— PRE-SEED & SEED - AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
Great companies are built by great product teams. M8 backs them first.
We're product and engineering people ourselves. We put the first cheque and real time behind founders building across Australia and New Zealand - and we know how to spot the real ones early.
— WHY US
We've built product ourselves. So we know what good looks like.
To build something millions of people love, you need a great product and technical team. Knowing one when you see it is genuinely hard -- unless you've done the work yourself. We have, and we use it to find and back the best product-led founders in the region, usually before anyone else is paying attention.
01 / Operators
Product and engineering,
We come from building and shipping. We can talk to your team about the actual work, not just the cap table.
02 / EARLy
First cheque, hands on
We back conviction early and stay close — intros, hiring, product calls, the unglamorous stuff that matters.
03 / REGION
ANZ-rooted, globally minded
The next generation of global companies is already being built here. We know where to look.
— THE PORTFOLIO
From Pre-seed to Series A. We discover and accelerate the next generation of remarkable global technology companies, both here at home in Australia & New Zealand and further afield, in high-growth and emerging markets.
— WHO WE ARE
Two operators who've been on your side of the table.
Emily Rich
Co-Founder/ Managing PARTNER
Former AI founder (acquired), former Managing Director of Microsoft for Startups, 15+ years in tech commercialisation, computer science background.
Alan Jones
CO-FOUNDER / Managing PARTNER
100+ Angel Investments, early yahoo hire, former media founder, early LP in multiple funds, well known as Alan Jones "the good one".
— Angel curious?
Invest alongside us, deal by deal.
The M8 angel syndicate lets you back the same founders we do - no fund commitment, no guesswork. You see what we see, and choose your own deals.
What you get
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Curated, product-led deals from the region
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Our diligence and reasoning, shared openly
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Invest per deal, on your own terms
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A seat near founders we already back