Joseph Lonsdale

General Partner, 8VC San Francisco Bay Area Stanford University Graduate

Joseph Lonsdale co-founded and serves as chairman of the board of directors of Anduin. He is an investor at Diagram Ventures. He co-founded and serves as Executive Chairman of Opto Investments. He is an advisor to Domain Money, Marathon Ventures and Nimbus Health. Co-founder and General Partner at Formation 8. Co-founder and board member and advisor of Esper. Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of OpenGov. Co-founder and board member of Quaestor. He is an advisory board member of Epirus, Wish & Socotra. He has also served on the boards of Nines, Glow, BlueVoyant, BuildZoom and Radius Intelligence. He is also an advisor at iFly.vc. He is a managing partner at 8VC. He is also a co-founder of Terminal. He is also co-founder and chairman of Affinity. He is an investor in Oscar. He serves on several boards including Zenreach, OpenGov, Illumio, Radius and Hyperloop-One. He is co-founder and chairman of the board of Addepar. He co-founded Palantir, a multi-billion dollar global software company best known for its work in defense and finance. Prior to that, he founded OpenGov. He also co-founded and served as president at Anduin Ventures. Previously, he was one of the first executives at Peter Thiel’s Clarium Capital, which grew into a major global macro hedge fund. While at Stanford, he also worked in the finance division of PayPal. He served as an advisor at Greenoaks Capital. He is also an angel investor. He worked as an advisor at Prime Movers Lab. He received his bachelor’s degree in computer science from Stanford in 2003.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Accomplished entrepreneur, investor, and technology leader with proven track
record of founding and scaling transformative companies. Co-founder of
Palantir Technologies and Addepar. Currently leading investments in
breakthrough technology companies as General Partner at 8VC. Focused on
leveraging technology and innovation to solve complex global challenges.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

8VC (2015 – Present)

http://www.8vc.com/ 

General Partner

• Lead investment strategy and portfolio company development
• Focus on transformative technology investments across multiple
  sectors
• Guide strategic growth and scaling of portfolio companies

Addepar (2009 – Present)

http://www.addepar.com/ 

Founder and Chairman

• Founded and scaled leading wealth management technology platform
• Pioneered advanced data visualization and analytics solutions
• Revolutionized financial technology sector through innovative platform
  development

Palantir Technologies (2004 – Present)

http://www.palantir.com/ 

Co-Founder

• Co-founded company that became a global leader in data analytics
• Helped develop pioneering platforms for security and intelligence
  analysis
• Contributed to growth from startup to multi-billion dollar
  enterprise

ONEHOPE Wine (2008 – 2022)

http://www.onehopewine.com/ 

Chairman of the Board

• Led board governance and strategic direction
• Integrated social impact model with business growth
• Oversaw significant charitable giving initiatives

Recent Key Investments

• Ramen (Dec 2023) – Early Stage VC in Network Management Software
• Gecko Robotics (Dec 2023) – Hardware Solutions
• BeFake AI
  (Sep 2023) – Multimedia and Design Software
• Setpoint
  (Dec 2022) – Business/Productivity Software
• Prometheus (Jun 2022) – Financial Software
• Strive (May 2022) – Asset Management
• Domain Money (Jan 2022) – Financial Services
• Terraformation
  (Sep 2021) – Environmental Services (B2B)
• Pipe
  (Jul 2021) – Financial Services, Seed Round
• Praxis
  (Jul 2021) – Financial Services, Seed Round

EDUCATION

Stanford University
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (2000 – 2003)

• Editor-in-Chief, Stanford Review
• Member, Phi Kappa Psi

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EXPERTISE

• Venture Capital & Startup Development
• Technology Innovation & Scaling
• Strategic Planning & Execution
• Business Model Innovation
• Social Impact Integration

LEADERSHIP

• 500+ Professional Connections
• Active Speaker and Thought Leader in Technology Innovation
• Regular Contributor to Discussions on AI Advancement and Industry
  Transformation
• Recognized Expert in Startup Development (76 Peer Endorsements)