Drew Oetting is a co-founder/operator turned investor who co-founded Affinity (a relationship management platform for VCs) and National Resilience (a $700M biomanufacturing infrastructure company) while at 8VC, giving him hands-on experience building companies at both software and industrial scales. He designed 8VC's internal company-creation program where the firm acts as a junior co-founder rather than majority owner, and helped structure the firm to operate at the intersection of venture capital and private equity with specialized teams and a focus on capital-intensive sectors like biomanufacturing and defense technology. Drew Oetting is a co-founder/operator turned investor who co-founded Affinity (a relationship management platform for VCs) and National Resilience (a $700M biomanufacturing infrastructure company) while at 8VC, giving him hands-on experience building companies at both software and industrial scales. He designed 8VC's internal company-creation program where the firm acts as a junior co-founder rather than majority owner, and helped structure the firm to operate at the intersection of venture capital and private equity with specialized teams and a focus on capital-intensive sectors like biomanufacturing and defense technology.