Amity Ventures

Amity Ventures is a San Francisco-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2016 by CJ Reim and Patrick Yang. The firm's name reflects its core philosophy — the literal meaning of 'amity' is quality relationships — and they describe their mission as providing 'concentrated capital for founders building what comes next.' Amity leads rounds at the earliest stages (pre-incorporation, pre-seed, seed, and sometimes Series A), writing $1–5M first checks and investing in only 3–5 new companies per year to provide deep, hands-on partnership. They are explicitly open to backing 'both humans and agents,' signaling strong conviction in AI-native businesses. Since founding through end of 2025, 7 of 35 early-stage investments have reached $1B+ valuations — a 20% unicorn hit rate.