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Afore Capital

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San Francisco · Pre-Seed–Seed · 10 people tracked

Also known as Afore · 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 29, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Seed
Check
$500K – $2M
HQ
San Francisco, CA, US
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2016
Last 12 months
11 investments
AUM
$500M
VC funds
17
Tracked investments
172
Unicorns
3
Acquisitions
13

Team · 10 people

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

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

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What they invest in

from 136 of 172 portfolio companies

AI & 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 companies
22%
solo founders
13 of 58 mapped founding teams
48%
repeat founders
of 92 founders with career history
~2 yrs
old at investment
median across 25 dated deals

Founding 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

Y Combinator ×16500 Global ×3

9 founders hold a PhD · 9 hold an MBA (of 90 with degree data)

Investments · 172 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 62025 · 212024 · 82023 · 82022 · 112021 · 102020 · 22019 · 42018 · 12017 · 42014 · 176 dated

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 & 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

Hypercubichypercubic.aiin𝕏✓ verified

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

Openmartopenmart.comin𝕏✓ verified

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

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

Aemonaemon.aiin𝕏Seed

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 Aiagency.incin𝕏Pre-Seed · Aug 2024 · $3MAcquired

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

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 CapitalIndustrious VenturesLux CapitalSilent 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+9 more

Armada AIarmada.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 Ventures515 VenturesArtisanal VenturesCollaborative FundCollective LiquidityCommodity Capital+23 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

Astranisastranis.comin𝕏Apr 2021

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.aiautomax.aiinSeed

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

Baselayerbaselayer.comin𝕏

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

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 GlobalBDC Growth Venture Fund+8 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 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

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, LlcRecursive VenturesSierra VenturesFirsthandVC

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-investorsNoveus CapitalPear VCPlayground 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.FJ LabsRebright PartnersSwitch VenturesY CombinatorACE & Company+10 more

Bulletinbulletin.coin𝕏May 2017 · $2.2MAcquired

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

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 VenturesContrarySSC Venture PartnersWorklife Ventures

CarDashrepairsmith.cominAug 2017 · $5.3MAcquired

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

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+1 more

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-investorsAntlerDMZ VenturesGroundBreak VenturesKhosla VenturesVenrex

Civilgridcivilgrid.cominMar 2021

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

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-investorsFoundation CapitalLeft Lane CapitalMenlo VenturesRecall 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 · $2.8M

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

Datachaindatachain.aiin𝕏Feb 2021 · $20M

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

Datacurvedatacurve.aiin𝕏

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 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

Depotdepot.devin𝕏Jul 2023

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 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

Docketdocketqa.comin𝕏Seed · Sep 2023

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

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.io

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-investorsAlumni VenturesConversion CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)Madrona Venture GroupMango CapitalPoint72 Ventures+10 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 GlobalAlumni VenturesHustle 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

Flinttryflint.comin𝕏Nov 2025 · $15M

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

Flypjoinflyp.comMay 2022

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

Flypflyp.space𝕏May 2022

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

Fortfort.cxin𝕏Seed

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 Networksgammanet.comin𝕏

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

Glyfglyf.spacein

Glyf builds a video generation tool that gives creative professionals frame-level control using reference images, video clips, and keyframes on a timeline.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & Entertainment

Scott Schrader(Founder)in

Goldcastgoldcast.ioinJun 2022

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

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 CombinatorAmino CapitalBNVT CapitalEmergence Capital PartnersPalm Drive CapitalPioneer

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 VenturesPear VCUpfront VenturesOutliers VC

Handoffhandoff.aiin𝕏Jun 2025

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

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-investorsAlumni VenturesCeltic House Asia PartnersDreamit VenturesFounder CollectiveRainfall VenturesRange VC+3 more

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.

Exits · 13

13 acquisitions · showing 4

Basisacq. by DigitsMayhemacq. by NianticOpennoteacq. by ReductoVibelyacq. by Kajabi

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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.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

featuring the team

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

TechTO · Gaurav Jain

Maximizing Customer Feedback ft. Afore Capital Cofounder & Managing Director Gaurav Jain

Grace Gong · Gaurav Jain

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

Grace Gong · Gaurav Jain

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 · 172

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.

$500K – $50M
Pioneer

Pioneer Fund is an investment fund backed by 540+ Y Combinator alumni that invests in and supports top startups coming out of Y Combinator.

Alumni Ventures

Alumni Ventures (AV) is a venture capital firm that co-invests alongside lead VCs in startups, backing founders with capital and access to a large investor and operator community.

$100K – $10M
BoxGroup

BoxGroup is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in startups at their earliest stages.

$250K – $1M
Liquid Ventures

Liquid 2 Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Joe Montana and based in San Francisco.

$250K – $5M
Founders Fund

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

$500K – $5M
Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that backs founders from Seed through Series F and beyond, emphasizing deep, immersive partnerships with the companies it invests in.

$1.7M – $87M
Felicis Ventures

Felicis is a venture capital firm that backs early-stage founders, investing primarily at Seed and Series A across artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and defense, global resilience and energy, and health and bio.

$500K – $15M
SV Angel

SV Angel is a San Francisco-based firm that invests long-term in founders, supporting them with advice, introductions, and network access at key business inflection points.

$150K – $20M
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
Soma Capital

Soma Capital is a venture capital firm that backs founders building category-defining technology companies, emphasizing close, early relationships with ambitious entrepreneurs.

$100K – $300K
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
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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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