People Before Ideas: Afore Open 🥒🎾🏓

Join us for the soft launch of People Before Ideas, Afore's Founders-in-Residence program! Celebrate with some friendly pickleball competition!

What Are We Celebrating? 🏆

At Afore, we prioritize People before Ideas. Our 2-month Founders-in-Residence program, held three times a year in February, June, and October, is designed to help technical builders transition from Idea to Traction to Series A at warp speed.
We'll write your first check and, more importantly, assist you in signing your first 5 design customers and raising the rest of your round at the best terms.

Can't make it but want to learn more or get funded? Learn more here

Who This Is For 👀

Engineers, researchers, builders. If you're looking to validate your ideas and are about to or have recently gone full-time building, this is your time!

Agenda 🎾

• 5:00 PM: Courts open, food, pickleball
• 5:15 PM: Rotating courts, everyone plays everyone
• 6:30 PM: Championship matchup

Details 📍

Date: Wednesday, August 12
Time: 5–7 PM
Location: The Crossing at East Cut, 200 Folsom, San Francisco, CA 94105
Skill Level: Open to all skill levels. Bonus points if your pickleball skills match your competitive drive!

About Your Hosts

Afore Capital is the largest pre-seed VC with over $500M AUM, investing exclusively at pre-seed. Our superpower is getting founders from idea to product-market-fit, closing your first customers, and helping founders raise an incredible Series A and beyond.

Rho is the all-in-one banking platform for startups and their accountants. With banking setup in minutes, up to 2% cashback cards, and powerful tools for managing spend, paying bills, and closing the books, Rho helps high-growth startups move fast and stay focused, backed by support that goes above and beyond.