Firms

Afore Capital

San Francisco, California, US

afore.vc

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Afore Capital is a $47 million fund co-founded by Anamitra Banerji & Gaurav Jain to support product-oriented founders at the very earliest stage (pre-seed). Our sweet spot is the $500K-$1.5M round, where we can lead the pre-seed round as an institutional investor alongside high value angels. At Afore, we believe that before there's a company, before there's a business, there's a product founder leading by product. The products are often raw, sometimes just rough concepts requiring a lot of imagination. They are pre-traction and pre-obvious. But they come from founders with non-obvious insights and infectious ambitions. We started Afore to back these founders at the pre-seed stage exclusively, on day zero of their journey. We bring with us 16 years of product experience and 7 years of institutional investing experience.

Founded: 2016
Type: Venture capital

Team

Sakib Jamal Afore Capital, unknown	$1M$500K – $3M	New York City
Gaurav Jain Afore Capital, Co-Founder and Managing Partner	$1M$250K – $2M	San Francisco Bay Area · San Francisco, California
Anamitra Banerji Afore Capital, Managing Partner	$1M$850K – $2M	San Francisco, California
Kayla Kavanaugh Afore Capital, investor	$750K$500K – $1M	Chicago, Illinois
Jackson Moses Afore Capital, Venture Partner	$750K$500K – $1M	Denver, Colorado · San Francisco Bay Area · Palo Alto, California
Shaad Khan Afore Capital, investor	$750K$500K – $1M	London
Nandeet Mehta Afore Capital, partner	$750K$500K – $1M	Los Angeles, California
Jay Chen Afore Capital, partner	$750K$500K – $1M	San Francisco Bay Area
Prem Kalevar Afore Capital, partner	$750K$500K – $1M	Toronto, Ontario
Joseph Cardini Afore Capital, Investor	$50K$25K – $100K	Austin, Texas
Derrick Li Afore Capital, Venture Partner	—— – —
Jared Luttrell Afore Capital, VP of Finance	—— – —
Laura Du Afore Capital, Investor	—— – —
Nathan Yu Afore Capital, Investor	—— – —

