Amity Ventures

Amity Ventures is a prominent U.S. early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2016 and based in the Presidio district of San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Managing Partners CJ Reim and Patrick Yang, both with prior technology-operating and venture-capital backgrounds. Amity Ventures takes a distinctively concentrated, people-focused approach aEUR" leading rounds at the earliest stages (typically pre-incorporation, pre-seed, seed, and occasionally Series A), writing initial check sizes in the USD 1 to 5 million range, and investing in only three to five companies per year. This highly concentrated strategy has produced exceptional performance: from the firm's founding in 2016 through the end of 2025, seven of the firm's thirty-five early-stage investments reached valuations of USD 1 billion+ aEUR" a 20% unicorn-conversion rate that substantially exceeds industry norms. The firm has raised multiple institutional funds and currently manages Amity III, with aggregate firm assets under management estimated at approximately USD 1.8 billion as of March 2026. Notable portfolio companies include Talkdesk (contact-centre SaaS unicorn), MaintainX (industrial / frontline-operations SaaS, Series C led by Amity), Vowel (communication software), Ditto (distributed-data platform), Sully.ai, and many other leading technology companies across SaaS, fintech, marketing technology, enterprise software, and AI themes. Amity Ventures is a registered investment adviser (RIA).