Nico Berardi
Founder & General Partner @ ANIMO Ventures
Miami, United States
Nico Berardi is a seed investor at ANIMO Ventures in Miami focused on Software and Apps. Nico Berardi is the Founder & General Partner of ANIMO Ventures
- Total investments:
- 24
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 63%
Last updated:
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Industries Nico Berardi invests in
Stages Nico Berardi invests in
Countries Nico Berardi invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 7 (29%)
- Apps 3 (13%)
- SaaS 3 (13%)
- EdTech 2 (8%)
- Rental 2 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 15 (63%)
- Series A 4 (17%)
- Pre-Seed 3 (13%)
- Series B 1 (4%)
Country
- United States 17 (71%)
- Canada 1 (4%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Draftboard
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Draftboard is an online platform for companies to post their new-hire referral bonuses publicly. | $4.1M / Seed / Apr 15, 2024 | |
Lev
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Lev provides a technology platform for digitizing commercial real estate transactions. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in New York, New York, USA. | $70M / Series B / Apr 13, 2022 | |
Mathison
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Mathison is the first all-inclusive technology for diversity hiring and retention. Our platform delivers top-of-funnel diversity sourcing, a system to reduce bias in the hiring process, and tools to mobilize the entire team around diversity hiring efforts. Mathison is leveraged by leading brands from Accenture, Sonos and TripAdvisor to 23andMe andHelloFresh. | $25M / Series A / Mar 14, 2022 | |
Yay Lunch
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Yay Lunch is a digital school food marketplace, providing customizable dining solutions for K-12. We partner with the best local restaurants and chefs to deliver nutritious versions of food kids already love directly to schools everyday. | $12M / Series A / Nov 19, 2021 | |
Prospr
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Prospr makes people management easy. Schedule smarter. Communicate faster. Run your business better. | Seed / Aug 18, 2021 | |
Morty
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Morty is a consumer app uniting people around IRL, interactive experiences. | $1.1M / Pre-Seed / Aug 16, 2021 | |
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Yay Lunch
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Yay Lunch is a digital school food marketplace, providing customizable dining solutions for K-12. We partner with the best local restaurants and chefs to deliver nutritious versions of food kids already love directly to schools everyday. | Seed / Jul 16, 2021 | |
Syncari
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Syncari is the first Agentic Master Data Management (MDM) platform built for the AI era. Trusted by Fortune 1000 enterprises, Syncari unifies, governs, and synchronizes data in real-time, creating structured, trusted, and AI-ready pipelines for LLMs, copilots, and autonomous agents. By eliminating silos and operationalizing trust at scale, Syncariempowers organizations to accelerate intelligent decision-making and unlock the full potential of their data. Learn more at www.syncari.com. Platform Features: *Agentic MDM Core: Automates data unification, governance, and synchronization across platforms. *Unified Data Architecture: Seamlessly integrates and consolidates data from CRMs, ERPs, and BI tools. *Data Reliability Engine: Advanced AI enhances data quality, consistency, and integrity across systems. *No-Code Flexibility: Simplifies implementation with intuitive, no-code tools, empowering data teams and reducing reliance on IT. | $17.3M / Series A / May 18, 2021 | |
Arrive
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Arrive offers a premium service powering circular commerce for major brands and retailers. The technology and reverse logistics capabilities of The Arrive Platform enables brands and retailers in any industry to integrate circular commerce - including rental and resale - directly into an existing ecommerce experience. With this unique offering,Arrive makes it possible for any company to seamlessly launch a circular channel - ultimately reaching more consumers, driving more revenue, and promoting a sustainable solution. Arrive, first launched as Arrive Outdoors, is an award-winning company and has been named the 4th Most Innovative Travel Company by Fast Company in 2020 and awarded the 2019 Outdoor Retailer of the Year by the Outdoor Retailer Association. | $4M / Seed / May 01, 2021 | |
Arrive Recommerce
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Arrive Recommerce is leading the resale market with a profitable, sustainable and scalable branded resale channel. Returns to Recommerce™ focuses on turning a cost center into a profit center by helping brands and retailers divert products such as non-new returns, excess inventory, and damaged inventory into a fully-branded revenue generatingresale channel. Arrive’s Recommence Management Technology, Recommerce Storefront Technology and Analytical Tools allow brands to drive more revenue, more customers and improve operational efficiency. Arrive collaborates with companies in adjacent verticals such as returns management, logistics, and ecommerce enablement to increase margin and value for our brands. Arrive was named the 4th Most Innovative Retail Company by Fast Company in 2022. Notable partners include brands like YETI and Burton Snowboards. | $4M / Seed / May 01, 2021 | |
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Co-Investors
Banana Capital
2 deals together
Berkeley Angel Network
2 deals together
Canaan Partners
2 deals together
Coatue
2 deals together
Creative Destruction Lab
2 deals together
DIG Ventures
2 deals together
About ANIMO Ventures
Seed firm with ~$140m AUM across two funds. Leading pre-Seed & Seed rounds across the US. We invest U$500k-U$2.5m in companies raising U$500k-U$5m.
ANIMO Ventures Contacts
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Caro Acevedo
Operations Partner
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Antonio Osio
General Partner
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Nico Berardi
Founder & General Partner
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Victoria Franco
Operations Director
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FAQ
What does Nico Berardi invest in?
Nico Berardi invests primarily in Software, Apps and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 24 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Nico Berardi last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Nico Berardi closed in Apr 2024. Shizune tracks 24 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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