Shirish Sathaye has joined the enterprise-focused VC Cervin Ventures as a general partner. He remains a partner in Formation 8’s second fund.
View More Former Formation 8 GP Shirish Sathaye joins Cervin VenturesCategory: Joe Lonsdale
The death of once high-flying VC funds
They all started with the best of intentions. Formation 8 talked about bringing “smart enterprise” to the corporate world. Social Capital talked about how to “fix capitalism,” and Binary Capital wanted to “affect global behaviour change.” Rothenberg Ventures set out to “work on the biggest problems that change the world.” Young founding partners debuting change-the-world […]
View More The death of once high-flying VC funds8VC has closed its second early-stage fund, seemingly with an eye on logistics and biotech
8VC, the early-stage, San Francisco-based venture firm founded in 2015 by serial entrepreneur Joe Lonsdale and four other general partners, has closed it second early-stage venture fund with $640 million in commitments, says one of its investors. The fund comes roughly two years after the firm closed its debut fund with $425 million, along with a […]
View More 8VC has closed its second early-stage fund, seemingly with an eye on logistics and biotech