Afore Capital
Venture capitalActively deployingSan Francisco · Pre-Seed–Seed · 10 people tracked
Also known as Afore · AFORE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
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Afore Capital focuses exclusively on pre-seed, pre-traction companies, writing high-conviction first checks of $500k to $2M+. The firm positions itself as founder-friendly and product-oriented, backing raw ideas and early visions before there is meaningful traction. Rather than mitigating risk, Afore embraces it, seeking upside potential alongside founders. The team emphasizes speed in decision-making, direct and candid feedback, and hands-on support — describing itself as a 'SWAT team' for founders. Many of its investors are former founders themselves, aiming to help companies build immediately and raise subsequent rounds later.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.
Team · 10 people
from the firm's website & curated & public directoriesFounder mafia
The Afore Capital mafia →17 people who came through Afore Capital went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 136 of 172 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×78SaaS ×58Enterprise Software ×46Data & Infrastructure ×27Fintech ×21Developer Tools ×20Healthtech ×17Consumer ×16
HQs:United States×85Canada×4United Kingdom×3United Arab Emirates×1Australia×1Germany×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 58 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×132 founders×293 founders×124+ founders×4
Where their founders studiedfrom 88 founders with education data
University of California, Berkeley ×6University of Waterloo ×6Stanford University ×5University of Southern California ×5Harvard Business School ×4University of Pennsylvania ×4Harvard Law School ×3Imperial College London ×3
What their founders studiedfrom 86 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×35Engineering ×20Business & Management ×15Economics ×8Finance & Accounting ×5Life Sciences ×5Mathematics & Statistics ×5Physics ×4
Where their founders worked beforefrom 92 founders with career history
Google ×13Microsoft ×5Amazon ×3Reducto ×3Browserbase ×2Creative Destruction Lab ×2Federal Reserve Bank of Boston ×2Glispa Global Group ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
9 founders hold a PhD · 9 hold an MBA (of 90 with degree data)
Investments · 172 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 62025 · 212024 · 82023 · 82022 · 112021 · 102020 · 22019 · 42018 · 12017 · 42014 · 176 dated
Flatfile is an AI-powered data migration platform that lets enterprises collect, map, clean, transform, and validate data from files, APIs, webhooks, databases, and cloud storage.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSDenver, US
David Boskovic(Executive Officer, Director)inEric Crane(Executive Officer, Director)AVERY CHASE(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardRORY O'DRISCOLL(Director)inFRANCES SCHWEIP(Director)
Co-investorsGradient VenturesScale Venture PartnersTiger Global ManagementTwo Sigma VenturesWorkday VenturesDesigner Fund+5 more
Hypercubic provides AI software for mainframe modernization, helping enterprises and governments rebuild and secure their critical infrastructure systems.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Sai Gurrapu(Co-founder)inAayush Naik(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsPioneerY CombinatorCapitoriaCIVHassan Lantry (Blast)OurCrowd+3 more
Openmart provides a verified database of 50,000+ real estate investors across the United States, including investment firms, property investors, and syndicates, with enriched contact data for B2B sales and marketing teams.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Richard He(Founder)inKathryn Wu(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorRebel FundBrighter CapitalImagination CapitalJ17 CapitalMyAsiaVC+10 more
Wayside is a venture-backed startup based in New York City.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaSSector AgnosticNew York City, US
Co-investorsCentre Street Partners
Wizia applies behavior-change and personalization techniques from retail marketing to healthcare, prompting people to complete actions like screenings, prescription refills, and lower-cost care.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechInsurTechSaaS
Co-investorsFoundation CapitalEssence Venture Capital
Aemon builds autonomous AI research systems that solve hard technical optimization problems by self-accelerating experimentation within customer codebases.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Richard Zhou(Founder)inRay Xu(Founder)in
Co-investorsGarage CapitalPioneerY CombinatorHassan Lantry (Blast)Liquid VenturesNexus Venture Partners+3 more
Agency built AI products; the company announced it is being acquired by Klaviyo and winding down on August 31, 2026, with its team joining Klaviyo.
AI & Machine Learning
Elias TorresinLuke
Co-investorsArtisanal VenturesFelicis VenturesHubSpot VenturesMenlo VenturesSequoia CapitalArray Ventures Management Llc+4 more
Amca expands production capacity and competition for critical aerospace and defense components by addressing fragmented, single-source supply chains.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechDefense Tech
Co-investorsCaffeinated CapitalIndustrious VenturesLux CapitalSilent Ventures
Andrena is a wireless Internet service provider that delivers high-speed connectivity to multi-tenant buildings and households using wireless technology beamed to building roofs, then distributed wirelessly to units.
CleantechCloud ComputingNew Jersey, US
Neil Chatterjee(Founder)inJames Smits(Founder)in
Co-investors645 VenturesBollinger Investment GroupCalm VenturesCastle Island VenturesChaos VenturesChapter One+9 more
Armada develops edge computing and AI solutions for industrial applications.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeep Tech
Dan Wright(Founder)inJon Runyan(Founder)inPradeep Nair(Founder)in
Co-investors137 Ventures515 VenturesArtisanal VenturesCollaborative FundCollective LiquidityCommodity Capital+23 more
Arrow provides AI-powered tools for revenue cycle management (RCM) teams in healthcare to automate billing tasks and improve collections efficiency.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechSaaS
Roshan Patel(CEO & Co-Founder)inYash Joshi(CTO & Co-Founder)in
Co-investors2048 VenturesMuse CapitalNVP CapitalOssian CapitalSupernode VenturesFounders Fund+4 more
Astranis manufactures small, high-powered geosynchronous satellites equipped with advanced digital processing technology for global telecommunications and connectivity services.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareSpace TechSan Francisco, US
John Gedmark(Founder/CEO)inRyan McLinko(Founder/CTO)inMike Mancini(Executive Officer)
BoardMartin Casado(Director)inEthan Batraski(Director)inDan Berkenstock(Director)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzATEL VenturesBlack FlagBoxGroupCantos VenturesCherubic Ventures+83 more
Automax.ai uses mobile LiDAR and computer vision technology combined with AI models to produce residential property appraisals and valuations in under 20 minutes, with results compliant to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac standards.
PropTechSan Francisco, US
Humza Ahmed(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsGarage CapitalPioneerY CombinatorBessemer Venture PartnersCapitoriaEight Capital+7 more
Baselayer provides a platform that unifies public records, AI agents, and networked intelligence to verify, score, and monitor business identity and risk for fintechs, banks, and B2B platforms in real-time, replacing manual KYB processes with automated verification and compliance monitoring.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York City, US
Timothy Hyde(Founder)inJonathan Awad(Co-Founder & CEO)inWilliam Slessman(Co-Founder (named in later coverage; previously described as CEO))
Co-investorsFounder CollectiveFour Acres CapitalPICUS CAPITALTorch CapitalGilgamesh VenturesM13
Co-investorsFikaLeadout CapitalChapter OneEssence Venture Capital
beatBread provides advances against masters and publishing rights for independent artists, labels, songwriters, and rights holders, ranging from $1,000 to over $10M, without requiring them to give up ownership.
