Joe Lonsdale — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as General Partner at 8VC since 2015.
Co-founded Palantir Technologies in 2004, a data mining and defense technology company.
Co-founded Addepar in 2009, a wealth management technology company.
Co-founded venture capital firms Formation 8 in 2011 and 8VC in 2015.
Founded the conservative Cicero Institute think tank and co-founded the private University of Austin.
Graduated from Stanford University in 2004 with a degree in computer science.

Biography

Joseph Lonsdale is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He currently serves as a General Partner at 8VC, a technology investment firm he co-founded in 2015. Lonsdale is also known for co-founding several prominent companies, including Palantir Technologies, Addepar, and OpenGov.

Lonsdale began his career as an intern at PayPal and later worked as an early executive at Clarium Capital, a hedge fund run by Peter Thiel.