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Amino Capital

Amino Capital is a global venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2012 by Larry Li. It invests in seed-to-growth stage companies across Consumer, PLG SaaS, Frontier Tech, and Web3, with an investment thesis centered on data moats, machine learning, and network effects, serving entrepreneurs and startups seeking early institutional capital.
Palo Alto, USA

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Amino Capital is a global venture capital firm headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, founded in 2012 by Larry Li, who previously ran an angel fund that invested in Zoom's 2011 angel round. With over $1 billion in capital under management, the firm invests in seed-to-growth stage companies built around data moats, machine learning, and exceptional products, spanning Consumer, PLG SaaS, Frontier Tech, and Web3 sectors. Amino has funded hundreds of companies including Chime, Webflow, Rippling, Grail, Weee!, Replit, Turing, Dfinity, OmiseGo, Oasis Labs, Instawork, Wetravel, Wyze, Writesonic, and Beacons.ai, resulting in 35 successful exits, roughly 20 unicorns, and 4 IPOs, with its portfolio companies collectively raising $27B in capital and reaching a total valuation of $540B. Beyond capital, Amino supports its portfolio companies with talent recruiting, investor introductions, and media exposure. Its team includes founding partner Larry Li, Jun Wu, Huican Zhu, David Wei, and Sue Xu, drawing on backgrounds from Tsinghua University, Johns Hopkins, UC Santa Barbara, Caltech, and Stanford.