m8 Capital

m8 Capital is a London-based venture capital firm established in 2010 that specializes in funding companies within the mobile technology sector. The firm focuses on a range of areas, including mobile advertising, social applications, mobile games, and cloud-based services. Through its investments, m8 Capital aims to support innovation and growth in these dynamic fields.

Joseph Kim

General Partner

16 past transactions

Fuller

Venture Round in 2015
Fuller is a Japan-based software development company that builds mobile applications and provides data analytics and internet media services. Its offerings include App Ape Analytics, a mobile app analytics and market research platform, and App Ape Lab, which provides real-time market trends and insights for app developers. The company supports clients with planning mobile-focused business models, conducting competitor research, developing and operating apps, analyzing usage data, and delivering tailored reports. Founded in 2011, Fuller operates in the Japanese market.

Applauze

Series A in 2013
Applauze, previously known as 955Dreams Inc., is a mobile application developer focused on enhancing the event discovery and ticket purchasing experience. Launched in March 2013, the Applauze app provides users access to a vast array of events, including concerts, theater productions, sports games, and community gatherings across 41 U.S. cities and 5 Canadian cities. Utilizing data analytics and machine learning, the application intelligently recommends events tailored to users' preferences, facilitating the purchase of tickets from both primary sellers and secondary markets. Applauze aims to create engaging and immersive mobile products, combining high-quality design with educational content to foster meaningful connections between artists and their audiences. The company is composed of a dedicated team of designers and developers passionate about delivering innovative solutions in the event industry.

Just Sing It

Seed Round in 2013
Just Sing It (formerly of AnyoneGame) lets users sing and share their favorite songs on Facebook/Twitter, apply voice filters to ‘Instagram their voice’ and guess songs with other game players and even potential love interests. In just two weeks since launching out of beta in the US, Just Sing It has hit #1 in the Music category of the App Store and garnered more than 500,000 songs on the platform with a 5 star rating in the App store. Users who have downloaded the app continue to build their song library with an average of 5.6 songs recorded per player, proving the singing is a truly sticky phenomenon in the US. Even celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan have shared their favorite songs on Twitter and count themselves as fans.

Masabi

Venture Round in 2013
Masabi Limited is a leading provider of mobile ticketing and fare collection solutions, serving passengers, transport authorities, and operators in the United Kingdom and globally. Established in 2001 and headquartered in London, Masabi offers its flagship product, the JustRide platform, which is a comprehensive, cloud-based system for mobile ticketing and fare management. This platform allows users to efficiently purchase, display, and validate tickets for various modes of public transportation, including buses, trains, and ferries. JustRide encompasses a suite of tools, such as customer apps for ticket sales and schedules, a Web Sales Portal for online ticketing, and a reporting hub for real-time analytics. By enabling secure mobile transactions, Masabi's technology eliminates the need for physical tickets, enhancing convenience for passengers while streamlining operations for transport providers. The company operates with numerous transport agencies worldwide, helping to modernize and simplify fare collection processes.

Noom

Seed Round in 2012
Noom, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in mobile health coaching through a psychology-based digital health platform. Founded in 2008, Noom develops a mobile application that combines evidence-based curricula, personalized coaching, and data-driven insights to help users achieve their health and wellness goals, including weight management and chronic disease prevention. The platform offers scalable tools for exercise and nutrition coaching, utilizing artificial intelligence to facilitate behavioral change. Recognized for its innovative approach, Noom has received multiple grants from the National Institutes of Health and was the first mobile application certified by the Centers for Disease Control as a diabetes prevention program. The company also caters to business enterprises, supporting organizations in promoting employee health. With additional offices in Seoul and Tokyo, Noom continues to expand its global reach and impact on personal health management.

Fuller

Seed Round in 2012
Fuller is a Japan-based software development company that builds mobile applications and provides data analytics and internet media services. Its offerings include App Ape Analytics, a mobile app analytics and market research platform, and App Ape Lab, which provides real-time market trends and insights for app developers. The company supports clients with planning mobile-focused business models, conducting competitor research, developing and operating apps, analyzing usage data, and delivering tailored reports. Founded in 2011, Fuller operates in the Japanese market.

Evernote

Secondary Market in 2012
Evernote is a software company that develops note-taking and information-management apps for individuals and teams across mobile devices, tablets, and computers. Its flagship Evernote app provides a single workspace to write, collect, discuss, and present information, while companion tools such as Skitch offer visual annotation, Scannable converts documents to shareable scans, Web Clipper saves web pages with text, links, and images, and Penultimate enables handwriting on iPad. The products synchronize across devices and operating systems to help users capture ideas, organize content, and access it wherever they work. Based in Redwood City, California, Evernote operates as an independent, privately held company with a large global user base, widely used to capture notes, clips, and images and to support solo work as well as collaboration.

