Afore Capital is a pre-seed venture capital firm co-founded by Anamitra Banerji and Gaurav Jain, investing $500k–$2M+ in pre-traction, pre-everything software companies. The firm's latest fund (Fund IV) is $185M and it also runs a program to help founders discover ideas.
Deal activity decreased year-over-year (6 deals in the last 12 months vs 11 prior). Their most common stage is seed (41% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $15.6M (across 113 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
90
Fund Size
$185M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
6
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
123 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 CivilGrid | Series A | $26M | Aug 2026 |
 thoughtly | Seed | $5.5M | Apr 2026 |
 Loop AI | Series A | $14M | Feb 2026 |
 Petra Labs | Seed | $5.2M | Jan 2026 |
 Flint | Series A | — | Nov 2025 |
 Cercli | Series A | $12M | Oct 2025 |
 Golpo | Seed | $4.1M | Oct 2025 |
 VibeCode | Seed | $9.4M | Aug 2025 |
 Coverflow | Seed | $4.8M | Jul 2025 |
 Blooming Health | Series A | $26M | Apr 2025 |
 Podqi | Seed | $3.2M | Mar 2025 |
 Hightouch | Series C | $80M | Feb 2025 |
 ConverzAI | Series A | $16M | Feb 2025 |
 Keragon | Seed | $7.5M | Jan 2025 |
| Coverflow | Seed | $4.8M | Jan 2025 |
 Neo Financial | Series D | — | Nov 2024 |
 Boardy | Pre-Seed | $3M | Oct 2024 |
 Highnote | Seed | $2.5M | Oct 2024 |
 Herald | Series A | $12M | Oct 2024 |
| Cercli | Seed | $4M | Sep 2024 |
 Agency AI | Pre-Seed | $2.6M | Aug 2024 |
 Openmart | Seed | $2.8M | Aug 2024 |
 Tezi | Seed | $9M | Jul 2024 |
 Pomelo | Series A | $35M | Apr 2024 |
| Loop AI | Seed | $6M | Mar 2024 |
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Top Co-Investors
Y Combinator27 shared
Gaingels9 shared
Lightspeed Venture Partners8 shared
Precursor Ventures7 shared
Kleiner Perkins7 shared
FJ Labs6 shared
Valar Ventures6 shared
Founder Collective6 shared
Greycroft6 shared
Founders Fund5 shared
Amplify Partners5 shared
South Park Commons5 shared
645 Ventures5 shared
SV Angel4 shared
Techstars4 shared
RiverPark Ventures4 shared
Maschmeyer Group Ventures4 shared
Worklife4 shared
Bain Capital Ventures4 shared
Gradient Ventures4 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026