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Investor profile

Gaurav Jain

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Afore Capital

About

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. 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.

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Investment focus

Stages
Pre-Seed
Seed
Sectors
AI
FinTech
Health
SaaS
Devtools

Investment details

Avg check size$1M - $3M
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
USA
Canada
Africa
Asia-Pacific
LatAm
India
Europe
Israel
ANZ
MENA