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Afore Capital

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 116 cheques on record.

Deploying nowNew fund $500K, Mar 2026VC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries AAI & Machine LearningArtificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML)Big Data & Analytics

Deploying now
47%of best year16cheques in 12 months, 116 on record
Since the last cheque5days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$6.3MCheque size, as they say$100K – $3.0MRounds led1 of 116Sole investor5 roundsMostly inUnited States, 92%
Pitch Afore Capital

Afore Capital highlights

  1. 01

    16 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series A: 67% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 5 rounds, median $1.8M

What they do

We’re a $500M fund investing $500k - $2M+ with high conviction in pre-traction, pre-everything companies!From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$100K – $3.0M as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries A
Sectors
AI & Machine LearningArtificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML)Big Data & Analytics
Based in
San Francisco, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first116 appearances

  1. 2026

    12 rounds

  2. Oct
    ColarePre-seed · US · Silicon Angle$2.5MWith 2 others
  3. Sept
    BaselayerSeries A · US · Crunchbase News$35MWith 7 others
  4. Aug
    RallyVenture · US$1.0MWith 4 others
  5. Jul
    Petra LabsSeed · US · AlleyWatch$5.2MWith 2 others
  6. Jul
    TideshiftaiSeries A · US$3.2MSole investor
  7. Apr
    ThoughtlySeed · US · AlleyWatch$5.5MWith 5 others
  8. Apr
    NoonSeed · Ventureburn$44MWith 4 others
  9. Apr
    The Subvocal CompanyPre-seed · US$500KSole investor
  10. Mar
    AemonVenture · USUndisclosedWith 2 others
  11. Feb
    CochgugousSeed · US$3.2MSole investor
  12. Feb
    Loop AISeries A · US$14MWith 5 others
  13. Jan
    Dominion DynamicsSeed · CA · Firms' own news pages$15MWith 4 others
  14. 2025

    34 rounds

  15. Dec
    AravoltaSeed · US$5.1MWith 3 others
  16. Nov
    KeychainSeries B · US · AlleyWatch$10MWith 5 others
  17. Nov
    FlintSeries A · US · AlleyWatch$15MWith 6 others
  18. Nov
    NewmeSeries B$12MWith 2 others
  19. Oct
    BioStackSeed · US · https://ascendants.in/$9.5MWith 7 others
  20. Oct
    CercliSeries A · AE · TechCrunch$12MWith 5 others
  21. Oct
    DatacurveSeries A · TechCrunch$15MWith 8 others
  22. Oct
    GolpoSeed · US$4.1MWith 4 others
  23. Oct
    MeshSeed · US$3.8MWith 4 others
  24. Sept
    SenpiSeed · US$4.0MWith 4 others
  25. Sept
    InngestSeries A · US$21MWith 4 others
  26. Aug
    AugustSeed · US · TechStartups$7.0MWith 6 others
  27. Aug
    Grove AIVenture · USUndisclosedWith 2 others
  28. Aug
    BeatBreadVenture · US$124MWith 4 others
  29. Aug
    VibeCodeSeed · US$9.4MWith 3 others
  30. Aug
    ShadrinpondsSeries A · US$1.8MSole investor
  31. Aug
    UserEvidenceVenture · US$7.0MWith 3 others
  32. Aug
    Develop HealthSeries A · US$14MWith 2 others
  33. Jul
    OpennotePre-seed · US$500KWith 2 others
  34. Jul
    OltoPre-seed · US$5.1MWith 2 others
  35. Jul
    CoverflowSeed · US$4.8MWith 2 others
  36. Jun
    HandoffVenture · US$5.8MWith 5 others
  37. Jun
    VesselSeed · CA$7.5MWith 3 others
  38. May
    SynquerySeed · US$5.0MWith 1 other
  39. May
    SeelVenture · USUndisclosedWith 3 others
  40. Apr
    Blooming HealthSeries A · US · AlleyWatch$26MWith 4 others
  41. Mar
    HyperspellPre-seed · US$1.0MWith 2 others
  42. Mar
    PodqiSeed · US$3.2MWith 2 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration3 named

ABAnamitra BanerjiManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
GJGaurav JainManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
JGJain GauravManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed

We also hold 11 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

$732Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
Afore Capital Management, LLC
SEC number
CRD 285601

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

32 of 58 we have independently watched raise

AndrenaBenchsciBetterupBoxbotCivilgridConverzaiDatacurveDevelophealthFlatfileFleetpandaFloridastreetGammaGoldcastHealthnoteHightouchInngestKeragonKnockMeshNeofinancialNewlanternNewmePodqiPrismdataSeelShortwaveSinaitechnologiesTerminal49ThoughtlyTillfinancialUserevidenceWinnieAgentopsArrowhqBaselayerhqBulkmroFactorFlintk12GlyfGobloominghealthGojabuHeraldapiHeyrosieHighlightHomeHoneycombItsovertimeJoinflypJoinmodernhealthMeethoneybeeOsanasaludPlutoRadixhealthShopyaysayStressfreeSweptworksTryloopVibecodeapp

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Afore Capital. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies Afore Capital put money into.

On podcasts

1 episode naming Afore Capital in the title, and 4 more that mention it.

Mentioned in

Quick answers about Afore Capital

What does Afore Capital invest in?

Afore Capital invests most often at Seed and Series A (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI & Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML) and Big Data & Analytics.

How active is Afore Capital?

116 investments on record, 16 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

What has Afore Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Colare (Pre-seed, Oct 2026), Baselayer (Series A, Sept 2026) and Rally (Venture, Aug 2026).

How big are Afore Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $6.3M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $3.0M.

Does Afore Capital lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 116 investments on record (1%).

Where does Afore Capital invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (92%) and Canada (5%).

Is Afore Capital investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 16 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Afore Capital invest alongside?

Most often Y Combinator (24 rounds together), Founder Collective (7 rounds together) and Flybridge (6 rounds together).

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