Dylann Sands is a Managing Partner at Animal Capital who focuses on Gen Z and creator-led companies, positioning herself as a core leader in how the firm partners with creators and consumer brands. She is publicly recognized as a key architect of Animal's hands-on founder-support model and appears as a subject-matter expert at industry events like VidCon, specializing in early-stage investments in the creator economy with check sizes typically around $1.5M.
About their Fund
Sectors
Consumer, Fintech, Health, Media, CPG / D2C
Rounds
Pre-Seed - Series A
Avg Check Size
$100K - $1M
Notable Investments
Animal Capital is a $15M venture fund founded by TikTok mega-influencers Josh Richards, Griffin Johnson, and Noah Beck, who bring direct access to over 100 million combined social followers instead of traditional GP backgrounds. The fund positions itself as a complementary "influencer-capital" partner that provides instant distribution to portfolio companies through its founders' social channels while explicitly focusing on understanding and serving Gen Z consumers rather than just marketing to them.
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Investments
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Deeptech / Hardware
Robotics
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$400K - $2M
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Energy
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7
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Pre-Seed - Series A
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$100K - $5M
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Defense
Deeptech / Hardware
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$100K - $5M
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Biotech
Health
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2
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$250K - $2M
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Climate
Deeptech / Hardware
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4
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$400K - $1.5M
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$400K - $2M
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2
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~$750K
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Fintech
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2
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Pre-Seed - Series A
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$250K-$1M
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