8VC

8VC is a technology and life sciences investment firm that partners with founders to develop transformational technologies and create long-term value. Its activities span sectors such as healthcare, logistics, software, energy, manufacturing, enterprise IT, and life sciences, with a focus on supporting early-stage and growth opportunities in the United States and beyond.

Denis Aven

Investor

Isabela Becerra

Investment Team Member

Sebastian Caliri

Partner

Serena Ge

Campus Associate

Bhaskar Ghosh

Partner

Francisco Gimenez

Partner

Vivek Gopalan

Investor

Jin-Young Kim

Partner

Alex Kolicich

Partner

Seth Lieblich

Principal

Alex Moore

Partner

Jack Moshkovich

Principal

David Moskowitz

Principal

Kevin Niechen

Investment Team Member

Drew Oetting

Founder

Allison Pavlick

Principal

Justin Rose

Associate

Past deals in Illinois

High Definition Vehicle Insurance

Venture Round in 2025
HDVI is a technology-first commercial insurance provider. The company assesses risk using historical and real-time telematics data and provides tools and services that help fleets increase safety, rewards safe driving, and delivers efficient and fair claims processing. HDVI is headquartered in Chicago with additional offices in Greenville, South Carolina; Columbus, Ohio; Portland, Oregon; Dallas and San Francisco. High Definition Vehicle Insurance, Inc. is a licensed property casualty insurance agent with products underwritten by various insurance companies. For more information, visit https://hdvi.com.

Telegraph

Series A in 2022
Telegraph is a Chicago-based company founded in 2020 that focuses on transforming the freight rail industry through its innovative cloud-based operating system. This platform enhances collaboration among railroads, shippers, and third-party logistics providers, allowing for improved visibility and insights into rail operations. By leveraging advanced technology, Telegraph aims to streamline workflows and logistics, ultimately fostering a more sustainable supply chain in the freight ecosystem. Its modern approach seeks to facilitate commerce and improve efficiency in rail operations, marking a significant advancement for the industry.

High Definition Vehicle Insurance

Series B in 2021
HDVI is a technology-first commercial insurance provider. The company assesses risk using historical and real-time telematics data and provides tools and services that help fleets increase safety, rewards safe driving, and delivers efficient and fair claims processing. HDVI is headquartered in Chicago with additional offices in Greenville, South Carolina; Columbus, Ohio; Portland, Oregon; Dallas and San Francisco. High Definition Vehicle Insurance, Inc. is a licensed property casualty insurance agent with products underwritten by various insurance companies. For more information, visit https://hdvi.com.

Telegraph

Venture Round in 2021
Telegraph is a Chicago-based company founded in 2020 that focuses on transforming the freight rail industry through its innovative cloud-based operating system. This platform enhances collaboration among railroads, shippers, and third-party logistics providers, allowing for improved visibility and insights into rail operations. By leveraging advanced technology, Telegraph aims to streamline workflows and logistics, ultimately fostering a more sustainable supply chain in the freight ecosystem. Its modern approach seeks to facilitate commerce and improve efficiency in rail operations, marking a significant advancement for the industry.

Project44

Series D in 2020
Project44 provides a cloud based visibility platform for shippers and third party logistics providers, unifying pricing, routing, scheduling, tracking, exceptions, digital documents and payments to deliver end to end shipment visibility across parcel, final mile, LTL, truckload, rail, intermodal and ocean. The platform digitizes the shipment lifecycle and automates key transportation processes to accelerate insights and action. It supports carrier performance analytics and integrates with multiple stakeholders to improve predictability, resilience and sustainability of supply chains. Serving more than 1,300 brands and handling over 1 billion shipments annually, Project44 operates from its Chicago headquarters with a global network of offices. The company is recognized as a market leader in visibility technology by industry analysts and peers.

