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Amino Capital — Seed & Series A VC Firm ($250K–$2.0M Checks)

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Palo Alto, CAWebsite

Amino Capital is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, CA investing in AI / ML, Developer Tools, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 45 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$2.0M
Portfolio
45 companies on record
Partners
2 listed
Stage
Seed, Series A
Sectors
AI / ML, Developer Tools, Enterprise, Other
HQ
Palo Alto, CA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-01

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Series A

Check Size

$250K – $2.0M

Portfolio

45+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Seed and early-stage venture firm focused on AI and data companies. Could be interested in an AI-native operating system if the product demonstrates strong data capture and decision automation.

How Amino Capital invests

Amino Capital is a vc firm based in Palo Alto, CA. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Developer Tools, Enterprise, Other.

Amino Capital typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment.

Amino Capital has backed 45 companies in our records, including Rippling, Chime, Dfinity.

Partners & Team

SX

Sue Xu

Managing Partner

KL

Kai-Fu Lee

Managing Partner

AI
data
seed

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
Developer Tools
Enterprise
Other

Portfolio Companies (45)

Other

RI

Rippling

CH

Chime

DF

Dfinity

RE

Replit

GR

Grail

WE

Weee!

WE

Webflow

TU

Turing

D-

d-Matrix

AV

Avoca

How to pitch Amino Capital
  • •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Developer Tools, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Sue Xu, Managing Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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