Jake Medwell

Jake graduated form the University of Southern California in 2011, where he has been lecturing on entrepreneurship and technology for the last decade.

Jake Medwell is an investment partner in San Francisco, California, United States who focuses on investments in both consumer and enterprise spaces. He specifically invests in series A and seed rounds. Medwell also made two investments in FreightWaves and Copia. FreightWaves is the World's Freight Forecasting platform. Copia is a technology platform for food waste management.

Jake is a serial entrepreneur and investor who has spent his life building and scaling companies.

He is a co-founder and partner at 8VC, one of the top performing private funds. 8VC manages a total committed capital of over $5 billion and has a deep focus on enterprise software, logistics, biotechnology, and healthcare. In 2020 Jake was named the most active logistics technology investor by PitchBook.

Medwell has two current jobs as Founding Partner at 8VC as of 2015 and Co-Founder at Sole Bicycles as of 2009. 8VC aims to transform the technology infrastructure behind many industries, and is based in San Francisco, California. Sole Bicycles was founded in 2009. Additionally, Jake Medwell has had two past jobs including Co-Founder at Humin.

Prior to launching 8VC, he co-founded Humin (Acq. Tinder/IAC), a consumer mobile software company where he built the engineering team and led growth. Jake also co-founded The Kairos Society, where he sits on the Board of Directors. While in college, he founded Solé Bicycle Co. (Acq.) and grew it into an industry leader. Most recently he co-founded Operation Masks with 8VC co-founder Drew Oetting to help bring PPE to medical workers on the front line of the fight against COVID-19. Jake serves as an advisor and board member to a wide range of companies and non-profits.

Jake graduated form the University of Southern California in 2011, where he has been lecturing on entrepreneurship and technology for the last decade.

Jake Medwell is an investment partner in San Francisco, California, United StatesUnited States who focuses on investments in both consumer and enterprise spaces. He specifically invests in series A and seed rounds. Medwell also made two investments in FreightWaves and Copia. FreightWaves is the World's Freight Forecasting platform. Copia is a technology platform for food waste management.

Jake Medwell is an investment partner in San Francisco, CaliforniaCalifornia, United States who focuses on investments in both consumer and enterprise spaces. He specifically invests in series A and seed rounds. Medwell also made two investments in FreightWaves and Copia. FreightWaves is the World's Freight Forecasting platform. Copia is a technology platform for food waste management.

Medwell has two current jobs as Founding Partner at 8VC as of 2015 and Co-Founder at Sole Bicycles as of 2009. 8VC aims to transform the technology infrastructure behind many industries, and is based in San Francisco, California. Sole Bicycles was founded in 2009. Additionally, Jake Medwell has had two past jobs including Co-Founder at HuminHumin.

Jake Medwell is an investment partner in San Francisco, California, United States who focuses on investments in both consumer and enterprise spaces. He specifically invests in series A and seed rounds. Medwell also made two investments in FreightWavesFreightWaves and Copia. FreightWaves is the World's Freight Forecasting platform. Copia is a technology platform for food waste management.

Jake Medwell is an investment partner in San Francisco, California, United States who focuses on investments in both consumer and enterprise spaces. He specifically invests in series A and seed rounds. Medwell also made two investments in FreightWaves and Copia. FreightWaves is the World's Freight Forecasting platform. Copia is a technology platform for food waste management.

Medwell has two current jobs as Founding Partner at 8VC as of 2015 and Co-Founder at Sole Bicycles as of 2009. 8VC aims to transform the technology infrastructure behind many industries, and is based in San Francisco, California. Sole Bicycles was founded in 2009. Additionally, Jake Medwell has had two past jobs including Co-Founder at Humin.