Yaniv Gelnik

Yaniv Gelnik is a Partner at Afore Capital based in San Francisco, California, where he leads pre-seed and seed-stage investments in B2B software and artificial intelligence startups. Since joining the firm, he has executed over 50 investments, recently leading a funding round for an AI infrastructure startup in March 2025 and publishing a thesis on AI agent platforms. Prior to his current role, Gelnik served as an investor at Initialized Capital and held operations and growth positions at consumer technology companies DoorDash and Pinterest. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Stanford University and maintains an active public presence with over 15,000 followers, recently speaking at industry conferences in October 2024. His current investment strategy primarily focuses on backing early-stage founders who are building developer tools, fintech solutions, and machine learning applications.