Featured: 10 Must-Meet Technical Investors

VC Guide

Anonymous fund & investor partner reviews by founders for founders.
NPS scores for VC's.

Joe Lonsdale

8VC

This Reviewer Says They Received Funding
Authority to Write Check:
Review Rating

10

How Well Do You Know This Investor?

10

I've worked with Joe for 7 years and he gave me my start in tech, we ultimately spun a company out of his fund in 2016 where he serves on the board. Joe like everyone else, is mutli-faceted and over the last 7 years I've seen and worked with him through many crises, wins and losses. I've only had a short amount of experience in business, but I could not think of a better person to have had in my corner throughout my business career. He has integrity, is loyal (and I'm talking about real loyalty and courage, not BS back slapping when your company is going great), is extremely creative and unbelievably hard working [email response time is sub 10 minutes during waking hours]. If you want to maximize your odds of success and are lucky enough to do so, I'd highly recommend working with him. Speaking from personal experience as a reaction to the other comments here, every founder and board member have their moments, but years later things are better than ever and I wouldnt have done anything differently. I think his characterization as predatory is unfair, not applicable and I highly doubt that the person who made the comment has anywhere near as much context as I do.
Verified Investor Response:
Understands Market:
Responsive:
Respectful to Founders:
Decisive (Quick to Decision):
Adds Value:
Sharp/Pushes Thinking:
Cares About Equality:
I Trust This Investor:
No BS (Delivers):
Would You Recommend This Investor?
10
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.

0

Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.

For Investors:

We believe that there are always two sides to every story and accountability goes both ways, so we want to allow for investors to respond to their own reviews. Please navigate to the link below to leave a reply.

Investors: Respond to a Review

The Review Discussion Board

We encourage as much discussion as possible here on VC Guide. With that said, we currently use an integration called Disqus for our comment functionality.

To leave anonymous comments:
1. Leave your comment
2. Add a nickname, pseudonym, or initials below in the comment submission box
3. Check the "I'd rather post as a guest box"
4. Leave a fake email (like 123@gmail.com)
5. Press the Arrow Button on the bottom right

Once you leave a comment, one of our VC Guide Community Moderators will check to approve it. Remember please do not disparage people unnecessarily and act in good faith within the VC Guide Community Guidelines. All comments are moderated. Of course, you are more than free to use your real name and/or email. Our intention is to make VC Guide a comfortable place for anyone to discuss their thoughts.