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Formation 8

Venture capital firm · Founded 2011 · Active in 2026

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18 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #247 · Global · 18 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 12% 5y
18
Decacorns → 0% 5y
1
Thoroughbreds ↑ 100% 5y
15

Formation 8 is a venture capital firm based in USA, founded in 2011. The page below shows 18 Power Law outcomes from Formation 8's portfolio — 18 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 0 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Fintech · Health Tech & Medtech · Biotech & Life Sciences; top portfolio geographies are USA · South Korea · Israel. Formation 8 ranks #247 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

Portfolio analysis

The 18 Formation 8 Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.

By countryCount
  1. USA15
  2. South Korea2
  3. Israel1
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech4
  2. Health Tech & Medtech3
  3. Biotech & Life Sciences3
  4. AI2
  5. Other2
  6. Cybersecurity2
  7. Edtech1
  8. eCommerce & Marketplaces1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+6
  2. Series A10
  3. Seed2
01 · Portfolio market map

Formation 8's 18 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
18 of 18 Power Law outcomes
02 · Founder talent

Where Formation 8's founders come from — and where they study.

50 founders across the 18 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and Palantir are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
United States24
South Korea12
Palestine6
Canada3
Morocco3
Iran2
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UniversityCount
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology10
Stanford University7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology5
University of Oxford3
University of California, San Diego3
University of Cambridge2
University of Maryland2
University of California, San Francisco2
University of Toronto1
Marianopolis College1
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Origin companyCount
Palantir5
Alphabet | Google4
Microsoft4
Meta3
Yammer3
TMON1
LogMeIn1
Hubspot1
Com2uS1
Timescale1
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Origin = country a founder is born in or grew up in (founders may have multiple origins; counts include all entries). University = highest-listed degree. Origin company = a previous employer where the founder was tagged before starting their current company.
03 · Key people

Key people at Formation 8.

Senior investment team at Formation 8 has not been published on this profile yet.
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04 · Compare with peers

How does Formation 8 stack up?

Formation 8 in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.

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Share of new unicorns per year

% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicorns

Stage focus

Companies by entry stage and outcome tier

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors
Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset. Investors shown are the 2026 Power Law top 35 by combined entry-to-outcome score, drawn from the overview and locations_data sheets. Funnel-matrix axes rescale per-axis using the maximum among the currently selected investors, so the polygons always fill the chart for shape comparison.

Sentiment on X

What X is saying about Formation 8

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Formation 8 on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

In the news

Latest news about Formation 8

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