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Higher People • San Francisco, CA, United States
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Principal, Investment Team

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Reporting Structure: Reports directly to the Managing Partners; part of a lean team of nine

Company Description: Afore Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on investing in technology companies at the pre-seed or "invention" phase.

Afore doesn't just invest early; it defines what early means. The firm helped shape pre-seed into the default first institutional round for founders and continues to lead that category today. When founders are just an idea, a deck, or a prototype, Afore is often the first call.

Quick facts:

  • $700M+ AUM across multiple funds
  • Leads rounds with convictioninvesting up to $2M pre-everything
  • Portfolio companies have raised $3B+ in follow-on funding
  • 200+ portfolio companies across B2B and B2C
  • Trusted early partner to founders who go on to build category-defining companies

What makes Afore different is the combination of ownership, access, and influence. This is a small, high-conviction team where every investor has a real seat at the table, sourcing deals, building theses, and ultimately helping decide where capital goes.

With a strong foundation in place and a category they helped create, Afore is now looking to bring on an investor who can help take the platform to the next level.

Responsibilities

  • Source and build relationships with exceptional pre-seed founders and deal sources
  • Independently lead diligence processes from first meeting through investment recommendation
  • Develop investment theses and conduct deep market research across B2B and B2C sectors
  • Spend the majority of time on sourcing, networking, and pipeline development
  • Support and engage with portfolio companies post-investment
  • Own a strategic, firm-wide initiative aligned with personal interests and firm priorities
  • Represent Afore externally across events, conferences, and online platforms

Is this you?

  • You're obsessed with zero-to-one founders and can spot potential before there's traction
  • You want real ownership, not just supporting deals, but driving them
  • You're naturally in the flow of founders, ideas, and early-stage energy
  • You think like an investor but operate like a builder
  • You're intellectually curious, sharp, and energized by ambiguity
  • You want to help scale a firm that has already defined its category

Preferred Qualifications

  • 25 years of experience as a founder, venture investor, startup operator, angel investor, etc.
  • Technical background in computer science or engineering
  • Strong track record or clear potential in early-stage investing or founder evaluation
  • Demonstrated ability to build a high-quality network of founders or deal sources
  • High attention to detail, professionalism, and sound judgment
  • Entrepreneurial, self-directed, and comfortable managing multiple workstreams
  • Based in San Francisco or willing to relocate

#Perks

  • Direct access to top founders at the earliest stages of company building
  • High ownership and real decision-making responsibility
  • Opportunity to help shape the next chapter of a category-defining firm
  • Close collaboration with a small, high-performing team
  • Exposure to a wide range of industries, ideas, and emerging technologies
  • Carry within the fund
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