afore portfolio fall showcase

​⚠️ note: registration and approval is required for entry, we will only admit entrance to confirmed and approved attendees

​there is limited in-person space, and there should be more space for virtual attendance in case irl attendance fills up quickly

​friends of afore - we're delighted to invite you to get a first look at some afore's portfolio companies and founders-in-residence

​all presenting teams are planning to kick off a fundraise this fall!

this year, we're also hosting a panel with speakers Anish Acharya (General Partner, A16Z), Amit Kumar (Partner, Accel), and Amber Yang (Partner, Lightspeed) to discuss the early stage AI trends they currently find most interesting.

​you can rsvp above for the showcase, happy hour, both, virtual attendance, or just to get the list of companies presenting

​schedule:

• ​5-7pm pt: investor panel + afore company presentations

• ​7-9pm pt: happy hour

​more info on our fir/fir u programs - we invest ~$50-$500k into 5-10 teams over three cohorts per year who work out of our sf office for 2 months:
https://www.afore.vc/residence

​we also run a student-focused fir program, learn more about it here: https://www.afore.vc/students

​we are finalizing the list of founders presenting and will share this with approved attendees shortly

​afore is a ~$500m aum pre-seed fund backing exceptional founders. we were started in 2016 by the first product managers at twitter / android nexus, and helped launch the pre-seed category; since then, our portfolio companies have raised over $3 billion from top funds. we lead pre-seed rounds for software companies with checks up to $2m (in a concentrated way, ~10 checks per year), and also run a founders-in-residence (fir) program + fir university program.