Portalarium

Series A in 2012
Portalarium, Inc. is a gaming company established in 2009 and located in Austin, Texas. The company specializes in the development and publication of online social games and virtual worlds, focusing on enhancing the gaming experience through social connectivity. By creating premium games and virtual environments for social media and mobile platforms, Portalarium aims to revolutionize role-playing games, facilitating enjoyable interactions among friends. Their offerings prioritize fun and social gameplay, allowing users to easily connect and engage with one another, regardless of the devices or games they are using.

Applauze

Seed Round in 2012
Applauze, previously known as 955Dreams Inc., is a mobile application developer focused on enhancing the event discovery and ticket purchasing experience. Launched in March 2013, the Applauze app provides users access to a vast array of events, including concerts, theater productions, sports games, and community gatherings across 41 U.S. cities and 5 Canadian cities. Utilizing data analytics and machine learning, the application intelligently recommends events tailored to users' preferences, facilitating the purchase of tickets from both primary sellers and secondary markets. Applauze aims to create engaging and immersive mobile products, combining high-quality design with educational content to foster meaningful connections between artists and their audiences. The company is composed of a dedicated team of designers and developers passionate about delivering innovative solutions in the event industry.

955Dreams

Seed Round in 2012
955Dreams is a new age publishing company.

Masabi

Venture Round in 2011
Masabi Limited is a leading provider of mobile ticketing and fare collection solutions, serving passengers, transport authorities, and operators in the United Kingdom and globally. Established in 2001 and headquartered in London, Masabi offers its flagship product, the JustRide platform, which is a comprehensive, cloud-based system for mobile ticketing and fare management. This platform allows users to efficiently purchase, display, and validate tickets for various modes of public transportation, including buses, trains, and ferries. JustRide encompasses a suite of tools, such as customer apps for ticket sales and schedules, a Web Sales Portal for online ticketing, and a reporting hub for real-time analytics. By enabling secure mobile transactions, Masabi's technology eliminates the need for physical tickets, enhancing convenience for passengers while streamlining operations for transport providers. The company operates with numerous transport agencies worldwide, helping to modernize and simplify fare collection processes.

Aylus Networks

Series D in 2011
Aylus Networks, Inc. is a provider of multimedia sharing solutions specifically designed for mobile networks. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts, the company has developed MediaShare, a technology that enables wireless carriers to enhance communication experiences through features such as video blogging, video sharing, and video telephony. Aylus Networks' live video platform integrates smoothly with existing networks, accommodating various device types, manufacturers, and software. This capability allows communication providers to incorporate live video and other rich media into their services, thereby gaining a competitive advantage in the rapidly evolving market.

Portalarium

Venture Round in 2011
Portalarium, Inc. is a gaming company established in 2009 and located in Austin, Texas. The company specializes in the development and publication of online social games and virtual worlds, focusing on enhancing the gaming experience through social connectivity. By creating premium games and virtual environments for social media and mobile platforms, Portalarium aims to revolutionize role-playing games, facilitating enjoyable interactions among friends. Their offerings prioritize fun and social gameplay, allowing users to easily connect and engage with one another, regardless of the devices or games they are using.

SCHAD

Series A in 2011
SCHAD GmbH, founded in 2007 by Christian Schad in Hamburg, Germany, specializes in developing mobile applications for the operation and monitoring of machine and plant controls. The company integrates mobile data communication with automation technology to provide solutions that enhance remote access to programmable logic controllers (PLCs) through its flagship product, EXTEND 7000. This software allows users to perform mobile measurements and controls, manage service notifications, access plant documentation, and log transactions. SCHAD's applications are designed for diverse industries including automotive, cement, chemical, renewable energy, logistics, and utilities, enabling organizations to improve productivity and efficiency. Additional services offered by the company include mobile platform support, integration, and implementation. With offices in Naples, United States, and London, United Kingdom, SCHAD aims to establish itself as the global leader in mobile operational systems for automated processes.

Masabi

Series A in 2010
Masabi Limited is a leading provider of mobile ticketing and fare collection solutions, serving passengers, transport authorities, and operators in the United Kingdom and globally. Established in 2001 and headquartered in London, Masabi offers its flagship product, the JustRide platform, which is a comprehensive, cloud-based system for mobile ticketing and fare management. This platform allows users to efficiently purchase, display, and validate tickets for various modes of public transportation, including buses, trains, and ferries. JustRide encompasses a suite of tools, such as customer apps for ticket sales and schedules, a Web Sales Portal for online ticketing, and a reporting hub for real-time analytics. By enabling secure mobile transactions, Masabi's technology eliminates the need for physical tickets, enhancing convenience for passengers while streamlining operations for transport providers. The company operates with numerous transport agencies worldwide, helping to modernize and simplify fare collection processes.

Seldon

Venture Round in 2010
Seldon empowers machine learning engineering teams to swiftly transition from research & development to production, achieving proven efficiency improvements. It serves large enterprises across various sectors and regions, including prominent players in technology, pharmaceuticals, automotive, finance, and retail. Seldon's open-source projects are widely adopted for model serving, explanations, and monitoring.
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