Creator EconomyFintechMedia & Entertainment
Peter Sinclair(Founder)in
Co-investorsCapria VenturesDeciensIAG Capital PartnersMucker CapitalMindset Venture
BenchSci builds AI infrastructure for preclinical drug discovery, using machine learning that reads scientific literature to extract experimental evidence and map disease biology for biopharma R&D teams.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechData & InfrastructureDigital HealthHealthtechToronto, US
David Qixiang Chen, PhD(Founder)inElvis Wianda(Co-founder & Chief Data Officer)inLiran Belenzon(Co-founder & CEO)inTom Leung(Co-founder & Chief Science Officer)inDavid Chen(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsInovia CapitalGeneration Investment ManagementGradient VenturesTCV500 GlobalBDC Growth Venture Fund+8 more
Modern infrastructure for personal loans and consumer finance
FintechWilmington, US
David Sullivan(Executive Officer, Director)inRyan Katz(Director)
Co-investorsMetaPropMetaProp VenturesNextGen Venture PartnersThirdstream PartnersAlpine MeridianElysian Park Ventures+4 more
BetterUp provides an AI-powered coaching and professional development platform that helps organizations support employee growth and wellbeing.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSWellness & FitnessAustin, US
Alexi Robichaux(Co-founder & CEO)inEduardo Medina(Co-founder & COO)in
Co-investorsAurumCarnrite VenturesConvergeCrew CapitalCrosslink CapitalEvio VC+23 more
Blazel is a LinkedIn content and social selling tool that helps a company's executives, sales, and marketing teams generate, schedule, and publish posts in their own voice, using a fine-tuned LLM and a data layer of enriched LinkedIn profiles.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSales Tech
Co-investorsMoment Ventures, LlcRecursive VenturesSierra VenturesFirsthandVC
Blooming Health operates a care enablement platform that uses AI-assisted co-pilots to detect unmet social needs, close clinical gaps, and guide members through preventive screenings, wellness visits, and benefits renewals such as Medicaid and SNAP.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthGovTechHealthtechNew York, US
Nima Roohi(Co-founder & CEO)inKavitha Gnanasambandan(Co-founder & CCO)inNaman Gupta(Co-founder & CPO)inReme Rashid(Chief Operating Officer)inChethan Sathya(Chief Public Health Officer)in
Co-investorsForum VenturesInsight PartnersMetrodora VenturesStone Mountain VenturesCrossbeam Venture PartnersDCVC (Data Collective)
Boxbot provides automated, high-density storage systems for logistics operations, using AI-driven capabilities to optimize vehicle loading, cross-dock buffering, and item retrieval across last-mile delivery, air cargo, and industrial applications.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsAlameda, US
Austin Oehlerking(Founder and CEO)in
Co-investorsNoveus CapitalPear VCPlayground GlobalWinklevoss CapitalToyota Ventures
Bulk MRO operates a B2B supply chain and finance platform serving enterprise, government, and SME customers with industrial products, metals, agro-commodities, chemicals, and logistics services.
B2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareFintechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSNew York City, US
Devang Shah(Founder)inGaurang Shah(Founder/Director)inCharles Lorenceau(Director)
Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.FJ LabsRebright PartnersSwitch VenturesY CombinatorACE & Company+10 more
Bulletin operates a marketplace that connects independent brands with retail buyers, enabling them to discover products, conduct transactions, and expand their businesses.
Enterprise SoftwareMarketplacesNew York City, US
Alana Branston(Founder/CEO)inAli Kriegsman(Founder/COO)in
Co-investorsExpansion Venture CapitalHalogen Ventures Management Company LlcNotation CapitalY CombinatorAgrolimen VenturesCharge VC+9 more
Recruiting firm that sources early engineers and operators for seed to Series B startups, now part of Tribe AI.
Co-investorsBehind Genius VenturesContrarySSC Venture PartnersWorklife Ventures
CarDash operates a marketplace that picks up vehicles from customer locations, arranges maintenance and repair work with transparent pricing, and returns the completed cars to owners.
ConsumerMarketplacesMobility & TransportationSan Francisco, US
Yinon Weiss(Founder/CEO)in
Co-investorsMS&AD VenturesY CombinatorBurst CapitalFelicis VenturesFour CitiesGlobal Founders Capital+4 more
Cercli is an AI-powered payroll and compliance platform designed for multi-entity, multi-country teams.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSDubai, AE
Akeed Azmi(Founder)inDavid Reche(Founder)inAE Akeed Azmi(Founder)
Co-investorsPICUS CAPITALY CombinatorAcadian Ventures Management, LlcAllison Pickens VenturesCOTU VenturesKnollwood Investment Advisory+1 more
Scranton, US
Michael Averto(Executive Officer, Director)inJason DePietropaolo(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsBarrel VenturesBreak Trail VenturesFour Acres CapitalSupernode VenturesBen Franklin Technology Partners
Chexy lets consumers in Canada pay rent, tuition, taxes, utilities and other bills with any Visa, Mastercard or Amex credit card, collecting cashback, points and miles on payments that normally earn nothing.
ConsumerFintechToronto, CA
Liza Akhvledziani Carew(Founder)in
Co-investorsAntlerDMZ VenturesGroundBreak VenturesKhosla VenturesVenrex
CivilGrid consolidates thousands of datasets on underground utilities, land rights, geotech conditions, and other site data into a real-time map for civil engineers, utility operators, and construction teams.
Construction TechData & InfrastructureGovTechSaaS
Josh(Co-founder)Brandon(Co-founder)
Co-investors2.12 AngelsA*Anorak VenturesBURNT ISLAND VENTURESEnergy Impact PartnersSilent Capital+14 more
ConverzAI provides AI-powered virtual recruiting automation that streamlines candidate sourcing, screening, and interview scheduling for staffing companies.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaSSeattle, US
Ashwarya Poddar(Founder)in
Co-investorsFoundation CapitalLeft Lane CapitalMenlo VenturesRecall Capital
Coverflow is an AI-powered platform for insurance agencies and brokerages that analyzes policies, flags coverage differences and endorsements, generates client-ready proposals, and pushes data into agency management systems (AMS).
