8VC
American venture capital firm From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
8VC is an American venture capital firm founded by Joe Lonsdale.
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Venture capital |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Founders | |
| Headquarters | Austin, Texas |
| AUM | US$6 billion (2023) |
| Website | www |
History
In 2015, shortly after the breakup of another venture capital firm Lonsdale helped co-found, Formation 8, Lonsdale co-founded 8VC (originally called "8 Partners"[1]) with 15 of the 25 employees from Formation 8.[2][3] Originally based in San Francisco, Lonsdale relocated the firm's headquarters to Austin, Texas in 2020, shortly after moving there with his family.[4]
The fund employs Jack Moshkovich and Denis Aven, who are both respectively sons of Russian oligarchs Vadim Moshkovich and Petr Aven.[5][6] Lonsdale posted about these employees on X, saying, "I’m lucky to live in the greatest country in the world, and it will remain as such if we can keep working with the top talent of all backgrounds, including, yes, Chinese and Russians and Israelis et al, without demonizing people for imagined things they didn’t do. We haven’t taken any money from their fathers or their fathers’ friends, and don’t need it."[7]
Investments
8VC has invested in:
References
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