Formation 8

Formation 8

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Overview

Formation 8 is a venture capital firm that provides financial and strategic capital to early growth smart enterprise and energy technology companies. They support entrepreneurs who seek to transform the most important global industries by solving hard problems with technology solutions. Partnership is in their DNA. Formation 8 value trusted relationships with entrepreneurs, investors, and strategic partners through their global network.

As a partner to young companies, Formation 8's goal is to create long-term, sustainable value through operational expertise and business development partnerships. Formation 8 leverage their deep and distributed networks to provide the market knowledge, deployment expertise, sales channels, and relationships needed to expand into and thrive in Asia. With local teams in Korea, China and Singapore, Formation 8 connect Silicon Valley start-ups to dynamic multinational corporations in these geographies.

Highlights

Founded

2011

Industry

Financial Services

Employees

11-50

Investment

151

Lead Investment

46

Exits

40

Stages

Early Stage Venture, Seed, Late Stage Venture

Investor Type

Venture Capital

Location

United States, North America

Contact Information

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Formation 8, established in 2011 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Early Stage Venture, Seed, Late Stage Venture investments across Social Media, Social Network, Apps, Financial Services, Venture Capital, Finance, SaaS, Enterprise Software, Social Media Marketing, Hospitality. The organization boasts a portfolio of 151 investments, with an average round size of $23.7M and 40 successful exits. Their recent investments include Backplane, Sequoia Capital, Greylock, Google Ventures, Battery Ventures. The highest investment round they participated in was $338.5B. Among their most notable exits are Backplane and Sequoia Capital. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace John Chikeun Lee

John Chikeun Lee

Business Development Partner- Korea

Investment portfolio

Formation 8 has made 151 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jul 14, 2021, when Cape Analytics raised $44.0M.

Formation 8 has made 20 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Sep 08, 2021, when Aviatrix raised $200.0M.

investments

151

Diversity investments

20

Lead investments

46

Number of exits

40

Investments

151

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
May 27, 2020
Ascus Biosciences Ascus Biosciences
Biotechnology46.0M
Feb 23, 2021
Aviatrix Aviatrix
Cloud Computing75.0M
Jul 14, 2021
Cape Analytics Cape Analytics
Information Technology44.0M
Sep 08, 2021
Aviatrix Aviatrix
Cloud Computing200.0M

Exits

40

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

151

Investors

0

Funds

3

Funding Rounds

151

Formation 8 has raised 151 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Sep 08, 2021 from a Series E - Aviatrix round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
May 27, 2020
Series B - Ascus Biosciences Series B - Ascus Biosciences
-46.0M-
Feb 23, 2021
Series D - Aviatrix Series D - Aviatrix
-75.0M-
Jul 14, 2021
Series C - Cape Analytics Series C - Cape Analytics
-44.0M-
Sep 08, 2021
Series E - Aviatrix Series E - Aviatrix
-200.0M-

Investors

0

There is no funding round available on this profile

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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