Fat Llama


Fat Llama is an online marketplace which enables users to rent items peer-to-peer. It provides a Guarantee for lenders, which is underwritten by XL Catlin. In summer 2017, Fat Llama took part in the Silicon-Valley based Seed accelerator Y Combinator.

History

Co-founders Chaz Englander, Rosie Dallas and Owen Turner-Major founded Fat Llama, launching the website itself on 7 November 2016.

Service

The platform exists as a website as well as native mobile apps for both iOS and Android.

Funding

April 2018

Fat Llama raised $10 million in Series A funding in a round led by Ophelia Brown’s recently outed Blossom Capital, with participation from Niklas Zennström’s Atomico and existing backer Y Combinator

March 2017

Fat Llama received an initial Seed round of $1.3m in March 2017, raised from private individuals. This followed an initial pre-Seed raise of £150,000 in October 2016.

November 2017

The platform announced $1.5m further backing from a combination of individuals and institutions including Greylock Partners, Justin Waldron and Paul Buchheit.