# Joe Lonsdale: portfolio, investments and team > Joe Lonsdale is a corporate vc based in United States. 33 investments on record, latest Jul 2025. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/joe-lonsdale (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Joe Lonsdale Last cheque observed Jul 2025. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Email Quiet Corporate VC Seed Series A Series B Public Policy Follow Joe Lonsdale and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fjoe-lonsdale) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 33 on record Since the last cheque **486** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$16M** Rounds led **0 of 33** Exits **5 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 94%** Pitch Joe Lonsdale ## Joe Lonsdale highlights - 01 33 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 87% of its rounds - 03 5 exits from the portfolio ## What they do > I founded 8VC to apply some of what I learned founding Palantir, Addepar, and Opengov, to broader classes of challenges, and create economic opportunity in the process. From their own website - **Type:** Corporate VC - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Sectors:** Public Policy - **Based in:** United States - **Cold pitches:** Not accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **33 appearances** - **2025** 2 rounds - **Jul** **[Erebor](https://millionrounds.com/company/erebor)** US · TechStartups **Undisclosed** With 1 other - **May** **[NewLimit](https://millionrounds.com/company/newlimit)** Series B · US · TechCrunch **$130M** With 15 others - **2017** 1 round - **May** **[Neighborly](https://millionrounds.com/company/neighborly)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$25M** With 11 others - **2016** 2 rounds - **Dec** **[Nectar](https://millionrounds.com/company/nectar)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$4.5M** With 1 other - **Sept** **[Progessly](https://millionrounds.com/company/progessly)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$6.0M** With 1 other - **2015** 5 rounds - **Oct** **[Seed](https://millionrounds.com/company/seed)** Venture · US **$5.0M** With 24 others - **Sept** **[Aspiration](https://millionrounds.com/company/aspiration)** Series A · US **$16M** With 12 others - **Jul** **[ONEHOPE](https://millionrounds.com/company/onehope)** US **$8.0M** With 6 others - **May** **[Lixibox, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/lixibox-inc)** Seed · VN **$500K** With 4 others - **May** **[Artivest](https://millionrounds.com/company/artivest)** Series A · US **$15M** With 17 others - **2014** 4 rounds - **Sept** **[BetterWorks](https://millionrounds.com/company/betterworks)** Series A · US **$16M** With 7 others - **Sept** **[Workpop](https://millionrounds.com/company/workpop)** Series A · US **$7.0M** With 14 others - **May** **[Oscar](https://millionrounds.com/company/oscar)** Series A · US **$80M** With 8 others - **May** **[Delectable](https://millionrounds.com/company/delectable)** Series A · US **$3.0M** With 11 others - **2013** 3 rounds - **Dec** **[Hightower](https://millionrounds.com/company/hightower)** Seed · US **$2.1M** With 13 others - **Nov** **[Sourcery](https://millionrounds.com/company/sourcery)** Seed · US **$2.5M** With 13 others - **Jan** **[ONEHOPE](https://millionrounds.com/company/onehope)** Series B · US **$6.0M** With 22 others - **2012** 6 rounds - **Aug** **[Printi](https://millionrounds.com/company/printi)** Series A · BR · techcrunch.com **$1.2M** With 10 others - **Jul** **[Lex Machina](https://millionrounds.com/company/lex-machina)** Seed · US · pehub.com **$2.0M** With 6 others - **Jul** **[Booshaka](https://millionrounds.com/company/booshaka)** Series A · US · techcrunch.com **$1.0M** With 7 others - **Jul** **[Booshaka](https://millionrounds.com/company/booshaka)** Seed · US **$1.0M** With 7 others - **Jul** **[Commerce Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/commerce-sciences)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$1.8M** With 5 others - **Jan** **[Artivest](https://millionrounds.com/company/artivest)** Seed · US **$2.0M** With 8 others - **2011** 8 rounds - **Oct** **[BillGuard](https://millionrounds.com/company/billguard)** Series B · US · techcrunch.com **$10M** With 7 others - **Oct** **[Kitchit](https://millionrounds.com/company/kitchit)** Seed · US **$600K** With 8 others - **Sept** **[Adility](https://millionrounds.com/company/adility)** Series A · US · finsmes.com **Undisclosed** With 7 others - **Aug** **[Guestmob](https://millionrounds.com/company/guestmob)** Seed · US **$800K** With 5 others - **Mar** **[CapLinked](https://millionrounds.com/company/caplinked)** Seed · US · businessinsider.com **$900K** With 4 others - **Mar** **[ContextLogic](https://millionrounds.com/company/contextlogic)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$1.7M** With 11 others - **Feb** **[Bread](https://millionrounds.com/company/bread)** Seed · US **$1.0M** With 7 others - **Jan** **[ONEHOPE](https://millionrounds.com/company/onehope)** Series A · US **$4.0M** With 8 others - **2010** 2 rounds - **Oct** **[Wish](https://millionrounds.com/company/wish)** Seed · US **$1.7M** With 21 others - **Jan** **[Badgeville](https://millionrounds.com/company/badgeville)** Seed · US **$250K** With 1 other An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **3** of 10 we have independently watched raise [Addepar](https://millionrounds.com/company/addepar)[Opengov](https://millionrounds.com/company/opengov)[Palantir](https://millionrounds.com/company/palantir) 8vc Affinity Americanoptimist Ciceroinstitute Opto Resilience Uaustin Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded. ## Exits from the portfolio Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **5 in all** **[Lex Machina](https://millionrounds.com/company/lex-machina)** Bought by [LexisNexis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lexisnexis) **Undisclosed** Nov 2015 **[Booshaka](https://millionrounds.com/company/booshaka)** Bought by Sprinklr **Undisclosed** Nov 2015 **[BillGuard](https://millionrounds.com/company/billguard)** Bought by [Prosper](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prosper) **Undisclosed** Sept 2015 **[Bread](https://millionrounds.com/company/bread)** Bought by [Yahoo!](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yahoo) **Undisclosed** Oct 2013 **[Adility](https://millionrounds.com/company/adility)** Bought by InComm **Undisclosed** Dec 2012 An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records. ## The cheque Seed Series A Series B Median round joined **$16M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 33 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Jul 2025 - **Exits:** 5 from the portfolio Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed *15* - Series A *12* - Series B *3* - Venture *1* Cheques by month Led Joined Nov 2023 Oct 2026 Often in the room with - [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) 6 - [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) 5 - [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) 4 - [Aaron Levie](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aaron-levie) 3 - [FinTech Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fintech-collective) 3 - [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) 3 **Pitching Joe Lonsdale?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Joe Lonsdale. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Founders Fund** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund)[**500 Global** Angel **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)[**SV Angel** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel)[**Aaron Levie** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aaron-levie)[**FinTech Collective** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fintech-collective)[**Khosla Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures)[**Peter Thiel** Angel **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peter-thiel)[**RRE Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rre-ventures)[**Ron Conway** Angel **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ron-conway)[**Rothenberg Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rothenberg-ventures)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**8VC** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) ## Recently backed The latest companies Joe Lonsdale put money into. [**Erebor** Jul 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/erebor)[**NewLimit** $130M · May 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/newlimit)[**Neighborly** $25M · May 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/neighborly)[**Nectar** $4.5M · Dec 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/nectar) ## On podcasts 6 episodes naming Joe Lonsdale in the title, and 4 more that mention it. - [Uncapped](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/uncapped) 27 May 2026 · 43 min Uncapped #51 | Joe Lonsdale from 8VC Mentions [Joe Lonsdale](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joe-lonsdale) Apple