Jake Medwell

Investment Team
Austin, TX
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Jake is a serial entrepreneur and investor. He is a co-founder of 8VC and leads 8VC’s logistics and transportation practice which was ranked #1 globally in 2022.

Jake most recently co-founded Terminal Logistics, a computer vision and AI company transforming supply chain and yard management. He also co-founded BATON, a logistics technology company that sold to Ryder Systems [NYSE:R] in 2022. Prior to 8VC, he co-founded Humin [Acq. NYSE: 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. Jake is an avid philanthropist, co-founding Operation Masks with partner 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 nonprofits.

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

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Jun 14, 2022

American businesses are coming home. Innovators in logistics will reap massive rewards

In March 2020, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic delivered global supply chains a rude awakening.

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Jun 14, 2022

American businesses are coming home. Innovators in logistics will reap massive rewards

In March 2020, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic delivered global supply chains a rude awakening.

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May 9, 2022

Our Investment in TUL

Construction is a leading industry in Latin America driving economic growth and creating prosperity, worth over $140 billion annually and growing every year. It’s also a highly distributed industry, with over 50% of material volume going through small and often family-owned hardware businesses.

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News
May 9, 2022

Our Investment in TUL

Construction is a leading industry in Latin America driving economic growth and creating prosperity, worth over $140 billion annually and growing every year. It’s also a highly distributed industry, with over 50% of material volume going through small and often family-owned hardware businesses.

Posts
Nov 13, 2019

How to Reboot the Trucking Industry

American society mythologizes great inventors and celebrates the “stroke of genius”. But profound ideas are usually the result of incremental and often painstaking progress on hard technical problems. Entrepreneurs must rapidly prototype, test their products against the market to determine if they’re addressing real challenges, and develop profitable business models, all at the same time.

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Nov 13, 2019

How to Reboot the Trucking Industry

American society mythologizes great inventors and celebrates the “stroke of genius”. But profound ideas are usually the result of incremental and often painstaking progress on hard technical problems. Entrepreneurs must rapidly prototype, test their products against the market to determine if they’re addressing real challenges, and develop profitable business models, all at the same time.

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