Afore Alpha

Afore Capital·United States

$500,000 to $2 million or more for software companies raising their first institutional round, open worldwide from idea stage onward.

What you get

$500,000–$2,000,000Equity investment

“$500,000 to $2 million or more.”

Equity takennot published

Strings attachedEquity investment on company-specific terms. Applications may be shared with Afore's curated investor network unless the applicant opts out by email.

Can you apply

VC backingNot required

Referral or partnerNot required

Registered companyNot required

Individualsnot stated

Open sourceNot required

Latest stage acceptedpre seed

CountriesOpen worldwide

Before you applyMust be an early-stage software company raising its first formal institutional round. Idea-stage teams and companies with some early revenue may both apply.

Any industry and any location worldwide. No startup is too early, incorporation is not required and no referral is needed.

When

Always open, applications reviewed on a rolling basis.

What Afore Capital funds

A global pre-seed software fund investing before traction, revenue or incorporation and working one-to-one with founders rather than running them through an accelerator cohort.

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Details

Afore Alpha invests from $500,000 to $2 million or more in early-stage software companies across industries. Companies can be at idea stage, do not need traction or revenue, and do not need to be incorporated. The application is global and needs no referral. Afore expects to make 10 to 15 Alpha investments a year and provides each company direct support rather than placing it in an accelerator cohort. An application may also be shared with a curated investor network unless the founder opts out.

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Read off the Afore Capital page on 17 Aug 2026. Funders move amounts and eligibility without announcing it, so confirm any figure here before you count on it.