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K8 Capital is a fully integrated hybrid private credit and venture capital firm redefining how capital is formed, deployed, and compounded.

Structured as a single, unified strategy, K8 fuses high-yield, short-duration credit with long-horizon early-stage equity - delivering immediate cash flow and asymmetric upside through one vehicle.

This model is built for precision and velocity. Liquidity from maturing credit investments is continuously recycled into high-conviction venture bets, creating a compounding flywheel. By collapsing the silos of traditional funds, K8 replaces slow, exit-dependent models with a dynamic capital engine - one that generates returns across cycles and reinvests momentum into itself.
It is a first-of-its-kind structure.
Private credit and Venture Capital operate in sync.
No parallel structures. No reactiveallocations.
Just a seamless model built for precision, speed, and scale.
It is a symbiotic strategy, where underwriting insights, market seasonality, and risk appetite flow across both verticals.

Hybrid Investment

Strategy

K8 combines long-term venture capital growth with the liquidity of short-term credit investments, providing investors with both high-growth potential and flexibility. This structure allows for strategic capital deployment across cycles, preserving downside protection while capturing asymmetric upside.

Tailored Liquidity

Solutions

K8 Capital was purpose-built to address a structural flaw in private markets: investors are often forced to choose between yield and upside, liquidity and growth. K8 introduces a new framework, one that blends the near-term cash flow of credit with the long-horizon returns of venture equity.

Recycling

MeCHANISM

Maturing credit principal is recycled into either new credit opportunities or early-stage equity - whichever offers the strongest risk-adjusted return. This creates a self-reinforcing capital engine that compounds over time, while profits are distributed to investors along the way

Hybrid Investment

Strategy

K8 combines the liquidity of short-term credit investments with long-term venture capital growth, providing investors with both high-growth potential and flexibility.

Tailored Liquidity

Solutions

K8 Capital was purpose-built to address a structural flaw in private markets: investors are often forced to choose between yield and upside, liquidity and growth. K8 introduces a new framework, one that blends the near-term cash flow of credit with the long-horizon returns of venture equity.

Recycling

MECHANISM

Maturing credit principal is recycled into either new credit opportunities or early-stage equity - whichever offers the strongest risk-adjusted return. This creates a self-reinforcing capital engine that compounds over time, while profits are distributed to investors along the way.

ONE FUND.
DUAL ENGINES.

K8 RECAP MODEL.

01

Rather than split strategies across sidecars or parallel vehicles, K8 operates through a single structure. This removes friction, aligns capital, and gives us the ability to underwrite across time horizons - all within one fund, one strategy, one decision-making lens.

02

Our model pairs short-term private credit with long-term early-stage equity. As credit returns flow back into the fund, they’re recycled into venture - creating a self-compounding mechanism that fuels future growth from present liquidity.

03

Investors no longer need to choose between yield and upside. K8’s dual-engine structure delivers both: consistent distributions from credit, and access to breakthrough innovation through equity. Resilience and return, delivered in one motion.

ANDRE KOO JR.

FOUNDER & GENERAL PARTNER

Andre Koo Jr. is the Founder and General Partner of K8 Capital, a hybrid private credit and venture capital investment firm. A former REIT investment manager turned startup operator, Andre brings a cross-disciplinary background in institutional investing and early-stage company building. He has co-founded and led multiple ventures, including one that entered M&A discussions with a Fortune 500 acquirer.

Before founding K8, Andre served as Managing Director of the Koo Family Office, where he remains actively involved. His experience across the United States, Europe, and Asia has shaped a global lens and cultivated a cross-continental network that informs both his investment philosophy and strategic relationships.

Andre is a recognized voice in family office strategy, generational wealth preservation, legacy business transformation, and the evolving role of entrepreneurial capital. He draws from the Koo family’s historic legacy in finance, industial enterprise and global trade to inform his belief that legacy is both inherited and actively built. K8 Capital is a modern expression of that ethos - merging tradition with a forward-looking approach to shape the next generation of financial institutions.

He holds a BSc in Finance from NYU Stern and is fluent in English and Mandarin.

PRIVATE Credit
Enterprise Software
(B2B SaaS)
AI & Machine Learning


Credit and Equity
from One Aligned Partner

While K8’s model delivers clear value to investors, it’s equally impactful for founders. For companies seeking non-dilutive capital or operating products with credit needs, like marketplaces or embedded finance platforms, K8 can provide structured credit at the product level, not just the corporate level.

Our hybrid structure allows founders to access equity and credit from a single partner. Credit enhances our ability to support real business needs, while our venture lens ensures we underwrite with long-term alignment.

This dual approach creates a flywheel, where equity and credit reinforce each other, to deliver capital that’s more flexible, strategic, and founder-friendly.

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