# Llama Ventures

> Llama Ventures is a Silicon Valley early-stage venture firm investing in AI-native businesses, from infrastructure and hardware to industry applications. It advertises typical checks of $500,000 to $5 million, operational support, public diligence frameworks, and an AI-agent pitch interface.

- **Founded:** 2025
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Jack Feng (Founder and General Partner), Herman Zhou (Co-founder and Partner)
- **Products:** Early-stage venture investing, Founder operating support, Llama Ventures CLI and MCP server, Llama OS Public Skills
- **Notable:** Named lead investor in Quotr’s announced $4 million seed round in September 2026., Named lead investor in Visko’s announced $10 million pre-seed round in September 2026., Publishes working open-source CLI/MCP code and educational venture-diligence frameworks.

## Products & services

- **Early-stage venture investing** — Advertised typical checks of $500,000-$5 million; earliest-stage focus through Series A, with the homepage also displaying Series A+.
- **Founder operating support** — Help with product strategy, hiring, go-to-market and fundraising, plus targeted introductions.
- **Llama Ventures CLI and MCP server** — Open-source agent interface; the public site advertises account-free external pitching, while internal deal operations require authentication.
- **Llama OS Public Skills** — Reusable educational diligence, market-mapping and technical-assessment frameworks under Apache-2.0.

## Achievements

- Named lead investor in Quotr’s announced $4 million seed round in September 2026.
- Named lead investor in Visko’s announced $10 million pre-seed round in September 2026.
- Publishes working open-source CLI/MCP code and educational venture-diligence frameworks.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Quotr announced a $4 million seed round led by Llama Ventures on September 30.
- **2026-09** — CLI 2.5.1 changelog dated September 28 clarifies artifact identity and storage guidance.
- **2026-09** — Visko announced a $10 million pre-seed round led by Llama Ventures on September 1.
- **2026-07** — Kyle Qi published an argument for the AI inference infrastructure layer on July 2.

## Links

- Website: https://llamaventures.vc/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/llamaventures
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/llama_venture
- GitHub: https://github.com/Llama-Ventures

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Last updated: 2026-10-27