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Afore Capital

Venture capitalActively deploying

San Francisco · Pre-Seed–Seed · 13 people tracked

Also known as AFORE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

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Investment thesis

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 15, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Seed
Check
$500K – $2M
HQ
San Francisco, CA, US
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2016
Last 12 months
9 investments
AUM
$500M
VC funds
17
Tracked investments
148
Unicorns
3
Acquisitions
11

Team · 13 people

from the firm's website & curated & public directories
Jay Chen· Partnerin
Jared Luttrell· VP of Financein

16 people who came through Afore Capital went on to found or lead other companies.

+ 4 more

What they invest in

from 113 of 148 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×64SaaS ×48Enterprise Software ×26Data & Infrastructure ×21Fintech ×19Healthtech ×16Consumer ×14Developer Tools ×12

HQs:United States×62Canada×4United Kingdom×3United Arab Emirates×1Australia×1Ghana×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 58 portfolio companies
24%
solo founders
14 of 58 mapped founding teams
54%
repeat founders
of 91 founders with career history
~2.5 yrs
old at investment
median across 18 dated deals

Founding team size:solo founder×142 founders×313 founders×114+ founders×2

Where their founders studiedfrom 92 founders with education data

University of California, Berkeley ×6University of Waterloo ×6Stanford University ×5University of Pennsylvania ×5University of Southern California ×5Harvard Business School ×4Harvard Law School ×3Imperial College London ×3

What their founders studiedfrom 85 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×34Engineering ×20Business & Management ×15Economics ×8Finance & Accounting ×5Life Sciences ×5Mathematics & Statistics ×5Physics ×4

Where their founders worked beforefrom 91 founders with career history

Facebook ×4Reducto ×3Browserbase ×2Creative Destruction Lab ×2Federal Reserve Bank of Boston ×2Glispa Global Group ×2Goldman Sachs ×2Google ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×13500 Global ×3

9 founders hold a PhD · 9 hold an MBA (of 89 with degree data)

Investments · 148 tracked

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Flatfileflatfile.ioin𝕏Sep 2022 · $50M✓ verified

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 & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareDenver, US

David Boskovic(Executive Officer, Director)inEric Crane(Executive Officer, Director)AVERY CHASE(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardRORY O'DRISCOLL(Director)inFRANCES SCHWEIP(Director)

Co-investorsScale Venture PartnersTiger Global ManagementTwo Sigma VenturesWorkday VenturesDesigner FundGradient Ventures+1 more

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Flatfile provides a platform that automates data onboarding by mapping, transforming, and validating raw customer data with AI assistance.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

David Boskovic(Co-founder)Eric Crane(Co-founder)

Co-investorsGradient VenturesScale Venture PartnersTiger Global ManagementTwo Sigma VenturesWorkday VenturesEssence Venture Capital

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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-investorsY CombinatorPioneerCIVRocketship.vc

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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 FundJ17 CapitalMyAsiaVCTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)

Openmartopenmart.aiin𝕏✓ verified

Openmart is an AI-powered platform that automates lead discovery, contact enrichment, and sales outreach preparation for businesses targeting local retailers and SMBs.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaSSales Tech

Kathryn Wu(Co-founder)inRichard He(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsRebel FundY CombinatorBrighter CapitalImagination CapitalJ17 CapitalTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)+1 more

Waysidewayside.ioin✓ verified

Wayside is a venture-backed startup based in New York City.

AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaSSector AgnosticNew York City, US

Ish Baidin

Co-investorsCentre Street Partners

Wiziawizia.com✓ verified

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

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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 VenturesArray Ventures Management LlcChingona Ventures+2 more

Agentopsagentops.aiin𝕏

AgentOps is a developer platform for building, tracing, debugging, and monitoring AI agents and LLM applications, with observability support for OpenAI, CrewAI, Autogen, and 400+ LLMs and frameworks.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS

AMCAamca.coSeries A · Apr 2025 · $77M

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 CapitalLux CapitalIndustrious VenturesSilent Ventures

Andrenaandrena.comin𝕏May 2019

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+7 more

Armadaarmada.aiinSeries A · Dec 2023 · $55M

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 VenturesArtisanal VenturesContraryCRESCENT COVE CAPITALFelicis VenturesFlyover Capital+12 more

Arrowarrowhq.comin𝕏

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

Baselayerhqbaselayerhq.comin𝕏

Baselayer provides automated screening of business officers, owners, and authorized signers, checking for sanctions, military status, criminal history, bankruptcies, liens, and fraud signals to extend beyond standard KYB checks.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechSaaSNew York City, US