AI & Machine LearningInsurTechSaaS
Akash Samant(Founder)in
Co-investorsAIX VenturesFounder Collective
Cushion builds AI and machine-learning infrastructure that extracts and structures consumer financial data from email inboxes, including buy now pay later loans, utilities, subscriptions, and credit card statements.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerFintechBrooklyn, US
Paul Kesserwani(Founder & CEO)inJonathan Hallman(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsGreen Cow Venture Capital500 Global9Yards CapitalBetter Tomorrow VenturesFlourish VenturesVestigo Ventures
DataChain builds machine learning data infrastructure, including tooling for versioning and managing data used in ML workflows.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
Ivan Shcheklein(Director)inDmitry Petrov(Co-Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsTrue VenturesWestern Technology Investment468 CapitalITERATIVELocus VenturesMUFG
Datacurve develops research and data collection infrastructure for training AI systems.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Serena Ge(Founder)inCharley Lee(Founder)in
Co-investorsChemistryHomebrewNorthside VenturesPioneerY CombinatorAccomplice+8 more
Daylight Health provides in-network mental health coaching and therapy delivered virtually through partnering doctors' offices, with care coordinated between coaches, therapists, and nurse practitioners.
Digital HealthHealthtechMental Health
Co-investorsNextView VenturesTMV
Depot is a cloud-based build platform that accelerates software compilation and integration with container tools to reduce developer wait times.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Kyle Galbraith(Founder)inJacob Gillespie(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorAviso VenturesFelicis VenturesKima VenturesPioneerCRV (Charles River Ventures)+7 more
Develop Health automates prior authorization and benefit verification for healthcare providers across EHRs and payers, while providing access intelligence to pharmaceutical manufacturers.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechMenlo Park, US
Mel van Londen(Co-Founder & CEO)inBenjamin Easton(Founder)in
Co-investorsAnalog VenturesHeadwater VenturesMTECH CAPITALWingSouth Park Commons
Docket automates complex testing workflows with pixel-perfect precision by capturing on-screen coordinates, enabling testing of canvases, iframes, popups, and non-standard elements that traditional testing tools cannot handle.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Nishant Hooda(Founder)inBoris Skurikhin(Founder)inArjun Rajasekharan Pillai(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Anoop Thomas Mathew(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in
BoardAshu Garg(Director)
Co-investorsY CombinatorProgressive VenturesTeam Ignite
Referral hiring at scale.
Co-investorsAdventure FundNat TurnerNextGen Venture PartnersUpVentures Capital
Fabric is a shared workspace for teams and AI agents, offering self-writing internal wikis, cross-app search across connected tools, note-taking, project management, and configurable AI agents that perform scheduled tasks.
AI & Machine LearningFintechFuture of WorkSaaS
Co-investorsData TechBessemer Venture PartnersCraft VenturesSamsung Ventures
Cofactr provides electronics supply chain infrastructure for hardware manufacturers, handling component procurement, supplier management, and ITAR-registered warehousing and kitting.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareLogistics & Supply Chain
Co-investorsQED InvestorsXfund
Fauna built FaunaDB, a serverless document-relational cloud database, and shut down the service in May 2025.
San Francisco, US
Evan Weaver(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesConversion CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)Madrona Venture GroupMango CapitalPoint72 Ventures+10 more
FleetPanda provides a cloud-based, customizable dispatch and delivery platform for fuel distributors, covering areas like tank wagon fueling, bulk transport, lubricants, and propane delivery.
Logistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationSaaS
Pavan Maheshwari(Founder & CEO)inPavan M.(Founder)in
Co-investors500 GlobalAlumni VenturesHustle FundStrawberry Creek VenturesUlu VenturesEarl Grey Capital
Flint is an AI-powered platform providing personalized learning tools for K-12 schools, offering student analytics, instant feedback, and AI tutoring across multiple subjects.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechNew York City, US
Sohan Choudhury(Founder)inJinseo Park(Founder)in
Co-investorsBasis Set VenturesPatronY CombinatorAME Cloud Ventures
Flint is a page generation system that creates on-brand marketing pages at scale using AI and design system automation.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsAccelAME Cloud VenturesBasis Set VenturesPatronY Combinator
Flyp is a cross-listing and automation app for online resellers, letting them post inventory across marketplaces like Poshmark, eBay, Mercari, Facebook, Depop, and Etsy with features such as AI-assisted listings, inventory auto-sync, auto-delisting, and analytics.
E-commerceRetail TechSaaS
James Kawas(Founder)inDani Arnaout(Founder)in
Co-investors2048 VenturesAlante CapitalAsymmetric Capital PartnersBAM VenturesGround Up VenturesInterlace Ventures+5 more
FLYP builds branded company merchandise stores that generate on-brand product collections from a company's logo or brand guide using AI, with items made on demand and shipped worldwide.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceHR Tech
Lee Sieradzki(Founder)in
Co-investorsSamos InvestmentsWinklevoss Capital1517Alante CapitalAsymmetric Capital PartnersBAM Ventures+4 more
Fort makes strength training wearable devices.
ConsumerHardwareHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Miranda Nover(Founder)inPaul Schneider(Founder)inZac Valles(Founder)in
Co-investorsPatronTheory Forge VenturesXSLA VenturesY CombinatorBanana CapitalCarnegie Mellon University+3 more
Gamma provides cloud data protection focused on data loss prevention (DLP), cloud access security (CASB), and data governance to defend against data breaches, insider threats, and phishing.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & Infrastructure
Co-investorsWorldQuant Ventures
Grant Lee(Founder)inJon Noronha(Founder)inJames Fox(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelAndreessen HorowitzHyphen CapitalIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)LocalGlobeLorimer Ventures+7 more
Goldcast provides an AI-powered platform for creating and repurposing video content such as webinars, field events, video podcasts, and customer testimonials, using agentic workflows to turn long-form video into clips, blogs, emails, and social posts.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSNew York, US
Kishore Kothandaraman(Cofounder)inPalash Soni(Co-Founder & CEO)inKishore K(Co-Founder)Aashish Srinivas(CTO)inKelly Cheng(CMO)inLauren Creedon(Chief Product Officer)in
Co-investorsHubSpot VenturesNewBuild.VCUnderscore VCUnusual VenturesArray Ventures Management LlcKearny Jackson+2 more
Golpo Video is an AI-powered tool for creating whiteboard explainer videos from prompts or documents.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSan Francisco, US
Shraman Kar(Founder)inShreyas Kar(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorAmino CapitalBNVT CapitalEmergence Capital PartnersPalm Drive CapitalPioneer
Gravitiq acquires and takes 100% ownership of health, wellness, and beauty consumer brands, then scales them across marketplaces, social commerce, and retail/wholesale channels.
