Gaurav Jain
Managing Partner at Afore Capital
Gaurav Jain
Managing Partner at Afore Capital
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Co-founder & Managing Partner
2016 - Current
$500M fund to support product-oriented founders at the very earliest stage (pre-seed). Our sweet spot is the $1-3M round, where we can lead the pre-seed round as an institutional investor alongside high value angels. We look for companies that are product-led, and are built by founders with non-obvious insights and infectious ambitions. Both my co-founder and I were founding Product Managers (Twitter and Android Nexus) so we are comfortable getting involved at ground zero.
Investor
2018
Led pre-seed round, Board
Investor
2019
Investor
2019
Honored to re-invest at pre-seed in the founders of Skip The Dishes (largest food delivery company in Canada)
Investor
2019
Lead pre-seed round, Board
Investor
2020
Led pre-seed round, Board
Investor
2016
First institutional round
Investor
2019
Led pre-seed round
Investor
2020
Led pre-seed round
Principal
2012 - 2016
Investments where I was directly involved (in most cases sourced and/or led diligence): Cruise (acq. by General Motors for $1B+) Socure (most recent round at $4.5B) Firebase (acq. by Google) Skip The Dishes (acq. by Just Eat, $150M) Airtable Smyte (acq. by Twitter) Dia&Co Ionic Rebag