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Founders BACKING Founders

We go early and we go big, investing $500k to $2.5m from ideation to early traction.

We are always early, never late, and leap off ledges right alongside the founders we back.

Our TEAM

A curious, cross-cultural, contemporary partnership that thinks differently because we came up differently.

Nico Berardi

General Partner

Born and raised in Argentina, Nico brings a global perspective to his investment approach. In his early years, Nico was part of the senior leadership of TECHO.org and played a key role in driving it to becoming the largest non-profit in Latin America. He then went on to start Miami Angels, an angel investor network, where he found his calling in early-stage investing. Later, he spent two years with Resolute Ventures before founding ANIMO. He lives in Miami with his wife and two young children.

· News junkie
· Sports enthusiast
· Avid reader

· BS in Economics, Universidad Torcuato DiTella
· MBA, Harvard Business School
· Kauffman Fellows

Antonio Osio

General Partner

Antonio was born and raised in Mexico City and lives in NYC. He has a diverse background in venture capital, hedge funds, corporate law and economic development. Prior to ANIMO, he was a managing partner at Capital Invent, a Mexico-based early stage VC fund and an investor at FJLabs, a marketplace-focused venture firm.

· Marathon runner and tennis player
· Travel and hiking
· Art and music enthusiast

· BS in Economics, ITAM University
· BS in Law, ITAM University
· MBA, MIT Sloan School of Management
· Legatum Fellow
· Kauffman Fellow

Caro Acevedo

Operations Partner

Argentinian-born Caro has worn many hats in her career. From LATAM Airlines to TECHO to now heading Operations at ANIMO, she has always excelled at managing complex processes, implementing creative solutions around fundraising and communication, and helping global teams work effectively.

· Playing with my three kids
· Beating my husband in tennis
· Taking long runs

· BS in Economics, University of Buenos Aires
· MS in Integrated Marketing, NYU

Vicky Franco

Operations Director

Born and raised in Argentina, Vicky’s career has always been about people. Throughout her 7yr path at EY, Vicky has successfully led audits for some of the biggest companies in the region. She earned trust by helping clients think holistically about business risk and providing guidance on how to improve processes. She is an enthusiastic leader with a track record for problem solving and leading world class operations.

· Avid field hockey player
· Travel enthusiast

·BS in Accounting, University of Buenos Aires

Why Animo

Capital meets character
The bottom line should never come at the expense of our values. We have high expectations for our investments but higher expectations for ourselves. We always seek global maxima.
On your side
We want you to be proud to call us your partner and your friend.

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We partner with founders who are willing to go all in.

We partner with founders who are willing to go all in.

We partner with founders who are willing to go all in.

These are our people.

These are our people.

These are our people.

These are our people.

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We move toward ideas that will make a difference and away from anything that's been done before. We focus exclusively on US-based companies raising $500k to $5m across the seed spectrum.