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Afore Capital

Afore Capital is a venture capital firm based in the United States. Afore Capital has backed 5 Canadian AI companies in the Index, joining 5 tracked rounds and leading 3. The most recent was Dominion Dynamics's C$4M pre-seed round in October 2025. Afore Capital most often invests alongside Golden Ventures, FJ Labs and Garage Capital.

VC based in US. 5 Canadian AI companies in the Index, 5 tracked rounds, 3 as lead.

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Type
VC
HQ country
US
Companies
5
Tracked rounds
5
Led
3
First tracked deal
Boardy, Oct 2024
Latest tracked deal
Dominion Dynamics, Oct 2025

Portfolio

CompanyRounds joined (date, round size)Company's total raisedRole
Dominion DynamicsPre-seed · Oct 2025 · C$4M roundC$164M—
OpennotePre-seed · Jul 2025 · US$850K round (lead)US$4.2MLead
VesselSeed · Jun 2025 · US$7.5M round (lead)US$7.5MLead
MerchkitPre-seed · Feb 2025 · C$2M round (lead)C$2MLead
BoardyPre-seed · Oct 2024 · US$3M roundUS$11M—

A round's size is the whole round as announced, not this investor's cheque.

Frequent co-investors

Golden Ventures (3 shared rounds), FJ Labs (2 shared rounds), Garage Capital (2 shared rounds), 8VC (1 shared round), Antler Canada (1 shared round), BY Venture Partners (1 shared round), Four Cities Capital (1 shared round), HF0 (1 shared round)

Data as of November 10, 2026.

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