# Kent Lindstrom

> Kent Lindstrom is a pre-seed investor at 8-Bit Capital backing Software and Developer Tools. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [8-Bit Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8-bit-capital)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kentlindstrom
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/kentlind
- Website: https://www.kentlindstrom.com

Kent Lindstrom is a pre-seed investor at 8-Bit Capital in San Francisco focused on Software and Developer Tools. Kent is an experienced operator of global businesses. Previously, Kent was COO of Neo Innovation, CEO & founder of mobile startup PlacePop, and CEO & CFO of Friendster. Kent holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and earned an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. He is the host of theSomething Ventured podcast: www.somethingventured.us

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| Developer Tools | 2 | 50% |
| IT Infrastructure | 2 | 50% |
| Cloud Infrastructure | 2 | 50% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 50% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Impart Security | Impart is the unified runtime protection platform that helps security teams stop AI, API, and web application attacks in production - at scale, with confidence. We built Impart because runtime protection shouldn't be a choice between visibility and enforcement. While traditional WAFs became opaque black boxes and API security tools offeredonly detection without action, we knew there had to be a better way. Drawing from our next-gen WAF heritage, we created a platform where security teams can actually block attacks safely in production, moving at the speed of modern threats.What We Do Our Runtime Application Protection Platform unifies WAF, API Security, Cloud Application Detection & Response (CADR), and AI Runtime Protection into a single solution. Powered by WebAssembly (WASM) technology and AI-native workflows, Impart enables security teams to design, test, and deploy custom security rules with unprecedented speed and safety. We enforce at the ingress layer—the critical point of entry for every attack chain—delivering sub-10ms latency even at Super Bowl-scale traffic loads. Our platform is built for modern cloud environments, deploying as a Kubernetes-native sidecar that scales horizontally with your workloads.Why Impart Security teams choose Impart because we give them what they need most: the ability to block attacks safely in production without breaking their applications. Our WASM-powered rules are programmable, testable, and manageable through GitOps workflows, making us the only solution that both security and engineering teams trust.From detecting account takeover and business logic abuse to protecting against prompt injection and AI-specific threats, Impart consolidates point solutions into one platform that actually enforces protection where it matters most. | $12M | Series A | Jun 05, 2025 |  |
| Multiple | Parallel is a powerful, easy, load test platform for online services that tests any target using any protocol and enables engineers to create load tests in less than 10 minutes. Parallel increases uptime and reliability, reduces expensive outages, and improves user experience. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | Mar 14, 2023 |  |
| Jolt AI | Multiple is a developer-centric load test platform that can test any stack, any scenario, and capture any metric in 10 minutes. Our goal is to help increase uptime and reliability, prevent outages, and improve end-user experience. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | Mar 14, 2023 |  |
| Impart Security | Impart is the unified runtime protection platform that helps security teams stop AI, API, and web application attacks in production - at scale, with confidence. We built Impart because runtime protection shouldn't be a choice between visibility and enforcement. While traditional WAFs became opaque black boxes and API security tools offeredonly detection without action, we knew there had to be a better way. Drawing from our next-gen WAF heritage, we created a platform where security teams can actually block attacks safely in production, moving at the speed of modern threats.What We Do Our Runtime Application Protection Platform unifies WAF, API Security, Cloud Application Detection & Response (CADR), and AI Runtime Protection into a single solution. Powered by WebAssembly (WASM) technology and AI-native workflows, Impart enables security teams to design, test, and deploy custom security rules with unprecedented speed and safety. We enforce at the ingress layer—the critical point of entry for every attack chain—delivering sub-10ms latency even at Super Bowl-scale traffic loads. Our platform is built for modern cloud environments, deploying as a Kubernetes-native sidecar that scales horizontally with your workloads.Why Impart Security teams choose Impart because we give them what they need most: the ability to block attacks safely in production without breaking their applications. Our WASM-powered rules are programmable, testable, and manageable through GitOps workflows, making us the only solution that both security and engineering teams trust.From detecting account takeover and business logic abuse to protecting against prompt injection and AI-specific threats, Impart consolidates point solutions into one platform that actually enforces protection where it matters most. | $1.7M | Pre-Seed | Dec 20, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Engineering Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/engineering-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CRV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crvvc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Haystack](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/haystack) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Madrona](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/madrona-venture-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Oreilly AlphaTech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oreilly-alphatech-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About 8-Bit Capital

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

8-Bit Capital is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California. The firm invests in startups that connect people and businesses in new ways. 8-Bit Capital was co-founded by Jonathan Abrams and Kent Lindstrom in 2020.

2 contacts available at 8-Bit Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jonathan Abrams | Co-founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-abrams |
| Kent Lindstrom | Co-founder and General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kent-lindstrom-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Kent Lindstrom invest in?

Kent Lindstrom invests primarily in Software, Developer Tools and IT Infrastructure startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Kent Lindstrom last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kent Lindstrom closed in Jun 2025. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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