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Gaurav Jain is co-founder and Managing Partner at Afore Capital, where he invests in pre-seed companies. Previously, he was a principal at Founder Collective, an early product manager for Android at Google, and a co-founder of Polar Mobile.

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Gaurav Jain is co-founder and Managing Partner at Afore Capital, where he invests in pre-seed companies. Previously, he was a principal at Founder Collective, an early product manager for Android at Google, and a co-founder of Polar Mobile.

Career

Gaurav Jain studied at Harvard Business School (MBA (2013)) and University of Waterloo (Software Engineering).

Co-founder and Managing Partner at Afore Capital from 2016 to Present
Principal at Founder Collective from 2013 to 2016
Product Manager, Android at Google from 2009 to 2011Led work on the Nexus One product line as an early Android product manager.

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These Cosigners say Gaurav shaped their career

conor brennan-burke
First Cosign
thank you @anamitra and @gjain for taking a chance on us
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Sshivam
Second Cosign
Gaurav took a bet on me off a one-line pitch. Exceptional at spotting founders early.
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techcrunch.com

The pre-seed diligence framework

Explains how to evaluate founders before traction through near-term milestones, product feedback, and the team’s ability to learn.

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medium.com

Demystifying the journey to PMF

Five lessons from Knock’s early growth: pre-selling, charging early, customer feedback, fast iteration and using investor updates for internal accountability.

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