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Animo Ventures

5935 NE 6th Ct, Miami, FL, 33137, United States

Overview

Seed firm with ~$140m AUM across two funds. Leading pre-Seed & Seed rounds across the US. We invest U$500k-U$2.5m in companies raising U$500k-U$5m.

Total investments
31
Lead investments
7
Investments · 12mo
3
Active investors
4

Sector focus

  • FinTech
  • Venture Capital
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Investment portfolio

  • CREW Carbon

    Participated · Series A · May 2026

    CREW Carbon offers a process intensification solution for wastewater treatment that uses strategically-sourced alkaline minerals to optimize pH and alkalinity, improving biological performance, settleability, and plant capacity while permanently sequestering CO2. Since beginning commercial operations in 2024, CREW has deployed at nearly 10 facilities across the U.S. and Europe and secured long-term RFPs with utilities. The company has captured over 2,000 tons of CO2 and secured more than $33 million in carbon removal offtake agreements, delivering verified carbon removal credits to corporate buyers. CREW has developed proprietary measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) capabilities and is developing a scalable analytics platform to provide operational insights and process optimization. Financial and strategic support from the Series A will be used to scale deployments, expand customer engagements, and add key hires in wastewater process, technology, supply chain, and business development.

  • Zócalo Health

    Participated · Series A · Apr 2026

    Zócalo Health organizes care around community health workers (promotoras de salud) embedded in communities and integrates those teams with primary care providers, behavioral health clinicians, and care coordinators to drive sustained engagement for high-need members. Its model emphasizes proactive outreach, frequent touchpoints, and trust-based relationships to improve retention, reduce avoidable utilization, and address medical, behavioral, and social needs together. The company pairs its community workforce with a technology platform that leverages AI to extend frontline capacity, help members navigate coverage and eligibility, and support care coordination. Zócalo partners with Medicaid managed care organizations, including Anthem Blue Cross and Health Net, and aligns with state initiatives such as CalAIM in California. Operationally, the company reported roughly 4x year-over-year revenue growth and expanded from two health plan partnerships in 2024 to more than a dozen in 2025, while maintaining high member retention and patient satisfaction that exceed industry benchmarks. Zócalo plans to use new capital to scale geographically and grow its community-based teams. The company is based in Kenmore, Wash.

  • Area 2 Farms

    Participated · Equity · Sep 2025

    Area 2 Farms is an Arlington, Virginia–based agtech company that designs, constructs, and supports a nationwide network of organic indoor farms using soil-based growing methods. Branded around the motto “move the farm, not the food,” its model places farms within roughly 10 miles of consumers to cut transport, preserve nutrients, and strengthen local economies. The company differentiates itself from many vertical-farm peers through nutrient-rich crop diversity that spans greens, herbs, root vegetables, and microgreens, while aiming for economic viability for local farmers. A pilot facility in Arlington has already produced more than 20,000 harvests for over 1,000 customers and has hosted student education programs. Recent funding brings total new capital to $9 million, which will be invested in additional farm sites, advanced technology infrastructure, and partnerships across real estate, education, and food-access initiatives. Farms are already under development in Fairfax, Virginia, and management ultimately intends to locate a farm within 10 miles of every U.S. household. Founder and CEO Oren Falkowitz emphasizes that only 16 ¢ of every food dollar currently reaches farmers and argues that hyper-local agriculture can correct this imbalance. Backers view the company as a scalable, resilient alternative to centralized food supply chains.

  • Atarraya Inc

    Led · Equity · Aug 2025

    Atarraya develops modular, urban-friendly Shrimpbox systems, including the next-generation Shrimpbox Air, to produce local, antibiotic-free shrimp in closed-loop, zero-waste facilities. The company opened a Plainfield, New Jersey facility in November 2024, backed by a $2 million contract, to serve the New York City metro area after proving unit economics at an Indiana site. Over the past year Atarraya reported quarterly sales doubling and gross margins exceeding 50 percent. Its production model has achieved a 50 percent reduction in capital expenditure per kilogram of production, a key milestone toward economic viability. New U.S. tariffs on imported shrimp and disrupted international supply chains have increased demand for locally produced, traceable seafood. Atarraya has also named chef Barton Seaver as brand ambassador to accelerate corporate dining and foodservice partnerships. Atarraya develops Shrimpbox, a modular, intermodal cargo-container system that enables vertical shrimp farming with minimal water discharge. Its three-pronged technology combines biofloc biotechnology to reduce disease and antibiotics, remote-management software for operations and training, and AI-powered automation to monitor water quality, temperature, oxygenation and feeding. The company, which has been in stealth since 2019 and is led by founder and CEO Daniel Russek, claims Shrimpbox is the "world's first" technology of its kind. Prototypes are being assembled in Guapinole, Oaxaca, and a training/demo farm is expected to open later this year in partnership with the Indiana Economic Development Corp.; Atarraya also recently established a U.S. headquarters in Indianapolis while remaining Mexico City–based. Financially, Atarraya raised $3.9 million in a Series A angel round and reports $10 million in total funding to date; it grew its Mexican business 5x between 2020 and 2021. The company plans an early adopter program in 2023 and intends to begin scaling in the second half of the year.

  • Sage

    Participated · Series B · Dec 2024

    Sage builds a fully integrated care platform that pairs software with AI-powered life-safety hardware to support senior living and skilled nursing operations. Its product suite includes Sage Core, Sage Detect, and Tasking, an EHR-integrated workflow, and the company is rolling out a Hardware-as-a-Service model to remove large upfront capital barriers for operators. Sage reports that Sage-powered communities have seen a $275 increase in NOI per resident per month, a 50% reduction in falls, and faster response times compared to the industry. The HaaS approach makes future upgrades part of an ongoing partnership, aligning Sage’s recurring revenue with long-term support and technology refreshes. Sage plans to use recent equity and debt financing to scale this model and expand deployment across communities, enabling faster transitions from signed agreement to full implementation.

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