Overview
8VC is a venture capital firm investing in technology, defense, and logistics startups. Founded by Joe Lonsdale and partners from Palantir's early team.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
HQ
Founder
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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8VC on the deployment map
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Relationships
Safety record
No incidents on record for 8VC.
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Recent coverage
8VC in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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Partnerships (1)
- Saronic Series B (2024) with Saronic Technologies, Elad Gil, Andreessen Horowitz, Caffeinated Capital, NightDragoninvestment
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 25, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Methodology surface for 8VC.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning 8VC from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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morph Launches Shapeshifting Soft Robotics Cells Platform for Real-World Applications - AI Insider
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Exclusive: Flux, backed by 8VC, raises $37 million to vibe code electronics - Fortune
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Nigeria’s Terra Industries Raises an Additional $22M - Tectonic Defense
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Terra Industries Secures Additional $22M Extension to Scale Autonomous Security Systems Across Africa - Tekedia
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AI Construction Startup Bedrock Raises $270M - The Real Deal
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Bedrock Robotics’ $270M Series B paves the way for operator-less excavators - The Robot Report
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Overland AI Raises $100 Million to Scale Ground Autonomy with U.S. Armed Forces - GlobeNewswire
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/8vc.md
- RSS feed: /companies/8vc/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/ed16703d-fa03-4c2c-924c-c8aeddb5847b
- Revision history: /companies/8vc/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place 8VC against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Aug 18, 2026