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Team8 builds and invests in companies across four domains—Cybersecurity, Software Infrastructure, Fintech, and Digital Health—leveraging deep expertise and network to create category-defining businesses that solve structural problems in their respective industries.

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Investment Thesis

Team8 operates on a ‘success by design’ methodology that transforms the unpredictable startup journey into one of winning precision. Rather than pursuing speed for its own sake, they emphasize early validation, deep market engagement, and close collaboration with customers from day one. Their approach combines venture creation (building companies from before-ideas to impact) with venture capital (backing enduring founders), grounded in domain expertise across four key sectors.

What Sets Them Apart

  • Dual model approach: both venture creation (co-building from ideation) and venture capital (backing founders)
  • Domain-specific 'villages' with 600+ industry experts and stakeholders (e.g., CISO Village with 700 cybersecurity villagers)
  • Validation-obsessed methodology: meeting dozens to hundreds of potential customers early to de-risk company building
  • Strong portfolio of ProFounders and strategic advisors from leading enterprises (PayPal, Mastercard, Harvard Business School, KPMG, etc.)
  • Focus on structural innovation rather than marginal improvements; companies designed to re-architect core systems
  • Early-stage expertise with portfolio of 90+ company builders and 12+ acquisitions
  • Emphasis on intersections between domains (fintech-cybersecurity, healthcare-fintech, etc.)

Portfolio Highlights

Solid

Software Infrastructure

Lumia

Cybersecurity

Clover

Cybersecurity

Mate

Cybersecurity

Popai

Digital Health

KOI

Cybersecurity

Reindeer AI

Software Infrastructure

C8 Health

Digital Health

+ 42 more companies in their portfolio

Investment Team

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