Residency · Afore Capital
Afore FIR
- P1 Apply soon
- Good now
- Apply soon
Assessment & status
- Recommendation
- Apply soon
- Priority
- P1 Apply soon
- Fit for Current Stage
- Good now
- Preference Alignment
- Strong
- External Status
- Rolling
Funding & terms
- Investment Terms
- At least $100K; current materials describe customized rounds around $250K–$750K; no separate housing stipend
- Company Funding
- At least $100K; customized rounds commonly described around $250K–$750K
- Cash / Benefit Type
- Upfront investment
- Funding Timing
- Before program
- Funding Before Full-time
- Yes
- Economic Caveats
- No separate housing or personal stipend. Exact cheque, SAFE, founder-salary budget, visa, and wire timing must be settled before resignation.
Eligibility
- Stage Accepted
- Pre-idea, Idea, Prototype, MVP
- Traction Requirement
- None
- Sector or Thesis
- General, AI, Devtools, B2B SaaS
- Region
- United States
- Location
- San Francisco
- Format
- In-person
- Solo Eligibility
- Yes
- Company Required
- Can be unincorporated
- Cofounder Support
- Available
- Visa or Work Rights
- Founder must confirm US entry/work/company requirements; the residency does not itself establish a work visa.
- Relocation Required
- Temporary relocation
Commitment & support
- Can Keep Job
- Unclear
- Full-time Expected
- After acceptance
- Weekly Load
- Heavy
- Duration
- Approximately ten weeks
- Commitment Details
- Ten weeks; one weekly in-person lunch/demo rather than a 9-to-6 residency; serious building expected
- Mentorship Depth
- High-touch
- Structure or Accountability
- High
- Personal Support
- None
- Customer or GTM Support
- Strong
Application
- Application Timing Notes
- Invests year-round; Fall 2026 cohort begins Oct 1
- Application Requirements
- Founder/company application, idea-space and execution evidence, interviews, San Francisco presence, weekly lunch/demo, and customer-validation work
- Application Effort
- High
- Primary Value
- Funding, Mentorship, Structure, Customers, Network, Fundraising
- Brand Value
- Strong
- Next Action
- Apply and request exact investment/SAFE and visa terms before making employment decisions.
Notes & provenance
- Why or Decisive Note
- Best customer-validation residency once a broad thesis is chosen. Apply now; decide on full-time commitment only after the actual investment offer.
- Original Inventory
- Afore Capital, Afore FIR
- Legacy Commitment Signal
- Fits paid full-time
- Newly Discovered
- No
- Evidence Quality
- Official current
- Website Status
- Active
- Last Verified
- 2026-08-01
Appears in decision views
00 — All Opportunities · 01 — Current Shortlist · 02 — Brand & Prestige · 05 — Full-time After Funding · 07 — Solo & Super Early · 10 — Application Tracker · 14 — Deadline Calendar · 15 — Priority Board
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.