Mickey Millsap

Mickey Millsap is a Managing Partner at 8VC based in Austin, Texas, where he leads early-stage investments in enterprise software, artificial intelligence, and frontier technologies. In March 2026, he served as a key partner in closing the firm's $450 million Fund V, supporting a broader portfolio of over 50 companies. Prior to joining 8VC, Millsap worked as an operator at Applied Ventures and held various roles at Dell Technologies, building expertise across semiconductors and enterprise SaaS. The University of Texas at Austin MBA graduate has guided multiple startups to successful exits, including notable acquisitions by Cisco and Intel. He recently co-authored a whitepaper on AI scaling and spoke on artificial intelligence hardware at SXSW Pitch 2026. His career bridges operational leadership and venture capital, maintaining a primary focus on founders building scalable software and hardware-software intersections.