Timothy Hyde(Founder)inJonathan Awad(Co-Founder & CEO)inWilliam Slessman(Co-Founder (named in later coverage; previously described as CEO))

Co-investorsFour Acres CapitalPICUS CAPITALTorch Capital

beatBreadbeatbread.comin𝕏

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

Benchscibenchsci.comin𝕏

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 GlobalCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)+6 more

Best Eggbestegg.comin𝕏Apr 2021 · $5MAcquired

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

BetterUpbetterup.comin𝕏

BetterUp provides an AI-powered coaching and professional development platform that helps organizations support employee growth and wellbeing.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSAustin, US

Alexi Robichaux(Co-founder and CEO)inEduardo Medina(Co-founder and COO)in

Co-investorsAurumCarnrite VenturesConvergeCrosslink CapitalEvio VCGarage Capital+16 more

Blazelblazel.comPre-Seed · Jul 2025 · $10M

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, LlcSierra VenturesRecursive Ventures

Blooming Healthgobloominghealth.cominSeed · Apr 2025 · $26M

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)

Boxbotboxbot.ioin𝕏

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-investorsPlayground GlobalWinklevoss CapitalToyota Ventures

Bulk MRO Industrial Supplybulkmro.cominSep 2019

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.Rebright PartnersSwitch VenturesY CombinatorACE & CompanyStride Ventures

Bulletinbulletin.coin𝕏Acquired

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 CapitalNotation CapitalY Combinator

Candor Wellnessjoincandor.comAcquired

Recruiting firm that sources early engineers and operators for seed to Series B startups, now part of Tribe AI.

Co-investorsBehind Genius VenturesContraryWorklife Ventures

CarDashrepairsmith.cominAcquired

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 CombinatorFelicis VenturesIndex Ventures

Cerclicercli.comin𝕏Seed · Oct 2025 · $12M

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

ChannelApechannelape.com

Scranton, US

Michael Averto(Executive Officer, Director)inJason DePietropaolo(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsBarrel VenturesBreak Trail VenturesFour Acres CapitalSupernode VenturesBen Franklin Technology Partners

Chexychexy.coPre-Seed · Jun 2023 · $980K

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-investorsDMZ VenturesGroundBreak VenturesKhosla VenturesVenrex

Civilgridcivilgrid.comin

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 PartnersSpark Capital

ConverzAIconverzai.cominPre-Seed · Feb 2025 · $16M

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-investorsLeft Lane CapitalMenlo VenturesRecall CapitalFoundation Capital

Coverflowcoverflow.techJul 2025

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

Cushioncushion.aiinJan 2025

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 GlobalBetter Tomorrow VenturesFlourish VenturesVestigo Ventures

Datacurvedatacurve.aiin𝕏

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AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Serena Ge(Founder)inCharley Lee(Founder)in

Co-investorsHomebrewNorthside VenturesY CombinatorBalaji SrinivasanChemistry

Daylight Healthdaylight-health.comin

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

Develop Healthdevelophealth.aiJun 2025

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

BoardSara Choi(Director)in

Co-investorsAnalog VenturesHeadwater VenturesMTECH CAPITALWingSouth Park Commons

Develophealthdevelophealth.io

Develop Health provides AI-powered prescription automation that streamlines prior authorization and predicts medication coverage and costs at the point of prescription.

AI & Machine LearningHealthtech

Mel van Londen(Founder)inBenjamin Easton(Founder)in

Fabricfabric.so𝕏

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

Factorfactor.ioin

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

Faunafauna.comDefunct

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-investorsConversion CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)Madrona Venture GroupMango CapitalPoint72 VenturesQuest Venture Partners+4 more

Fleet Pandafleetpanda.comin

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 GlobalHustle FundStrawberry Creek VenturesUlu VenturesEarl Grey Capital

Flintflintk12.comin𝕏Nov 2025 · $15M

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

Flypjoinflyp.com

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E-commerceRetail TechSaaS

James Kawas(Founder)inDani Arnaout(Founder)in

Co-investors2048 VenturesAlante CapitalAsymmetric Capital PartnersBAM VenturesGround Up VenturesInterlace Ventures+5 more

Gammanetgammanet.comin𝕏

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Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & Infrastructure

Co-investorsWorldQuant Ventures

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Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaS

Glyfglyf.spacein

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AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & Entertainment

Scott Schrader(Founder)in

Goldcastgoldcast.ioinJun 2022

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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

