# 8point8 Capital

> 8point8 Capital is a VC fund in London backing Health Care and Software. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Apr 2023
- Lead investor: 24%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/daedalus-partners-llp/
- Website: https://www.daedalus-partners.com

8point8 Capital is a VC fund in London focused on Health Care and Software. 8point8 Capital specialises in Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A funding of high growth UK businesses.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $200k–$4.5M |
| Series A | $1M–$9.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 4 | 24% |
| Software | 3 | 18% |
| Mobile | 2 | 12% |
| Fitness | 2 | 12% |
| Education | 2 | 12% |

33 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 12 | 71% |
| Series A | 3 | 18% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 6% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 15 | 88% |
| Spain | 1 | 6% |
| United States | 1 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nick Astaire | Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nick-astaire |
| Stephen Norton | Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stephen-norton-58dd |
| Gavin Harrison | Co Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gavin-harrison-85fb |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mizaic | Mizaic is a rapidly growing electronic document management solution (EDMS) supplier, with a focus on healthcare. | $2.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 05, 2023 |  |
| Oliver’s Cupboard | Oliver’s Cupboard creates food with organic and flavorsome ingredients for making nutritiously balanced meals for babies. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| theUp.co | Up.co is a digital innovation agency that helps brands flourish by leveraging emerging technology. The company specializes on digitization for the hospitality industry, leveraging extensive industry knowledge via existing networks and huge data sets. | $9.5M | Series A | Jan 04, 2022 |  |
| Sunbridge Childcare | Sunbridge Childcare provides personalised therapeutic care, residential care for children and young people |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| Virtuoso | Music education risks being outdated by technology. We're remixing the way music is taught—to students of all ages around the world—in schools and online. We're are making music education accessible to everyone. | $1.4M | Seed | Oct 01, 2021 |  |
| Screen Moguls | Screen Moguls is a small business to get new customers and through advertising, social media marketing. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| Square Root Soda | Award Winning Sodas, Made From Fruit to Bottle in East London | $1M | Series A | Dec 01, 2018 |  |
| Sensat | Sensat enables Infrastructure owners and their operators to manage and visualise live project information in 2D, 3D and 4D. This lets them plan, coordinate and track project performance to make better, faster, more data-driven decisions. | $4.5M | Seed | Aug 10, 2018 |  |
| MeVitae | Building the Workforce of Tomorrow, Today.We help you understand your current workforce and leverage data-driven technology to attract, screen and retain top talent; ensuring that you build diverse and productive teams in the fairest way possible. Everything we do plugs seamlessly into your ATS and CRM, do you don't need to change yourprocesses. | $655K |  | May 16, 2018 |  |
| ChargedUp | Europes first mobile charging network - Over 2500 locations to rent a portable charger and return anywhere | $262K | Seed | Apr 19, 2018 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Force Over Mass Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/force-over-mass-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Twenty Ten Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/twenty-ten-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Foresight Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foresight-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Founders Factory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-factory) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Jägermeister](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/j%C3%A4germeister) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [JamJar Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jamjar-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does 8point8 Capital invest in?

8point8 Capital invests primarily in Health Care, Software and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is 8point8 Capital's check size?

8point8 Capital typically joins rounds of $200k–$4.5M at Seed and $1M–$9.5M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds 8point8 Capital participates in.

### How do I contact 8point8 Capital?

Public channels for 8point8 Capital include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at 8point8 Capital?

The team at 8point8 Capital includes Nick Astaire (Director), Stephen Norton (Director) and Gavin Harrison (Co Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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