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Laura Du

Laura Du

Investor·Afore Capital

San Francisco, CA, United States

Bio

Professional summary

Laura Du is an early-stage investor associated with Afore Capital and a founder/operator with experience at The New Club, Opendoor, Kindred, and Sierra Ventures. Public bios describe her as a Stanford GSB and Princeton graduate who spent five years leading product and operations teams at Opendoor. She is also the founder of The New Club, a professional network for women in engineering, and has angel invested in early-stage startups.

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

  • Afore CapitalInvestorPresent
  • The New ClubFounder2023 – Present
  • OpendoorProduct and Operations
  • Sierra VenturesRole
  • KindredRole

Education

  • Stanford Graduate School of BusinessMBA
  • Princeton UniversityDegree

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Anamitra Banerji

Anamitra Banerji

Co-founder and Managing Partner

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Co-founder and Managing Partner at Afore Capital, a pre-seed firm backing founders at Day 0.

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Derrick Li

Derrick Li

Principal

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Afore Capital principal and former Macro co-founder focused on pre-seed software startups.

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Gaurav Jain

Gaurav Jain

Co-founder, Managing Partner

Afore Capital

Co-founder and Managing Partner at Afore Capital, a pre-seed firm investing at Day 0.

Consumer / socialDeveloper tools & infrastructureEnterprise softwareFintech & paymentsHealthcare / digital health
jack mcclelland

jack mcclelland

Principal

Afore Capital

Afore principal backing pre-seed software founders and running its FIR program.

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Joseph Cardini

Joseph Cardini

Investor

Afore Capital

Afore Capital investor focused on pre-seed software startups.

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Kayla Kavanaugh

Kayla Kavanaugh

Investor

Afore Capital

Afore investor focused on pre-seed software across AI, fintech, health, enterprise, and devtools.

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