Backing founders
building at the frontier.
8:28 Fund invests in exceptional teams at the edge of AI, deep tech, and quantum — emerging from the Boston ecosystem.
We back the exceptional.
We invest in founders building at the frontier of AI, deep tech, and quantum — operator-led, Boston ecosystem focused, and purpose-driven.
Founder-first conviction at pre-seed and seed.
Operator experience, technical depth, hands-on partnership.
Anchored in the Boston and New England ecosystem.
Built with intention.
"The best companies are built by founders with clarity of purpose — and capital, when deployed with intention, compounds beyond returns."
8:28 is built on long-term conviction. We believe in backing people who are building for what matters — with patience, partnership, and a view measured in decades, not cycles.
We move at the pace of trust. We hold our partnerships across market cycles. And we invest with the confidence that exceptional founders, given time and support, reshape industries.
Where we invest.
Four converging frontiers. One conviction: the future is built by technical founders solving generational problems.
AI & Machine Learning
Foundational models, applied intelligence, and infrastructure shaping the next decade of software.
Deep Tech Infrastructure
Materials, energy, semiconductors, robotics — the physical substrate of the next industrial wave.
Defense Tech
Autonomy, sensors, secure communications, and dual-use technologies strengthening national security and strategic advantage.
Quantum & Quantum Infrastructure
Quantum computing, sensing, networking, and the infrastructure stack required to commercialize the next frontier in computation.
The operator behind the fund.
Rush Hogan
Operator, investor, and engineer with over a decade across Boston's deep tech scene and frontier AI — investing with conviction, partnering for the long haul.
Let's build together.
Founders pitching at the frontier. LPs investing for the long view. We'd love to hear from you.