Animal Capital
VC Fund
Los Angeles, United States
Animal Capital is a venture firm driving growth by leveraging proprietary marketing channels and increasing consumer awareness. The firm will focus on consumer and financial technology, health and wellness, and media.
- Total investments:
- 47
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 2%
- Fund size:
- $14M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Animal Capital invests in
Stages Animal Capital invests in
Countries Animal Capital invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 6 (13%)
- Software 5 (11%)
- Financial Services 4 (9%)
- Apps 3 (6%)
- Retail 3 (6%)
Stage
- Seed 16 (34%)
- Series A 15 (32%)
- Pre-Seed 6 (13%)
- Series B 6 (13%)
- Series C 1 (2%)
Country
- United States 35 (74%)
- Canada 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Griffin Johnson
Advisor
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Advisor | Total investments: 20 | Find email | |
Dylann Berger Katz
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Marshall Sandman
Managing Partner
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Managing Partner | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
Michael Gruen
Founder and General Partner
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Founder and General Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Noah Beck
Advisor
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Advisor | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Footprint is an AI-native platform for digital identity verification, compliance, and secure data vaulting. | $25M / Series B / Sep 16, 2026 | ||
| BuyWander is a platform connecting consumers with returned products. The company appears to operate across various categories, including automotive, beauty & health, clothing, electronics, food & grocery, and home & kitchen. | $21M / Series A / Sep 15, 2026 | ||
| Grounded develops modular specialty vehicles and mobile workspaces built on electric and hybrid commercial vehicle platforms. The company designs and manufactures integrated vehicle interiors, power systems, smart electronics, and connected software for applications including mobile healthcare, logistics and trades, food and beverage, marketing,outreach, and mobile command centers. Its Grounded+ software provides fleet management, remote monitoring, and control capabilities, while its vehicle systems include integrated batteries, solar power, connectivity, and other onboard technologies. Grounded also offers camper vans and recreational vehicles designed for travel and off-grid living. The company works with multiple vehicle chassis platforms and provides configurable layouts for commercial and recreational applications. | $5M / Seed / Aug 18, 2026 | ||
| Breakaway Music Festival is a performing arts company of pop, dance, and hip-hop music festival series. Breakaway Music Festival hosts college students and young professionals annually, touring college campuses across the US, and activating a small army of college student ambassadors. Founded by Adam Lynn in 2016 and is located in Columbus,Ohio. | $48.9M / Series B / Mar 12, 2026 | ||
| Array Labs designs and operates space-based radar systems and delivers 3D Earth imagery and geospatial data services. The company develops modular radar payloads and distributed radar satellite clusters that capture multi-angle data to generate detailed three-dimensional models of terrestrial surfaces and objects. It provides standalone radarinstruments for integration on satellite platforms, fully integrated satellite systems for customers that require dedicated sensing assets, and processed 3D data products via APIs or delivery channels. Array Labs also works with partners to support simulation and modeling of distributed radar constellations and to co-develop enriched datasets that combine radar and other sensing modalities. Its offerings support applications such as geospatial intelligence, infrastructure monitoring, and analytical workflows reliant on volumetric surface data. | $20M / Series A / Jan 05, 2026 | ||
| BuyWander is a platform connecting consumers with returned products. The company appears to operate across various categories, including automotive, beauty & health, clothing, electronics, food & grocery, and home & kitchen. | $2M / Seed / Apr 30, 2025 | ||
| Platter provides a toolkit designed to increase profitability for Shopify stores. It offers an integrated Shopify theme and app pairing that can be customized to fit a brand's unique needs. The platform aims to enhance the e-commerce experience by providing tools that streamline operations and boost sales performance. | $1.6M / Pre-Seed / Mar 07, 2025 | ||
| Footprint is an onboarding platform that solves KYC, Security, Auth, and Fraud with five lines of code. By utilizing novel technologies such as nitro enclaves, passkeys, and app clips, Footprint has helped companies generate hundreds of thousands of dollars in customer LTV by boosting their conversion while also preventing fraud attacks throughpropriety deterministic signals. | $13M / Series A / May 21, 2024 | ||
| Breaking is a plastic degradation and synthetic biology company. | $10.5M / Seed / Apr 17, 2024 | ||
| Array Labs designs and operates space-based radar systems and delivers 3D Earth imagery and geospatial data services. The company develops modular radar payloads and distributed radar satellite clusters that capture multi-angle data to generate detailed three-dimensional models of terrestrial surfaces and objects. It provides standalone radarinstruments for integration on satellite platforms, fully integrated satellite systems for customers that require dedicated sensing assets, and processed 3D data products via APIs or delivery channels. Array Labs also works with partners to support simulation and modeling of distributed radar constellations and to co-develop enriched datasets that combine radar and other sensing modalities. Its offerings support applications such as geospatial intelligence, infrastructure monitoring, and analytical workflows reliant on volumetric surface data. | $10M / Seed / Jan 01, 2024 | ||
| See all 47 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Animal Capital invest in?
Animal Capital invests primarily in E-Commerce, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 47 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Animal Capital?
The team at Animal Capital includes Griffin Johnson (Advisor), Dylann Berger Katz (Partner) and Marshall Sandman (Managing Partner), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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