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Formation 8

12 employees

Formation 8, a California-based technology investment firm, focuses on seed, early, and later stage venture investments.

Investor insights

Sectors invested in

Software38
Big Data24
SaaS23
Analytics22
Enterprise Software21
Artificial Intelligence19
Health Care17
Information Technology15
FinTech13
Machine Learning13
Mobile12
Financial Services11
Biotechnology10
E-Commerce9
Predictive Analytics8
Security7
Cloud Security7
Hospitality7
Cloud Computing7
Marketing7

Funding rounds participated in

$11M sweet spot round size

Most of their 134 investments are in rounds between $3.5M and $21M

Investor type

Venture Capital

Basic info

Industry

venture capital and private equity principals

Sectors

Angel Investment
Financial Services
Venture Capital

Date founded

2011

Investments made

A

Aviatrix raised $200M on September 8, 2021

Investors: Greenspring Associates, TCV, TrueBridge Capital Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Insight Partners, IGNITION PARTNERS, General Catalyst and Formation 8

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Cape Analytics, Inc raised $44M on July 14, 2021

Investors: State Farm Ventures, -, Aquiline Technology Growth (ATG), The Hartford, Pivot Investment Partners LLC, The Cincinnati Insurance Companies and Formation 8

A

Aviatrix raised $75M on February 23, 2021

Investors: Greenspring Associates, CRV, Meritech Capital Partners, IGNITION PARTNERS, TrueBridge Capital Partners, General Catalyst and Formation 8

A

Ascus Biosciences raised $46M on May 27, 2020

Investors: Anterra Capital, Cavallo Ventures, Temasek and Formation 8

A

Aviatrix raised $40M on October 28, 2019

Investors: CRV, IGNITION PARTNERS and Formation 8

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Fieldwire by Hilti raised $34M on September 16, 2019

Investors: Peak State Ventures, Irregular Expressions, Menlo Ventures and Formation 8

B

Branch International raised $170M on April 7, 2019

Investors: Greenspring Associates, B Capital Group, Foxhaven Asset Management LP, Foundation Capital, Victory Park Capital Advisors, Trinity Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, CreditEase Fintech Investment Fund and Formation 8

B

Betterworks raised $51M on March 7, 2019

Investors: Northcoast Technologies, Correlation Ventures, Emergence Capital, Kleiner Perkins and Formation 8

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Joy raised $13M on September 17, 2018

Investors: rocketship.vc, Avalon Venture, General Catalyst, ZENO VENTURES and Formation 8

C

Cazena raised $10M on July 24, 2018

Investors: Andreessen Horowitz and Formation 8

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