8VC

8VC, established in 1969 and headquartered in San Francisco, is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies across various sectors, with a focus on enabling industry transformation. The firm, which is a Registered Investment Adviser, partners with founders to develop transformational technologies, targeting sectors such as healthcare, logistics, biology, IT infrastructure, and government & defense. 8VC aims to create long-term economic and societal value through its investments, promoting innovation and global prosperity.

Serena Ge

Campus Associate

Bhaskar Ghosh

Partner and CTO

Francisco Gimenez

Partner

Jin-Young Kim

Partner

Alex Kolicich

Founding Partner

Seth Lieblich

Principal

Jake Medwell

Co-Founder and Partner

Alex Moore

Partner

David Moskowitz

Principal

Allison Pavlick

Principal

Justin Rose

Associate

Kimmy Scotti

Founding Partner

Past deals in San Francisco Bay Area

Sirona

Series C in 2024
Sirona Medical, Inc. is a technology company that has developed a cloud-native diagnostic engine tailored for radiologists. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Sirona aims to revolutionize the field of radiology by providing a unified platform that integrates various essential tools, including a universal worklist, viewer, reporter, and AI capabilities. This innovative system simplifies complex workflows, enhances productivity, and allows practitioners to focus on patient care rather than administrative tasks. By streamlining operations and incorporating advanced AI technologies, Sirona empowers radiologists to work more efficiently and effectively, enabling them to deliver better and faster healthcare services.

Default

Seed Round in 2024
Default is an all-in-one platform based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in inbound lead qualification, scheduling, and routing. Established in 2020, Default provides tools that help businesses capture and qualify leads directly from their websites. The platform features low-code marketing forms that allow clients to manage lead information efficiently, enabling immediate lead visibility upon form submission. Additionally, it automates meeting scheduling and facilitates the routing of leads to appropriate sales representatives, thereby offering sales leaders valuable insights into prospects. Default's integrated solution streamlines the workflow for sales teams, enhancing their ability to engage with potential customers effectively.

Quince

Series C in 2024
Quince, LLC, established in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, is a retailer specializing in affordable luxury apparel, accessories, and home goods. The company offers a wide range of products for men and women, including jewelry, clothing, and home textiles, all sourced directly from manufacturers using a just-in-time production model. This approach enables Quince to provide high-quality items at competitive prices while minimizing waste.

Zenreach

Venture Round in 2023
Zenreach, Inc., founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in online marketing solutions tailored for businesses with physical locations. The company's flagship product, Walk-Through Marketing, integrates digital marketing efforts with in-store results to enhance customer acquisition and lifetime value. Zenreach Engage tracks customer visits and builds detailed customer profiles, while Zenreach Attract optimizes ad performance by targeting audiences based on a business's best customers. The effectiveness of these campaigns is measured using the Walk-Through Rate™, a proprietary metric that indicates when someone exposed to an ad visits a location. Zenreach serves thousands of independent merchants and notable brands such as Peet’s Coffee, Ruth’s Chris, and BCBG Max Azria.

Quince

Series B in 2023
Quince, LLC, established in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, is a retailer specializing in affordable luxury apparel, accessories, and home goods. The company offers a wide range of products for men and women, including jewelry, clothing, and home textiles, all sourced directly from manufacturers using a just-in-time production model. This approach enables Quince to provide high-quality items at competitive prices while minimizing waste.

Mantra Bio

Series A in 2023
Mantra Bio, Inc. is a biotechnology company focused on developing targeted therapeutics through its proprietary platform for engineering Targeted Exosome Vehicles (TEVs). Founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California, the company utilizes its REVEAL platform, which integrates computational biology, wet lab techniques, and automation. This innovative approach leverages the diversity of exosomes to design and optimize therapeutics aimed at various tissue and cellular targets. Mantra Bio has also established a scalable biomanufacturing process to ensure the reproducibility and high purity of its next-generation therapeutics, enabling medical practitioners to address challenging diseases effectively.

