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Formation 8: History, Art & Companies

Formation 8 was an American venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Joe Lonsdale, Jim Kim, and Brian Koo. The company was headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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Formation 8 topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Art and Companies as prominent areas in the source structure around Formation 8.

Related topics
18
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
21
Extracted relationships
36
Concept neighborhoods
12
Bridge connections
21

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 12 topics
Overview · 3 topics
Portfolio companies · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
2011 (2011)
Founders
Joe Lonsdale · Brian Koo · Jim Kim
Industry
Private equity
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
AUM
$948,000,000
Defunct
November 2015 (2015-11)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Portfolio companies

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Formation 8 connects Entity context

The extracted context around Formation 8 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Formation 8 → BioDiscovery, Brian Koo, CMEA Capital, Director, Facebook, Facebook Chief Financial Officer, Formation, Gideon Yu, In, In April, Intermolecular, IRR, It, Its, James Zhang, Jim Kim, Joe Lonsdale, Oculus, RelateIQ, Salesforce Another extracted example is Formation 8 → Brian Koo, Jim Kim, Joe Lonsdale. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Formation 8

Top relations

related to history · 24
Formation 8 → BioDiscovery, Brian Koo, CMEA Capital, Director, Facebook, Facebook Chief Financial Officer, Formation, Gideon Yu, In, In April, Intermolecular, IRR, It, Its, James Zhang, Jim Kim, Joe Lonsdale, Oculus, RelateIQ, Salesforce
Founders · 3
Formation 8 → Brian Koo, Jim Kim, Joe Lonsdale
AUM · 1
Formation 8 → $948,000,000
Defunct · 1
Formation 8 → November 2015 (2015-11)
Fate · 1
Formation 8 → Disbanded by its owners
Founded · 1
Formation 8 → 2011 (2011)
Headquarters · 1
Formation 8 → San Francisco, California, United States
Industry · 1
Formation 8 → Private equity
Products · 1
Formation 8 → Venture capital
Type · 1
Formation 8 → Private

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

venture capital firm koo company formation founded 2011 joe lonsdale jim kim brian san francisco industry november 2015 fund california

Formation 8 relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 36 structured relationships around Formation 8. Examples in this analysis include Formation 8 → AUM → $948,000,000 and Formation 8 → Defunct → November 2015 (2015-11). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Formation 8AUM$948,000,0001.00infobox
Formation 8DefunctNovember 2015 (2015-11)1.00infobox
Formation 8FateDisbanded by its owners1.00infobox
Formation 8Founded2011 (2011)1.00infobox
Formation 8FoundersJoe Lonsdale1.00infobox
Formation 8FoundersBrian Koo1.00infobox
Formation 8FoundersJim Kim1.00infobox
Formation 8HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States1.00infobox
Formation 8IndustryPrivate equity1.00infobox
Formation 8ProductsVenture capital1.00infobox
Formation 8TypePrivate1.00infobox
Formation 8Websiteformation8.com1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Formation 8 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Brian, Founded and Jim. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Formation 8
    • Brian
    • Founded
    • Jim
    • Joe
    • Kim
    • Lonsdale
    • Koo
    • Partners
    • Capital
    • Venture
    • California
    • Com
  • formation 8
    • Brian
    • Founded
    • Jim
    • Joe
    • Kim
    • Lonsdale
    • Koo
    • Partners
    • Capital
    • Venture
    • California
    • Com
  • venture capital
    • Venture
    • Firm
    • Brian
    • Com
    • Founded
    • Jim
    • Joe
    • Kim
    • Lonsdale
    • Portfolio
    • Formation
    • Industry
  • salesforce.com
    • Portfolio
    • Company
    • Venture
    • Added
    • Closed
    • Disbanded
    • Facebook
    • Founded
    • Founders
    • Jim
    • Joe
    • Kim
  • joe lonsdale
    • Jim
    • Kim
    • Lonsdale
    • Koo
    • Venture
    • California
    • Com
    • Disbanded
    • Founders
    • Portfolio
    • Website
    • Francisco
  • san francisco
    • San
    • Added
    • Com
    • Disbanded
    • Facebook
    • Founders
    • Jim
    • Joe
    • Kim
    • Lonsdale
    • Portfolio
    • Website
  • san francisco 49ers
    • San
    • Added
    • Com
    • Disbanded
    • Facebook
    • Founders
    • Jim
    • Joe
    • Kim
    • Lonsdale
    • Portfolio
    • Website
  • yello mobile
    • Mobile
    • Oculus
    • Relateiq
    • Yello
    • Added
    • Closed
    • Com
    • Facebook
    • Portfolio
    • Website
    • Million
    • Company

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Formation 8, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Formation 8 with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Formation 8History · splits 9 ⟂ 13
Formation 8Overview · splits 18 ⟂ 4
Formation 8Portfolio companies · splits 18 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Formation 8

Nodes22
Edges21
Triples36
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.090909
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Formation 8 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Art & Companies, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Formation 8 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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