VC
United States
Last Deal Jun 2026

Afore Capital

Check Size
€500K – €2M

Investment Focus

Investment Stages

Geographic Focus

Investment Thesis

The largest dedicated pre-seed fund. Writes $500K-$2M+ into pre-traction companies. Fund IV ($185M, 2025) backs 35-40 startups. 200+ portfolio companies, $13.5B+ collective valuation.

How to Pitch Afore Capital

No Stated Policy
Afore Capital hasn't published an outreach policy. A short, specific cold email is the safest default.

Who To Contact

Anamitra Banerji
Co-founder, Managing Partner
Gaurav Jain
Co-founder, Managing Partner

Recent Deals

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Portfolio Highlights

Modern Health - workplace mental health platform (unicorn, valued at $1.17B)
Hightouch - AI marketing and data activation platform (valued at $1.2B)
Neo Financial - Canadian digital banking platform (CA$259M Series D)

Team

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Anamitra Banerji
Co-founder, Managing Partner
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Derrick Li
Principal
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Gaurav Jain
Co-founder, Managing Partner
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Joe Cardini
Investor
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Kayla Kavanaugh
Investor
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Laura Du
Investor
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Nathan Yu
Investor
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Focus and check size from the firm's website. Website reachable as of Aug 2026.

Ready to Reach Afore Capital?

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