Investments

$5M2026-02-11	Egra	Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, Pear VC, Liquid 2 Ventures, Soma Capital, Afore Capital, Link Ventures, Alexander Wissner-Gross, Courtside Ventures, Joshua Lu, Jane Rhee, Emily Bennett, Bryan Kim, Mike Sho Liu, Mar Hershenson, Harris Stolzenberg, Nathaniel Montana, Fouad Farhat, Nikhita Jaaswal, Aneel Ranadive, Joseph Cardini, Gaurav Jain, Frazer Anderson, Vasu Kulkarni, Oliver Ressler, Deepen Parikh, Dan Birmingham
$—2026-04-22	Thoughtly	Afore Capital
$—2025-11-06	Flint	Y Combinator, Basis Set Ventures, Afore Capital, Patron
$4M2025-10-20	Golpo	Y Combinator, Emergence Capital, Afore Capital, BNVT Capital
$12M2025-10-20	Cercli	Y Combinator, COTU Ventures, Picus Capital, Afore Capital, Knollwood Investment Advisory
$—2025-08-30	VibeCode	Afore Capital
$4M2025-07-16	Coverflow	Afore Capital, Founder Collective
$—2025-05-07	SimpleClosure	Afore Capital
$—2025-03-25	Burbank	Afore Capital, Portfolio Ventures
$3M2025-03-11	Podqi	General Catalyst, Soma Capital, Afore Capital
$80M2025-02-18	Hightouch	Bain Capital, The Slack Fund, Amplify Partners, Iconiq Capital, LLC, Y Combinator, Bain Capital Ventures, New Ventures Capital, Afore Capital, ICONIQ Capital, Lenny Pruss
$—2025	Swept	Afore Capital
$—2025	Keragon	Upfront Ventures, Afore Capital
$—2024-10-24	Highnote	Afore Capital
$—2024-10-24	Boardy	8VC, Afore Capital
$12M2024-10-16	Herald	Lightspeed, Underscore VC, Afore Capital, Brewer Lane Ventures
$4M2024-09-02	Cercli	Y Combinator, COTU Ventures, Afore Capital, Rebel Fund
$—2024-08-28	Agency AI	Afore Capital
$2M2024-08-21	Openmart	Y Combinator, Afore Capital, Rebel Fund
$35M2024-04-22	Pomelo	Founders Fund, Vy Capital, A*, Afore Capital
$35M2024-04-22	Pomelo	Founders Fund, Vy Capital, A*, Afore Capital
$—2024-02-15	Knock	Afore Capital
$6M2024-01-30	Inngest	Afore Capital, Yoko Li, Martin Casado
$—2024	The New Club	Afore Capital, Sierra Ventures
$—2024	Keragon	Afore Capital, Upfront Ventures
$—2024	AgentOps	Afore Capital
$66M2023-12-15	Totus Medicines	DCVC, Afore Capital, Jason Pontin
$18M2023-11-14	Keychain	Lightspeed, Afore Capital, BoxGroup, SV Angel
$9M2023-09-26	UserEvidence	Afore Capital, Founder Collective, Micah Rosenbloom
$4M2023-09-06	Blooming Health	Afore Capital, Sakib Jamal, Gaurav Jain
$40M2023-07-19	Hightouch	ICONIQ Capital, Bain Capital, Amplify Partners, Iconiq Capital, LLC, Y Combinator, Afore Capital, Bain Capital Ventures
$—2023-02-27	Andrena	Afore Capital
$—2022-09-28	SINAI Technologies	Afore Capital
$20M2022-08-16	Pomelo	Founders Fund, Mantis VC, Xfund, A*, Afore Capital
$20M2022-08-16	Pomelo	Founders Fund, A*, Afore Capital, Mantis VC, Xfund, Keith Rabois
$—2022-05-23	Candor	Founders Fund, Contrary, Afore Capital, Banana Capital, Village Global, Worklife
$110M2022-05-05	Walnut	Gradient Ventures, Afore Capital
$—2022-03-31	Jabu	Afore Capital, BoxGroup
$25M2022-02-18	Kubecost	Afore Capital, First Round
$—2022-02-17	Goldcast	Afore Capital, Unusual Ventures
$17M2022-01-13	Seel	Lightspeed, Foundation Capital, Afore Capital, South Loop Ventures
$110M2022	Arrow	Afore Capital, Gradient Ventures
$—2021-09-07	HoneyBee	Afore Capital
$—2021-06-02	Iterative.ai	468 Capital, Afore Capital
$—2021-04-22	Till Financial	Afore Capital
$—2020-12-16	Hightouch	Afore Capital
$7M2020-06-10	Flatfile	Afore Capital, Gradient Ventures
$31M2020-01-15	Modern Health	Founders Fund, Kleiner Perkins, Afore Capital
$31M2020-01-15	Modern Health	Founders Fund, Kleiner Perkins, Afore Capital, Gaurav Jain
$9M2020	Shortwave	Lightspeed, Union Square Ventures, Founders Inc, Threshold Ventures, Afore Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners
$9M2019-10-22	Winnie	Afore Capital, Day One Ventures, Unusual Ventures
$9M2019-05-23	Modern Health	Y Combinator, Kleiner Perkins, Afore Capital
$—2019-04-30	Cushion	Afore Capital
$—2019-01-29	Petal	Afore Capital
$—2018-06-25	Winnie	Afore Capital
$2M2018-06-15	Modern Health	Y Combinator, Precursor Ventures, Social Capital, Afore Capital, Muse Capital, Maschmeyer Group Ventures
$25M2017-09-14	Fauna	Afore Capital, CRV
$5M2017-08-08	CarDash	Felicis, Y Combinator, NextView Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, Index Ventures, Afore Capital, NextGen Venture Partners
$2M2017-05-24	Bulletin	Y Combinator, Kleiner Perkins, Liquid 2 Ventures, Notion Capital, Afore Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners
$—Unknown date	Vessel	Afore Capital
$—Unknown date	Stress-Free	Afore Capital
$—Unknown date	Somnium Space	Afore Capital
$—Unknown date	Olto	Afore Capital
$—Unknown date	Noon	Afore Capital
$—Unknown date	Koala	Afore Capital
$—Unknown date	Handoff	Afore Capital
$—Unknown date	Diagon	Afore Capital
$—Unknown date	Develop Health	Afore Capital
$—Unknown date	Baselayer (fintech company)	Afore Capital
$—Unknown date	Baselayer	Afore Capital
$5MUnknown date	Aravolta	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Afore Capital, Susa Ventures
$2MUnknown date	Openmart	Y Combinator, Gaingels, UpHonest Capital, Afore Capital, Rebel Fund
$850KUnknown date	OpenNote	Y Combinator, untitled, Afore Capital, Script Capital, Undisclosed Angel Investors
$5MUnknown date	Hypercubic	Y Combinator, CIV, Pioneer Fund, Afore Capital
$15MUnknown date	Flint	Y Combinator, Basis Set Ventures, Afore Capital, Patron
$3MUnknown date	Jabu	Y Combinator, Pareto Holdings, Quiet Capital, Afore Capital, FJ Labs, Kli Capital
$8MUnknown date	Yaysay	Lightspeed, Afore Capital
$80MUnknown date	Hightouch	Bain Capital, Amplify Partners, Y Combinator, Afore Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Sapphire Ventures
$—Unknown date	Hightouch	Bain Capital, The Slack Fund, Amplify Partners, Y Combinator, Afore Capital, Bain Capital Ventures
$—2024-06-18	Amplify Life Insurance Company	Afore Capital
$—2021-03-01	Zette	Afore Capital
$—2021	Retain.ai	Afore Capital
$—Unknown date	Tandemn	Afore Capital
$—Unknown date	Joincandor	Afore Capital
$—Unknown date	Interactly.ai	Afore Capital

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