Raydiant

Series B in 2022
Raydiant Inc., established in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in designing, developing, and providing an experience platform that connects employees and customers with brands across various industries such as banking, retail, hospitality, and healthcare. The company's solution comprises kiosks, virtual agents, and multimedia devices for screen management, enabling businesses to create engaging in-store experiences through digital signage. Raydiant works with over 5,000 brands worldwide, including notable clients like Johnson & Johnson and Chick-Fil-A, helping them streamline operations, enhance customer experiences, and drive sales growth.

Quince

Series A in 2021
Quince, LLC, established in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, is a retailer specializing in affordable luxury apparel, accessories, and home goods. The company offers a wide range of products for men and women, including jewelry, clothing, and home textiles, all sourced directly from manufacturers using a just-in-time production model. This approach enables Quince to provide high-quality items at competitive prices while minimizing waste.

Sirona

Series B in 2021
Sirona Medical, Inc. is a technology company that has developed a cloud-native diagnostic engine tailored for radiologists. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Sirona aims to revolutionize the field of radiology by providing a unified platform that integrates various essential tools, including a universal worklist, viewer, reporter, and AI capabilities. This innovative system simplifies complex workflows, enhances productivity, and allows practitioners to focus on patient care rather than administrative tasks. By streamlining operations and incorporating advanced AI technologies, Sirona empowers radiologists to work more efficiently and effectively, enabling them to deliver better and faster healthcare services.

Wage

Seed Round in 2021
Wage is building an API infrastructure for instant income and employment verification. It is an infrastructure software solution that allows its users to seamlessly and securely share payroll data. The company was originally founded as Verix in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

Raydiant

Series A in 2021
Raydiant Inc., established in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in designing, developing, and providing an experience platform that connects employees and customers with brands across various industries such as banking, retail, hospitality, and healthcare. The company's solution comprises kiosks, virtual agents, and multimedia devices for screen management, enabling businesses to create engaging in-store experiences through digital signage. Raydiant works with over 5,000 brands worldwide, including notable clients like Johnson & Johnson and Chick-Fil-A, helping them streamline operations, enhance customer experiences, and drive sales growth.

Quince

Seed Round in 2021
Quince, LLC, established in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, is a retailer specializing in affordable luxury apparel, accessories, and home goods. The company offers a wide range of products for men and women, including jewelry, clothing, and home textiles, all sourced directly from manufacturers using a just-in-time production model. This approach enables Quince to provide high-quality items at competitive prices while minimizing waste.

Sirona

Series A in 2020
Sirona Medical, Inc. is a technology company that has developed a cloud-native diagnostic engine tailored for radiologists. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Sirona aims to revolutionize the field of radiology by providing a unified platform that integrates various essential tools, including a universal worklist, viewer, reporter, and AI capabilities. This innovative system simplifies complex workflows, enhances productivity, and allows practitioners to focus on patient care rather than administrative tasks. By streamlining operations and incorporating advanced AI technologies, Sirona empowers radiologists to work more efficiently and effectively, enabling them to deliver better and faster healthcare services.

Mantra Bio

Series A in 2020
Mantra Bio, Inc. is a biotechnology company focused on developing targeted therapeutics through its proprietary platform for engineering Targeted Exosome Vehicles (TEVs). Founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California, the company utilizes its REVEAL platform, which integrates computational biology, wet lab techniques, and automation. This innovative approach leverages the diversity of exosomes to design and optimize therapeutics aimed at various tissue and cellular targets. Mantra Bio has also established a scalable biomanufacturing process to ensure the reproducibility and high purity of its next-generation therapeutics, enabling medical practitioners to address challenging diseases effectively.

Quince

Seed Round in 2019
Quince, LLC, established in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, is a retailer specializing in affordable luxury apparel, accessories, and home goods. The company offers a wide range of products for men and women, including jewelry, clothing, and home textiles, all sourced directly from manufacturers using a just-in-time production model. This approach enables Quince to provide high-quality items at competitive prices while minimizing waste.

