4 investors at Afore Capital, based in San Francisco, CA with $150M under management.
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Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Afore Capital
Gaurav Jain grew up in India thinking venture capital was weird before becoming a believer in its role as an engine for growth, which keeps him grounded about deploying other people's money into uncertain ideas. He built his reputation by sourcing breakout seed investments like Cruise, Firebase, and Airtable at Founder Collective, then moved to specialize even earlier at pre-seed where he focuses on founder authenticity and learning velocity over traditional market size analysis.
Engineer & Investor, Afore Capital
Jack McClelland is an Engineer and Investor at Afore Capital, where he focuses on identifying and supporting innovative companies across AI, Fintech, Digital Health, Enterprise, DevTools, and SaaS sectors. Combining technical expertise with investment acumen, Jack brings a unique perspective to early-stage opportunities, leveraging his engineering background to evaluate technology depth and scalability. His dual experience in building and investing positions him to support founders navigating complex technical and business challenges. At Afore Capital, Jack works with exceptional teams transforming their respective industries through technology-driven solutions. His focus areas span critical verticals where engineering excellence and innovation converge with significant market opportunities.
Investor, Afore Capital
Kayla Kavanaugh is an Investor at Afore Capital, where she focuses on identifying and supporting transformative companies across AI, fintech, digital health, enterprise software, DevTools, and SaaS. With a strategic investment thesis centered on high-impact technology sectors, Kavanaugh works with founders building innovative solutions that reshape how businesses operate and individuals manage their financial and health outcomes. Her expertise spans emerging technologies and their commercial applications, enabling her to evaluate opportunities at the intersection of technical innovation and market opportunity. At Afore Capital, Kavanaugh is committed to partnering with exceptional founding teams to accelerate growth and drive meaningful innovation across her core investment verticals.
Investor, Afore Capital
Shaad Khan is an investor at Afore Capital, where he focuses on identifying and supporting innovative companies across AI, fintech, digital health, enterprise software, developer tools, and SaaS. With a strategic investment thesis centered on transformative technologies and business models, Khan leverages his expertise to back founders building the next generation of digital solutions. His investment approach spans emerging opportunities in artificial intelligence and machine learning, financial technology disruption, healthcare innovation, and developer-focused infrastructure. Based on his professional activities on LinkedIn, Khan actively engages with the startup ecosystem and maintains a strong network within the venture capital and technology communities. At Afore Capital, he plays a key role in sourcing, evaluating, and supporting portfolio companies through their growth trajectories.
Afore Capital's investment team consists of 4 professionals, headquartered in San Francisco, CA and managing $150M in assets. The team brings diverse backgrounds and specialized expertise to evaluate and support portfolio companies.
Across the team, Afore Capital's investors cover expertise in AI, Fintech, Digital Health, Enterprise, DevTools, SaaS. This breadth of sector knowledge enables the firm to evaluate opportunities across multiple verticals and provide specialized post-investment support to founders.
Afore Capital has 4 investors and partners on their team, based in San Francisco, CA. Each team member brings specialized expertise across different sectors and investment stages.
Afore Capital's team consists of 4 investment professionals. View individual investor profiles above for detailed backgrounds, focus areas, and portfolio companies.
Afore Capital manages approximately $150M in assets under management with a team of 4 investment professionals, headquartered in San Francisco, CA.
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