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Anamitra Banerji
Managing Partner at Afore Capital
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Anamitra Banerji
Managing Partner at Afore Capital
San Francisco, California
Overview
Anamitra Banerji is the Managing Partner at Afore Capital in San Francisco, specializing in investing in a range of sectors including ClimateTech/CleanTech, BioTech, and AI. With an MBA from Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management and a background in product management and entrepreneurship, he has successfully invested in notable companies like Smile, Factor, and Hightouch, demonstrating a strong track record in supporting innovative startups and driving growth in various industries.
Work Experience
Investor
2022 - Current
Led Pre Seed, Board
Loop is a pioneering SaaS solution focused in optimizing profitability and operational excellence for restaurants.
Raised $6,000,000.00 from Base10 Partners and Afore Capital.
Investor
2021
Led Pre Seed, Board
ConverzAI's readily deployable Voice AI platform delivers transformational value by scaling human engagement.
Raised $5,000,000.00 from Foundation Capital and Afore Capital.
Investor
2019
Pre Seed
The first financial technology platform to combine consumer credit and international money movement.
Raised $185,000,000.00 from Vy Capital, Founders Fund and A* Capital.
Managing Partner
2016
Afore Capital is a $300M venture fund focused on Pre-Seed stage startups. Have a startup idea? Please tell us https://www.afore.vc/residence
Afore Capital is a venture fund that focuses on pre-seed stage exclusively and is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Investor
2016
BetterUp develops an AI-driven platform that helps people and businesses grow personally and professionally through coaching.
Raised $570,014,699.00 from Mubadala Capital Ventures, Morningside Venture Investments, Sapphire Ventures, Wellington Management, SV Angel, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Plus Capital and ICONIQ Growth.
Investor
2016
Pre Seed, Board
Overtime is a sports network that produces several sports-focused series and short-form content for the next generation of sports fans.
Raised $215,070,000.00 from Liberty Media, Blackstone Group, Counterpoint Global, Winslow Capital, Bezos Expeditions and Sapphire Sport.
Investor
2019
Led Pre Seed, Led Seed
Hightouch is a data platform that helps sync customers' data from the data warehouse to CRM, marketing, and support tools.
Raised $92,200,000.00 from Databricks Ventures, ICONIQ Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Amplify Partners, Y Combinator, The New Normal Fund, Bain Capital Ventures, Afore Capital, Barr Moses and Alex Pall.
Investor
2018
Led Pre Seed
Iterative offers tools like DVC, CML, and MLEM for data versioning, experiment tracking, and AI operationalization.
Investor
2019
Co-led Pre Seed, Board
Investor
2021
Led Pre Seed, Board
Herald builds digital infrastructure for commercial insurance.
Raised $20,000,000.00 from Afore Capital, Brewer Lane Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Underscore VC.