Raydiant

Seed Round in 2019
Raydiant Inc., established in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in designing, developing, and providing an experience platform that connects employees and customers with brands across various industries such as banking, retail, hospitality, and healthcare. The company's solution comprises kiosks, virtual agents, and multimedia devices for screen management, enabling businesses to create engaging in-store experiences through digital signage. Raydiant works with over 5,000 brands worldwide, including notable clients like Johnson & Johnson and Chick-Fil-A, helping them streamline operations, enhance customer experiences, and drive sales growth.

Side

Series B in 2019
Side operates an online platform that connects students with flexible, location-based job opportunities, streamlining the hiring process for both students and companies. It offers a location-based job board, admin and management tools, and automates administrative tasks such as invoicing and payments. Side was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Quince

Seed Round in 2019
Quince, LLC, established in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, is a retailer specializing in affordable luxury apparel, accessories, and home goods. The company offers a wide range of products for men and women, including jewelry, clothing, and home textiles, all sourced directly from manufacturers using a just-in-time production model. This approach enables Quince to provide high-quality items at competitive prices while minimizing waste.

Asana

Series E in 2018
Asana, Inc. is a software company that specializes in work management and productivity solutions. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Asana offers a cloud-based platform that enables individuals and teams to organize, track, and manage their work efficiently. The platform allows users to create projects, assign tasks, set deadlines, and facilitate direct communication, thereby enhancing collaboration and engagement. Designed for various use cases, including project management and process oversight, Asana's tools provide real-time visibility into workflows and incorporate reporting and automation features. The company generates revenue through software subscriptions based on the number of users, making its services scalable and adaptable to different organizational needs.

Mammoth Biosciences

Series A in 2018
Mammoth Biosciences, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in South San Francisco, California, founded in 2017 by CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna and other key innovators. The company specializes in developing advanced CRISPR technologies, including its proprietary DETECTR platform, which enables the rapid detection of specific nucleic acids associated with various diseases. This platform facilitates diagnostic applications such as cancer screening, bacterial infections, and viral infections, allowing for real-time and simultaneous testing of multiple conditions. In addition to diagnostics, Mammoth Biosciences works on genome editing solutions for therapeutic purposes, targeting areas such as immuno-oncology, autoimmune diseases, and liver disorders. The company aims to democratize disease detection and enhance life science research through innovative, affordable, and efficient tools, while also leveraging its exclusive licensing of various Cas proteins for improved diagnostics and therapeutic applications.

Penrose Studios

Series A in 2018
Penrose Studios, Inc. is a company that specializes in the creation and production of virtual reality (VR) worlds and narratives for the entertainment industry. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California, Penrose is dedicated to advancing augmented and virtual reality storytelling. By collaborating with top storytellers and technologists, the company aims to innovate and define the language of real-time cinema for both augmented and virtual reality platforms.

Asana

Series D in 2018
Asana, Inc. is a software company that specializes in work management and productivity solutions. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Asana offers a cloud-based platform that enables individuals and teams to organize, track, and manage their work efficiently. The platform allows users to create projects, assign tasks, set deadlines, and facilitate direct communication, thereby enhancing collaboration and engagement. Designed for various use cases, including project management and process oversight, Asana's tools provide real-time visibility into workflows and incorporate reporting and automation features. The company generates revenue through software subscriptions based on the number of users, making its services scalable and adaptable to different organizational needs.

Coral Genomics

Seed Round in 2018
Coral Genomics, Inc. is a biotechnology company founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company focuses on optimizing drug development and deployment by leveraging genomic data from patients. It specializes in developing clinical tests that assist healthcare providers in streamlining prior authorization processes and selecting effective medications tailored to individual patients, particularly in the context of autoimmune conditions like Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis. Additionally, Coral Genomics has identified a distinct group of non-responder patients and collaborates with pharmaceutical developers to address the unmet medical needs of this population. By measuring cell responsiveness to drugs and understanding variability across patients, Coral Genomics aims to enhance treatment strategies and improve patient outcomes.

