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8VC
8VC is an American venture capital firm founded by Joe Lonsdale. 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") with 15 of the 25 employees from Formation 8. Originally based in San Francisco, Lonsdale relocated the firm's headquarters to Austin, Texas in 2020, shortly after moving there with his family. The fund employs Jack Moshkovich and Denis Aven, who are both respectively sons of Russian oligarchs Vadim Moshkovich and Petr Aven. 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." In an int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Lonsdale
Joseph Lonsdale (born ) is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He co-founded companies including Palantir Technologies, Addepar, and OpenGov, and co-founded and serves as the managing partner at the technology investment firm 8VC. Lonsdale began his career as an intern at PayPal, then worked as an early executive at Clarium Capital, a hedge fund run by Lonsdale's mentor, Peter Thiel. In 2004, he, Thiel, Alex Karp, Stephen Cohen, and Nathan Gettings co-founded Palantir Technologies, a data mining and defense technology company. Lonsdale left Palantir in 2009 and co-founded Addepar, a wealth management technology company. Lonsdale co-founded the venture capital firm Formation 8 in 2011, and another called 8VC in 2015. Lonsdale has been outspoken about politics, and is an active Republican donor and fundraiser. He founded the conservative Cicero Institute think tank, and co-founded the private University of Austin. Early life and education Lonsdale grew up in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |