8VC
Austin, Texas · Invests in US; Global · Website
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Partner with elite founders building transformational technologies that create lasting economic and societal value. Focus on Smart Enterprise across five sectors: Logistics, Life Sciences, Healthcare, IT Infrastructure, and Government/Defense. Invest in platforms that enable human experts to solve non-linear problems through data integration and network effects.
Likely not a fit for
Not interested in incremental improvements or companies without ambitious vision. Avoid commodity solutions, markets without fundamental structural change potential, or founders lacking deep domain expertise and contrarian thinking.
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Usually leads
- Typical decision
- ~2 weeks
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Advisor
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Assets under mgmt
- $7B
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
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Recent activity
- Apr 2026
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Series E · Participated
- Mar 2026
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Series A · Participated
- Feb 2026
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- Jan 2026
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The Tech Buzz
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Fortune
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The Jerusalem Post
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