ConsumerE-commerceWellness & FitnessLondon, GB
Adam Gunasekara(Founder)
Co-investorsCrossbeam Venture Partners
Grove AI builds "Grace," an AI agent and participant relationship management (PRM) platform that automates clinical trial recruitment tasks such as prescreening, participant inquiries, and appointment scheduling.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Sohit Gatiganti(Founder)inTran Le(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsA*LifeX VenturesPear VCUpfront VenturesOutliers VC
Handoff is an AI-native construction management and estimating platform for residential contractors including remodelers, home builders, and trade contractors.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechEnterprise SoftwarePropTechSaaSAustin, US
Dmitry Alexin(Founder)in
Co-investorsCerity Partners VenturesEarl Grey CapitalFoundamentalGreycroftInitialized CapitalMetaProp+10 more
Hardfin provides software for hardware businesses that connects operations and finance data—covering assets, contracts, billing, and deployments—in a single system to speed up billing and revenue recognition.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSan Francisco, US
Danny Hermes(Founder)inZachary Kimball(Founder)in
Co-investorsAsymmetric Capital PartnersBetter Tomorrow Ventures
Health Note provides a voice AI system for medical practices and health systems that answers patient phone calls, schedules appointments, handles patient intake and insurance verification, processes medication refills, and generates clinical notes.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Joshua Reischer(Co-founder (physician))inAaron Rau(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesCeltic House Asia PartnersDreamit VenturesFounder CollectiveRainfall VenturesRange VC+3 more
Herald provides an AI-powered platform and API for insurance brokerages, including an intelligence engine, an email-based AI agent that extracts client data and sends submissions, and connectivity to carriers, MGUs, MGAs, wholesale brokerages, and program managers.
AI & Machine LearningInsurTechSaaS
Co-investorsBrewer Lane VenturesUnderscore VCEssence Venture Capital
Highlight provides an open-source, fullstack monitoring platform for web applications that aggregates errors, session replay, logs, and other observability data.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsKhosla Ventures
A full-stack monitoring platform that helps developers identify performance issues and bugs in web applications through session replay and error tracking.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSeattle, US
Jay Khatri(Cofounder, CEO (acquired by LaunchDarkly))inVadim Korolik(Founder)in
Co-investorsCraft VenturesFuel CapitalMakers FundNeoRamtin NaimiWorklife Ventures+16 more
Highnote is a platform where artists and their communities upload audio to private spaces to chat, react, and share timestamped commentary around works-in-progress and unreleased music.
Creator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSocial
Jordan Bradley(Founder)in
Co-investorsOak HC/FTAdams Street PartnersCostanoa Ventures
Hightouch builds a data activation platform that integrates with existing enterprise data infrastructure to enable marketing and business teams to activate customer data at scale.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSan Francisco, US
Kashish Gupta(Founder)inTejas Manohar(Founder)inJoshua Curl(Founder)in
Co-investors515 VenturesAllison Pickens VenturesAmplify PartnersBain Capital VenturesDash VCDorm Room+28 more
HoneyBee provides a financial wellness program for employees that includes access to 0% interest funds for debt and expense management, financial education webinars, and confidential money coaching sessions.
FintechHR TechWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsFf Venture CapitalRebalance Capital VenturesResolute VenturesFinancial Venture Studio
Honeycomb provides observability and monitoring software that helps engineering teams understand how their software behaves in production.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Charity Majors(Co-founder & CTO)inChristine Yen(CEO & Co-founder)in
Co-investorsDCVC (Data Collective)Merian VenturesMotive ForceOMERS VenturesScale Venture PartnersStorm Ventures+5 more
Housable helps property owners, managers, and affordable-housing developers identify and build accessory dwelling units (ADUs) across their portfolios, including new construction and garage conversions.
Construction TechPropTech
Co-investorsKindred Ventures
Hyperspell builds a context platform that connects to enterprise data sources (Slack, email, documents, CRMs, ticketing systems) and synthesizes them into a unified, permission-aware knowledge graph accessible to AI agents.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Conor Brennan-Burke(Founder)inManu Ebert(Founder)in
Co-investorsDraper B1Fjor FoundersImagination CapitalMento vcOlive Tree CapitalPerceptive Ventures Management Company, Llc+22 more
Impulse Space develops in-space mobility infrastructure and spacecraft, enabling transportation and logistics between Earth orbit, the Moon, and Mars.
Deep TechDefense TechSpace TechRedondo Beach, US
Tom Mueller(Founder & CEO)inThomas Mueller(Founder)inEric Romo(Executive Officer, Director)inMargaret Abernathy(Executive Officer)in
BoardMichael Linse(Director)inJohn William Raymond(Director)
Co-investors137 VenturesAlumni VenturesArctic DigitalAsahi Kasei Corporate Venture CapitalBalerion Space VenturesBanner VC+21 more
Induction Labs is a research lab developing foundation models designed to learn from their own observations and update over time, with the goal of scaling curiosity-driven artificial intelligence toward superintelligence.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Jonathan Li(CEO & Co-Founder)inDavid Li(Founder)in
Co-investorsTranspose Platform ManagementVela PartnersY CombinatorHassan Lantry (Blast)Ripple Ventures
Inngest is an execution layer for agents and workflows that helps engineers build and optimize event-driven workflows without manual retry logic or queue management.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsRoyal Oak, US
Tony Holdstock-Brown(CEO & Founder)Dan Farrelly(CTO & Founder)in
BoardJamin Ball(Director)inDan Cahana(Director)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzMotive ForceNotable CapitalPreston-Werner VenturesAltimeter CapitalBanana Capital+4 more
Instawork is a marketplace that connects local businesses with hourly workers for short-term staffing needs.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechMarketplacesSan Francisco, US
Sumir Meghani(Founder/CEO)inSaureen Shah(Co-Founder & CTO)inMark Wallace(Chief Financial Officer)inDebarshi Kar(Chief Technology Officer)inKeith Chapman(Chief Legal Officer / General Counsel)inCathy Hardin(Chief Revenue Officer)in
Co-investorsAmino CapitalCorner VenturesCraft VenturesFour Rivers GroupGreylock PartnersGV (Google Ventures)+14 more
Interactly builds a healthcare platform that automates workflow coordination across providers, payers, and care teams by detecting clinical signals and routing them to the right personnel with policy enforcement.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtech
Co-investorsBenhamou Global VenturesSeedToB
Iterative is an accelerator for startups in Southeast Asia that invests upfront upon admission, works with founders on their idea over a three-month cohort, and helps them prepare to raise a larger investment round via a Demo Day.
Sector Agnostic
Hsu Ken Ooi(Founder, General Partner)inBrian Ma(Founder, General Partner)inHsu Han Ooi(Founder, Partner)in
Co-investorsJude GomilaSouth QuadWavemaker Partners468 CapitalBreyer CapitalGV (Google Ventures)+4 more
Jabu operates a digital wallet platform for businesses in southern Africa to conduct transactions in markets with limited banking infrastructure and high cash usage.
