Gaurav Jain, a prominent early-stage investor and co-founder of Afore Capital, believes in the importance of investing at the pre-seed stage despite its challenges. His career began at Google, where he managed the Android product line. Moving to venture capital, Jain found a niche in supporting founders with innovative ideas who were too early for traditional seed funding. Afore Capital has become a major player in early-stage investments, successfully backing companies like Modern Health and Neo. Jain's philosophy underscores the need for capital to help startups gain the traction they require for future growth.
A lot of founders were telling us that we were too early, but you need money to get traction, and you need traction to get money.
We were committed to supporting founders at the pre-seed stage, even if the broader venture community viewed it as too risky.
My experience at Google taught me the importance of innovative ideas and strong leadership in early-stage investments.
Afore has backed many successful companies by focusing on the potential of early-stage founders with unique ideas.
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