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Animo Capital

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Investor type

PE / VC

Founded

2012

AUM

$1 000 M

Location

Palo Alto, California, United States

Investment Ticket

$0-1 m

Investment Stage

Seed

Region of investment

North America
Investor profile last updated: 28 March, 2025

Profile

AMINO Capital is a venture firm based in Palo Alto, focusing on seed to growth-stage investments in data-driven technology startups that later became unicorns, such as Grail, Webflow, Weee!, Chime Bank, Rippling, Dfinity, etc.

We are also early backers of next generation blockchain protocol since 2013, and led the seed and A round of String Labs, which incubated one the most anticipated ICOs in 2018, DFINITY. We participated in pre-sales and ICO of DFINITY, NuCypher, Kyber, 0X, Grid+, OmiseGo, which later became known as the first ICO unicorn.

The firm was founded in 2012 by a unique team of over 80 technology executives and innovators from Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Tencent, Alibaba, U of Chicago, Stanford U, Tsinghua U and et al. Since inception, the firm has invested over 130 seed stage companies, following with additional investments in series A and B. Until today, there are 6 full time partners based in Palo Alto, with additional 12 team members between Palo Alto and Asia.

Industry

Education Edtech Fashion/Beauty Financial Services Fintech Food and Beverage Foodtech Gaming Healthcare Services Marketing and Advertising Media and Entertainment Medical Devices Other Pharmaceuticals Real Estate Robotics Security Software Sports/SportsTech Telecommunications Transportation Travel MedTech Technology Life Sciences Infrastructure Energy LegalTech Music HealthTech AdTech TravelTech Machine Learning (ML) SaaS Web3

Animo Capital Funds

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Amino Capital Seed Fund
Venture Capital (VC)
SaaS
Security
Web3
Seed
Series A
North America
South America
Europe
Middle East
Africa
Asia
Australia and others
$5-10 m
$1000 M
December 2012

Contacts

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Qiang "Larry" Li Managing Partner, co-founder
Managing Partner, co-founder
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Woody Wu Investment Director
Investment Director
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FAQs about Animo Capital

Animo Capital is a venture capital and private equity firm. It backs companies at Seed, writing tickets of $0-1 m.
Animo Capital is located in Palo Alto, California, United States.
Animo Capital was founded in 2012.
Animo Capital invests in companies and startups in Education, Edtech, Fashion/Beauty, Financial Services, Fintech, Food and Beverage, Foodtech, Gaming, Healthcare Services, Marketing and Advertising, Media and Entertainment, Medical Devices, Other, Pharmaceuticals, Real Estate, Robotics, Security, Software, Sports/SportsTech, Telecommunications, Transportation, Travel, MedTech, Technology, Life Sciences, Infrastructure, Energy, LegalTech, Music, HealthTech, AdTech, TravelTech, Machine Learning (ML), SaaS, Web3.
Animo Capital invests in companies and startups in North America.
Animo Capital invests in companies and startups at Seed.
Animo Capital usually invests $0-1 m on average.
Animo Capital has around $1 000m assets under management.
Animo Capital last fund was created/launched in 2012-12-26
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