8VC
Investor - Venture Capital
Overview
8VC is a San Francisco-based venture capital fund. The firm's most recent investments into FinTech came include fellow San Francisco-based Neighborly's $25m Series A round; as well as a $25m venture round in Affinity, a Data & Analytics company.
Country: United States
Founded: 2015
Headquarters: 501 2nd Street Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94107
Investment Strategy
Geography
- North America
Sector Focus
- Institutional Investments and Trading
- WealthTech
- InsurTech
- Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
- Data and Analytics
Investment Stage
- Seed
- Early Stage Venture
- Later Stage Venture
- Series A
- Series C
- Series D
Summary
8VC was founded in 2015 by serial investor Joe Lonsdale, among others. The firm has made a few notable investments into the FinTech space since its inception, investing exclusively thus far in North American-based companies.
The primary focus has been on InsurTech, as well as WealthTech and Infrastructure & Enterprise Software. The largest funding round the firm’s partricpated in to-date within FinTech was in March 2016, when they took part in HR software firm Asana’s $50m Series C investment, alongside several other VCs.
The firm announced in 2017 they had reached $265m in funding towards their debut venture fund’s $400m target, according to an SEC filing.
Investments
Date
Name
Size
Round
Co-Investors
Sector
Country
Addepar
Series D
Valor Equity Partners
Institutional Investments & Trading
United States
Affinity
Venture
Sway Ventures
Data & Analytics
United States
Neighbourly
Series A
Emerson Collective
WealthTech
United States
BenRevo
Convertible Note
Alex Kolicich
InsurTech
United States
Ladder
Series A
Nyca Partners
InsurTech
United States
RiskMatch
Seed
Wildcat Venture Partners
InsurTech
United States
Asana
Series C
Traveon Rogers
Infrastructure & Enterprise Software
United States
Funds Raised
Vintage
Fund Name
Amount
8VC Co-Invest Fund I
$400m
8VC Fund I
$300m
8VC Angel Fund
$50m
Key Employees
Joe Lonsdale
Founding Partner
Alex Kolicich
Founding Partner
Drew Oetting
Founding Partner
Jin-Young Kim
Investor Relations & Partner
Stacey Olson
Director of Finance
Leandra Sivess
Investor Relations
