San Francisco · Pre-Seed–Series A · 2 people tracked
Investment thesis
8-Bit Capital is a high-conviction, early-stage venture investor that backs companies at the inception stage. The firm concentrates on startups building in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and fintech.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 2 people
from public directories
Founder mafia
2 people who came through 8-Bit Capital went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 32 of 39 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×20SaaS ×19Enterprise Software ×12Developer Tools ×8Fintech ×6Cloud Computing ×5Cybersecurity ×5Data & Infrastructure ×3
HQs:United States×14France×1United Kingdom×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 16 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×82 founders×43 founders×34+ founders×1
Where their founders worked beforefrom 15 founders with career history
Adventure Fund ×2Brex ×2Eventbrite ×2Northwestern University ×2VMware ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 39 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 32022 · 12021 · 12018 · 16 dated
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechPleasanton, US
Aneel Bhusri(Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO)David A. Duffield(Co-Founder and CEO Emeritus)Jerry Ting(Founder)inRob Enslin(President, Chief Commercial Officer)Gerrit Kazmaier(President, Product and Technology)Ashley Goldsmith(Chief People Officer)
Co-investorsPeterson VenturesStorm VenturesT. Rowe PriceTransmedia CapitalBezos ExpeditionsGreylock Partners
Towns is an open messaging protocol built on Base that enables private group communications and decentralized finance applications.
Creator EconomyCrypto & Web3FintechSocialNew York, US
Ben Rubin(Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer)Brian Meek(Co-founder and former Chief Technology Officer)Patrick Fives(Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer)
Co-investorsa16z cryptoCoinbase VenturesFramework VenturesSignia Venture PartnersAndreessen HorowitzBenchmark
1Fort AI builds an AI workforce platform for insurance brokers that automates manual workflows like quoting, invoicing, and servicing, enabling brokers to spend more time with clients.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareInsurTechSaaSNew York, US
Anthony Marshi(CEO)inToby Hung(COO)inLeon Rishniw(CTO)in
Co-investorsBonfire VenturesConnetic VenturesDraper AssociatesCharacterCharacter VCCompany Ventures+2 more
1up provides an AI-powered sales platform that answers customer questions and delivers accurate information to go-to-market teams in real time.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales TechNew York City, US
Jayden R.(Founder)inGeorge Avetisov(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Manoj Abraham(Executive Officer)
BoardKobie Fuller(Director)
Co-investorsUpfront VenturesLightbankAviso VenturesCalm VenturesRRE Ventures
Agree offers a platform that automates the contract-to-cash process, covering agreements, billing, payments, collections, and reporting through agentic workflows.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Will Hubbard(Co-founder)inEvan Dudla(Co-founder)inMarty Ringlein(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsBetter Tomorrow VenturesFirsthandVCTrust FundApolloBlank Ventures
Autograph builds custom AI agents that automate repetitive, error-prone workflows by integrating with a company's existing systems (such as Workday, Salesforce, NetSuite, and Snowflake) and building a unified data model of the business.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Barndoor provides a control plane for agentic AI that enables enterprises to manage how AI is used, shared, and scaled across their organization while maintaining security and governance.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Co-investorsCrosslink CapitalBlumberg CapitalFoundersX VenturesGradient VenturesPreface VenturesY Combinator
Bowtie provides a Zero Trust network security platform that replaces VPN, ZTNA, and Secure Web Gateway tools, running entirely in a customer's own cloud or data center so traffic and encryption keys never pass through a vendor cloud.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareNew York, US
Jason Gabbard(Executive Officer, Director)Marco Schnabl(Director)
Co-investorsAviso Ventures
Bytewax provides a stream processing framework that enables users to build real-time data pipelines with Python, deployable across edge and cloud environments.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsAscend Venture CapitalM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)RTP Global
Cerbos provides a centralized authorization layer that externalizes access control logic from application code, enabling fine-grained runtime permission decisions for users, service accounts, and AI agents.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareLondon, GB
Charith E(Founder)
Co-investorsCrane Venture PartnersOMERS Ventures
CloudFence provides cloud network security solutions that use identity-aware and behavior-focused approaches to detect breaches and provide visibility into cloud infrastructure.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityRoquebrune Sur Argens, FR
Co-investorsTechstars
Dalton is an AI agent that runs inside a company's production environment, ingesting logs, traces, metrics, and deploy data to detect anomalies, investigate root causes across code and infrastructure, and propose or autonomously apply fixes such as rollbacks, patches, and config changes.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools
Flux is an AI-native platform that combines payroll, HR, and compliance with real-time payroll calculations, automated regulatory updates, and automated tax and social security filings.