FintechCape Town, ZA
David Akinin(Founder)in
Co-investorsExpansion Venture CapitalFJ LabsKli CapitalY CombinatorBoxGroupD Global Ventures+4 more
Jetson helps North American homeowners replace fossil-fuel heating and cooling systems with electric heat pumps, handling the installation process directly rather than through traditional contractors.
CleantechClimate TechConsumerEnergyHardwareIoTNorth Vancouver, CA
Aaron Grant(Founder)inMatthew Bailey(Founder)inStephen Lake(Founder)in
Co-investorsACTIVATE CAPITAL PARTNERSCarbon8VCACTivate CapitalActive Impact InvestmentsEclipse+1 more
Jo is a personal AI agent that reads email, calendar, and connected apps to deliver a daily brief with actionable summaries, meeting prep, draft replies, and gentle reminders for work and personal life.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US
Pradeep Elankumaran(Founder)inKevin Li(Founder)in
Co-investorsAntigravity CapitalHypothesisPioneerY CombinatorResolute Ventures
Kairos is an AI assistant ("AI intern") that connects to a user's apps and tools to automate multi-step workflows, logging into applications, filling forms, and handling tasks across functions like marketing, sales, and HR.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaS
Co-investorsa16z cryptoBlackRockClimate InvestmentDCVC (Data Collective)Energy Innovation Capital
Keragon offers a no-code platform for healthcare organizations to build HIPAA-compliant workflow automations, aimed at clinical and operations teams.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSaaS
George Eracleous(Founder)inPanos Papageorgiou(Founder)inConno Christou(Founder)in
Co-investors25MadisonFocal VenturesUpfront VenturesDarling VenturesFocal
London, GB
Lawrence L(Founder)
Co-investorsBoxGroupCollaborative Fund
Knock is an AI-native customer engagement platform that lets teams build and send product, marketing, and transactional messaging across email, SMS, push, chat, and in-app channels from one place.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsMarketing TechSaaSSeattle, US
Thomas Petry(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Demetri Themelis(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsCraft VenturesExpaMadrona Venture GroupSunflower Capital Management FundWorklife VenturesCoFound Partners Venture+9 more
Spinalto Casino is an online casino platform offering slot machines, table games, and live dealer games from providers such as NetEnt, Microgaming, and Evolution Gaming, along with deposit bonuses and free spins.
ConsumerGaming
Co-investorsAlium CapitalPerennial Partners
Kroo provides a data platform for the construction industry, offering pre-built connectors, a managed data warehouse, and AI infrastructure to unify siloed data into a single source of truth.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechData & Infrastructure
Co-investorsSuffolk Technologies
Kubecost provides tools to track, analyze, and optimize cloud spending, positioned within cloud financial management.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Bill Lobig(Leader, IBM Apptio Suite of Products)Eugene Khvostov(Chief Product Officer)Nick Bollini(Senior Enterprise Technology Executive)Alisa Velic(Finance & Business Operations Leader)Malino Oda(Head of Engineering)
Co-investorsVista Equity PartnersCoatue ManagementFirst Round Capital
Vinod Pachipulusu(Founder)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesNycaNyca PartnersRecall Capital
Loop builds AI-powered software for transportation spend and payment management in the supply chain, using an LLM and an "atomic task" system to structure supply chain data and automate back office financial processes.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechLogistics & Supply ChainSan Francisco, US
Matt McKinney(Co-Founder and CEO)inShaosu Liu(Co-Founder and CTO)in
Co-investors8VCIndex VenturesFlexportFounders FundSusa VenturesValor Equity Partners+8 more
Ludio hosts online multiplayer game nights over video, running daily and themed events for a community of players who join from around the world.
ConsumerGamingSocial
Mayhem provides game tracking, real-time leaderboards, and community chat features for gaming events.
ConsumerGamingSan Francisco, US
Ivan Zhou(Founder/CEO)inAnhang Zhu(Founder)inAmit Kumar(Director)in
Co-investorsAccelNextGen Venture PartnersY CombinatorSapphire VenturesSequoia CapitalSouth Park Commons
Mem0 provides memory infrastructure for AI systems, enabling them to build lasting, contextual memory across applications.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Taranjeet Singh(CEO & Co-founder)inDeshraj Yadav(CTO & Co-founder)in
Co-investorsUntapped CapitalBasis Set VenturesInception Studio CapitalKindred VenturesM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Peak XV Partners+6 more
Mercoa provides B2B payment solutions, specifically AI-powered billing and invoicing tools, for SaaS platforms to embed into their product for their end customers.
Developer ToolsFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Sai Arora(Founder)inSandeep Dinesh(Founder)in
Co-investorsDunbar CapitalY CombinatorCapitalize VC
Mesh provides a real-time B2B verification API that helps companies verify and onboard legitimate U.S. businesses, including SMBs and licensed professionals, by checking business registration, professional licenses, and business risk signals.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Co-investorsAscend Venture CapitalEssence Venture Capital
Metis builds a post-training and continual-learning layer for enterprise agents, enabling autonomous systems to operate reliably on real tools and workflows.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Aryan Shah(Founder)inAayush Sheth(Founder)inMarcus Yearwood(Founder)in
Co-investorsAntiDorm RoomSoma CapitalY CombinatorCRV (Charles River Ventures)Kleiner Perkins+1 more
Mindset Health develops digital health programs using hypnotherapy and mind-body medicine to help patients manage gastrointestinal disorders and improve health outcomes.
Digital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesMental HealthWellness & FitnessMelbourne, AU
Alex Naoumidis(Co-founder & Co-CEO)inChris Naoumidis(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlberts Impact VenturesAlumni VenturesFifty YearsKing River CapitalPerennial PartnersTenmile+14 more
Minro provides customer intelligence and analytics software for SaaS and product teams to track user engagement, retention, and churn risk.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Samika Sanghvi(Founder)inSiddhant Lad(Founder)in
Co-investorsPioneerY CombinatorBoxGroupD Global VenturesMetsu CapitalRoar Ventures
Modern Health provides mental health support solutions for employers with over 100 employees.
Digital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechHR TechMental HealthSan Francisco, US
Alyson Watson(Founder/CEO)inErica Johnson(Director)Alyson Friedensohn(Executive Officer, Director)inAlyson (Friedensohn) Watson(Founder)in
Co-investors01 Advisors515 VenturesBattery VenturesKleiner PerkinsMerus CapitalMGV.VC+9 more
Neo Financial offers a robo-advisory investment platform called Neo Invest, powered by OneVest, that combines algorithmic portfolio management with human portfolio manager expertise.
