Amino Capital

What they do

AMINO Capital is a global venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, with investment theme of data moat and network effect. With over $1 billion in capital under management, Amino has funded hundreds of companies in seed-to-growth stages across Consumer, PLG SaaS, Frontier Tech, and Web3, including 35 successful exits, around 20 unicorns and over 35 companies which are valued over $100M, such as Chime, Webflow, Rippling, Grail, Weee, Replit, Turing, Dfinity, OmiseGo, Oasis Labs, Instawork, Wetravel, AIFI.io, Wyze, Writesonic, D-Matrix and Beacons.ai.

What they look for

AMINO Capital's stated thesis revolves around "data moat and network effect." They believe that for a company to adopt the future of AI, it must possess a unique source to accumulate data, strong analytical skills, and deep domain expertise. The firm actively seeks out founders who demonstrate a profound appreciation for the power of data and exhibit capital discipline in their ventures.

Stage

Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+

Sectors

Consumer, SaaS, AI, Fintech, Healthcare, Deeptech

Based

Palo Alto, US