Fund

8VC

Austin · founded 2015 · ~$6B AUM

Joe Lonsdale's firm. Early money in Anduril, Saronic, Epirus, and Chaos Industries. Lonsdale co-founded Palantir with Thiel, which makes 8VC and Founders Fund the two arms of the same original network.

Size

$6B under management

Latest fund: $1.5B (2026)

As of 2026-07-03 · source

Fund 7 closed at $1.5B in July 2026.

Runs it

Joe Lonsdale

Pension investors

• Louisiana TRSL
  $40M committed · as of Aug 2026

From each pension fund's own documents. Partnerships and sources are on What the pensions hold.

Backs on this map

AndurilSaronicEpirusChaos IndustriesSecond FrontJoby Aviation

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