Investing Profile

Gaurav Jain

InvestorVCFounder

Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Afore Capital

afore.vcSan Francisco, California

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Current Investing Position

Afore Capital Managing Partner

Investment Range

$250K - $2.0M

Sweet Spot

$1M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$77M

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Gaurav Jain's Investments On Record (41)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Vessel	SeedJun 2025$8M	$160M
Co-investors: David Sze (Greylock), Bill Gurley (Benchmark), Todd Chaffee (IVP), Alireza Masrour (Plug & Play Ventures), Chris Arsenault (iNovia Capital), Sam Landman (Comcast Ventures), Richard Yen (Saban Capital Group), Sean Percival (Spring Capital), Emmanuel Seuge, Jared Leto
Blooming Health	Series AApr 2025$26M SeedSep 2023$4M	$34M
Co-investors: Scott Barclay (Insight Partners), Sakib Jamal (Crossbeam Venture Partners), John Diaz (Stone Mountain Ventures), Scott Shane (Right Side Capital Management), Janine Sickmeyer (Overlooked Ventures), Ryan Morgan (Crossbeam Venture Partners), Evan Moore
Keragon	SeedFeb 2025$8M Pre SeedJun 2024$3M	$11M
Co-investors: Pascal Unger (Darling Ventures), Daniel Darling (Darling Ventures)
Agency AI	Pre SeedAug 2024$3M	$15M
Co-investors: Patrick Grady (Sequoia Capital), Shruti Gandhi (Array Ventures), Sarah Guo (Conviction Partners), Samara Hernandez (Chingona Ventures), Brian Halligan (Propeller VC), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Reshma Saujani
Openmart	SeedAug 2024$3M	$3.5M
Co-investors: Lorenzo Thione (Gaingels), Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Anamitra Banerji (Afore Capital), Salil Deshpande (Uncorrelated Ventures), Yun-Fang Juan (Brighter Capital), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Rachel Lam (Imagination Capital), Gustaf Alströmer (Y Combinator)
Thoughtly	SeedJun 2024$3M	$3M
Co-investors: Rico Mallozzi (Sapphire Ventures)
Senpilot	Pre SeedJun 2024
Co-investors: Vivjan Myrto (Hyperplane Venture Capital)
Quest Labs AI	Pre SeedFeb 2024$500K	$500K
Co-investors: Anamitra Banerji (Afore Capital)