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    Afore Capital

    San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2016

    Afore Capital is a pre-seed venture capital firm that focuses on supporting product-oriented founders building software companies at the earliest stages, often before significant traction or a fully developed product. Their strategy involves making high-conviction investments, typically ranging from $500,000 to $2 million, to help these early-stage companies accelerate growth and achieve product-market fit.

    Deal activity decreased year-over-year (6 deals in the last 12 months vs 9 prior). Their most common stage is seed (45% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $16.2M (across 54 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    55

    Fund Size

    $300M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    6

    Team

    AB

    Anamitra Banerji

    Managing Partner

    RF

    Ruth Foxe Blader

    Managing Partner

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    55 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Loop AI logoLoop AISeries A$14MFeb 2026
    Flint logoFlintSeries A$15MNov 2025
    Cercli logoCercliSeries A$12MOct 2025
    Golpo AI logoGolpo AISeed$4.1MOct 2025
    CCoverflowSeed$4.8MJul 2025
    Blooming Health logoBlooming HealthSeries A$26MApr 2025
    Podqi logoPodqiSeed$3.2MMar 2025
    Highnote logoHighnoteSeed$2.5MOct 2024
    Boardy logoBoardyPre-Seed$3MOct 2024
    Herald logoHeraldSeries A$12MOct 2024
    Cercli logoCercliSeed$4MSep 2024
    Agency AI logoAgency AIPre-Seed$2.6MAug 2024
    Openmart logoOpenmartSeed$2.8MAug 2024
    TTeziSeed$9MJul 2024
    Pomelo logoPomeloSeries A$35MApr 2024
    Loop logoLoopSeed$6MMar 2024
    Knock logoKnockSeries A$12MFeb 2024
    Inngest logoInngestSeed$6.1MJan 2024
    Keychain logoKeychainSeed$18MNov 2023
    Blooming Health logoBlooming HealthSeed$4.2MSep 2023
    Hightouch logoHightouchSeries B$40MJul 2023
    Rally logoRallySeries A$12MApr 2023
    Andrena logoAndrenaSeries A$15MFeb 2023
    SINAI Technologies logoSINAI TechnologiesSeries A$22MSep 2022
    Pomelo logoPomeloSeed$20MAug 2022
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    Top Co-Investors

    Y Combinator13 shared
    FJ Labs4 shared
    NextView Ventures3 shared
    Valar2 shared
    Crossbeam Venture Partners2 shared
    8VC2 shared
    Soma Capital2 shared
    Xfund2 shared
    Picus Capita2 shared
    COTU2 shared

    Last updated: 12 April 2026