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AfterHour
Founded 2022 · 17 employees on LinkedIn · 8 known investors
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AfterHour is a community-based social trading platform that connects retail stock market traders, allowing them to share verified positions and research with live alerts, charts, and ticker-specific chat rooms. The app integrates with 1000+ brokerages and targets retail investors seeking transparent, collaborative financial decision-making.
Also known as AfterHour · AfterHours
Founders & leadership
AfterHour was founded in 2022 by Kevin Xu and Kevin X.
Investors · 8
How we know: Alumni Ventures's portfolio page · Not right? Tell us
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Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountseed roundJun 2024
Founders Fund (lead), General Catalyst (lead)
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026AfterHour operates a mobile social trading application for retail stock market participants. Users connect their brokerage accounts so that positions attached to their posts are verified by the platform, which the company positions as an alternative to unverifiable screenshots circulated on general social networks. The app is distributed for iOS and Android.
The product is organized around three main surfaces: Signals, which sends live alerts on community trading activity; a Feed combining signals, due-diligence write-ups, charts and posts with verified positions attached; and Chat, consisting of ticker-specific rooms for live discussion of earnings, questions and price action, including outside market hours. The company describes the platform as consolidating community-based due diligence for the stock market into a single app.
Business model
AfterHour distributes a consumer mobile app to retail traders and investors who link brokerage accounts to verify their positions and participate in community discussion and signal sharing.
Traction
The company reports more than 200,000 investors and traders on the platform, over $400 million in connected portfolio AUM with more than $400 million of real trades shared daily, and more than 6.9 million trade signals sent.
Latest developments
AfterHour announced that it raised $4.5 million.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market
Market position
AfterHour presents itself as a community-based stock market platform competing with social investing apps and with stock discussion on general social and messaging platforms.
AfterHour requires positions shared with due-diligence posts to be verified through a linked brokerage account rather than accepted as screenshots, and emphasizes retail-to-retail collaboration and timing/entry accuracy over analyst commentary.
Technology
The app integrates with users' brokerage accounts to verify posted positions and connected portfolio value, and generates live trade signal alerts alongside a content feed and ticker-based chat rooms.
Go-to-market
Retail stock market investors and traders across skill levels, including users of social investing and community platforms such as Twitter, Reddit and Discord.
Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Founder mafia
2 people who came through AfterHour went on to found or lead other companies.
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Timeline · 1
launches, deals, and filingsThe company's website announces that it has raised $4.5 million.
$4.5M source ↗
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 1
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- AfterHourafterhour.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does AfterHour do?
- AfterHour is a social trading app where retail investors share brokerage-verified stock positions, signals and research.
- Who founded AfterHour?
- AfterHour was founded by Kevin Xu, Kevin X in 2022.
- Who are AfterHour's investors?
- AfterHour's investors include Alumni Ventures, Basecamp Fund, Gaingels, General Catalyst, Pear VC, Trousdale Ventures, Founders Fund, Hyphen Capital.