# Eight Capital

> Eight Capital is a VC fund in Toronto backing Mining, Mineral and Apps. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/viiicapital/
- Website: https://viiicapital.com/

Eight Capital is a 100% principal-owned Canadian, full-service investment dealer.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mining | 2 | 25% |
| Mineral | 2 | 25% |
| Apps | 1 | 13% |
| Mobile | 1 | 13% |
| Sports | 1 | 13% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Post-IPO Equity | 6 | 75% |
| Seed | 1 | 13% |
| Series A | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 5 | 63% |
| Australia | 1 | 13% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Openmart | AI agent that automates B2B sales for brands and manufacturers. | $2.8M | Seed | Aug 21, 2024 |  |
| Royal Helium | Royal Helium is a helium exploration and development company with land holdings in southern Saskatchewan and southeastern Alberta. Royal Helium is a helium leaseholder whose land has been methodically evaluated for helium potential for over two years and has been vetted by helium experts, professional geologists, and engineers. | $5.5M | Post-IPO Equity | Dec 21, 2022 |  |
| Gokomodo | Gokomodo is a supply Chain Platform and Services for Agribusiness and Commodities. | $26M | Series A | Sep 06, 2022 |  |
| K92 Mining | K92 Mining Inc is focused on advancing the Kainantu Gold Mine, located in the Eastern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea, towards production. The Kainantu property covers a total area of approx. 410 km2 and was previously mined by Highlands Pacific and Barrick Gold from 2006-2009. K92 Mining Inc. was purpose built for the acquisition of theKainantu Gold Mine. In addition to targeting a move towards production, K92 will focus on ‎both expanding known areas of mineralization and drilling high priority exploration targets.K92 is led by an experienced team of industry professionals with substantial international expertise in mining, production start ups, production re-starts, mineral exploration, and finance. | $38.8M | Post-IPO Equity | Jun 13, 2022 |  |
| GoGold Resources | GoGold Resources Inc. (TSX: GGD) is a Canadian-based, mineral resource company with active development and exploration properties in Mexico.The company’s development property, The Parral Tailings Project, is in Chihuahua State, Mexico and is currently fully funded and permitted and in construction of a heap leach facility that will process thetailings. | $35.7M | Post-IPO Equity | Mar 08, 2022 |  |
| Adyton Resources | Adyton Resources is a mining company focused on the development of gold and copper resources. | $4M | Post-IPO Equity | Dec 03, 2021 |  |
| theScore | TheScore’s mission is to create highly-engaging digital products and content that empower the sports fan’s experience. Its flagship mobile app ‘theScore’ is one of the most popular multi-sport news and data apps in North America, serving millions of fans a month. The Company also creates innovative digital sports experiences through its web, socialand esports platforms. | $47.5M | Post-IPO Equity | Nov 30, 2020 |  |
| Gaby | GABY Inc. is a multi-vertical, retail focused cannabis company that enhances the quality of people’s lives by making cannabis accessible, consistent, and economically sustainable. |  | Post-IPO Equity | Aug 31, 2018 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- BMO Capital Markets — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cormark Securities Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cormark) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Desjardins Securities](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/desjardins-securities) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Imagination Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/imagination-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [PI Financial](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pi-financial) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Scotia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scotia-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Eight Capital invest in?

Eight Capital invests primarily in Mining, Mineral and Apps startups, most often at Post-IPO Equity and Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Eight Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Eight Capital closed in Aug 2024. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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