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Afore Capital portfolio
Afore Capital has 28 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 1 investment in the last 12 months.
About this page
It is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, US, founded in 2016. It led 5 of the 11 rounds it joined. Its most recent investment on record is BioStack Platforms's $9.5M Seed round in October 2026, which it led, alongside Verdict Capital, Emerson Collective, Y Combinator and 4 others. By category, its portfolio leans toward Consumer and social (6) and HR and recruiting (5). It has co-invested with Y Combinator, Amplify Partners and Bain Capital Ventures, most often Y Combinator (5 rounds).
About Afore Capital
Funds raised
| Fund | Fund # | Size | Announced |
|---|---|---|---|
Bay Area | IV | $185M | medium.com |
Bay Area | Ifirst fund | $47Mvia Shai Goldman's fund list |
What Afore Capital invests in
- Consumer and social · 6 · 21%
- HR and recruiting · 5 · 18%
- Fintech · 5 · 18%
- Media and content · 5 · 18%
- Developer tools and cloud · 4 · 14%
- Logistics and mobility · 4 · 14%
- Health and bio · 3 · 11%
- Sales and marketing · 3 · 11%
Afore Capital recent investments
| Company | Round | Date | Alongside |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed · $9.5M · lead | Verdict Capital (lead), Emerson Collective (lead), Y Combinator (lead) +4 | ||
| Series B+ | ICONIQ Growth, NewView Capital, Sapphire Ventures (lead) +5 | ||
| Series A · $16M | Foundation Capital, Menlo Ventures (lead), Left Lane Capital | ||
| Seed · $4M | Karim Atiyeh, Allison Pickens, Rebel Fund +5 | ||
| Seed · $3M | Notable Capital (lead), Tom Preston-Werner, Comma Capital | ||
| Series A · $15M | Knollwood Investment Advisory, BoxGroup, FJ Labs +4 | ||
| Seed · $3.2M · lead | Kli Capital, FJ Labs, Y Combinator +3 | ||
| Seed · $7M · lead | Hustle Fund, South Park Commons, Hyphen Capital +5 |
How Afore Capital invests
Afore Capital portfolio companies
BBioStack Platforms$9.5MSeed · Oct 2026
HHightouchSeries B+ · Feb 2025
CConverzAI$16MSeries A · Feb 2025
CCercli$4MSeed · Sep 2024
IInngest$3MSeed · Jul 2023
JJABU$15MSeries A · Jun 2022
GGamma$7MSeed · Nov 2021
CCushion$3MSeed · Apr 2019
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| Company | Round with Afore Capital | Total raised | Latest raise |
|---|---|---|---|
Health and bio |
Seed · $9.5M · lead | $10M | Oct 22, 2026 Seed |
Sales and marketing |
Series B+ | $242.2M | Apr 29, 2026 Series B+ |
HR and recruiting |
Series A · $16M | $16M | Feb 11, 2025 Series A |
Fintech |
Seed · $4M | $16.5M | Oct 20, 2025 Series A |
Developer tools and cloud |
Seed · $3M | $24M | Sep 16, 2025 Series A |
Stablecoins |
Series A · $15M | $18.2M | Jun 5, 2022 Series A |
Consumer and social |
Seed · $7M · lead | $87M | Nov 10, 2025 Series B+ |
Fintech |
Seed · $3M · lead | $15M | Jan 30, 2025 Series A |
Health and bio |
backer · source | $19M | Nov 20, 2024 Series A |
AI agents |
backer · source | undisclosed | — |
| NNoon Sales and marketing |
backer · source | $44M | Apr 1, 2026 Seed |
Legal and compliance |
backer · source | $3.25M | Mar 11, 2025 Seed |
AI agents |
backer · source | $65M | Jul 18, 2026 Seed |
AI agents |
backer · source | undisclosed | — |
Voice and audio AI |
backer | $500K | Sep 25, 2026 Pre-seed |
Foundation models and research |
backer | $15.5M | Oct 9, 2025 Series A |
Climate and energy |
backer | $50M | Jan 20, 2026 Series A |
Health and bio |
backer | $30.2M | Apr 29, 2025 Series A |
Fintech |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Voice and audio AI |
backer | $500K | — |
Consumer and social |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Logistics and mobility |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Logistics and mobility |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Fintech |
backer | $6M | Oct 22, 2025 Seed |
HR and recruiting |
backer | $2.5M | Oct 26, 2026 Pre-seed |
Developer tools and cloud |
backer | $5.8M | Jun 3, 2025 round |
Media and content |
backer | $5.1M | Sep 2, 2025 Pre-seed |
Consumer and social |
backer | undisclosed | Jan 21, 2025 Series B+ |
Most frequent co-investors
YY Combinator5 shared rounds · last Oct 22, 2026AAmplify Partners3 shared rounds · last Feb 18, 2025
BBain Capital Ventures2 shared rounds · last Feb 18, 2025
FFJ Labs2 shared rounds · last Jun 5, 2022
PPeak XV1 shared round · last Oct 22, 2026
SStreamlined1 shared round · last Oct 22, 2026
SSV Angel1 shared round · last Oct 22, 2026
DDCVC1 shared round · last Oct 22, 2026
EEmerson Collective1 shared round · last Oct 22, 2026
VVerdict Capital1 shared round · last Oct 22, 2026
IICONIQ Growth1 shared round · last Feb 18, 2025
SSapphire Ventures1 shared round · last Feb 18, 2025
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Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Consumer and social).
How this is counted
Firm profile: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.
Venture funds Afore Capital raised, from the list of new VC funds compiled by Shai Goldman (Brex). Each size links to the article that states it, or to that list where no article was found. All new funds: new VC funds.
Share is of the 11 rounds on Recent Funding that name Afore Capital. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.
Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists Afore Capital, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/afore-capital (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.