Afore Capital is a $500M pre-seed specialist that writes $500k-$1M+ checks to "pre-traction, pre-everything" founders before companies are even formed, often issuing term sheets with just the founder's name and no entity yet. The firm runs a formal Founder-in-Residence program that takes founders from "day -1" through ideation and company formation, including a university track for students, positioning itself as a "first believer" rather than a validator in the pre-seed ecosystem.