# Patrick Yang

> Patrick Yang is the Founding General Partner of Amity Ventures, a San Francisco-based early-stage venture capital firm he co-founded in 2016 with CJ Reim after the two crossed paths at Highland Capital Partners. Betting on obsessive, high-agency founders at Seed and Series A, Yang has helped build a portfolio with a 20% unicorn hit rate - 7 of 35 companies reached $1B+ valuations, including CaptivateIQ, Evisort (acquired by Workday), Talkdesk, and Socure. A Bay Area native who studied business at UC Berkeley, he cut his teeth at Morgan Stanley's Menlo Park tech investment banking group before moving to Highland, where he spotted and backed nuTonomy - the autonomous vehicle startup Delphi snapped up for $450 million.

- **Role:** Founding General Partner at Amity Ventures
- **Organizations:** Amity Ventures, Advancing Women in Product (board member, non-profit)
- **From:** Bay Area, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Business Administration, Certificate in Entrepreneurship & Technology, Engineering Leadership concentration, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, High School Diploma, Mission San Jose High School
- **Known for:** Co-founded Amity Ventures with a 20% unicorn hit rate (7 of 35 early-stage investments reached $1B+ valuations), Sourced Highland Capital's investment in nuTonomy, acquired by Delphi for $450 million, Led Amity's investments in CaptivateIQ, Evisort (acquired by Workday), TruePill, Vowel, Flick, and MoQuality

## Career timeline

- **2013-2014** — Technology Investment Banking Analyst at Morgan Stanley, Menlo Park
- **2014-2016** — Vice President at Highland Capital Partners; sourced investment in nuTonomy (later acquired by Delphi for $450M)
- **2016** — Co-founded Amity Ventures with CJ Reim in San Francisco
- **2017** — Amity Ventures officially launched as Founding General Partner
- **2021** — Joined board of Controlrooms.ai
- **2022** — Joined board of Arketa
- **2024** — Joined board of Sully.ai; Evisort acquired by Workday
- **2025** — Led investment in Sully.ai; Amity III fund at $1.8B AUM; 7 of 35 portfolio companies reached $1B+ valuations

## Achievements

- Co-founded Amity Ventures with a 20% unicorn hit rate (7 of 35 early-stage investments reached $1B+ valuations)
- Sourced Highland Capital's investment in nuTonomy, acquired by Delphi for $450 million
- Led Amity's investments in CaptivateIQ, Evisort (acquired by Workday), TruePill, Vowel, Flick, and MoQuality
- Built Amity Ventures to $1.8B AUM (Amity III fund)
- Board member: Arketa, Controlrooms.ai, Element, Mayfair, Sully.ai, Usage AI
- Former board member: Evisort (through Workday acquisition, 2024)
- Board member of Advancing Women in Product, a non-profit supporting women in product management

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Led Amity Ventures investment in Sully.ai, an AI-native healthcare documentation platform
- **2024-09** — Evisort, an Amity portfolio company Yang backed and sat on the board of, was acquired by Workday
- **2024-04** — Joined the board of Sully.ai as an investor representative
- **2024-01** — Amity III fund reported at $1.8B AUM with 7 unicorn outcomes from 35 investments

## Links

- Website: https://amity.vc/team/patrick-yang
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-z-yang
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/patzyang

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Last updated: 2026-05-17