It’s all about connecting people (announcing 8-Bit Capital)
Several years ago I had a crazy idea for a website where people would map out their real-life relationships online. Instead of using fake names, they would use their real… Read more »
“Origins” podcast about LPs
I was a guest on Notation Capital’s “Origins” podcast about Limited Partners, the firms and institutions that invest in venture capital funds: Jonathan Abrams is the founder and CEO of… Read more »
Impart Security raises $6 million in seed funding
8-Bit Capital invested in the pre-seed round of Impart Security last year. Impart is an API Security Collaboration Platform built to empower security, development, and product teams to rapidly and… Read more »
Investing in PropelAuth
8-Bit Capital recently invested in PropelAuth, a team-based user authentication product. PropelAuth provides end-to-end managed user authentication including quick user registration, authentication, and team management for B2B SaaS. Founder and… Read more »
Front Raises Series D at $1.7B Valuation
Today customer communication software company Front announced their Series D funding, led by Salesforce Ventures. I was fortunate to be one of Front’s seed investors back in 2014. According to… Read more »
Pipedream annnouces $20M Series A
One of our first investments at 8-Bit Capital was Pipedream. We’ve known Pipedream founder & CEO Tod Sacerdoti for several years. Tod was previously the founder & CEO of BrightRoll…. Read more »
Docker announces $105M Series C at $2 billion valuation
I originally invested in Docker back when they were at Founders Den and called “DotCloud”. Today Docker announced a new $105 million Series C investment on a $2.1 billion valuation…. Read more »
Pantastic raises $18M to give independent e-commerce brands super powers
Pantastic was one of our first investments at 8-Bit Capital. Pantastic’s mission is to give independent brands super powers by providing them with leading tools and services to take control… Read more »
Upstream raises a $12.5M Series A
8-Bit Capital invested in Upstream in 2020 after they launched their new virtual events platform. In November, they announced their Upstream Collectives product, which is the easiest way to launch… Read more »
AngelList now valued at $4 billion
In 2008, I invested in the company that eventually became AngelList, before it was even called AngelList. (Naval was even working out of my office in the early days of… Read more »
Investing in Ocurate
8-Bit Capital was the first investor in Ocurate, a new startup offering a quantum leap in LTV prediction accuracy, founded by a Stanford PhD and AI expert. Today Ocurate was… Read more »
Sense valued at $500 million
I invested in hiring platform Sense in 2015 and it’s exciting to see their progress. Today they announced a new round of funding led by Softbank, at a $500 million… Read more »