AI & Machine LearningFintechHR Tech
Greg Miaskiewicz(CEO)
Glue is a team communication tool that organizes work into named, persistent threads instead of continuous chat channels, letting teams find decisions and bring AI agents into conversations.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaS
Evan Owen(Founder)in
Co-investorsChapter OneCraft VenturesAbstract Ventures
The National Honey Board publishes stories about beekeepers and honey producers in the United States and abroad, and shares recipes and content promoting honey and the honey industry.
FoodTechMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsMucker CapitalBurst CapitalPelion VenturesVMG Partners
Honey is a shopping and rewards platform that helps consumers earn cash back through merchant offers and deals, with the ability to redeem points via PayPal and access deal-seeking features on mobile browsers.
ConsumerE-commerceRetail TechSaaSLos Angeles, US
Co-investorsAmity VenturesBAM VenturesLudlow VenturesPruVen Capital PartnersSGH CapitalWonder Ventures+3 more
Honey Health builds custom AI agent teams for organizations, trained on each client's own workflows and not shared across customers.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesSignalFire
Idemeum provides AI-powered agents that autonomously resolve IT support tickets and govern applications, privileges, and admin accounts across endpoints, combining endpoint care and endpoint control in a unified platform.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Nik Poturnak(Founder)inJagjit Sethi(Founder)in
Co-investorsHigh AlphaY CombinatorScript Capital
Impart Security provides a runtime protection platform that inspects inline traffic across web apps, APIs, and LLM/AI applications to detect and block attacks in real time, including zero-day and AI-agent-driven threats.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS
Marc Harrison(Founder)in
Co-investorsMango Capital
InstaSwitch provides an account-switching execution layer that helps businesses move their income, payroll, and spend from one financial system to another, automatically updating vendors and clients.
FintechSaaS
Co-investorsBetter Tomorrow VenturesPanache Ventures
Personal website of entrepreneur and investor Jonathan Abrams, featuring his bio and blog posts about funding announcements from portfolio companies of 8-Bit Capital.
Jonathan Abrams(Entrepreneur and Investor)in
Lantern builds an open-source execution engine for AI agents that automate revenue and sales operations, translating plain-language briefs into inspectable execution plans with human approval gates.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsCoalition OperatorsHawk Hill VenturesMoxxie VenturesEcho Health VenturesPrimary Venture PartnersSalesforce Ventures
Pandium provides a platform for B2B SaaS companies to build, launch, and manage software integrations and technology partnerships at scale.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US
Shon Urbas(Founder)Cristina Flaschen(Founder)
Co-investorsContour Venture PartnersTechstarsValuestream Ventures
Pipedream provides an integration and automation platform for developers to build, run, and deploy AI agents and workflows that connect thousands of APIs.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaSSan Francisco, US
Jason Endo(Founder)in
Co-investorsTrue VenturesFelicis VenturesTechstarsWinklevoss CapitalWorld Innovation Lab
PropelAuth provides authentication and user management infrastructure for developers building B2B and B2C applications.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Andrew Israel(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorSoma CapitalTiger Global Management
Range is a wealth management service that manages investments, taxes, equity, estate planning, and cash flow for households through a designated team of specialists supported by monitoring technology.
FintechSaaS
Fahad Hassan(Founder)inDavid Cusatis(Founder)inFahadDavid
Co-investorsBrave CapitalExpaGradient VenturesPROOFScale Venture PartnersRed Sea Ventures
Ratio converts recurring customer contracts into immediate cash through a true sale model rather than debt financing.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Mateo, US
David Keane(Founder & CEO)Mason Blake(Co-founder & CTO)inAshish Srimal(Founder)in
Co-investorsEvolution VC PartnersHoneystone VenturesStreamlined Ventures
Simplified offers Riley, an AI marketing assistant that plans, creates, publishes, and reports on marketing content, with the user approving work before it ships.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Kd Deshpande(Founder)
Co-investorsEarl Grey CapitalCraft VenturesForm CapitalGTMfund
Something Ventured is a podcast featuring candid conversations with venture capital investors, such as an episode with Sheel Mohnot of Better Tomorrow Ventures discussing fintech investing, venture strategy, and AI.
