Amino Capital
Amino Capital is a global venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2012. The firm focuses on early-stage investments in data-driven technologies and network-effect-driven businesses. With over $1 billion in assets under management, Amino Capital has invested in more than 160 startups across various sectors, including fintech, AI, and healthtech. The firm has achieved 25 successful exits, including around 20 unicorns, and its portfolio companies have a combined valuation exceeding $540 billion. Amino Capital provides early-stage capital investment, strategic guidance, an Per Crunchbase, Amino Capital has made 191 investments, 31 as lead investor across 165 portfolio companies, with 31 exits including 3 IPOs.
Investing activity
Amino Capital has made 191 investments according to Crunchbase across 165 portfolio companies, and has led 31 rounds and seen 31 exits, 3 of them by IPO.
Amino Capital appears in 8 AI deals tracked by the Lounge deals desk, rounds totalling $11M. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $5M and the largest at $11M. The most recent are Expertise AI (Seed, CA$3.2M, Sep 2026), Concorda (Seed, $3.8M, Sep 2026) and Multiplier (Seed, $6M, Aug 2026).
Amino Capital most often invests alongside Y Combinator, Transpose Platform Management, UpHonest Capital and UpScaleX, and the companies it backs on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Amino Capital
What AI companies has Amino Capital invested in?
Amino Capital's AI investments include Expertise AI, Concorda, Multiplier, Magnetic, Crimson, VideoTutor, Veria Labs and Thunder Compute. The 8 rounds on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
Where is Amino Capital based?
Amino Capital is based in Palo Alto, California, United States.
What stage does Amino Capital invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Amino Capital has invested at Seed, with a median round of $5M.
Who does Amino Capital co-invest with?
Amino Capital's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Y Combinator (4 deals), Transpose Platform Management (2 deals), UpHonest Capital (1 deal), UpScaleX (1 deal) and Welight Capital (1 deal).
How can founders reach Amino Capital?
Founders on Lounge can see Amino Capital's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with the firm under Warm Paths, and add Amino Capital to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.