Gaurav Jain wrote the playbook for pre-seed investing. A decade later, he's running one of the industry's most prolific early-stage funds

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Gaurav Jain wrote the playbook for pre-seed investing. A decade later, he's running one of the industry's most prolific early-stage funds

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When Gaurav Jain started his VC career, pre-seed investing was viewed negatively in the industry.
He cofounded his VC firm, Afore Capital, in 2016 specifically to invest in pre-seed funding rounds.
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This story appeared on businessinsider.com, 2025-05-14 08:00:01.