CybersecurityFintechCanada, CA
Shlomi Salem(Founder)inAndrew Chau(Co-founder & CEO)inKris Read(Co-founder & CTO)inChris Simair(Co-founder, President & Head of Operations)inJeff Adamson(Co-founder & Chief Commercial Officer)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBreyer CapitalEvolution VenturesFJ LabsGolden Venture PartnersGolden Ventures+8 more
New Lantern builds software for radiologists that consolidates workflow across multiple systems—worklist management, image viewing, and reporting—to reduce administrative overhead and let radiologists focus on reading studies and making diagnoses.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechMedical DevicesSaaSSan Francisco, US
Shiva Suri(Founder)in
Co-investorsMenlo VenturesPosition VenturesBenchmark
NEWME is a fashion retailer offering women's apparel including denim, tops, dresses, co-ords, jumpsuits, and winterwear through its app and online store.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce
Sumit Jasoria(Founder)in
Co-investors2am VCAccelAll In CapitalEntrepreneur VenturesFireside Ventures Advisory LlpAccel India+3 more
Nuntius builds tools to ensure AI models comply with specified constraints and behave reliably in commercial applications.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsY CombinatorBoxGroupCRV (Charles River Ventures)Liquid VenturesMetsu CapitalSusa Ventures+1 more
Olto is an AI "Demo Engineer" platform that automatically generates buyer-personalized, live demo environments and interactive product tours on a company's real product.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Jean-Baptiste Chaput(Founder)in
Co-investorsLigature VCRecall CapitalGeneral PartnershipNexus Venture Partners
Opennote is an AI-powered learning platform that consolidates lecture materials, notes, and readings in one place and provides contextual explanations, practice tools, and video tutorials to help students understand course content.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerEdTechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Rishi Srihari(Founder)inAbhi Arya(Co-Founder and CTO)inVedant Vyas(Founder)in
Co-investorsSancus VenturesY CombinatorAcrew CapitalAndreessen HorowitzLong Journey VenturesMetsu Capital+2 more
Charu Sharma(Cofounder)
Co-investorsFJ LabsHead & Heart CapitalNorte VenturesPreface Ventures
Overtime creates and operates new sports leagues and media IP — including OTE and OT Select in basketball and OT7 and OT Nationals in football — while producing over 150 weekly pieces of original sports content for its global audience of next-generation fans and athletes.
ConsumerCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSports TechBrooklyn, US
Zachary Weiner(Founder)inZack Weiner(Founder)inDan Porter(Founder & CEO)
Co-investors359 CapitalAndreessen HorowitzBezos ExpeditionsBlack CapitalSpark CapitalWinslow Capital+28 more
Palette is a web performance monitoring tool that collects end-user interaction latency, page load metrics, and JavaScript code profiles, linking slow user experiences and regressions to specific lines of code.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Paperplane provides credit risk prediction for building supplies merchants using transaction data and sales representative input to identify customers at risk of default weeks before traditional credit assessment methods.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSNew York City, US
Daniel Kwak(Co-Founder)inJack Hopkins(Founder)inBen Magolan(Founder)in
Co-investorsBloomberg BetaY Combinator1984 Ventures Management, LlcCornerstone Venture PartnersCreator FundFAST — by GETTYLAB+5 more
Petal offers credit card products aimed at helping people access credit, including those new to credit or with past credit issues, by using their savings and spending data to assess creditworthiness beyond a traditional credit score.
ConsumerFintechOxford, US
David Michael Melnick Taffet(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsEvolution VC PartnersFairhaven Capital PartnersGreat Oaks Venture CapitalNat TurnerNelstone VenturesNew Ground Ventures+9 more
Petra Labs offers a platform and managed service that tracks a brand's visibility, ranking, sentiment, and citations across AI search engines, then executes content, media, and attribution work to grow AI-referred traffic and revenue.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Sami Akkawi(Founder)in
Co-investorsValor Equity PartnersWork-BenchPathlight Ventures
Pluto is a clinical intelligence platform that aggregates fragmented medical data from US health systems and uses AI-driven insights to coordinate care delivery, identify health gaps, and connect patients to preventive care, diagnostic testing, and clinical trials.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Joy Bhosai, MD MPH(Founder)in
Co-investorsNextGen Venture Partners
Podqi offers an AI-based brand protection platform that detects intellectual property infringements such as counterfeit listings, stolen imagery, and impersonation, then automates takedowns across marketplaces, social media, and websites.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityLegalTechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Ivan Esmeral(Founder)inJesse Xu(Founder)inTrevor West(Founder)in
Co-investorsGeneral CatalystSoma Capital
Pomelo is a San Francisco fintech combining international money transfers with consumer credit lines and a Mastercard card.
London
Gaston Irigoyen(Executive Officer, Director)inJuan Fantoni(Director)inHern?n A. Corral(Director)Eric Velasquez Frenkiel(Founder)inTomas Maria Gutierrez Ruegg(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsA*Insight PartnersMantis CapitalS32Adams Street PartnersAndreessen Horowitz+13 more
Prism Data provides cash flow underwriting infrastructure and predictive analytics for financial institutions to assess creditworthiness of consumers without traditional credit history.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintech
Jason Rosen(Founder)in
Co-investorsCore Venture CapitalFairhaven Capital PartnersNOEMIS VenturesObvious VenturesSamsung NextStory Ventures+1 more
PromptArmor provides a security platform that protects enterprise organizations from AI-specific security threats and vulnerabilities.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Shankar Krishnan(Founder)inVikram Jayanthi(Founder)in
Co-investorsPioneerRitual CapitalY CombinatorGreylock PartnersLiquid VenturesLitquidity Ventures+2 more
Pulse Protocol provides software for medical travel businesses to manage patients, including quote creation, integrated invoicing and payments, and communications across phone, text, and email.
HealthtechSaaSTravel & Hospitality
Co-investorsAmplify.LAKima Ventures
Quill provides a suite of tools for building customer-facing dashboards, including a React library, API, and management platform.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Shawn Magee(Founder)inRishi Raman(Founder)in
Co-investorsBasis Set VenturesCypress Growth CapitalIndex VenturesY Combinator500 GlobalAME Cloud Ventures+7 more
Pivotal Health is a healthcare technology company that helps medical providers maximize reimbursement through Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) management, payer negotiations, and data-driven revenue optimization.
