Figure 8 Investments

What Figure 8 Investments does

Figure 8 Investments is a privately held, founder-operated family office founded in 2017 by Diana Anthony and Kaushik Chakravarti, a married co-founding team who met in London in 2012 and now reside in Western North Carolina. The firm deploys personal/family capital into early-stage companies operating across three impact themes: education (employable skills, experiential learning, student wellbeing), healthcare (inclusivity, better outcomes, value-based care), and climate solutions (market mechanisms and agricultural innovation). The portfolio comprises approximately 15+ companies spanning US, UK, and global markets, with named holdings including Osmosis, Clever Care, Mursion, Nepris, Signal Vine, Learnfully, Bit Class, Valera Health, Mintago, Prosapient, Brellium, and Bettermynd, among others.

The firm does not operate a traditional product, platform, or technology stack. Its core offering is capital plus strategic support — direct founder access, industry introductions, and 'pedagogical and business expertise' drawn from the co-founders' respective backgrounds in education (Fulbright Scholar, former Montessori teacher) and venture/operating experience (two prior exits in automobile and telecom sectors, PUK Ventures, and concurrent CEO role at agricultural fintech CFI). Underlying 'technology' is therefore relational rather than technical: deal sourcing runs through founder networks, direct outreach, and the firm's website (figure8.vc), with LinkedIn as a secondary channel.

The business model is hybrid. The firm generates financial returns through equity stakes in early-stage impact companies, while structurally committing 10% of investment profits to a curated set of non-profits (GiveWell, SCI Foundation, BigHope, Helen Keller Intl, Against Malaria Foundation, Mumbai Mobile Creches). Pricing, check sizes, and fund terms are not publicly disclosed. The go-to-market motion is relationship-led and direct-to-founder, with no formal distribution infrastructure. Revenue, AUM, and employee compensation data are not disclosed; the firm operates with 1–10 employees and is entirely founder-controlled with no parent company or institutional LP base.

Name

Figure 8 Investments

Legal name

Figure Eight Investments

Website

https://figure8.vc

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Figure 8 Investments is a privately held family office founded in 2017 that deploys personal capital into early-stage impact companies across education, healthcare, and climate, while committing 10% of profits to vetted non-profits.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Impact Venture Capital

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Investors, Nec (6799)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainable Private Markets (Impact PE/VC, Private Credit, Infrastructure) (FSAAALAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare & Life Sciences Growth Equity (FSANACAB), Education / EdTech Growth Equity (FSANACAL), Energy & Sustainability / Climate Growth Equity (FSANACAG)

Keywords

• Impact venture capital
• Family office investing
• Early-stage impact investing
• Education sector investments
• Healthcare sector investments

Headquarters

HQ city

Boulder

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Investment Returns: Figure 8 Investments generates returns through equity investments in early-stage impact companies across education, healthcare, and climate sectors. The family office also commits 10% of investment profits to education and healthcare non-profits, demonstrating a hybrid financial and charitable investment model.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Figure 8 Investments is an impact-oriented family office that makes equity investments in early-stage companies across education, healthcare, and climate sectors. The firm deploys capital into portfolio companies developing solutions such as health education platforms, mental health services, learning interventions, workplace pension tools, career exposure platforms, and agricultural/climate finance mechanisms, and commits 10% of investment profits to education and healthcare non-profits.

Product overview

Figure 8 Investments is an impact-oriented family office and investment firm, not a product company. It does not offer a unified product or platform to end users. The company deploys capital across a portfolio of portfolio companies operating in three focus areas: Education (employable skills, experiential learning, student wellbeing), Climate (market mechanisms, agricultural innovation), and Healthcare (inclusivity, better outcomes, value-based care). The portfolio includes health education platforms, mental health services, learning intervention tools, workplace pension solutions, and career exposure platforms, among others. These are separate companies in which Figure 8 Investments holds equity stakes, not modules or sub-brands of Figure 8 Investments itself.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• GiveWellminorOthersFigure 8 Investments commits 10% of investment profits to GiveWell, an independent nonprofit focused on helping people do as much good as possible with their donations. This represents a philanthropic commitment rather than a commercial partnership.
• SCI FoundationminorOthersSCI works with governments in sub-Saharan Africa to develop sustainable programs against parasitic worms. Figure 8 contributes 10% of profits to support SCI's public health initiatives.
• BigHopeminorOthersBigHope collaborates with Dallas-based schools to provide underserved youth opportunities in STEAM. Figure 8 supports this organization through profit-sharing commitments.
• Helen Keller INTLminorOthersHelen Keller supports programs focused on reducing malnutrition and averting blindness and poor vision. Figure 8 includes them among their nonprofit beneficiaries.
• Against Malaria FoundationminorOthersThe AMF funds anti-malaria nets and works with distribution partners to ensure they are used. Figure 8 contributes to their global health mission.
• Mumbai Mobile CrechesminorOthersMMC works to provide migrant children on construction sites a safe, happy and healthy childhood. Figure 8 supports this organization as part of their 10% profit-sharing commitment.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Acumen: Acumen is a mission-driven impact investment fund focused on early-stage companies addressing poverty across health, education, energy, and agriculture. Like Figure 8, it deploys patient capital into impact-aligned ventures, making it a direct peer in the impact PE/VC space.
• Omidyar Network: Omidyar Network is a philanthropic impact investment firm founded by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar that invests across education, governance, and economic opportunity. Its hybrid philanthropic/return-seeking model and early-stage impact focus closely mirror Figure 8's approach.
• Kapor Capital: Kapor Capital is an impact-focused VC fund investing seed-stage in education, health, and tech for underrepresented communities. The shared edtech/healthtech impact thesis and seed-stage orientation make it a comparable peer.
• Obvious Ventures: Obvious Ventures is a venture firm backing mission-driven founders across health, climate, and education with an explicit impact thesis. Its early-stage orientation and broad impact pillars overlap with Figure 8's three-sector approach.
• Emerson Collective: Emerson Collective is Laurene Powell Jobs's family office investing in education, climate, and immigration through both grants and impact investments. Its family-office impact-investing structure and sector overlap make it a closely comparable peer.
• Blue Haven Initiative: Blue Haven Initiative is a family office of Ian and Liesel Pritzker focused on impact investing across climate, education, and health. Its mission-driven family-office structure and three-pillar thesis closely parallel Figure 8's model.

Emerging players

• NewSchools Venture Fund: NewSchools is a nonprofit impact investor focused exclusively on education innovation, backing entrepreneurs transforming K-12 learning. It overlaps with Figure 8's education pillar and represents a sector-specialized peer in their portfolio.
• Village Capital: Village Capital is a nonprofit impact investor that supports early-stage entrepreneurs in education, health, and sustainability using peer-selected models. Its early-stage impact orientation and education/health focus make it a thematic peer.

Broad incumbents

• TPG Rise: TPG Rise is the impact investing platform of TPG, deploying billions across climate, healthcare, and education globally. It is a much larger incumbent operating in the same impact themes as Figure 8.
• Bain Capital Double Impact: Bain Capital Double Impact is the impact arm of Bain Capital, investing across education, health, and sustainability. As a large incumbent in the impact-PE space, it competes for the same founder pool as Figure 8.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments19 records

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