Joe Lonsdale

Investment Team
Austin, TX
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Joe Lonsdale is a technology entrepreneur and investor. He is the managing partner at 8VC, a US-based venture capital firm that manages several billion dollars in committed capital. He was an early institutional investor in notable technology startups including Oculus (acq.FB), Guardant Health (NASDAQ: GH), Oscar (NYSE: OSCR), Illumio, Anduril, Wish (NASDAQ: WISH), JoyTunes, Blend (NASDAQ: BLND), Flexport, Joby Aviation (NYSE: JOBY), Cityblock, Orca Bio, Qualia, Synthego, RelateIQ (acq.CRM), and many others. Joe was the youngest member included in Forbes 100 Midas List in 2016 and 2017.

Before focusing on institutional investing, Joe co-founded Palantir (NYSE: PLTR) a global software company known for its work in defense and other industries, as well as for providing the platform to run the COVID-19 common operating picture for key decision makers in over 35 countries. After Palantir, he founded and remains as Chairman of both Addepar, which has over $4 trillion USD on its wealth management technology platform, and OpenGov, which provides software for over 2,000 municipalities and state agencies. More recently, he is also a co-founder of Affinity, Epirus, Resilience Bio, and other mission-driven technology companies, which he continues to create with his team out of the 8VC Build program. Joe began his career as an early executive at Clarium Capital, which he helped grow into a large global macro hedge fund. He also worked with PayPal while he attended Stanford.

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Sep 18, 2024

Introducing Global Benchmarking from Standard Metrics

8VC was founded to address major market gaps, and we’ve found several surprisingly close to home. We cofounded Affinity after seeing firsthand how legacy CRM falls short of real relationship intelligence, and today their platform is used by 3300 + investment firms. We noticed a similar gap in portfolio management and performance tracking, where manual work and nonexistent data were the norm. Driven by our own frustrations, we co-founded, seeded, and led the series A for Standard Metrics, which has grown to over 100 top investment firms and 7000+ companies while revolutionizing the efficiency and quality of data collection, portfolio analytics, and reporting. Now, building on the data foundation they created, they have launched Global Benchmarking, adding deep utility and macro awareness to match their micro abilities.

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Sep 18, 2024

Introducing Global Benchmarking from Standard Metrics

8VC was founded to address major market gaps, and we’ve found several surprisingly close to home. We cofounded Affinity after seeing firsthand how legacy CRM falls short of real relationship intelligence, and today their platform is used by 3300 + investment firms. We noticed a similar gap in portfolio management and performance tracking, where manual work and nonexistent data were the norm. Driven by our own frustrations, we co-founded, seeded, and led the series A for Standard Metrics, which has grown to over 100 top investment firms and 7000+ companies while revolutionizing the efficiency and quality of data collection, portfolio analytics, and reporting. Now, building on the data foundation they created, they have launched Global Benchmarking, adding deep utility and macro awareness to match their micro abilities.

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Feb 27, 2024

OpenGov: A Changing Guard; A Continuing Mission

Today, OpenGov announced its acquisition by Cox Enterprises for $1.8 billion USD. 

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Feb 27, 2024

OpenGov: A Changing Guard; A Continuing Mission

Today, OpenGov announced its acquisition by Cox Enterprises for $1.8 billion USD. 

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Mar 27, 2023

Helping Banks Into The 21st Century With Dynamic Digital Infrastructure

Blend Builder is a brilliant banking product, ready for a bigger challenge than mortgages alone

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Mar 27, 2023

Helping Banks Into The 21st Century With Dynamic Digital Infrastructure

Blend Builder is a brilliant banking product, ready for a bigger challenge than mortgages alone

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Mar 1, 2023

Announcing 8VC Fund V

We are proud to announce 8VC Fund V, with $880 million in new capital to continue our work supporting and partnering with entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey, and building companies ourselves. 

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Mar 1, 2023

Announcing 8VC Fund V

We are proud to announce 8VC Fund V, with $880 million in new capital to continue our work supporting and partnering with entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey, and building companies ourselves. 

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Feb 14, 2023

Fintech’s Next Frontier: Introducing Luminary

T&E is one of the last core elements of wealth management yet to be reimagined in dynamic, digital form. Doing so will unlock transformative possibilities.

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Feb 14, 2023

Fintech’s Next Frontier: Introducing Luminary

T&E is one of the last core elements of wealth management yet to be reimagined in dynamic, digital form. Doing so will unlock transformative possibilities.

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Sep 24, 2022

Investing Where Others Have Given Up: Announcing TAP (Training All People)

We are excited to introduce TAP, the newest company to emerge from 8VC’s Build program. Read on to learn how TAP is partnering with industry leaders to teach the skills needed to thrive in the 21st century economy, while helping underserved communities to create opportunities and mentorship networks close to home.

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Sep 24, 2022

Investing Where Others Have Given Up: Announcing TAP (Training All People)

We are excited to introduce TAP, the newest company to emerge from 8VC’s Build program. Read on to learn how TAP is partnering with industry leaders to teach the skills needed to thrive in the 21st century economy, while helping underserved communities to create opportunities and mentorship networks close to home.

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