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Affinity

AI-first CRM that auto-captures relationships and deal flow for VC and PE firms

Pace
5:20/kmSteady1.75
Distance
Distance Half.
Open ops roles
1
Last week
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Move
New
Peak
#519
Weeks in the 100
0
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Rank and score over time
Board rank
#509#519#529#519Oct 25
Pace score
02461.8Oct 25

One point per Sunday re-rank, tracking since Oct 25. The lines fill in week by week.

Sprint 3:30/km
Race 4:05/km
Tempo 4:40/kmAttio
Steady 5:20/kmAffinity
Warm-up 6:00/km
Cool-down 6:30/km
Affinity runs in the Steady lane. Rivals on Well Run sit in their own pace lanes; further right = more momentum. Tap one to open its page.Also competes with: DealCloud (Intapp), Carta CRM (ListAlpha), 4Degrees
Total raised
$120Msee rounds ↓
Headcount
~324as of 2026 pitchbook.com ↗
Founded
2014
HQ
San Francisco, CA

Leadership

The problem

Dealmakers lose track of who knows whom and waste hours logging emails, meetings and pipeline updates by hand

What they do

AI-first CRM that auto-captures relationships and deal flow for VC and PE firms

Traction 3,300+ private capital firms; added 71 PE firms in H1 2026 (330+ PE total); ARR undisclosed

Hiring trend

Open roles
8
Ops roles
1
Headcount
~324

Flat: ~321-324 staff, -0.3% YoY on LinkedIn (other trackers +6-9%); 8 open roles

Hiring in

  • San Francisco
  • New York
  • Chicago
  • Remote (UK)

Funding

Last round
$80M
Stage
Series C (PE-backed per PitchBook; later secondary)
Date
Sep 2021

Led by Menlo Ventures

Distance

Half · edge: hard to leave + learns from use

Category leader in VC/PE CRM whose auto-captured relationship graph is hard to rip out; Attio, DealCloud and Carta's CRM push contest it.

Sources: Sacra: Affinity's proprietary relationship graph ↗ · GlobeNewswire: Affinity adds 71 PE firms in six months (Jun 2026) ↗

Last checked Oct 25, 2026

News timeline

  1. Jul 2026Launches Affinity Ascend agent platform (Meeting Prep, Warm Intros, Data Update) globenewswire.com ↗
  2. Jun 2026Adds 71 PE firms in six months, 330+ PE firms on the platform globenewswire.com ↗
  3. Apr 2026Launches MCP server connecting relationship data to Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot affinity.co ↗
  4. Mar 2026Hires Sean Kearns as CRO and Pam Holmberg as Chief People Officer briefglance.com ↗

Funding historyTotal raised $120M

  1. Sep 2021Series C$80Mat ~$600MLed by Menlo Ventures businessinsider.com ↗
  2. Feb 2019Series B$26.5MLed by Advance Venture Partners, Sway Ventures venturebeat.com ↗
  3. May 2017Series A$13.5MLed by 8VC techcrunch.com ↗

Profile facts checked Oct 20, 2026. Every fact links to its public source.

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