About Animo
Animo is a venture capital firm founded in 2018. It is primarily based out of Miami, United States. As of May 2026, Animo is an active investor, having invested in 53 companies, with 3 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Consumer and High Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Crew Carbon Overall, Animo portfolio has seen 1 unicorn and 9 acquisitions including key companies like Ironclad, Celo and Velo3D. A lot of funds co-invest with Animo, with names like Alpaca sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Animo has team of 4 people including 4 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed & Series A
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Unicorns
Portfolio Soonicorns
Deals in last 12 months
Animo's List of Top Investments
Animo has a portfolio of 53 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investments are in Inorbit and Mathison.Their portfolio spans across United States, Canada and South Korea. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, High Tech and 21 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Animo:1. Lunchbox
Provider of online ordering solutions for restaurants. It provides its solutions in the form of app ordering, kiosk ordering, web ordering, digital menu ordering, and more. Its features include loyalty programs, menu management, order management, and more. It also offers marketing solutions like drip marketing, pushes notification, print marketing, up-selling, and more.
Key facts about Lunchbox
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $72.1M
- Employee Count: 191 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: 645 Ventures, Frontline Ventures and 20 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Mar 10, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Ironclad
Platform offering contract lifecycle management software. It offers a self serve platform that enables businesses to launch contracts on their own. It offers built in features that include redlining, editing, audit logging, etc. It provides a repository to store all the contract records in real time with an advanced and modern search and reporting feature.
Key facts about Ironclad
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $333M
- Employee Count: 878 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Emergence Capital, Sarissa Capital and 31 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Jan 18, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Comun
Provider of an online platform offering retail banking solutions. The platform allows individuals to create an account on the platform and operate the account via the online dashboard. It also provides services such as applying for loans and opting for alternative services such as check cashing and remittances. The app is available across iOS and Android platforms.
Key facts about Comun
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $26M
- Employee Count: 104 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Redpoint Ventures, Costanoa and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Aug 28, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
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4. Celo
Blockchain-based stable coins for social payments and money transfers. The coins are pegged to USD and other fiat currencies for enabling payments and transfers through wallets. It provides an algorithm for mapping wallet addresses to participants.
Key facts about Celo
5. Velo3D
Manufacturer of metal additive manufacturing systems, software, and related services. The company provides laser powder bed fusion technology for producing precision parts. It offers an integrated ecosystem that includes hardware, software, and engineering support. The company focuses on solutions for industries with demanding requirements.
Key facts about Velo3D
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $10M - $50M as on Dec 31, 2025
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $150M
- Employee Count: 190 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: HP Tech Ventures, Khosla Ventures and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Dec 22, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Animo's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Animo has invested in 53 companies over the last 7 years, with an average of 4 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 5 investments, while as of May 2026, it has made 2 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Hamlet and most recent follow-on round was in Crew Carbon.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2025 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2023 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2022 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
2021 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
2020 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Animo's Investments by Stage
Animo has made 20 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $4.54M and 7 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $12.1M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 20 |
Series A | 7 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Animo's Investments by Sector
Animo has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, FinTech, Food and Agriculture Tech and High Tech. Notably, it has invested in 46 Tech companies, 35 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 29 Software companies and at least 16 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 15 |
Consumer | 5 |
FinTech | 5 |
Food and Agriculture Tech | 3 |
High Tech | 3 |
Others | 24 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Animo's Investments by Geography
Animo has made most investments in United States (26), followed by South Korea where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 26 |
South Korea | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Animo's recent investments
Animo has made 2 investments in 2026 so far - Crew Carbon and Zocalo Health.Here are the most recent investments by Animo:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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May 14, 2026 | United States | Series A | 1430 | [+10] | |
Feb 26, 2026 | United States | Series A | 5033 | ||
Dec 2025 | United States | Seed | 4034 | [+1] | |
Oct 10, 2025 | United States | Seed | 2627 | ||
Oct 02, 2025 | United States | Series A | 1694 | [+1] |
Unicorns in Animo's Portfolio
Animo has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - Ironclad. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Ironclad which became a unicorn in 2022, 4 years before Animo first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Animo's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
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70 | Platform offering contract lifecycle management software | 2014 | San Francisco | Series E | wfsvkcr |
Acquired companies in Animo's Portfolio
9 companies from Animo's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Confirm in May 2026 by Learning Pool for $*****.Here are Animo's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 19, 2026 | - | - | 1012 | |
Jul 31, 2025 | - | - | 9591 | |
Jan 02, 2025 | - | - | 9068 | |
May 13, 2024 | Aug 31, 2020 | Seed | 2835 | |
Jul 21, 2021 | - | - | 2307 |
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Team profile of Animo
Animo has a team of 4 members including 4 Partners located in United States and Argentina. Animo's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Animo:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Miami | - | ||
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | Argentina | - | ||
Partner | New York | - |
Co-investors of Animo
Over the past 7 years, 163 investors have co-invested in Animo's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Animo: Costanoa, South Park Commons and 13 others have invested in rounds before Animo. There is 1 company where Costanoa has invested before Animo and 1 company where South Park Commons has invested before Animo.
- Top Co-investors of Animo: 103 investors entered a company along with Animo. These include investors like Alpaca (3 companies).
- Invested after Animo: A total of 45 investors have invested in Animo's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include L’ATTITUDE Ventures (2 companies), Equal Opportunity Ventures (1 company) and Talipot (1 company).
Recent News related to Animo
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Crew Carbon Raises $25M in Series A and GrantsFinSMEs•May 15, 2026•Kibo Invest, York Ventures, Crew Carbon, Ponderosa Ventures and 8 others
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Zócalo Health Raises $15M to Expand Community-Based Primary Care and Medicaid PartnershipsHIT Consultant•Apr 23, 2026•Zocalo Health, Equal Opportunity Ventures, Kapor Center, BarronKent and 3 others
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Flamingo raises $2.2M to automate MSP operations with AI open source platformTech Funding News•Oct 28, 2025•Focal, Array Ventures, Flamingo, Animo
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Atarraya secures $5 million funding to expand US land-based shrimp production systemsThefishsite•Aug 12, 2025•Atarraya, Animo
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Colombian fintech Welli finances 2,000+ medical procedures monthly, raises over $25MEbankingnews.com•Jul 08, 2025•Welli, Crestone Venture Capital, Animo
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Sage Raises $35M in Series B FundingFinSMEs•Dec 06, 2024•Sage, Friends & Family Capital, IVP, Plus Capital and 6 others
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CREW Carbon raises $5.3mm seed round to capture carbon at wastewater treatment facilitiesintelligence360•Nov 15, 2024•Crew Carbon, Carbon-Drawdown, Counteract, ReGen Ventures and 5 others
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Comun Raises $21.5M To Tackle Financial Challenges Faced by Immigrants with its Digital Banking PlatformAlleyWatch•Sep 04, 2024•Comun, Redpoint Ventures, Animo, Costanoa and 3 others
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Comun Sees Rapid Growth Among Immigrants as It Secures $21.5M in Series A FundingForexTV•Aug 28, 2024•Comun, Redpoint Ventures, Animo, Costanoa and 4 others
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Velou Raises $4M in Seed FundingFinSMEs•Mar 11, 2024•Velou, Animo, ASCEND, First Sentier Investors and 3 others