HealthtechSaaS
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesRed Bike Capital
Rosie is an AI-powered phone answering service that handles customer calls, inquiries, and appointment bookings for small businesses.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Jordan Gal(Founder)in
Co-investorsFELIX CAPITALRainfall Ventures
Seel is an AI-powered platform that helps global e-commerce brands and marketplaces manage post-purchase risks and returns through compliance-first solutions.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3E-commerceFintechInsurTechSaaSSunnyvale, US
Zack Peng(CEO, Co-Founder)inZhangsinong Liu(Executive Officer, Director)Bill Liu(Cofounder)inMo Chen(CTO)in
BoardJustin Overdorff(Director)inRodolfo Gonzalez(Director)in
Co-investorsFoundation CapitalLightspeed Venture PartnersTechstarsWischoff Ventures
Shortwave builds an AI-first communications app designed for effective human-AI collaboration, starting with email.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US
Andrew Lee(Founder)inJonny Dimondin
Co-investorsY CombinatorFlybridge Capital PartnersLightspeed Venture PartnersUnion Square Ventures (USV)Convective CapitalFounder Collective
SINAI provides software to help companies measure, reduce, and report their carbon emissions and develop decarbonization strategies.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Maria Fujihara(Founder)inAlain Rodriguez(Founder)inMaria Carolina Fujihara(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in
BoardEileen Waris(Director)inAndrew Beebe(Director)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesClimacticCollaborative FundDesigner FundEnergize CapitalHigh Alpha+15 more
An AI tool that speeds up email management and processing for inbox users.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSan Francisco, US
Harsha Gaddipati(Co-Founder/CEO)inDhruv Roongta(Founder)in
Co-investorsFlying Tiger CapitalIDL VenturesPioneerThink+ Ventures Management, LlcY CombinatorEight Capital+5 more
Slite provides a knowledge base platform designed for team collaboration and information organization.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSBerlin, DE
Christophe Pasquier(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator645 VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBanana CapitalBoxGroupChaac Ventures+12 more
Stack Healthcare provides affordable and flexible health insurance coverage solutions designed for small businesses and their teams.
InsurTech
Co-investors8VCSilent Capital
Stag connects a real estate portfolio's operational systems to surface signals that affect net operating income (NOI).
AI & Machine LearningPropTechSaaS
Stress-Free operates an auto repair service that offers transparent pricing at discounts up to 30% below dealership rates, along with amenities like loaner cars, real-time work updates, and a luxury lounge.
B2B MarketplacesRetail TechCalifornia, US
Co-investorsHarmony PartnersNextGen Venture PartnersTactile VenturesWatchfire VenturesForerunner Ventures
Superagent provides autonomous security research to identify, fix, and disclose software vulnerabilities in code and AI agents.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Alan Zabihi(Founder)inIsmail Pelaseyed(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorRebel FundEight CapitalMaiora Rebel VenturesNew Order
Swept AI provides runtime supervision, policy enforcement, and monitoring for AI assistants, agentic workflows, and customer-facing AI features, giving security teams real-time visibility and control over AI behavior.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFuture of Work
Co-investorsID VenturesService Provider CapitalBDC Capital CorporationInovia CapitalM25Spark Capital
Swept provides operational software for commercial cleaning and janitorial businesses, supporting scheduling, payroll, supply management, and inspections.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Matt CooperinMichael BrowninMichelle Audas(CEO)in
Co-investors500 GlobalEast Valley Ventures
Take Two builds AI-powered creative tools that act as an assistant to directors, cinematographers, and visual artists for producing visuals within existing film production pipelines.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & Entertainment
Rudresh Upadhyaya(CEO / Co-founder)inRaghav Katta(CTO / Co-founder)
Tera AI develops foundation models for autonomous systems that enable real-time navigation and mapping on resource-constrained hardware using monocular cameras, applicable across diverse platforms.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Tony Zhang(Founder)in
Co-investorsFelicis Venturesilab AcceleratorInovia CapitalZypsy Capital8090 IndustriesAndreessen Horowitz+13 more
Terminal49 develops software to track and automate the movement of shipping containers from ports to warehouses, originally built to support its own drayage operations.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Philipp(Co-founder)Akshay(Co-founder)
Co-investorsAPA Venture PartnersGrand VenturesInitialized CapitalStage 2 Capital645 Ventures
Terra Industries builds autonomous systems — including surveillance drones, ground vehicles, and AI-powered sentry towers — to protect critical infrastructure such as mines and oil pipelines across African nations.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechRobotics
Co-investorsTofino Capital8VC
Tezi built AI agent systems that handle operational work inside complex, real-world workflows while keeping humans in the loop for tasks requiring judgment and expertise.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of Work
Raghavendra (RVP) Prabhu(Founder & CEO)inJason Petersen(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAudaciousSemperVirens Venture Capital8VCLiquid VenturesPrime Set GroupSouth Park Commons
The New Club is a members-only community for senior technical women+, offering peer mentorship, one-on-one coaching, and introductions to startups hiring for their teams.
Future of WorkSocial
Co-investorsGSV AccelerationOperator Collective
Thoughtly builds CRM-driven AI voice agents that call sales leads and follow up across SMS, email, iMessage, and WhatsApp until contact is made, writing call notes and deal stages back to CRMs like Salesforce and HubSpot.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechNew York, US
Torrey Leonard(Founder)in
Co-investorsConvergeExpansion Venture CapitalNVP CapitalArmory Square VenturesNewark Venture Partners
Threecolts is a commerce platform for online sellers and brands that recovers marketplace and carrier losses, syncs catalogs across multiple marketplaces, and consolidates ecommerce operations into one dashboard.
E-commerceRetail TechSaaSLondon, GB
Yoda Y(Founder)
Till Financial offers a family banking app and Visa debit card for kids and teens, letting parents send money, automate allowance and chores, set spending controls, and track activity while kids set savings goals and learn money management.
ConsumerEdTechFintechNantucket, US
Taylor James Burton(Director)Thomas John Pincince(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardGuaray Jain(Director)
Co-investorsAlpine MeridianBantam GroupLuge CapitalMagnify VenturesElysian Park VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners+2 more
Traysar builds autonomous underground systems for strike, defense, and observability in subterranean environments such as tunnels, bunkers, and hardened facilities.
Deep TechDefense TechRobotics
Co-investorsImpatient VenturesReveille VCSilent CapitalLux CapitalSilent Ventures
Unpopular Ventures (UV) is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in startups across sectors globally.
Sector Agnostic
Peter Livingston(Founder)in
Co-investorsPeakAmino CapitalCIVGeneral AdvanceGoAhead VenturesLux Capital+3 more
Jackson, US
Evan Huck(Executive Officer, Director)inRay Rhodes(Founder)in
BoardGabby Contro(Director)in
Co-investorsCrosslink CapitalFirstMile VenturesFounder CollectiveNext Frontier CapitalTeamworthy VenturesGTMfund
Vessel provided a platform for mobile application developers covering beta distribution, real-time crash reporting, and an in-app support desk.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Devendra LaulkarKoustubha Deshpande
Co-investors500 GlobalInovia CapitalBY Venture PartnersFJ LabsGolden VenturesTelegraph Hill Capital
Vibe Code App lets users build websites and applications by describing what they want in natural language, generating projects from the prompt.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Co-investorsDorm RoomSeven Seven Six
Vibely (redirecting to Kajabi Communities) provides community-building software that lets creators and businesses host paid, tiered, or free member spaces tied directly to their products, courses, memberships, and email automations.