Media & Entertainment
Co-investorsNotation CapitalV1 VC
Superpanel provides AI agents that handle inbound customer journeys for inside sales teams, including lead qualification, follow-up, document collection, and scheduling across voice, SMS, and email.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsBehind Genius VenturesField VenturesZendaLOI Venture
Upstream is a no-code, full-stack platform for launching and managing decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), bundling voting, proposals, governance, chat, events, and a shared community treasury in one place.
Crypto & Web3SaaS
Co-investorsAdvancit CapitalBlumberg CapitalConvergeHannah Grey VenturesNew York Venture PartnersRed Beard Ventures+2 more
Workstation is an enterprise AI platform that connects fragmented data sources into a unified, AI-ready layer without moving or copying data, and runs analysis across those inputs.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Exits · 4
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioDatadogNASDAQ: DDOGDropboxNASDAQ: DBXExitNASDAQ: WDAYTownsCrypto token on Base/Ethereum; traded on Coinbase, Binance and others: TOWNS
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesUpstream · uk.advfn.com · Aug 24, 2026
Agree · sports.yahoo.com · Aug 11, 2026
Lantern · distributionstrategy.com · Jul 21, 2026
Barndoor · fortuneindia.com · Jul 17, 2026
Range · nerdwallet.com · Jul 1, 2026
Honey · nosh.com · Jun 22, 2026
Honey · pulse2.com · Jun 11, 2026
Towns · franklinobserver.town.news · Jun 5, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has 8-Bit Capital made?
- 8-Bit Capital has 30 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does 8-Bit Capital invest at?
- 8-Bit Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is 8-Bit Capital's typical check size?
- 8-Bit Capital typically writes checks of $100K – $1M.
- What sectors does 8-Bit Capital focus on?
- 8-Bit Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Fintech, SaaS.
- Where is 8-Bit Capital located?
- 8-Bit Capital is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Does 8-Bit Capital lead rounds?
- 8-Bit Capital typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does 8-Bit Capital co-invest with?
- 8-Bit Capital most often shares deals with Aviso Ventures, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Techstars, among 40 tracked co-investors.
Co-investors · 72
Techstars is a startup accelerator and early-stage investor that funds ambitious founders and provides capital, mentorship, and access to a global network of investors, operators, and corporate partners.
Craft Ventures is a venture capital firm run by a team of former founders, operators, and investors who partner closely with founders to help build and scale technology companies.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.
RRE Ventures is a boutique early-stage venture capital firm that backs founders across sectors, combining decades of experience with AI-driven analysis throughout the investment lifecycle.
SignalFire is a seed-stage venture capital firm that combines a full-team support model with its data-driven Beacon AI platform to back founders.
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.
Founders Fund is a venture capital firm that backs technology companies building transformative products.
Bessemer Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs across enterprise, consumer, and healthcare sectors from early stages through growth.
Index Ventures is a multi-stage venture capital firm that backs companies from Seed to IPO and beyond, including through its dedicated seed fund Index Origin.
Alumni Ventures (AV) is a venture capital firm that co-invests alongside lead VCs in startups, backing founders with capital and access to a large investor and operator community.
Long Journey Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that backs unconventional, 'magically weird' founders and ideas, positioning itself as a hands-on, community-oriented partner to its companies.
Uncork Capital (formerly SoftTech VC) is a seed-stage venture firm that invests early in founders, with a focus on AI-native companies building leverage and scale.
▶60 more co-investors
FJ LabsUnknown VenturesFoundation CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)KrakenSound VenturesCRV (Charles River Ventures)DST GlobalAtomicoCanaan PartnersSapphire VenturesSOSVSusa VenturesGoat CapitalOffline VenturesHCVCAME Cloud VenturesMadrona Venture GroupCaffeinated CapitalFloodgateInovia CapitalPractical Venture CapitalElectric CapitalNext47Lowercase CapitalFoundryRidge VenturesParadigmSherpalo VenturesSocial LeverageHarrison MetalAccompliceWGI GroupArray Ventures Management LlcEntrée CapitalOperator CollectiveStandard CapitalZetta Venture PartnersNFXKohlberg Kravis RobertsRecursive VenturesA.Capital VenturesVast VenturesPhoenix CourtMorado Venture PartnersClocktower VenturesParade VenturesPossible VenturesAngular VenturesAlsop Louie PartnersBINARY CAPITALEngineering Capitalsuper{set}iHeartMediaFortress Investment GroupN26Glencrest GroupIndie.vcColle Capital PartnersMotive Partners
Firms observed investing alongside 8-Bit Capital, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with 8-Bit Capital's recorded portfolio.
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