PodcastsShow page - [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) 20 Feb 2026 · 3h 7m Palmer Luckey LIVE from NYSE, Supreme Court Smackdown, Data Center Backlash | Ryan Petersen, Jonathan Gould, Diogo Mónica, Joe Lonsdale, John Shahidi, Will Bruey, Sam Levenback, Alex Heath With [John Shahidi](https://millionrounds.com/person/john-shahidi) Mentions [Joe Lonsdale](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joe-lonsdale)[Palmer Luckey](https://millionrounds.com/fund/palmer-luckey)[Ryan Petersen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ryan-petersen) Apple PodcastsShow page - [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) 24 Sept 2025 · 2h 51m Peter Thiel Gets Apocalyptic, The Myth of AI Millions, 𝕏 Timeline Reactions | Joe Lonsdale, Bret Taylor, Riley Walz Mentions [Bret Taylor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bret-taylor)[Joe Lonsdale](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joe-lonsdale)[Peter Thiel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peter-thiel) Apple PodcastsShow page - [The a16z Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/a16z) 18 Jul 2025 · 31 min Marc Andreessen and Joe Lonsdale on Tariffs and Trade Mentions [Joe Lonsdale](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joe-lonsdale)[Marc Andreessen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marc-andreessen) Apple PodcastsShow page - [All-In](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/all-in) 7 Dec 2024 · 1h 24m New SEC Chair, Bitcoin, xAI Supercomputer, UnitedHealth CEO murder, with Gavin Baker & Joe Lonsdale With [Gavin Baker](https://millionrounds.com/person/gavin-baker) Mentions [Joe Lonsdale](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joe-lonsdale)[Paul Atkins](https://millionrounds.com/person/paul-atkins) Apple PodcastsShow page - [Turpentine VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/turpentine-vc) 21 May 2024 · 30 min E40: Venture, AI, and the Defense Industry with Joe Lonsdale of 8VC, Josh Wolfe of Lux Capital, and Matt Steckman of Anduril With [Josh Wolfe](https://millionrounds.com/person/josh-wolfe) Mentions [Joe Lonsdale](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joe-lonsdale)[Vinod Khosla](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vinod-khosla)[Alexandr Wang](https://millionrounds.com/person/alexandr-wang) *+4* Apple PodcastsShow page ### Mentioned in - [Sourcery](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/sourcery) 22 Aug 2025 · 58 min How 8VC Builds Billion-Dollar Companies | Palantir, Addepar, Saronic Apple PodcastsShow page - [All-In](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/all-in) 8 Mar 2025 · 2h 7m Tariffs, Trump's Economic Endgame, Market Chaos, Bitcoin Reserve, CoreWeave IPO Apple PodcastsShow page - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 6 Dec 2024 · 1h 8m 20VC: From Unsexy Startup to $1.8BN Acquisition | Why VCs and Founders are Fundamentally Misaligned | Why Valuations and Fundraising are BS | Lessons from Josh Kushner and Marc Andreesen | Zac Bookman, OpenGov Apple PodcastsShow page - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 11 Mar 2024 · 58 min 20VC: The Future of TikTok; Is it a Danger to US National Security| Why the "Woke Mind Virus" is a "Post-Modern Religion" and Is it Too Late to Reverse | Why the Education System is Broken | Investing Lessons from Wish, Palantir and Lady Gaga | Joe Lonsda Apple PodcastsShow page ## Quick answers about Joe Lonsdale ### What does Joe Lonsdale invest in? Joe Lonsdale invests most often at Seed and Series A (87% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Public Policy. ### How active is Joe Lonsdale? 33 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jul 2025. ### What has Joe Lonsdale invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Erebor (Undisclosed round, Jul 2025), NewLimit (Series B, May 2025) and Neighborly (Series A, May 2017). ### How big are Joe Lonsdale's cheques? The median round it joins is $16M. ### Does Joe Lonsdale lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 33 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Joe Lonsdale invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (94%). ### Is Joe Lonsdale investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jul 2025. ### Who does Joe Lonsdale invest alongside? Most often Founders Fund (6 rounds together), 500 Global (5 rounds together) and SV Angel (4 rounds together). ## Raising now? 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