---
title: "ANIMO Ventures Leads Atarraya $5M Seed for Sustainable Shrimp Farming"
description: "ANIMO Ventures led a $5M seed round for Atarraya, a sustainable urban shrimp-farming technology company, from its $78M Fund II."
date: 2025-08-15T00:00:00.000Z
tags: ["animo-ventures", "seed-investing", "climate-tech", "startup-funding", "venture-capital"]
source: https://venturecapitaltracker.com/2026-animo-ventures-atarraya-5m-seed
---

# ANIMO Ventures Leads Atarraya $5M Seed for Sustainable Shrimp Farming

> ANIMO Ventures led a $5M seed round for Atarraya, a sustainable urban shrimp-farming technology company, from its $78M Fund II.

**ANIMO Ventures** led a **$5M seed round for Atarraya**, a sustainable urban shrimp-farming technology company, in August 2025.

## Key facts

- **Lead investor:** ANIMO Ventures
- **Company:** Atarraya (sustainable shrimp farming)
- **Round:** $5M seed
- **Date:** August 2025
- **Fund:** ANIMO Fund II ($78M)

## Why this matters

Leading Atarraya reflects ANIMO Ventures' willingness to write early lead checks in overlooked sectors and geographies. The firm has also backed Foyer (first-time homebuyer savings) and Welli.

## Sources

1. ANIMO Ventures / Atarraya seed (F4 profile): https://f4.fund/firms/animo-ventures
2. ANIMO Ventures portfolio (Caplight): https://www.caplight.com/investor/animo-ventures