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Afore CapitalVC firm · US16cheques in 12 months115all time1ledCompanies they are listed as backing
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- SEC Form D · Company raisingMARA Labs, Inc.Directorsince 2021
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundAfore CapitalExecutive Officeron 4 filings · since 2019
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundAfore CapitalManaging Member of the General Partneron 5 filings · since 2017
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Gaurav Jain on Building $500M Fund, Missing Ramp and Backing Irrational Founders
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MentionsAfore CapitalAnamitra Banerji
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Gaurav Jain has seen more than 10,000 startups, built the world's largest pre-seed fund, backed startups like Gamma, Hightouch and Goldcast and has missed Ramp(you can't be a great investor without having a great anti-portfolio :)) A decade ago, when Gaurav started Afore Capital, pre-seed wasn't…
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418. Why Market Size is Irrelevant, Patterns from Working with the Best Founders, & How AI Compares to Past Paradigm Shifts (Gaurav Jain)
WithGaurav Jain
MentionsParadigmAfore Capital
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Gaurav Jain of Afore Capital joins Nate to discuss Why Market Size is Irrelevant, Patterns from Working with the Best Founders, & How AI Compares to Past Paradigm Shifts. In this episode we cover: AI Paradigm Shift and Its Impact on Venture Capital Investments AI Investment Opportunities in… More on the show's page
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20VC: Why Now Is The Hardest Time To Raise an Institutional Pre-Seed in the Last Decade, What To Do When The Founder and VC Interests Do Not Align & The Rise of Pre-Emptive Rounds with Gaurav Jain, Founder & Managing Partner @ Afore Capital
WithGaurav Jain
MentionsAfore CapitalFounder CollectiveGeneral MotorsGoogle
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Gaurav Jain is Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ Afore Capital , one of the west coast's leading pre-seed funds with a $124M fund focused purely on pre-seed. To date, they have backed the likes of Petal, BetterUp, BenchSci and Modern Health to name a few. Prior to co-founding Afore, Gaurav was a… More on the show's page
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How to Skip Your Seed, Pre-Seed Lessons Building Afore to $500M+ AUM | Anamitra Banerji
WithAnamitra Banerji
MentionsAfore CapitalDerrick LiGaurav Jain
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Anamitra Banerji is the Co-founder of Afore Capital, an SF-based VC firm that specializes in investing in pre-seed stage companies. Our conversation gets into the evolution of Pre-Seed as a category, why Pre-Seed is more than option checks, what Afore looks for when backing founders before they… More on the show's page
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The art of pre-seed investing, mitigating investment risk at this stage, and building processes to build a true venture platform with a lean team
MentionsAfore CapitalFounder CollectiveGoogleAnamitra BanerjiGaurav Jain
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Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. On this week’s show, we are excited to be joined by Gaurav Jain , Co-Founder of Afore Capital , one of the largest pre-seed funds in the US with nearly $300MM in AUM across 3… More on the show's page
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