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Early-stage VC @ Afore Capital | Adventure Capitalist

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Wednesday 8/13 ‣ Vibe Coding Hack Night lu.ma/eb6hud6s @grahammcbain ‣ AI Agent Founder Dinner w Partners at Defy VC, HOF Capital, Sierra Ventures and The Westly Group lu.ma/xb7x1pyy @JohnBohlmann @tnm @itismouad ‣ Afore Hours lu.ma/kdumfib4


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64% of pre-seed companies @AforeVC invested in across Funds 1 and 2 skipped the seed and went straight to Series A 🤯

I asked @anamitra about startups skipping their Seed and going straight to Series A: "That's one of the value props for our fund. When we first started as a pre-seed fund, we would invest anywhere from $500k to $1 million into companies that were pre-launch, pre-traction, pre…



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The first visceral moment in a VC pitch meeting is the VC's impression of the founder. That impression can be lasting and indelible. Founders should take advantage of the opportunity to generate a visceral moment.

I asked @anamitra at @AforeVC to explain the dark arts of investing in founders at Pre-Seed: "It's hard to know. But we do have some rules. We generally invest in technical founders. They're working on an idea where the breakthrough is due to some technological shift, AI being…



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Episode #96: How to Skip Your Seed Round, Pre-Seed Lessons Building Afore to $500M+ AUM | Anamitra Banerji @anamitra started @AforeVC with @gjain in 2016 to kickstart the Pre-Seed category. This conversation gets into its evolution as a funding stage, why its more than option…


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Thank you for having us along for a small portion of the ride, and congratulations on all the hard work, good times, sweat, and tears that went into this journey. Happy #chime #ipo day!

AforeVC's tweet image. Thank you for having us along for a small portion of the ride, and congratulations on all the hard work, good times, sweat, and tears that went into this journey. Happy #chime #ipo day!

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Our very own @JosephCardini is competing to Escape from Alcatraz tomorrow 🤯sftravel.com/article/how-to…


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If you are interested in meeting other founders in San Francisco, @JosephCardini is co-hosting a founder happy hour. Sign up asap -> lu.ma/4k1uk5kb


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Tuesday 1/14 ‣ Data for AI Meetup Presents: The Open Source Afterparty w/ Zilliz, Fight Health Insurance, Datastrato, Diffbot, & More! lu.ma/9vf0e5l5 ‣ Afore Capital x Grace Gong Early-Stage Founders Happy Hour lu.ma/f1ainvfw @gracegongGG @JosephCardini ‣…


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last week our portco @cedarbuild announced a $3m seed raise led by @caffeinatedcap @tishmanspeyer & other notable angels @KyleVansice @rahulattraya @_natepeters talk about building the future of infill development in our Austin studio last year 🎙 open.spotify.com/episode/2Jd1d4…


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🍻 last night's mixer at #SeattleTechWeek!! big shout out + thank you to our partners @brexHQ

antler_us's tweet image. 🍻 last night's mixer at #SeattleTechWeek!! big shout out + thank you to our partners @brexHQ
antler_us's tweet image. 🍻 last night's mixer at #SeattleTechWeek!! big shout out + thank you to our partners @brexHQ

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🔥 Are you thinking about building a startup? Join CoffeeSpace to be automatically considered for Antler’s US Residency program. To participate: ✅ Join our waitlist - takes 1 minute (linktr.ee/coffeespaceapp) ✅ Once approved, refine your profile, and Antler will review

CoffeeSpaceApp's tweet image. 🔥 Are you thinking about building a startup?   
Join CoffeeSpace to be automatically considered for Antler’s US Residency program.  

To participate:  
✅ Join our waitlist - takes 1 minute (linktr.ee/coffeespaceapp) 
✅ Once approved, refine your profile, and Antler will review

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At @AntlerGlobal over the last year we've invested in 50 pre-seed startups in the US alone. We've worked with these companies since day 1, and now seeing some grow into 6-figure revenue businesses in a blink. Today, we're happy to share more about 7 of them below 👇

riohodges__'s tweet image. At @AntlerGlobal over the last year we've invested in 50 pre-seed startups in the US alone. We've worked with these companies since day 1, and now seeing some grow into 6-figure revenue businesses in a blink. Today, we're happy to share more about 7 of them below 👇

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.@itsdanlong shares the frameworks he & his team at @CohenCircle use to evaluate potential fintech investments, advice on building startups in regulated industries, and how we're only in the first inning of open banking innovation on this episode of The Deal by @tylerfromantler


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This Wednesday night in #Austin @tylerfromantler on the @NEARProtocol panel @consensus2023 w/ @fabric_vc's @richardmuirhead & @decasonic's @paulhsu to talk about exceptional #web3 founding teams + top priorities in a startup's early days. Register 👇 nearpitchfestconsensus.splashthat.com


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How is fundraising for your startup different from selling your product? @HustleFundVC's @dunkhippo33 breaks down the nuance and explains how creating a sense of urgency with investors is crucial to closing rounds.


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Lucky to welcome @HustleFundVC's @dunkhippo33 on The Deal! We cover opportunity in emerging markets, deciphering communications with VCs when you're fundraising, how to iterate on customer acquisition, and more. 🎙open.spotify.com/episode/3cSazo…


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Back to work after Friday's Residency socials... ♠️🂡 a rainy poker night in #Austin 🏔 hiking in #Boulder (obviously) 🎳 bowling in #NYC

antler_us's tweet image. Back to work after Friday's Residency socials...
♠️🂡 a rainy poker night in #Austin  
🏔 hiking in #Boulder (obviously)
🎳 bowling in #NYC
antler_us's tweet image. Back to work after Friday's Residency socials...
♠️🂡 a rainy poker night in #Austin  
🏔 hiking in #Boulder (obviously)
🎳 bowling in #NYC
antler_us's tweet image. Back to work after Friday's Residency socials...
♠️🂡 a rainy poker night in #Austin  
🏔 hiking in #Boulder (obviously)
🎳 bowling in #NYC

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