ANIMO Ventures
Seed-stage firm investing $500K–$2.5M in U.S. companies from ideation through early traction, with a focus on developer tools, productivity software, and marketplace businesses. Known portfolio includes WorkOS and The Browser Company.
Typical check size
$250K-$3M (stage-based estimate)
Founded
2018
Headquarters
New York, NY
AUM
N/A
Rounds they lead
Pre-Seed
Seed
Rounds they invest
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Portfolio companies we track
Startups in our directory that list ANIMO Ventures as an investor (3 total).
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FAQs about ANIMO Ventures
Stage fit, check size, thesis, and how founders typically approach this firm — based on public sources and our directory.
ANIMO leads Pre-Seed and Seed rounds and can participate in Series A. The firm says it invests from ideation through early traction and aims to be early, not late.
ANIMO’s website states $500K–$2.5M per investment, focusing on U.S. companies raising roughly $500K–$5M across the seed spectrum. Its $78M Fund II is the active vehicle referenced publicly.
Partners are based in New York and Miami, but ANIMO states it focuses exclusively on U.S.-based companies. It does not publish a mandate to invest outside the United States.
Our directory tags developer-tools and enterprise-saas. ANIMO backs founders building developer infrastructure, productivity software, and related B2B platforms — portfolio names include WorkOS and The Browser Company.
ANIMO positions itself as an active GP on cap tables and typically leads or co-leads seed rounds. The firm emphasizes hands-on partnership rather than passive follow-on checks.
In our directory: Zócalo Health (/startup/zocalo-health), Atarraya (/startup/atarraya), Codi (/startup/codi).
Reach out via animo.vc. ANIMO is a GP-only team (no associates), so founders should come prepared with a clear seed narrative and ideally a warm intro from another ANIMO founder or mutual investor.
We do not yet have a dedicated ANIMO article; see the fund profile at /fund/animo-ventures and linked startup pages for round context.