Fundraising Fox
/People
Sign in

Anamitra Banerji

Investor

Managing Director at Afore Capital

San Francisco, California, United States

Writes $1M – $3M checks

Find your path to Anamitra

696 people in our graph can introduce you to Anamitra.

Each arrow is one introduction. Sign up to fill in the first one.

Ask Sara Zulkosky to introduce you to Anamitra

You →Sara · together at Foundation Capital (2013–2014) →Anamitra

Ask Jamie Chen to introduce you to Anamitra

You →Jamie · 10 people · together at Foundation Capital →Anamitra

Ask Sam Okafor to introduce you to Anamitra

You →Sam · together at Tata Consultancy Services →Anamitra

Sign up to find every way you can get introduced to Anamitra

  • Your email: the people you already email who know Anamitra
  • 2nd- and 3rd-degree connections: people you know who worked, studied or invested with Anamitra
  • Your LinkedIn: the connections who can make the intro for you

We rank every route by how warm it is, so you raise on warm intros instead of cold emails.

Sign up with GoogleAlready have an account? Log in

About

Anamitra Banerji co-founded pre-seed firm Afore Capital, where he is a Managing Director, and has served as a board observer at Localytics and Cushion AI. Before that he was a partner at Foundation Capital, arriving with eight years of consumer internet product management experience at Twitter, Yahoo! and Overture, and he earlier co-founded the internet-healthcare company PlanetHealthOnline. He joined Twitter in March 2009 as its 30th employee and first product manager, where he built the advertising team and launched promoted tweets, promoted trends and promoted accounts.

Contact· published on Anamitra's own website

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningBiotechClimate TechCloud ComputingConsumerCreator EconomyCrypto & Web3Deep TechDeveloper ToolsDirect to ConsumerE-commerceEdTechEnterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkGamingGovTechHealthtechIoTLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesMedia & EntertainmentMedical DevicesMobility & TransportationPropTechRoboticsSaaSSocialTravel & Hospitality

Experience

  1. Loop AI - Delivery Intelligence PlatformInvestorcurrent2022 — present
  2. ConverzAIInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  3. New LanternInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  4. PomeloInvestorcurrent2019 — present
  5. Afore CapitalManaging Partnercurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco, California
  6. BetterUpInvestorcurrent2016 — present
  7. OvertimeInvestorcurrent2016 — present
  8. HightouchInvestorcurrent2019 — present
  9. SeelInvestorcurrent2019 — present
  10. HeraldAPIInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  11. InngestInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  12. honeycomb.ioInvestorcurrent2016 — present
  13. Foundation CapitalPartner2012 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  14. TwitterProduct2009 — 2011San Francisco
  15. Yahoo! Inc.Director, Product Marketing & Management2006 — 2009
  16. OvertureManager, Strategy & Planning2004 — 2006Pasadena
  17. Johnson & JohnsonSummer task rabbit2003New Brunswick, New Jersey
  18. Tata Consultancy ServicesSoftware Engineering1998 — 2002Spain, The Netherlands, India
  19. Planet Health OnlineCo-founder1998 — 2001Mumbai Area, India

Skills & more

Strategy39Leadership6Product Management63Mobile Devices21Analytics7Start-ups68Product Marketing16E-commerce10Product Development12Entrepreneurship21Cloud Computing2Go-to-market Strategy3
+3 moreBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyUser Experience

From Anamitra's professional profile.

Deals · 1

Kik InteractiveBoard seat

via Afore Capital · filed Jul 2015 · $30M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Other disclosed investments

Investor

AndrenaBaselayerBenchsci.BetterupBlazelCercliChannelApeConverzAICushionDevelop HealthFabricFactorFaunaFlatfileFlintHeraldHightouchHoneycombHypertuneInngestIterative.aiLoopMayhemMedRepublic, IncMeshModern HealthNewmeOpenmartOvertimePetalPomeloQuest LabsQuest Labs AIRubieSedaSmileStaffjoyStream ClubTerminal49TeziUpland LocalyticsWakieWindsor.io

Sources: SEC Form D filings · curated public sources.

Colleagues at Afore Capital

Elizabeth (Lizzie) Siegle
Scout at Afore Capital
Gaurav Jain
Co-founder, Managing Partner at Afore Capital
Jared Luttrell
VP of Finance at Afore Capital
Joseph Cardini
Investor at Afore Capital
Kayla Kavanaugh
Investor at Afore Capital
Laura Du
Investor at Afore Capital
Nathan Yu
Investor at Afore Capital
Rishi Raman
Founder at Quill

Network9

DavidScout
Former Chief Technology Officer at Acadian Ventures Management, Llc
Ding ZhouScout
Head of Content Engineering at Snap, Inc. at SignalFire
Francesco SimoneschiScout
Partner at Mission and Market
Gerry Giacomán ColyerScout
Investor at GeNi VC
Gokul RajaramScout
DoorDash, Coinbase, Square at Good AI Capital
Charles Hudson
Managing Partner at Precursor Ventures
Clint Chao
General Partner at Moment Ventures, Llc
Derrick Li
Principal at Afore Capital
Robin Godenrath
Founding Partner & Managing Director at PICUS CAPITAL

Investors connected to Anamitra in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Anamitra Banerji?
Anamitra Banerji co-founded pre-seed firm Afore Capital, where he is a Managing Director, and has served as a board observer at Localytics and Cushion AI. Before that he was a partner at Foundation Capital, arriving with eight years of consumer internet product management experience at Twitter, Yahoo! and Overture, and he earlier co-founded the internet-healthcare company PlanetHealthOnline. He joined Twitter in March 2009 as its 30th employee and first product manager, where he built the advertising team and launched promoted tweets, promoted trends and promoted accounts.
Where does Anamitra Banerji work?
Anamitra Banerji is Managing Director at Afore Capital.
What does Anamitra Banerji invest in?
Anamitra Banerji invests in AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Climate Tech, Cloud Computing, Consumer, Creator Economy, Crypto & Web3, Deep Tech, Developer Tools, Direct to Consumer, E-commerce, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Future of Work, Gaming, GovTech, Healthtech, IoT, Logistics & Supply Chain, Marketplaces, Media & Entertainment, Medical Devices, Mobility & Transportation, PropTech, Robotics, SaaS, Social, Travel & Hospitality.
What check size does Anamitra Banerji write?
Anamitra Banerji typically writes checks of $1M – $3M.
What boards does Anamitra Banerji sit on?
Anamitra Banerji holds tracked board seats at Kik Interactive.
What companies has Anamitra Banerji invested in?
Investments tracked here include Andrena, Baselayer, Benchsci., Betterup, Blazel, Cercli, ChannelApe, ConverzAI, Cushion, Develop Health, Fabric, Factor, and 31 more.
Where did Anamitra Banerji go to school?
Anamitra Banerji studied at Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management (MBA, Strategy and Finance); National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur (BS, Engineering).

Same school

Shared employers