About Amino Capital
Amino Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2012. It is primarily based out of Palo Alto, United States. As of Mar 2025, Amino Capital is an active investor, having invested in 200 companies, with 5 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 High Tech to Enterprise Applications and HealthTech. Most recently it led the $40M Series B round of Menusifu along with Enlight Growth Partners. This round also saw participation from Lingfeng Capital and other investors.
Overall, Amino Capital portfolio has seen 7 unicorns, 4 IPOs and 25 acquisitions including key companies like Meituan, Webflow and GRAIL. A lot of funds co-invest with Amino Capital, with names like sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Amino Capital has team of 14 people including 9 partners.
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Amino Capital's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Amino Capital has invested in 200 companies over the last 13 years, with an average of 6 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 4 investments, while as of Mar 2025, it has made 3 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Bolto and most recent follow-on round was in Menusifu.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2024 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2022 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
2021 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
2020 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2018 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
2017 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
2016 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
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Amino Capital's Investments by Stage
Amino Capital has made 47 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.99M, 12 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $7.3M and 3 investments in Angel stage with an average round size of $675K.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 47 |
Series A | 12 |
Angel | 3 |
Series B | 3 |
Series C | 2 |
Others | 3 |
Amino Capital's Investments by Sector
Amino Capital has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications, Consumer and Retail. Notably, it has invested in 176 Tech companies, 138 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 100 Software companies and at least 56 companies focusing on Artificial intelligence.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 38 |
High Tech | 32 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 14 |
Consumer | 10 |
Retail | 9 |
Others | 87 |
Amino Capital's Investments by Geography
Amino Capital has made most investments in United States (57), followed by China where it has made 5 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 57 |
China | 5 |
Singapore | 3 |
Anguilla | 1 |
Canada | 1 |
Others | 5 |
Amino Capital's recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Amino Capital:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 06, 2025 | United States | Seed | $5.1M | General Catalyst [+3] | |
Mar 06, 2025 | United States | Series E | $111M | ||
Jan 15, 2025 | United States | Seed | $3M | Gradient Ventures [+2] | |
Oct 25, 2024 | United States | Seed | $2.5M | [+2] | |
Sep 21, 2024 | United States | Series B | $40M |
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Here is a list of unicorns in Amino Capital's portfolio:
ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
75 | AI powered application development platform | 2016 | San Francisco | Series D | k{jzzix | ||
59 | Provider of talent as a service for on demand software development solutions | 2018 | Palo Alto | Series E | {becajx | ||
74 | Online retailer offering groceries | 2015 | San Francisco | Series E | rywswdb | ||
78 | Cloud based website development platform | 2012 | San Francisco | Series C | kmvvaap | ||
73 | Cloud-based suite solution for HR management | 2016 | San Francisco | Series F | vre{alk |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Amino Capital's Portfolio
Here are Amino Capital's portfolio companies that went public:
Acquired companies in Amino Capital's Portfolio
Here are Amino Capital's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 06, 2025 | - | - | - | |
May 21, 2024 | 2024 | Unattributed | $6.7M | |
May 16, 2024 | - | - | - | |
Jul 06, 2023 | - | - | - | |
Apr 22, 2022 | - | - | - |
Team profile of Amino Capital
Amino Capital has a team of 14 membersÌýincluding 9 Partners, 2 Venture Partners and 1 PrincipalÌýlocated in United States, China and . Amino Capital's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Amino Capital:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Palo Alto | - | ||
Partner | Saratoga | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | Palo Alto | - | ||
Partner | Palo Alto | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Partner | Seattle | - | - | |
Partner | Shenzhen | - | - | |
Partner | Ajman | - | - | |
Venture Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Venture Partner | San Mateo | - | - |
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Over the past 13 years, 483 investors have co-invested in Amino Capital's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Amino Capital:Ìý, 500 Global and 73 others have invested in rounds before Amino Capital. There are 13 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Amino Capital and 5 companies where 500 Global has invested before Amino Capital.
- Top Co-investors of Amino Capital:Ìý281 investors entered a company along with Amino Capital. These include investors like (5 companies).
- Invested after Amino Capital:ÌýA total of 127 investors have invested in Amino Capital's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Workday Ventures (2 companies), Qualcomm Ventures (2 companies) and Global Founders Capital (2 companies).
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