Jonathan Abrams

Jonathan Abrams co-founded 8-Bit Capital, where he invests in inception-stage startups focused on AI, cybersecurity and fintech. He previously founded Friendster and Nuzzel and co-founded Founders Den, following software engineering work at Netscape and Nortel.

Career

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Based in: San Francisco
Elsewhere

8-Bit Capital

Jan 2020 — Present

Co-founder and General Partner

Nuzzel

2012 — Feb 2019

Founder and CEO

Techstars

2018 — 2018

Mentor, Comcast NBCUniversal Accelerator (2018)

Socializr

Until 2010

Founder

SDForum

Until 2003

Co-chair, Venture Finance SIG

HotLinks

1998 — 2001

Founder and CEO

Netscape

Until 1998

Senior Software Engineer

McMaster University

Honors B.Sc., Computer Science

Products & media

jabrams.com

It’s all about connecting people

How building Friendster and working with Kent Lindstrom shaped his approach to software networks, founder support and early-stage investing.

Writing

wired.com

What I Learned From Friendster

An interview on the engineering and product lessons he carried from Friendster to Socializr: scalability, focus, integration and disciplined spending.

Writing

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Jonathan Abrams

8-Bit Capital

Nuzzel

Techstars

Socializr

SDForum

HotLinks

Netscape

McMaster University

Products & media

It’s all about connecting people

What I Learned From Friendster

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