ANIMO Ventures

Leaders, never followers. We go early and we go big; investing $500k to $2M from Power Point stage to early traction. Oh, and we reserve half our capital for follow-on.
https://animo.vc
Stage
Pre-Seed and Seed
,
Location
Miami, New York, and San Francisco
Average Check Size
$500k-$2M
SectorS
B2B
Consumer
,
FinTech
,
EdTech
Lead/Follow
Lead
,
Questions & Answers
Nico Berardi
Founder and General Partner
Nico Berardi
Founder and General Partner
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