Kayla Kavanaugh
@kaylakav
VC investor @AforeVC // @wustl alumna // Investing in pre-seed tech companies anywhereeee (DMs always open to founders!)
Hyperspell × AgentOps @hyperspell is now the default context retrieval tool in AgentStack, @AgentOpsAI's curated stack for building production AI agents alongside @composiohq, @firecrawl_dev, @LangChainAI, and @perplexity_ai, we’re helping define the agent infra layer 🚀
partiful.com/e/NnTDXd2lCSUa… Pull up to my birthday party @AforeVC sponsoring it
in case you haven't heard we invested in a bunch of cracked student builders, many still in stealth, all building something v cool u have a unique chance to get a sneak peek at their demos next thurs 7/17 in SF! rsvp below, super limited spots available: partiful.com/e/NnTDXd2lCSUa…?
founders keeping us busy this month 💪
Our founders continue to inspire us - in the past two months, Afore portfolio companies have raised over $109m combined. This follow-on capital comes from great investors like Accel, Altimeter, Audacious, Bessemer, Inovia, Insight, Nyca, and more. Excited to continue to support…
so my rooftop matcha cafe w/ @AforeVC was a huge success :) the caliber of talent in seattle this summer is absolutely incredible and i'm so glad i got to meet so many of you in person!
interning in seattle this summer? working on a cool side project of your own? come hang with @palak_agarwal6 on friday 7/11 to chat about it over matcha :-) great opportunity to meet other cool builders from all over the world partiful.com/e/JJXYHKDwUyIb…
We built Dash. The last AI you’ll ever need. Because Dash doesn’t just chat, it actually does the work.
Episode #96: How to Skip Your Seed Round, Pre-Seed Lessons Building Afore to $500M+ AUM | Anamitra Banerji @anamitra started @AforeVC with @gjain in 2016 to kickstart the Pre-Seed category. This conversation gets into its evolution as a funding stage, why its more than option…
does this sound like u or a friend: -student -interested in interning with a high-growth, venture backed startup this summer -down to work on sales/marketing/growth hacking + take on a ton of ownership -working knowledge about how to create viral tiktoks Would love to chat :)
the definition of cracked 🤌 i defy you to find another consumer team who made it to 50K users as quickly. really excited to work with the opennote team 🚀
Today, alongside Feynman-2, we're excited to announce the completion of Opennote's $857K pre-seed round This round is led by @AforeVC with participation from @SancusVentures, @scriptcapital, @untitledvc_, and multiple angels and scout checks. The Opennote that's available…
calling all builders at @UofIllinois! unfortunately we can't bring you all to SF to check out our next portfolio showcase, so we're hosting a viewing party on campus instead :) come watch our port cos pitch VCs live! s/o @akylaiksm for hosting lu.ma/pjpb6me5
Visiting Chicago on April 11th for the intercollegiate demo day and throwing a pre-game breakfast at @drivecapital hqs with @landon20s and @kaylakav. Want to meet some dope local founders and investors. Who should we bring in? lu.ma/g8g5a7ab
.@UWaterloo - @AforeVC is heading back to campus for Socratica Symposium! if you're building something cool or thinking of taking the leap to launch a company, I'd love to meet you :) register for our event on Wed 3/19 here: lu.ma/2xrpezya
luv to see it @AgentOpsAI - one of the official launch partners for OpenAI's new agents SDK 🚀
OpenAI just launched the Agents SDK - a simple yet powerful toolkit for building AI apps that can actually do things in the real world! I summarized everything you need to know about it and how it is going to be a game changer for anyone building agents.
looking for cofounders? we are hosting Single and Ready to Demo next Thu @ 5 pm in SF folks will have 3 min to demo what they are currently tinkering on and meet other folks looking for cofounders after sign up here: lu.ma/lcmy4ohe