Afore Capital
Venture capitalActively deployingSan Francisco · Pre-Seed–Seed · 15 people tracked
Also known as AFORE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
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 Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 15 people
from the firm's website & public directories
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Founder mafia
The Afore Capital mafia →12 people who came through Afore Capital went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 94 of 123 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×53SaaS ×42Enterprise Software ×19Data & Infrastructure ×17Fintech ×15Developer Tools ×12Consumer ×11Healthtech ×10
HQs:United States×57Canada×4United Arab Emirates×1India×1South Africa×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 48 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×172 founders×213 founders×94+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 43 founders with education data
University of California, Berkeley ×4University of Southern California ×3University of Waterloo ×3Georgia Institute of Technology ×2Harvard Law School ×2Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2Stanford University ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 44 founders with career history
Facebook ×3Reducto ×3Browserbase ×2LaunchDarkly ×2Parse ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
3 founders hold a PhD · 4 hold an MBA (of 43 with degree data)
Investments · 123 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 82024 · 42023 · 22022 · 12021 · 12020 · 12019 · 22014 · 121 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 & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareDenver, US
David Boskovic(Executive Officer, Director)inEric Crane(Executive Officer, Director)AVERY CHASE(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardRORY O'DRISCOLL(Director)FRANCES SCHWEIP(Director)
Co-investorsScale Venture PartnersTiger Global ManagementTwo Sigma VenturesWorkday VenturesDesigner FundGradient Ventures
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(Founder)inAayush Naik(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorPioneerCIV
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)
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)Richard He(Co-founder)
Co-investorsRebel FundY CombinatorBrighter CapitalImagination CapitalJ17 CapitalTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)
Wayside is a venture-backed startup based in New York City.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaSSector AgnosticNew York City, US
Ish Baid
Co-investorsCentre Street Partners
Bengaluru
Krishna Mehra(Director)Piyush Agarwal(Director)Achintya Gupta(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJoseph Ruscio(Director)in
Board seatGaurav Jain· per SEC Form D · $11.3M raise · filed Jun 2026
Co-investorsHeavybit
Waterloo
Peter Heinke(Executive Officer, Director)Edward Livingston(Executive Officer, Director)Sam Spadafora(Director)Alim Dhanji(Director)
BoardFred Wilson(Director)in
Board seatAnamitra Banerji· per SEC Form D · $30M raise · filed Jul 2015
Co-investorsUnion Square Ventures (USV)
El Segundo, US
Awais Ahmed Nadeem Alduri(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Kshitij Gokul Khandelwal(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Eiji Yafuso(Executive Officer)
BoardRyan Johnson(Director)Hemanth Mohapatra(Director)
Board seatGaurav Jain· per SEC Form D · $5M raise · filed Nov 2024
Co-investorsTemasek
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)James Smits(Founder)in
Co-investors645 VenturesBollinger Investment GroupCalm VenturesCastle Island VenturesChaos VenturesChapter One+7 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 CapitalFounders FundGradient Ventures+3 more
Baselayer is an AI platform for business risk that verifies identity, detects fraud, and analyzes credit and KYB signals across U.S. businesses.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechNew 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
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 VenturesDeciensMucker Capital
BenchSci provides a proprietary knowledge graph and curated biomedical dataset built from millions of research papers, patents, preprints, and databases, covering reagents such as antibodies, RNAi, CRISPR records, cell lines, and animal models.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechData & Infrastructure
David Qixiang Chen, PhD(Founder)inElvis WiandaLiran Belenzon
Co-investors500 GlobalCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)F-Prime CapitalFounderFuelGolden Venture PartnersGolden Ventures+2 more
Modern infrastructure for personal loans and consumer finance
FintechWilmington, US
David Sullivan(Executive Officer, Director)Ryan Katz(Director)
Co-investorsMetaPropMetaProp VenturesNextGen Venture PartnersThirdstream PartnersLightspeed Venture PartnersLuge Capital
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)
Co-investorsAurumCarnrite VenturesConvergeCrosslink CapitalEvio VCGarage Capital+16 more
Blooming Health provides an AI-powered, omnichannel platform for social care management that automates screening, outreach, referrals, and closed-loop follow-up across voice, SMS, and email with multilingual support.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthGovTechNew York, US
Co-investorsForum VenturesInsight PartnersMetrodora VenturesStone Mountain VenturesCrossbeam Venture Partners
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)
Co-investorsPlayground GlobalToyota 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.Rebright PartnersSwitch VenturesY CombinatorACE & Company
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
Recruiting firm that sources early engineers and operators for seed to Series B startups, now part of Tribe AI.
