8VC

8VC is an Austin, Texas-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Joe Lonsdale (co-founder of Palantir) and partners, focused on partnering with elite founders to build transformational technologies in sectors like life sciences, healthcare, defense, logistics, manufacturing, enterprise software, AI, and financial services, with a mission to "fix a broken world" through long-term societal and economic impact. Managing approximately $8 billion in committed capital following the 2025 closing of its $998 million Fund VI, the firm invests stage-agnostically—from seed to growth—while dedicating a portion of capital to its unique Build program, where it co-founds and incubates companies addressing market gaps with hands-on expertise from a team of operators and specialists. The portfolio spans hundreds of companies with dozens of unicorns, notable successes including early investments in Palantir, Anduril Industries (defense tech), Joby Aviation (eVTOL), Addepar (wealth management platform managing trillions in assets), OpenGov (government software), project44 (supply chain visibility), and recent plays like Chaos Industries and Bobyard, alongside numerous exits and a growing emphasis on American industrial renaissance initiatives.