Alex Kolicich
Investment Team
8VC
8VC investment team member focused on IT and Bio-IT, with prior venture and product/engineering experience at Formation 8, Mithril, Palantir, Clarium, and Google.
Bio
Professional summary
Drew Oetting is a founding partner at 8VC based in Austin. He focuses on investments across multiple stages and sectors, with the firm page naming vertical software, health delivery, and biomanufacturing. Before 8VC, he worked at Formation 8 and served as Chief of Staff to Joe Lonsdale. His official profile also highlights nonprofit and institutional roles, including trusteeships and council service.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
Various stagesEarly stage enterprise software
Sector
Vertical softwareHealth deliveryBiomanufacturingEnterprise software
Thesis
Vertical softwareHealth deliveryBiomanufacturingEnterprise software
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
Affinity TechnologiesQuinceMeritFirstUnlearnChaosTomeUshur
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Frame the company as a vertical software or healthcare/biomanufacturing platform with a clear path to operational depth and market-specific defensibility.
Personalization hooks
- 1Mention alignment with vertical software or healthcare delivery if directly relevant.
- 2If pitching talent or assessment infrastructure, reference 8VC's recent MeritFirst content as a possible thematic overlap.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
8VC profile links to March 2026 content on Quince.
8VC profile links to October 2025 content introducing MeritFirst.
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- 8VCFounder2015 - Present
- Formation | 8PartnerNov 2012 - Present
- Formation | 8Chief of StaffNov 2012 - Nov 2013
- Resilienceco-founder, DirectorApr 2020 - Present
- Affinity.coco-founder, DirectorAug 2014 - Present
- Cerberus Capital ManagementCompetitiveness CouncilOct 2017 - Present
Education
- Claremont McKenna CollegeBA, Mathematics (honors) / Economics (honors)
Skills
EconomicsCapital IQ
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