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Nico Berardi

General Partner at ANIMO Ventures

Miami, Florida

Overview

Work Experience

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ANIMO Ventures

  • Founder & General Partner

    2018 - Current

    Venture capital firm with ~$140m AUM. Leading pre-Seed & Seed rounds across the US. We invest U$500k-U$2.5m in companies raising U$500k-U$5m. Nothing is too early for us. Lead Investor in: Finalis (Seed), Syncari (Pre-seed), Prospr (Pre-seed), Yay Lunch (Pre-seed), Valence (Seed), LEV (Seed), InOrbit (Seed), TinyMile (Pre-seed), Codi (Seed), Mapped (Seed), Sage (Seed), Arrive (Post-Seed), Spare Food (Pre-seed), Confirm HR (Seed), Morty (Pre-seed), Pluto (Seed), Roger (Seed), Roomie (Seed), Zocalo Health (Seed), Comun (Seed), ThingTesting (Seed), Foyer (Pre-seed), Pollen (Seed), Hamlet (Seed), Welli (Pre-seed), Area 2 Farms (Seed), Velou (Seed), Streamlane (Pre-seed), Crew Carbon (Seed) & REINS (Pre-seed). Supporting Investor in: Lunchbox, For Them, Pipekit, Startupy & Gondi.

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Kauffman Fellows

  • Fellow, Class 20

    2015

    The Fellowship's goal is to develop a world-wide network of innovation investors who provide smart, connected capital to fuel entrepreneurial change. Nico is the youngest fellow in Class 20.

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Reins

  • Board Observer

    2024

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Streamlane

  • Board Observer

    2024

A2

Area 2 Farms

  • Board Observer

    2023

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Welli

  • Board Observer

    2023

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Hamlet

  • Board Observer

    2023

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Foyer

  • Board Observer

    2022

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Roomie

  • Board Observer

    2022

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Thingtesting

  • Board Observer

    2022

Education

Investments

Draftboard

Seed

Total Funding: $4M

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Seed

Total Funding: $82M

Mathison

Seed

Total Funding: $31M

Yay Lunch

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $12M

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