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The Common App for Pre-Seed
The Common App for Pre-Seed
We’re launching a program that we like to think of as the “common app for pre-seed” through Afore Alpha. With the common app, when founders…
Afore
Jan 16
Snapshots from over 1,300 Afore Alpha applications
Snapshots from over 1,300 Afore Alpha applications
The team at Afore launched the Alpha program in May 2022, and we’re excited to see founders from all kinds of industries, geographies, and…
Afore
Jul 13, 2022
Afore is Tripling Down on Pre-Seed
Afore is Tripling Down on Pre-Seed
With a new $150 million Fund III in hand, we’re launching a superior way for founders to raise their first funding.
Afore
May 4, 2022
Building the infrastructure for the resale economy, meet Flyp
Building the infrastructure for the resale economy, meet Flyp
At Afore, we are big fans of companies that both do good for society and are great businesses in and of themselves. Flyp is a perfect…
Afore
May 3, 2022
JABU: Our first (of hopefully many!) investment in Africa
JABU: Our first (of hopefully many!) investment in Africa
It’s not very often that in the first meeting you learn about how the founder was kidnapped at gunpoint when he was 11! Meet David Akinin…
Afore
May 3, 2022
Seel — Questioning the status quo
Seel — Questioning the status quo
The status quo in insurance is to cover catastrophic risks such as earthquakes and car crashes. These events don’t occur very often but…
Afore
Jan 13, 2022
Herald — Enabling Consumer Grade Commercial Insurance
Herald — Enabling Consumer Grade Commercial Insurance
Today Herald announced that they’ve raised $8M to build digital infrastructure for commercial insurance. Earlier this year we were…
Afore
Dec 15, 2021
Hightouch founders and entrepreneurial instincts
Hightouch founders and entrepreneurial instincts
Hightouch announced their Series B financing round today. You can read about it on Hightouches blog here and on TechCrunch here…
Afore
Nov 17, 2021
Introducing Day Zero
Introducing Day Zero
Today, we’re launching Day Zero, a project we’ve been excited to unveil for a few months. It’s a series of conversations with builders that…
Afore
Oct 5, 2021
Why Afore Is Betting Big On Fixing Climate Change
Why Afore Is Betting Big On Fixing Climate Change
Our largest ever investment in SINAI Technologies is a direct result of our belief that climate change is the greatest existential threat…
Afore
Nov 3, 2020
Key Design Learnings for early stage startups to build exceptional products
Key Design Learnings for early stage startups to build exceptional ...
Written by Vijay Viswanathan, Zero-to-1 founder.
Afore
Oct 9, 2020
Zero-to-1 Founder Perspectives: Building a Consumer Product for Early-Stage Startups, lessons from…
Zero-to-1 Founder Perspectives: Building a Consumer Product for Ear...
Learnings from B2C product panelists from Andrew Ofstad (Co-Founder of Airtable), JD Ross (Co-Founder of Opendoor), and Sara Mauskopf (CEO…
Afore
Oct 5, 2020
Zero-to-1 Founder Perspectives: B2B Product Learnings from Founding Slack, Segment, and Firebase
Zero-to-1 Founder Perspectives: B2B Product Learnings from Founding...
By Ashley Barrington, co-founder and CEO of MarketPearl.
Afore
Oct 2, 2020
Will Zoom Be The Next Android, Or The Next BlackBerry?
Will Zoom Be The Next Android, Or The Next BlackBerry?
The age of Coronavirus has made the videoconferencing platform a household name. But if Zoom wants to keep its lead, it needs to learn…
Afore
Jun 24, 2020
Everything You Wanted To Know About Pro Rata (But Were Afraid To Ask)
Everything You Wanted To Know About Pro Rata (But Were Afraid To Ask)
Investors at Sequoia, Haystack, Homebrew, Initialized Capital, and Afore explain the surprisingly complex reality of one of VC’s least…
Afore
Jan 30, 2020
Modern Health raises $31M to democratize access to mental health
Modern Health raises $31M to democratize access to mental health
It is one of venture’s biggest privileges when you get a chance to invest in a company with an exceptional team, product and mission, all…
Afore
Jan 15, 2020
What It Takes To Raise a Pre-Seed Round in 2020
What It Takes To Raise a Pre-Seed Round in 2020
Got 20 minutes? Afore Capital’s Gaurav Jain talked to The Twenty Minute Podcast about the state of pre-seed and VC.
Afore
Jan 6, 2020
How To Get Started In Angel Investing
How To Get Started In Angel Investing
Five successful angels tell Afore Capital how they got started, what they look for in a start-up, their biggest lessons, and other secrets.
Afore
Nov 14, 2019
How To Succeed As An Enterprise Startup
How To Succeed As An Enterprise Startup
Founders at Retain.ai, MemSQL, Flatfile and Tulip Retail talk to us about what they wish they’d known when they first launched their…
Afore
Oct 1, 2019
Introducing Afore Capital’s $77 Million Fund II
Introducing Afore Capital’s $77 Million Fund II
We have raised $124 million in three years to invest in Pre-Seed stage founders
Afore
Sep 18, 2019
How To Revolutionize Mental Health Care And Stay Sane Doing It
How To Revolutionize Mental Health Care And Stay Sane Doing It
Modern Health co-founders Alyson Friedensohn and Erica Johnson tell Afore Capital how they are scaling up mental healthcare so that…
Afore
Aug 28, 2019
Real Talk With Dan Porter of Overtime
Real Talk With Dan Porter of Overtime
The CEO of Overtime tells us what it takes to challenge ESPN for the crown of world’s biggest sports network.
Afore
Jul 22, 2019
12 Key Insights From The 2nd Annual Afore Capital Pre-Seed Summit
12 Key Insights From The 2nd Annual Afore Capital Pre-Seed Summit
Pre-seed is the new seed.
Afore
Jun 19, 2019
12 Key Insights From The 2nd Annual Afore Capital Pre-Seed Summit
12 Key Insights From The 2nd Annual Afore Capital Pre-Seed Summit
Pre-seed is the new seed.
Afore
Jun 19, 2019
January Newsletter: Pre-Seed Diligence Framework, Portfolio in Focus, and More from Afore
January Newsletter: Pre-Seed Diligence Framework, Portfolio in Focu...
We are so excited to welcome in the new year at Afore and hope this note finds your 2019 off to a wonderful start. To kick things off…
Afore
Jan 22, 2019
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