Formation 8
fund on 7 shows · 2 statements across 2 episodes · said 30 times in 12 episodes since 2013
Sourcery 10 
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the MAD Podcast 5 
20VC 3 
American Optimist 2 
Top Founders 2 
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- Alex Kolicich, 8VC: Exodus of Venture Capital, AI Predictions · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
- Joe Lonsdale: The Future of TikTok; Is it a Danger to US National Security? | E1125 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Formation 8 launched with a $50M anchor check from the LG family
“One of my unfair advantages in starting Formation Eight was that my early partner, his family built LG in Korea. His father gave us fifty million dollars as an anchor. I was able to raise with my network most of the remaining four hundred forty million dollars…”
Joe Lonsdale: The best data startups replace existing, budgeted enterprise workflows
“The data companies I tend to be most excited about, Are the ones that are focused on, I guess, focused on, like, replacing a specific workflow. So it's like, there's something that people are already doing in industry and are already budgeted towards, or that …”