Labs, Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

Travel & HospitalitySan Francisco, US

AARON LEE CANNON(Executive Officer, Director)JACK MOSHKOVICH(Director)MICHAEL HESS(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatJack Moshkovich· per SEC Form D · $32.5M raise · filed May 2026

Quaestor Technologies, Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Deny Khoung(Executive Officer)John Melas-Kyriazi(Executive Officer, Director)Kevin Hsu(Director, Executive Officer)Alex Moore(Director)Joe Lonsdale(Director)

Board seatJoe LonsdaleAlex Moore· per SEC Form D · $5.8M raise · filed Jul 2020

Qualiaqualia.comin 𝕏

Qualia provides digital transaction software to streamline the residential home buying and selling process, replacing paper-based procedures with modern technology for real estate agents, lenders, title and escrow professionals, and consumers across all 50 U.S. states.

Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwarePropTechSaaS

Nathan Baker(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Tyler Sosin(Director)

Board seatAlex Kolicich· per SEC Form D

Saronicsaronic.comin 𝕏

Saronic builds autonomous surface vessels — including the 180-foot, long-range Marauder — along with Echelon, a command-and-control software layer for planning, simulating and operating single vessels or fleets.

AI & Machine LearningDefense TechHardwareRoboticsAustin, US

Dino Mavrookas(Co-Founder and CEO)inRob Lehman(Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer)inVibhav Altekar(Co-Founder and CTO)inDoug Lambert(Co-Founder and COO)inPatrick DePriest(Chief Financial Officer)Soo Cho(Chief People Officer)

Board seatAlex Moore· per SEC Form D

sp0n, Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

New York, US

Andrew Frame(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Mike Vernal(Director)

BoardChris Lindenau(Director)Chi-Hua Chien(Director)Dana Settle(Director)

Board seatJake Medwell· per SEC Form D · $42.5M raise · filed Jan 2025

Tasca Therapeutics CorpSEC filingmedium confidence

Cambridge, US

Board seatSeth Lieblich· per SEC Form D · $70.2M raise · filed Dec 2025

Tempero Bio, Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

Oakland, US

Board seatFrancisco Gimenez· per SEC Form D · $77M raise · filed Nov 2025

Tradewingtradewing.comin

San Francisco, US

Nathan Baker(Director)Eric Meisel(Executive Officer, Director)Doron Roberts-Kedes(Executive Officer, Director)Alex Kolicich(Director)

Board seatAlex Kolicich· per SEC Form D

TransriskSEC filingmedium confidence

Chattanooga, US

Daniel Piscatelli(Chief Financial Officer)Stephen Craig Fuller(Chief Executive Officer)Christopher Stallman(Director)David Hunt(Secretary)

Board seatJake Medwell· per SEC Form D · $16M raise · filed Jun 2021

Tul Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

Bogota D.C.

Board seatJake Medwell· per SEC Form D · $127.2M raise · filed Jan 2022

Unlearnunlearn.aiin 𝕏

Unlearn develops AI-powered digital twins and data analytics tools to optimize clinical trial design and execution for pharmaceutical companies.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechEnterprise Software

Board seatFrancisco Gimenez· per SEC Form D

Unlearn.ai, Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Board seatFrancisco Gimenez· per SEC Form D · $50M raise · filed Apr 2022

180s180s.com.brin

180 Seguros is an insurance operations platform that provides end-to-end insurance management solutions, enabling fintechs, banks, cooperatives, and other financial institutions to integrate insurance as a strategic financial product while maintaining focus on their core business.

FintechInsurTechSaaSSão Paulo, BR

Active Pharmaceutical Solutionstilda.bioin

Tilda Research provides AI-powered teammates designed to streamline clinical trial operations for sponsors, contract research organizations, and research sites by automating data management and workflow processes.

AI & Machine LearningHealthtechMedical Devices

Ram Yalamanchili(Founder/CEO)

Addeparaddepar.comin 𝕏

Addepar is a portfolio management platform that enables investment teams and CIOs to aggregate, analyze, and report on diverse asset classes—including liquid equities and private markets—within a single consolidated system.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechMountain View, US

Joe Lonsdale(Founder)inEric Poirier(CEO)inLaurence Tosi(Director)Stephen Snyder(Executive Officer)Mitchell Bompey(Executive Officer)

BoardJuan Sabater(Director)

PartnerJoe Lonsdale· led

Adentroadentro.comin

Adentro automatically builds customer databases from guest WiFi connections and measures which ads and emails drive actual in-store visits.

AdTechData & InfrastructureRetail Tech

Affinityaffinity.coin 𝕏

Affinity provides a platform for investment banking teams to accelerate mandate success and client relationship management through integrations with tools like Slack, Mailchimp, and Dropbox.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Agenticagentic.ai

Agentic.ai is a curated directory and evaluation platform for agentic AI tools, scoring each for autonomy, decision-making, and real-world action capabilities.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS

AI21 Labsai21.comin 𝕏

AI21 develops trustworthy artificial intelligence technology to enhance human productivity.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Ori Goshen(Co-CEO & Co-Founder)Prof. Yoav Shoham(Co-CEO & Co-Founder)

Aimipamp.tech

Airbyteairbyte.comin 𝕏

Airbyte provides a context layer for agents and pipelines, enabling data connectivity and integration solutions.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Michel Tricot(Co-Founder & CEO)inJean Lafleur(Co-Founder & COO)in

Alloyalloy.aiin 𝕏

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Frequently asked questions

What stage does 8VC invest at?: 8VC invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
What is 8VC's typical check size?: 8VC typically writes checks of $500K – $50M.
What sectors does 8VC focus on?: 8VC focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, Biotech, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Enterprise Software, Healthtech, Logistics & Supply Chain, Sector Agnostic.
Where is 8VC located?: 8VC is headquartered in Austin, US.
Does 8VC lead rounds?: Yes, 8VC leads investment rounds.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

featuring the team

Watch CNBC's full interview with 8VC founding partner and Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale

Joe Lonsdale · cnbc.com

The Future of AI, Defense & America | Joe Lonsdale (Palantir, 8VC) | Global Alts Miami 2026 - YouTube

iConnections · Joe Lonsdale

Joe Lonsdale on nuclear weapons testing, 8VC-Apollo partnership and AI boom - YouTube

CNBC Television · Joe Lonsdale

An Unfiltered Conversation with Joe Lonsdale, Co-founder of Palantir & 8VC - YouTube

Origins with Sonith · Joe Lonsdale

The Man Betting on Institutional Reform | Joe Lonsdale and 8VC - YouTube

South Park Commons · Joe Lonsdale

Alex Kolicich of 8VC on competition with China, VC generally and the Adapt or Die moment for Biotech - YouTube

Random Walk · Alex Kolicich

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$4.4M – $214M

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$30M

Founders Fund

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$500K – $5M

Lightspeed Venture Partners

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$1.7M – $87M

Craft Ventures

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$50K – $50M

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$1.6M – $70M

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$200K – $40M

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