Llama distinguished by the inhabitants of South America are recognized as distinct species, though with difficulties in defining their distinctive characteristics. These are: The llama and alpaca are only known in the domestic state, and are variable in size and of many colors, being often white, brown, or piebald. Some are grey or black. The guanaco and vicuña are wild, the former being endangered, and of a nearly uniform light-brown color, passing into white below. They certainly differ from each other, the vicuña being smaller, more slender in its proportions, and having a shorter head than the guanaco. The vicuña lives
Fat Llama participation from Niklas Zennström’s Atomico and existing backer Y Combinator 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. The platform announced $1.5m further backing from a combination of individuals and institutions including Greylock Partners, Justin Waldron and Paul Buchheit. 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 (Catlin Group). In summer 2017, Fat Llama took part in the Silicon-Valley based Seed accelerator