Eight Capital

Eight Capital invests in startups from Y Combinator batches before demo day, aiming to help founders convert early momentum into stronger seed rounds. The firm says it commits to a select portion of each YC batch and has backed more than 260 companies across over 20 batches, working across artificial intelligence, infrastructure and developer tools, fintech and vertical software. It publishes a regular feature profiling portfolio founders, including one on Jinba, a company building an AI-driven workflow platform for enterprise use. Named portfolio companies include an AI recruiting platform, an AI support agent for enterprises, a salary-access service and a legal technology company for patent work, several of which have gone on to raise further funding from other venture firms.