Co-investorsBehind Genius VenturesContraryWorklife 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)
Co-investorsMS&AD VenturesY CombinatorFelicis VenturesIndex Ventures
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 CombinatorCOTU VenturesKnollwood Investment Advisory
Scranton, US
Michael Averto(Executive Officer, Director)Jason DePietropaolo(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsBarrel VenturesBreak Trail VenturesFour Acres CapitalBen Franklin Technology PartnersSupernode Ventures
CivilGrid provides a platform that aggregates utility, geotechnical, and site data to support site due diligence, utility interconnection planning, and infrastructure project planning.
Construction TechData & InfrastructureGovTech
Co-investors2.12 AngelsA*Anorak VenturesBURNT ISLAND VENTURESEnergy Impact PartnersSpark Capital
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
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 KesserwaniinJonathan Hallman(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsGreen Cow Venture Capital500 GlobalBetter Tomorrow VenturesFlourish VenturesVestigo Ventures
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-investorsHomebrewNorthside VenturesY CombinatorBalaji SrinivasanChemistry
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 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)inBen Easton(Co-Founder & CTO)Benjamin Easton(Founder)in
Co-investorsAnalog VenturesHeadwater VenturesMTECH CAPITALWingSouth Park Commons
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
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 VenturesVista Venture Partners+3 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 GlobalUlu VenturesEarl Grey Capital
Flint connects international and U.S.-based healthcare professionals with hospitals and care organizations offering direct employment and pathways to permanent residency, addressing the critical shortage of nurses in the United States.
HealthtechHR TechVancouver, CA
Kenton Jarvie(Founder)inAnson Kung(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorAudaciousHaystackMPG FundAME Cloud VenturesBasis Set Ventures+1 more
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 VenturesY CombinatorAME Cloud VenturesPatron
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)
Co-investors2048 VenturesAlante CapitalAsymmetric Capital PartnersBAM VenturesGround Up VenturesInterlace Ventures+3 more
Grant Lee(Founder)inJon Noronha(Founder)inJames Fox(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelAndreessen HorowitzHyphen CapitalIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Lorimer VenturesNight Capital+6 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
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)Palash Soni(Co-Founder & CEO)inKishore K(Co-Founder)Aashish Srinivas(CTO)Kelly Cheng(CMO)Lauren Creedon(Chief Product Officer)
Co-investorsHubSpot VenturesNewBuild.VCUnderscore VCUnusual Ventures
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
San Francisco, US
Tran Le(Executive Officer, Director)Sohit Gatiganti(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsLifeX VenturesPear VCUpfront Ventures
Hardfin is a cloud-based SaaS platform that acts as an asset subledger for hardware-as-a-service (HaaS) companies, tracking the operational lifecycle of physical assets—from sourcing and deployment to service and end-of-life—and aligning that data with billing, accounting, and revenue reporting.
FintechHardwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Danny Hermes(Founder)Zachary 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))Aaron Rau(Co-founder)
Co-investorsCeltic House Asia PartnersFounder CollectiveRange VCSignalFireVerissimo VenturesRainfall Ventures
Herald collects customer feedback from communication platforms like Intercom, Front, and Slack, then analyzes and organizes it to help product and customer teams identify user problems.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Nilkanth Patel(Founder)inJay Patel(Founder)in
Co-investorsLightspeed Venture PartnersY CombinatorBrewer Lane Ventures
Herald is an AI DevOps/SRE agent that builds a context graph across observability data, codebase, CI/CD, docs, and dependencies to detect anomalies, investigate incidents, and deliver root-cause analyses before alerts fire.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsZero Prime VenturesBrewer Lane VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners
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 CapitalNeoRamtin NaimiWorklife VenturesY Combinator+5 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/FTCostanoa Ventures
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)
Co-investorsICONIQNew NormalOperator CollectiveAmplify Partners CVBain Capital VenturesDorm Room+5 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-investorsRebalance Capital VenturesResolute VenturesFf Venture Capital
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-investorsMerian VenturesMotive ForceOMERS VenturesStorm VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)
Housable helps rental property owners and operators develop accessory dwelling units (ADUs), including converting leasing offices, garages, and excess parking into new rental units.
Construction TechPropTech
Co-investorsKindred 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)inDaniel Farrelly(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJamin Ball(Director)Dan Cahana(Director)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzMotive ForceNotable CapitalPreston-Werner VenturesAltimeter CapitalBanana Capital+3 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)Mark Wallace(Chief Financial Officer)Debarshi Kar(Chief Technology Officer)Keith Chapman(Chief Legal Officer / General Counsel)Cathy Hardin(Chief Revenue Officer)
Co-investorsAmino CapitalCorner VenturesCrunchFundFour Rivers GroupGreylock PartnersGV (Google Ventures)+13 more
Iterative.ai makes DataChain, a Python-based data management and versioning layer that runs distributed transformations over files in a company's own cloud storage (S3/GCS/Azure), capturing dataset lineage, metadata, and reproducible experiments.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
Ivan Shcheklein(Director)inDmitry Petrov(Co-Founder & CEO)in
Co-investors468 CapitalLocus VenturesTrue Ventures
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 CapitalKli CapitalY CombinatorTiger Global Management
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)Matthew Bailey(Founder)Stephen Lake(Founder)
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-investorsHypothesisY Combinator
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 is a HIPAA-compliant, no-code AI automation platform for healthcare providers, with 300+ integrations across 30+ EHRs plus scheduling, billing, and communication tools.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthSaaS
George Eracleous(Founder)inPanos Papageorgiou(Founder)inConno Christou(Founder)in
Co-investors25MadisonFocal VenturesUpfront VenturesFocal
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 GroupWorklife VenturesCoFound Partners VentureCompany Ventures+7 more
Kroo provides data infrastructure for the construction industry, offering pre-built connectors that extract and sync data from construction software applications like Autodesk Forma.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechData & Infrastructure
Co-investorsSuffolk Technologies
IBM Kubecost provides real-time visibility, allocation, optimization, and governance for Kubernetes costs across multi-cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Co-investorsCoatue Management
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)
Co-investorsMenlo VenturesPosition Ventures
Ludio hosts guided online game nights over video chat, where a host teaches a rotation of 100+ short social games to small groups of participants.
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)
Co-investorsAccelNextGen Venture PartnersY CombinatorSequoia Capital
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 CapitalCoinbase VenturesEssence Venture CapitalLiberty City VenturesModerne VenturesParadigm+1 more
Modern Health provides workplace mental health benefits for employers, offering a spectrum of support from self-guided tools to crisis care through a global provider network.
Digital HealthHR TechMental Health
Alyson (Friedensohn) Watson(Founder)in
Co-investorsKleiner PerkinsMerus CapitalFounders Fund
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)Andrew Chau(Founder)inKris Read(Founder)in
Co-investorsBreyer CapitalEvolution VenturesHarvest Venture PartnersMaple VCPlaza VenturesValar Ventures Llc+3 more
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-investorsAccelEntrepreneur Ventures2am VCAccel IndiaAll In CapitalBanana Capital+1 more
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 Room
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 CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzScript Capital
Co-investorsFitz Gate VenturesGreycroftImagination CapitalMaC Venture CapitalRogue Insight CapitalWestbound Equity Partners
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.
ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSports TechBrooklyn, US
Daniel Porter(Executive Officer, Director)Zachary Weiner(Founder)inZack Weiner(Founder)in
Co-investors359 CapitalAndreessen HorowitzBezos ExpeditionsBlack CapitalSpark CapitalWinslow Capital+14 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-investorsY CombinatorBloomberg BetaCornerstone Venture Partners
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 PartnersNelstone VenturesNew Ground VenturesRosecliff VenturesStory Ventures+5 more
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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 is an AI-native platform for brand and intellectual property protection that detects infringements, automates takedowns, and tracks recovered revenue across marketplaces, domains, app stores, and social platforms.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Ivan Esmeral(Founder)inJesse Xu(Founder)Trevor 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.
Eric Velasquez Frenkiel(Founder)in
Co-investorsA*Mantis CapitalInsight PartnersXfund
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-investorsRitual CapitalY Combinator
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.LA
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-investorsRed Bike Capital
Rosie is an AI phone answering service for small local businesses, handling incoming calls, screening spam, taking messages, answering FAQs, and converting website visitors into leads via text.
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)Mo Chen(CTO)
BoardJustin Overdorff(Director)inRodolfo Gonzalez(Director)
Co-investorsTechstarsLightspeed Venture PartnersWischoff 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 Partners
SINAI provides a technology platform that helps organizations measure, reduce, and report carbon emissions across their operations and value chains.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsClimacticDesigner FundHigh AlphaObvious VenturesTransLink CapitalEnergize Capital
Stag connects a real estate portfolio's operational systems to surface signals that affect net operating income (NOI).
AI & Machine LearningPropTechSaaS
Co-investorsMAGIC Fund
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B2B MarketplacesRetail TechCalifornia, US
Co-investorsHarmony PartnersNextGen Venture PartnersWatchfire Ventures
Swept provides janitorial management software for commercial cleaning businesses, offering time tracking, team communication, supply tracking, inspection reports, and a multilingual cleaner app.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Matt CooperMichael Brown
Co-investors500 GlobalEast Valley Ventures
Terminal49 offers a container tracking and supply chain visibility platform that unifies real-time milestone data, shipment documents, and automated workflows, integrating with 150+ carriers, terminals, and rail sources.
Data & InfrastructureLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Co-investorsAPA Venture PartnersGrand VenturesStage 2 CapitalInitialized Capital
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Future of WorkSocial
Collaborative family banking that lets teens control their finances so you don't have to.
Nantucket, US
Taylor James Burton(Director)Thomas John Pincince(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardGuaray Jain(Director)
Co-investorsBantam GroupLuge CapitalMagnify VenturesElysian Park VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners
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)Raghav Katta(CTO / Co-founder)
Unpopular.vc is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups pursuing unconventional, contrarian ideas.
Sector Agnostic
Peter Livingston(Founder)in
Co-investorsPeakAmino CapitalCIVGeneral AdvanceGoAhead VenturesLux Capital+4 more
Jackson, US
Evan Huck(Executive Officer, Director)Raymond Rhodes(Executive Officer, Director)Ray Rhodes(Founder)in
BoardGabby Contro(Director)in
Co-investorsCrosslink CapitalFirstMile VenturesNext Frontier CapitalTeamworthy VenturesGTMfund
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
Dalia Moya(Founder)inTeri YuTheresa Lee
Co-investors500 GlobalAdapt Ventures
Co-investors17Sigma
San Mateo, US
Anne Halsall(Founder)Anne K. Halsall(Founder)
Co-investorsImpact America FundParade VenturesRethink ImpactHomebrew
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)Lindsay Ferstandig(Executive Officer, Director)Gabriel Flateman(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsA*Raven One VenturesShrug Capital
Zette AI develops and monetizes proprietary datasets from a network of publishers for use in AI foundation models and enterprise applications.
AI & Machine LearningData & Infrastructure
Yehong Zhu(Founder)in
Co-investorsHalogen Ventures Management Company LlcMGV CapitalHyphen Capital
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 · 4
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioBasisacq. 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 101 tracked investments, 6 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 3 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 209 tracked co-investors.
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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
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384th 1Mby1M Roundtable February 1, 2018: With Gaurav Jain, Afore Capital
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