People Before Ideas: Afore Open 🥒🎾🏓

Please join us to celebrate the soft launch of People Before Ideas, Afore's Founders-in-Residence program: afore.vc/residence ... with some friendly pickleball competition!what are we celebrating 🏆 at Afore we obsess over People before Ideas. Our 2-month Founders-in-Residence, run 3x a year in Feb, Jun, and Oct is exactly that — a 2-month program designed to help technical builders go from Idea to Traction to Series A at warp speed. we'll write your first check, and more importantly, help you sign your first 5 design customers and raise the rest of your round at the best terms. can't make it but want to learn more or get funded? afore.vc/residence who this is for 👀 engineers, researchers, builders. if you want to validate your ideas, and about to/have recently gone full-time building, this is your time! agenda 🎾- 5:00 courts open, food, pickleball - 5:15 rotating courts, everyone plays everyone- 6:30 championship matchup details 📍 wednesday, august 12, 5–7 pmthe crossing at east cut, 200 folsom skill level: open to all skill levels, bonus points if your pickleball skills match your competitive drive. We will end with a championship matchup at 630pm. About your hosts: Afore Capital is the largest pre-seed VC with over $500M AUM, investing exclusively at pre-seed. Our superpower is getting founders from idea to product-market-fit, closing your first customers, and helping founders raise an insane Series A and beyond. Rho is the all-in-one banking platform for startups and the accountants supporting them. With banking setup in minutes, up to 2% cashback cards, and powerful tools for managing spend, paying bills, and closing the books, Rho helps high-growth startups move fast and stay focused, backed by support that goes to the end of the earth to help you win.