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Investor profile

Kayla Kavanaugh

Investor, Afore Capital

About

Kayla Kavanaugh is a Venture Partner at Afore Capital who writes $500K–$1.2M checks to pre-traction, pre-everything founders even before companies are formally formed, and explicitly keeps her DMs open to founders anywhere in the world. She brings a unique mix of Midwestern VC experience from Grand Ventures and the Michigan Venture Capital Association combined with her current San Francisco base, and actively creates content to demystify VC networking for under-networked participants, especially young women in tech. Kayla Kavanaugh is a Venture Partner at Afore Capital who writes $500K–$1.2M checks to pre-traction, pre-everything founders even before companies are formally formed, and explicitly keeps her DMs open to founders anywhere in the world. She brings a unique mix of Midwestern VC experience from Grand Ventures and the Michigan Venture Capital Association combined with her current San Francisco base, and actively creates content to demystify VC networking for under-networked participants, especially young women in tech.

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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