Addepar

Series E in 2020
Addepar is a software and data platform for professional wealth, investment and asset management firms that consolidates portfolios, market data and client information to enable data-driven investment decisions and client reporting. The platform aggregates data from financial accounts to provide a unified view, supports data reconciliation, investment analysis and reporting, and offers onboarding and ongoing support services. It includes Addepar Open API for programmatic access and integration with more than 100 software, data and service partners, enabling developers to build applications on the platform and connect data across systems. The company serves family offices, wealth advisors, financial institutions, endowments and foundations, with a client base spanning multiple countries and assets under management exceeding $4 trillion across platforms.

High Definition Vehicle Insurance

Series A in 2020
HDVI is a technology-first commercial insurance provider. The company assesses risk using historical and real-time telematics data and provides tools and services that help fleets increase safety, rewards safe driving, and delivers efficient and fair claims processing. HDVI is headquartered in Chicago with additional offices in Greenville, South Carolina; Columbus, Ohio; Portland, Oregon; Dallas and San Francisco. High Definition Vehicle Insurance, Inc. is a licensed property casualty insurance agent with products underwritten by various insurance companies. For more information, visit https://hdvi.com.

Project44

Series C in 2018
Project44 provides a cloud based visibility platform for shippers and third party logistics providers, unifying pricing, routing, scheduling, tracking, exceptions, digital documents and payments to deliver end to end shipment visibility across parcel, final mile, LTL, truckload, rail, intermodal and ocean. The platform digitizes the shipment lifecycle and automates key transportation processes to accelerate insights and action. It supports carrier performance analytics and integrates with multiple stakeholders to improve predictability, resilience and sustainability of supply chains. Serving more than 1,300 brands and handling over 1 billion shipments annually, Project44 operates from its Chicago headquarters with a global network of offices. The company is recognized as a market leader in visibility technology by industry analysts and peers.

Citizen

Series B in 2018
Citizen is a mobile application that sends safety alerts and real-time incident updates to its users. It operates across major US markets, providing millions of people with information sourced from 911 data, live stories, and user-generated content. The app aims to enhance personal and community safety.

Project44

Series B in 2018
Project44 provides a cloud based visibility platform for shippers and third party logistics providers, unifying pricing, routing, scheduling, tracking, exceptions, digital documents and payments to deliver end to end shipment visibility across parcel, final mile, LTL, truckload, rail, intermodal and ocean. The platform digitizes the shipment lifecycle and automates key transportation processes to accelerate insights and action. It supports carrier performance analytics and integrates with multiple stakeholders to improve predictability, resilience and sustainability of supply chains. Serving more than 1,300 brands and handling over 1 billion shipments annually, Project44 operates from its Chicago headquarters with a global network of offices. The company is recognized as a market leader in visibility technology by industry analysts and peers.

Addepar

Series D in 2017
Addepar is a software and data platform for professional wealth, investment and asset management firms that consolidates portfolios, market data and client information to enable data-driven investment decisions and client reporting. The platform aggregates data from financial accounts to provide a unified view, supports data reconciliation, investment analysis and reporting, and offers onboarding and ongoing support services. It includes Addepar Open API for programmatic access and integration with more than 100 software, data and service partners, enabling developers to build applications on the platform and connect data across systems. The company serves family offices, wealth advisors, financial institutions, endowments and foundations, with a client base spanning multiple countries and assets under management exceeding $4 trillion across platforms.

Addepar

Addepar is a software and data platform for professional wealth, investment and asset management firms that consolidates portfolios, market data and client information to enable data-driven investment decisions and client reporting. The platform aggregates data from financial accounts to provide a unified view, supports data reconciliation, investment analysis and reporting, and offers onboarding and ongoing support services. It includes Addepar Open API for programmatic access and integration with more than 100 software, data and service partners, enabling developers to build applications on the platform and connect data across systems. The company serves family offices, wealth advisors, financial institutions, endowments and foundations, with a client base spanning multiple countries and assets under management exceeding $4 trillion across platforms.
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