Afore Capital

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Afore is a $500M pre-seed fund investing $500K-$2M+ in pre-traction, pre-everything companies. They also run founder residency programs (FIR and FIR University) specifically designed to support founders at the earliest stages of company building.

Check Size

$20K - $2M

Stages

Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage

Focus Areas

Ai Ml, Enterprise Saas, Vertical Saas

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Investment Thesis

Afore invests in pre-seed and idea-stage companies, focusing on founders at the earliest stages before product-market fit or significant traction. They emphasize ‘heavy metal company building’ from the -1 to 0 stage, believing the best founders can be backed when they have just conviction and a vision. Their approach is founder-centric, providing both capital and hands-on operational support to help teams build and validate their ideas before raising larger rounds.

What Sets Them Apart

Invested in 110+ companies across 6+ cohorts of their Founders-in-Residence program
Portfolio companies have raised $3B+ in follow-on funding with $11B+ aggregate market cap
Willing to invest pre-incorporation (signed term sheets with founders' personal names instead of company names)
Access to 'Afore Hive' - network of 10,000+ prospective customers and design partners
Hands-on 1:1 mentorship focused on accelerating to product-market fit
Founder-led team (co-founders are operators who understand the -1 to 0 stage)
Fast decision-making process ('we don't wait 'til Monday morning')