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8VC launches AI Fund XI with $13.5M close in Austin

New fund · Venture capital · Closed · AUSTIN, TX · Form D filed 2026-10-21 · sponsor: 8VC · all 8VC AI vehicles

8VC AI Fund XI, LLC, a Delaware venture capital fund, closed a $13.5M offering on October 6, 2026. The fund is structured as an institutional 3(c)(7) vehicle with two investors and is managed by Joseph Lonsdale.

3(c)(7) — qualified purchasersFirst filing by this entityrepeat_fund_numeralVenture capital

How this compares

  • $13.5M is larger than 79% of the 7,720 venture capital fund launches with a stated size in the last two years; the median is $1.1M.
  • Among 1,307 fund launches filed from TX in the same window it is larger than 71%; the TX median is $4M.
  • Across 443 venture capital sponsors with more than one launch on EDGAR, the median gap between consecutive funds is 3 months.
  • This is the sponsor's 13th fund launch on EDGAR; the previous one, 8VC AI Fund X, LLC, was filed 1 months earlier at $11M.

Computed from every Form D fund launch on EDGAR since late 2024, not sampled. Amounts are the stated offering size; indefinite offerings are excluded.

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Joseph LonsdaleExecutive Officer

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