Alex Kolicich
VCFounding Partner, 8VC
Early Palantir engineer investing in IT and defense
San Francisco, CA
SeedSeries ASeries B+
DefenseAISecurityInfrastructureEnterprise SaaS
Background
Alex Kolicich is a Founding Partner at 8VC focused on IT and Bio-IT investments. He was an early engineer at Clarium Capital (with Joe Lonsdale), a close advisor to the early Palantir team, and worked on Google Street View and Google Checkout at Google. Prior to 8VC, he was a Partner at Formation 8 and a Principal at Mithril Capital Management. Through 8VC's Build Program, he incubates and co-founds defense technology companies. He also writes the newsletter As I Please.
Investment Thesis
Incubate and invest in defense tech and IT companies through 8VC's co-founding Build Program
Investment Focus
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries B+
Sectors
DefenseAISecurityInfrastructureEnterprise SaaS
Based in: San Francisco, CA (North America)
Last updated: Jun 11, 2026