Direct VC · Afore Capital
Afore Alpha — direct pre-seed investment
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Assessment & status
- Recommendation
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- Priority
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- Fit for Current Stage
- Good now
- Preference Alignment
- Strong
- External Status
- Rolling
Funding & terms
- Investment Terms
- Typically $500K–$2M+ via company-specific pre-seed terms; idea-stage companies can apply and no traction is required
- Company Funding
- Typically $500K–$2M+
- Cash / Benefit Type
- Upfront investment
- Funding Timing
- On acceptance
- Funding Before Full-time
- Yes
- Economic Caveats
- This is a direct investment route, not free founder exploration. The company story must be coherent enough to justify a real pre-seed round.
Eligibility
- Stage Accepted
- Idea, Prototype, MVP
- Traction Requirement
- None
- Sector or Thesis
- General, AI, Devtools, B2B SaaS
- Region
- Global, United States
- Location
- Global / San Francisco fund
- Format
- N/A
- Solo Eligibility
- Yes
- Company Required
- Can be unincorporated
- Cofounder Support
- Available
- Relocation Required
- No
Commitment & support
- Can Keep Job
- No
- Full-time Expected
- After acceptance
- Weekly Load
- Full-time
- Commitment Details
- Direct investment rather than accelerator; companies are expected to be serious full-time startups after funding
- Mentorship Depth
- High-touch
- Structure or Accountability
- Medium
- Customer or GTM Support
- Some
Application
- Application Timing Notes
- Rolling application
- Application Requirements
- Focused company thesis, founder evidence, product/demo where available, application and partner interviews
- Application Effort
- High
- Primary Value
- Funding, Brand, Mentorship, Network, Fundraising
- Brand Value
- Strong
- Next Action
- Apply after one company thesis and demo are coherent. This may fit better than residency when the company is clear enough for a direct round.
Notes & provenance
- Why or Decisive Note
- Potentially a better Afore route than FIR once the company is clear: larger capital without treating residency participation as the product.
- Original Inventory
- Afore Capital
- Legacy Commitment Signal
- Fits paid full-time
- Newly Discovered
- Yes
- Evidence Quality
- Official current
- Website Status
- Active
- Last Verified
- 2026-08-01
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Imported 2026-09-26 from the Funding & Accelerators workspace (rebuilt 2026-08-02). Assessments are this portfolio's judgment, not the program's claims; verify against the official source before relying on them.