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Great to see former 8VC intern, and 8VC Fellow, Vivek Gopalan write the attached blog post about his experience as an 8VC Fellow and his time spent interning at 8VC portfolio company, Yugabyte, this summer.

Great piece from FreightWaves describing our activity as the most prolific global investor in freight tech.

We're thrilled to announce Dr. Francisco Gimenez is now a Partner at 8VC. Francisco originally joined us at our predecessor firm Formation 8 in 2014 as the Data-Scientist-in-Residence. He has been a key member of the team since 2016 when 8VC launched. Alongside his work with data and smart enterprise platforms, Francisco has helped develop and execute the firm’s focus on the convergence of biology and technology.... Francisco and colleagues have helped 8VC partner with transformative companies defining technology powered innovation in the biosciences including Synthego, Mantra Biosciences, Sirona Medical, Unlearn.ai, Cambium Biomaterials, BigHat Biosciences, Senti Biosciences, and SyntheX.

8VC portfolio company, Citizen has been testing SafePass over the last three months with more than 700,000 users, including 3% of LA’s population. Great to see this work.

Great to see Joe on The Twenty Minute VC. He talks about his love for history, what he learned from his dad, what contrarian thinking really means, and a few things we are excited about funding/building at 8VC.

Another step forward for 8VC portfolio company, Epirus with a contract to develop a directed energy prototype for the US Navy. Learn more about the announcement below: https://buff.ly/2BxtYbk

SARs-CoV-2 is putting our independent practices at risk. Now more than ever, we need investment and innovation in primary care.

Great to see this work by 8VC partners, Jake Medwell and Drew Oetting as they work to find essential PPE.

Great to see initiatives like this started by friends of the firm. Let us know if you are working on something related to COVID-19 and how we can help.

Our latest logistics tech investment in the autonomous space @8VC

Excited to see 8VC portfolio company Boom Supersonic introduce history’s first independently-developed supersonic jet. Say hello to the XB-1.