Mammoth Biosciences

Seed Round in 2017
Mammoth Biosciences, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in South San Francisco, California, founded in 2017 by CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna and other key innovators. The company specializes in developing advanced CRISPR technologies, including its proprietary DETECTR platform, which enables the rapid detection of specific nucleic acids associated with various diseases. This platform facilitates diagnostic applications such as cancer screening, bacterial infections, and viral infections, allowing for real-time and simultaneous testing of multiple conditions. In addition to diagnostics, Mammoth Biosciences works on genome editing solutions for therapeutic purposes, targeting areas such as immuno-oncology, autoimmune diseases, and liver disorders. The company aims to democratize disease detection and enhance life science research through innovative, affordable, and efficient tools, while also leveraging its exclusive licensing of various Cas proteins for improved diagnostics and therapeutic applications.

Zenreach

Series C in 2017
Zenreach, Inc., founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in online marketing solutions tailored for businesses with physical locations. The company's flagship product, Walk-Through Marketing, integrates digital marketing efforts with in-store results to enhance customer acquisition and lifetime value. Zenreach Engage tracks customer visits and builds detailed customer profiles, while Zenreach Attract optimizes ad performance by targeting audiences based on a business's best customers. The effectiveness of these campaigns is measured using the Walk-Through Rate™, a proprietary metric that indicates when someone exposed to an ad visits a location. Zenreach serves thousands of independent merchants and notable brands such as Peet’s Coffee, Ruth’s Chris, and BCBG Max Azria.

SyntheX

Seed Round in 2017
SyntheX, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2016. It operates a proprietary drug discovery platform that utilizes synthetic biology to expand the druggable proteome, focusing on therapeutic applications in oncology and rare diseases. The platform employs empirical intracellular selection to identify and design compounds that can modulate protein interactions, either disrupting specific protein-protein interactions or facilitating the targeted degradation of proteins through the recruitment of E3 ubiquitin ligases. SyntheX's development portfolio includes stabilized peptide therapeutics, such as STX101 and STX105, aimed at treating cancers that evade chemotherapy through homologous recombination. The company identifies drug targets by analyzing clinical, evolutionary, phenotypic, and structural data, and it maintains both internal oncology projects and collaborative discovery initiatives.

Flexport

Series B in 2016
Flexport, established in 2013, is a San Francisco-based company specializing in global freight forwarding and customs brokerage services. It offers an online platform that simplifies and streamlines international trade for businesses. Flexport's services include customs clearance, freight transportation by ocean, air, and road, along with value-added services such as cargo insurance, warehousing, and trade finance. The company's user-friendly dashboard enables clients to understand, purchase, manage, and track these services in real-time, optimizing their supply chain and logistics operations.

Side

Seed Round in 2016
Side operates an online platform that connects students with flexible, location-based job opportunities, streamlining the hiring process for both students and companies. It offers a location-based job board, admin and management tools, and automates administrative tasks such as invoicing and payments. Side was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Ada Diamonds

Venture Round in 2016
Ada Diamonds, Inc. is a jewelry company based in San Francisco, California, specializing in custom diamond jewelry crafted from lab-grown, cultured, and conflict-free diamonds. Founded in 2015, the company designs, fabricates, and sells a variety of jewelry pieces, including diamond studs, earrings, and pendants made from materials such as platinum and rhodium gold in various colors. Ada Diamonds offers collections for special occasions, including workplace gifts, holidays, engagements, anniversaries, and birthdays, alongside a selection of made-to-order options. The brand emphasizes enhanced production processes to provide high-quality gems and offers customer-friendly policies, including free shipping, standard returns, and same-day resizing. Ada Diamonds is currently operated by Alexander Primak Jewelry, Inc.
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