8VC

09/16/2022

We’re proud to announce that we have closed a Series C funding round of $43M led by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, with participation from Blackstone, 8VC, JLL Spark, Nasdaq Ventures and Greensoil PropTech Ventures. We set out to help real estate investors make the best investment decisions in 2014. Now, Dealpath, the real estate industry’s leading and most trusted deal management software, has supported over $10 trillion in transactions globally.

We’re grateful to our team members, clients and investors for their partnerships.

To read our CEO Mike Sroka’s thoughts on this next phase of growth towards our vision of becoming where the built world transacts digitally, please read his blog post: https://bit.ly/3RN3LqV

09/16/2022

Using Kojo, supervisors spend less time on materials management, back-office staff save time processing purchase orders and customers save on materials.

03/25/2021

Congrats to on their Series A. 8vc is thrilled to double down on our seed investment in Baton’s mission to eliminate wasted hours in trucking, improve driver satisfaction, and pave the way for an autonomous future is exactly what we need right now.

Check out the coverage in The Wall Street Journal:

A handful of international shipping and logistics giants have teamed up with venture firm 8VC to invest in a startup that matches freight with trucks.

03/04/2021

Deliverr has raised $170 million in new funding!!

Check out this great article on how Deliverr plans to continue empowering merchants of all sizes with ultra-fast and affordable fulfillment:

At a time when e-commerce is exploding due in large part to the pandemic, a business that helps any online merchant ship goods to a consumer in one or two days is going to be in demand. Deliverr is a startup that fits that bill, and today the company announced a $170 million financing round. [&hell....

03/04/2021

8VC portfolio company Oscar Health went public today. Read Joe Lonsdale thoughts on Oscar's mission to transform healthcare.

The past year underscored the vital role healthcare plays in our lives: we relied on doctors, nurses, hospital administrators, and countless others to keep us and our loved ones safe during a devastating pandemic. For many, the experience was also a sharp reminder of how confusing, impersonal, and e...

09/30/2020

From idea to IPO. Congratulations 8VC Co-Founder and Partner, Joe Lonsdale on the Palantir Technologies public offering. Read Joe's op-ed on why he helped start Palantir ~17 years ago:

In 2010, I gave a speech on the computer science concept of “man-machine symbiosis”. Computers are great at integrating and organizing data from thousands of sources to build a common operating picture in ways humans cannot. Humans have a comparative advantage at higher levels of abstraction: cr...

09/17/2020

As a reminder, applications are open for 8VC's 2021 Summer Fellowship Class! Apply today at https://www.8vcfellowship.com/

09/17/2020

Great to see former 8VC intern, and 8VC Fellow, Vivek Gopalan write the attached blog post about his experience as an 8VC Fellow and his time spent interning at 8VC portfolio company, Yugabyte, this summer.

This summer I had the pleasure of being part of the third 8VC Fellowship cohort, joined virtually by 25 incredibly smart & talented students from across the country. The Fellowship Program offers an inside track to meeting world-class founders and engineers across the 8VC network as well as a deep l...

08/27/2020

Great piece from FreightWaves describing our activity as the most prolific global investor in freight tech.

8VC founding partner Jake Medwell has become the most active freight tech investor in the past five years. He told FreightWaves how the space is changing.

08/20/2020

We're thrilled to announce Dr. Francisco Gimenez is now a Partner at 8VC.

Francisco originally joined us at our predecessor firm Formation 8 in 2014 as the Data-Scientist-in-Residence. He has been a key member of the team since 2016 when 8VC launched.

Alongside his work with data and smart enterprise platforms, Francisco has helped develop and execute the firm’s focus on the convergence of biology and technology.

Francisco and colleagues have helped 8VC partner with transformative companies defining technology powered innovation in the biosciences including Synthego, Mantra Biosciences, Sirona Medical, Unlearn.ai, Cambium Biomaterials, BigHat Biosciences, Senti Biosciences, and SyntheX.

8VC, the leading venture capital firm founded by entrepreneur and Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale with $3.5 billion in assets under management, named

08/15/2020

8VC portfolio company, Citizen has been testing SafePass over the last three months with more than 700,000 users, including 3% of LA’s population. Great to see this work.

After months of intense negotiations, Apple has approved Citizen’s new Covid-19 app that will use Bluetooth, GPS and at-home testing to track Covid-19 exposure.