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Animal Capital

Last cheque observed Aug 2026; 3 cheques on record.

VC firmDeploying nowNew fund $9.6M, Oct 2026

Pre-seedSeedSeries ANetworkVenture Capital & Private Equity

Deploying now
100%of best year2cheques in 12 months, 3 on record
Since the last cheque79days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$5.0MRounds led1 of 3Sole investor1 rounds
Pitch Animal Capital

Animal Capital highlights

  1. 01

    2 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Pre-seed and Seed: 67% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $1.6M

What they do

Filed 2 private fund offerings with the SEC, the most recent in 2023-05From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Sectors
NetworkVenture Capital & Private Equity
Based in
New York, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first3 appearances

  1. 2026

    1 round

  2. Aug
    GroundedSeed · US · TechCrunch$5.0MWith 4 others
  3. 2025

    2 rounds

  4. Dec
    Lemurian LabsSeries A · US · Firms' own news pages$28MWith 15 others
  5. Mar
    PlatterPre-seed · US · AlleyWatch$1.6MLed

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration2 named

ASAdam SandsManageriFiling they signed
MSMarshall SandmanManaging member of Animal Capital GP III LLC; its GPiFiling they signed

We also hold 3 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

Recently backed

The latest companies Animal Capital put money into.

Quick answers about Animal Capital

What does Animal Capital invest in?

Animal Capital invests most often at Pre-seed and Seed (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Network and Venture Capital & Private Equity.

How active is Animal Capital?

3 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Aug 2026.

What has Animal Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Grounded (Seed, Aug 2026), Lemurian Labs (Series A, Dec 2025) and Platter (Pre-seed, Mar 2025).

How big are Animal Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $5.0M.

Is Animal Capital investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.

What kind of investor is Animal Capital?

Animal Capital is a VC firm based in New York, United States.

Has Animal Capital raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Oct 2026, reporting $9.6M raised.

Where does this information on Animal Capital come from?

From 4 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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