Golpogolpoai.comin𝕏Oct 2025 · $4M

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 CombinatorBNVT CapitalEmergence Capital

Gravitiqgravitiq.cominSeed · Nov 2021 · $55M

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

Grovegrovetrials.cominMay 2024

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 VenturesUpfront VenturesOutliers VCPear VC

Hardfinhardfin.comin

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 Notehealthnote.comin

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-investorsCeltic House Asia PartnersDreamit VenturesFounder CollectiveRange VCSignalFireVerissimo Ventures+2 more

Heraldapiheraldapi.comin

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

Heysamheysam.aiin

Sam is an AI conversation intelligence tool delivered in Slack that turns sales calls, emails, and Slack messages into notes, video summaries, CRM updates, and AI coaching.

AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech

Co-investors8VC

Highlighthighlight.runin𝕏

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

highlight.iohighlight.ioin𝕏Aug 2023Acquired

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+6 more

Highnotehighnote.fm

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

Hightouchhightouch.ioin𝕏

Hightouch offers an AI-powered agentic marketing platform that connects to a company's data warehouse, marketing channels, and creative systems to build, launch, and optimize personalized campaigns across performance marketing and lifecycle/CRM.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing Tech

Tejas Manohar(Founder & CEO)inJoshua Curl(Cofounder)Kashish Gupta(Cofounder)in

Co-investorsICONIQNew NormalOperator CollectiveAmplify Partners CVBain Capital VenturesDorm Room+5 more

HoneyBeemeethoneybee.comSep 2021

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

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 BrandsDevronIntentomaticLoop AIMemoOnyxPinchrentReaxiomaticRetainStreamUsedashValloVend ParkVesselWeb3, 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.

Exits · 11

11 acquisitions · showing 5

Basisacq. by DigitsMayhemacq. by NianticOpennoteacq. by ReductoTill Financialacq. by Western & Southern Financial GroupVibelyacq. by Kajabi

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Afore Capital made?
Afore Capital has 148 tracked investments, 11 of which have exited, including 23 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, 500 Global, NextGen Venture Partners, among 230 tracked co-investors.

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🇨🇦 Canadian vs 🇺🇸 American Pitch Decks: What VCs Really Want to See | Gaurav Jain, Afore Capital

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Early-stage Success: Insights From Afore Capital's Gaurav Jain on Investing in Pre-seed Companies

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Afore Capital's Gaurav Jain on the Emergence of Pre-Seed Investing and How They Stay Differentiated

The BARE Ventures Podcast · Gaurav Jain

Gaurav Jain from Afore Capital on Investing in pre-seed companies

Life Self Mastery · Gaurav Jain

384th 1Mby1M Roundtable February 1, 2018: With Gaurav Jain, Afore Capital

1Mby1M Roundtables · Gaurav Jain

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Co-investors · 169

8VC

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.

$100K – $50M
Andreessen Horowitz

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.

Both backed · 5
$500K – $50M
Founders Fund

Founders Fund is a venture capital firm that backs technology companies building transformative products.

$500K – $5M
Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed is a global venture capital firm that has spent over two decades backing innovative companies as an early and first investor.

$1.7M – $87M
DCVC (Data Collective)

DCVC (Data Collective) is a deep tech venture capital firm that backs entrepreneurs using computational approaches to solve large-scale real-world problems across many industries.

$5M – $25M
Lux Capital

Lux Capital is a venture capital firm that backs founders building transformative deep technologies, having been among the first investors in category-defining companies across AI, robotics, biotech, defense, and infrastructure.

$100K – $100M
500 Global

500 Global (formerly 500 Startups) is a venture capital firm whose flagship Silicon Valley strategy backs promising technology companies from pre-seed onward across a range of sectors and geographies.

$150K
Craft Ventures

Craft Ventures is a venture capital firm run by a team of former founders, operators, and investors who partner closely with founders to help build and scale technology companies.

$50K – $50M
Khosla Ventures

Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm founded by Vinod Khosla.

$5K – $50M
SV Angel

SV Angel is a firm that has backed startup founders since the 1990s, leveraging a large network of founders, industry leaders, and regulators to support portfolio companies.

Sapphire Ventures

Sapphire Ventures partners with expansion-stage enterprise software companies aiming to become category leaders.

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$5M – $20M
Gradient Ventures

Gradient is a seed-stage venture fund focused on backing founders building artificial intelligence companies, providing hands-on support as builders and mentors.

$100K – $10M
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