Creator EconomyImpact & Social GoodMarketing TechSaaS
Teri YuinTheresa LeeDalia Moya(Founder)in
Co-investors500 GlobalAdapt Ventures
Virtually is an attendance tracking tool for Zoom that detects when participants join and leave live sessions.
EdTechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US
Co-investorsY CombinatorAvlok CapitalFour CitiesJohn CurtiusTiger Global ManagementUnpopular Ventures
Windsor produces software that generates individualized video messages by using AI to synthesize variations of a single recorded video with unique recipient details, enabling mass personalization at scale.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Pranay Prakash(Founder/CEO)inAndrew Faust(Founder)in
Co-investors7percent VenturesY CombinatorFour CitiesGeneral AdvanceKearny JacksonLeyden Ventures+7 more
San Mateo, US
Anne Halsall(Founder)
Co-investorsBBG VenturesHomebrewImpact America FundParade VenturesRethink ImpactDeep Fork Capital
Astrid is an AI personal shopping app that learns a user's style and handles product search, filtering, and outfit curation, including image-based search from photos or screenshots.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerE-commerceGreenwich, US
Katherine Fitzgibbon(Executive Officer)John D Maresco(Executive Officer)Philip Krim(Director)inLindsay Ferstandig(Executive Officer, Director)Gabriel Flateman(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsA*Raven One VenturesShrug Capital
Zette AI partners with a network of publishers to build and monetize proprietary datasets, and supplies fact-checked, up-to-date data to enterprises for use in foundation models and real-time AI insights.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMedia & Entertainment
Yehong Zhu(Founder)in
Co-investorsHalogen Ventures Management Company LlcMGV CapitalHyphen Capital
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Devenue Inc.Kik InteractivePixxel Space TechnologiesAmicuslawD1 BrandsDash AIDevronFlorida St.IntentomaticMemoOnyxPinchReaxiomaticRetainStreamUltrarevUsedashValloVend ParkWeb3, ArgentinaZuulkitchens
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
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Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Afore Capital made?
- Afore Capital has 172 tracked investments, 13 of which have exited, including 28 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Afore Capital invest at?
- Afore Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Afore Capital's typical check size?
- Afore Capital typically writes checks of $500K – $2M.
- What sectors does Afore Capital focus on?
- Afore Capital focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Afore Capital located?
- Afore Capital is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Does Afore Capital lead rounds?
- Yes, Afore Capital leads investment rounds.
- Who does Afore Capital co-invest with?
- Afore Capital most often shares deals with Y Combinator, FJ Labs, Alumni Ventures, among 296 tracked co-investors.
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500 GlobalIndex VenturesSapphire VenturesSequoia CapitalCraft VenturesFounder CollectiveKleiner PerkinsFoundation CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)Inovia CapitalGaingelsRebel FundAccelKhosla VenturesTiger Global ManagementGradient VenturesWorklife VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersMenlo VenturesNextView VenturesGreycroftObvious VenturesAmplify PartnersShrug CapitalCollaborative FundGolden VenturesUnderscore VCImagination CapitalCrossbeam Venture PartnersSusa VenturesUpHonest CapitalPrecursor VenturesScale Venture Partners2048 VenturesUncorrelated VenturesBetter Tomorrow VenturesScribble VenturesValar Ventures LlcContrary8090 IndustriesDesigner FundGeneral CatalystTechstarsNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Great Oaks Venture CapitalBattery VenturesQuiet CapitalCaffeinated CapitalCanvas VenturesFlybridge Capital PartnersTodd and Rahul’s Angel FundSierra VenturesQED InvestorsAbstract VenturesNot Boring CapitalM13Two Sigma VenturesTribe Capital FirstlookMaC Venture CapitalWork-BenchClimate CapitalRecursive VenturesLocalGlobeK9 VenturesAltimeter CapitalJetstreamNotation CapitalConvective CapitalMerus CapitalLightShed VenturesDarling VenturesFocalBasecamp FundSchematic VenturesBrighter CapitalEnergize CapitalAudaciousRosecliff VenturesHarpoon VenturesUberEverywhere VenturesGoat CapitalFundersClubC2 InvestmentsLookout VenturesStellar CapitalAdditionFloodgateMeritech Capital PartnersBowery CapitalElectric CapitalRibbit CapitalOperator LPDN CapitalThrive CapitalGustoWEEKENDLightbankEQT VenturesEntrepreneur FirstCowboy VenturesNext Play VenturesLatitud VenturesMoxxie VenturesLakestarSpider CapitalAnthemis VentureReach CapitalHouseZoom VenturesMischief305 VenturesBasementConstruct CapitalGutter CapitalRavelin CapitalThe Venture CollectiveScout VenturesStealth CapitalWormhole CapitalNational Science FoundationAlsop Louie PartnersBlume VenturesAlpaca VCTA VenturesHuman CapitalPIPELINE CAPITAL PARTNERSGrayscale VenturesKyber Knight Capitalsuper{set}Trust VenturesFlint CapitalRiverPark VenturesSilicon BadiaLightspeed India PartnersDivergent CapitalChampion Hill VenturesE12 Venture Capital, LlcLooking Glass CapitalCoughdrop CapitalFeenix Venture Partners LLCAirbus VenturesManiv MobilityCubit CapitalEmbedded VenturesLavrock VenturesCountdown CapitalType One VenturesLearnLaunch Fund AcceleratorStaircase Ventures1435 CapitalAmerica's Frontier FundO.G. Venture PartnersAlpine Space VenturesMoonshots CapitalIceNineCannage CapitalM-One CapitalSpaceFundLightning Capital
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4DI Ventures was co-founded by repeat tech operator and ESET Southern Africa founder Justin Stanford, giving it unusually deep cybersecurity and software operating experience rather than a purely financial background, and originated from Stanford's own angel-investing experiments that directly led to both the firm's creation and the launch of the Silicon Cape Initiative. The firm explicitly describes its style as "nurture capital" with intensive, hands-on engagement, and Stanford is vocal about avoiding the "unicorn at all costs" mentality in African tech, instead emphasizing sustainable market readiness and fundamentals in a more conservative, durability-focused investment approach.
8VC is a venture capital firm investing across logistics, life sciences, healthcare, IT infrastructure, and government/defense, guided by its Smart Enterprise thesis focused on data integration and platform network effects.
AirTree Ventures runs Pathfinders, a free four-week in-person program in Sydney for young builders (high-school graduates up to age 23) to work on a real product, access the AirTree team and founders, and build a peer network.
August Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in a small number of companies, providing hands-on support to entrepreneurs building their businesses.
B Capital is a global investment firm backing early to late-stage technology innovators across technology, healthcare, and energy & resilience sectors.



























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