# Source: https://businessownerindex.com/company-reference/formation-8-q16993668/

U.S. founder reference library

# Formation 8

venture capital firm

## Company context

The public record describes Formation 8 as venture capital firm. Its recorded founding year is 2011.

Public business description

venture capital firm

Country in source record

United States

Founding year in source record

2011

## Recorded founders

- [Joe Lonsdale](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/joe-lonsdale-q6210988/) · American entrepreneur and venture capitalist

The linked people are recorded under the company’s founder property in the cited dataset. This is a founding association, rather than a verification of current equity or management responsibility.

## Understanding Formation 8 in context

Formation 8 is included because its public company record connects a named business to an identifiable founding team. The business description, “venture capital firm,” supplies the context for that relationship, with a recorded starting year of 2011. The founding association shown here is with Joe Lonsdale. A single association in this library should not be read as a complete list of everyone who helped establish the business.

No official website has been confirmed in this reference record. Use the source trail to distinguish the business from similarly named organizations before contacting it. A founding year describes a historical event; it does not measure business scale, growth, or the length of a founder’s continuing involvement.

## Research context: Financial businesses

Financial-business research requires attention to the specific organization and service described. Similar names can refer to a parent company, an operating subsidiary, or a consumer brand. A founder reference is background information; it does not verify the authorization, registration, or current services of any regulated provider.

### Questions for researching Formation 8

- Which legal organization does the official site identify as providing the service?
- Are the founding history and the present operating organization clearly distinguished?
- Where does the provider direct readers to current registration and service information?

This sector context is a reading guide based on the company’s recorded description. It does not attribute a particular business model or capability to Formation 8 without supporting evidence.

This reference library documents public founding associations. It is separate from our revenue-qualified growth profiles. Founding does not establish current ownership, employment, company revenue, or an AE client relationship.

## Research trail

- [Wikidata public record Q16993668](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16993668): company description, country, founding year where present, and founder associations.

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