Amplify Partners

Quick read

Amplify Partners is a seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2012, headquartered in Menlo Park, California. It backs technical founders — engineers, researchers, and scientists — building infrastructure, developer tools, AI, and digital biology. Early bets on Datadog, Fastly, HashiCorp, and LangChain define its track record across multiple generations of technical infrastructure.

Key facts

Founded

2012

Founders

Sunil Dhaliwal

Employees

10-50

Sectors

devtools, ai, enterprise, security

Website

www.amplifypartners.com

Investment thesis

Amplify backs technical founders — engineers, researchers, and scientists — at Seed and Series A, leading rounds in infrastructure, developer tools, AI/ML, and digital biology. The firm positions itself as the first check in and a long-term technical partner, not just a capital provider.

Recent activity

• Jun 2025fundraise
  Amplify Partners closed three new funds totaling $900M, including Fund V, Select V, and its first biotech-focused vehicle, Amplify Bio I. The firm hired Elliot Hershberg as a Partner to lead the bio fund. everythingstartups.com
• Jun 2026investment
  Waypoint Bio raised a $20M Series A led by Amplify Partners to advance AI-designed cell therapies toward the clinic. tracxn.com
• Jun 2026investment
  Allium secured $40M in funding with Amplify Partners participating, targeting enterprise blockchain adoption. tracxn.com
• May 2026investment
  Reactor raised $59M to build real-time AI worlds, with Amplify Partners among the backers alongside FPV Ventures, Abstract, and Lightspeed Venture Partners. tracxn.com
• May 2026investment
  Arito AI closed a $6M Seed round with Amplify Partners backing, focused on AI financial tools. tracxn.com
• Apr 2026investment
  Hightouch raised a $150M Series D at a $2.75B valuation for its AI marketing platform, with Amplify Partners participating alongside IconiQ and Bain Capital Ventures. tracxn.com
• Feb 2026investment
  Temporal Technologies closed a $300M Series D, the most recent tracked deal attributed to Amplify Partners. startupintros.com
• May 2026investment
  Amplify Partners participated in Waypoint Bio's $20M raise for three CAR-T trials in China. tracxn.com
• May 2026investment
  Amplify Partners backed Arito AI's $6M Seed round to build AI-powered financial tools. tracxn.com
• Apr 2026investment
  Moonbounce raised $12M to build real-time AI content moderation for chatbots and image generators, with Amplify Partners and StepStone Group participating. tracxn.com
• Jan 2026leadership
  Alex Rubalcava and Stage Venture Partners merged into Amplify Partners. The firm celebrated Connor Sundberg and welcomed the Stage team to the Amplify platform. amplify.la
• Jan 2026fundraise
  Amplify Partners announced Fund V ($400M) and Amplify Select V ($300M), totalling $700M to back technical founders at early and growth stages. Sarah Catanzaro was promoted to General Partner and Renee Shah to Partner. amplifypartners.com

Notable investments

• Waypoint BioSeries AJun 2026tracxn.com
• AlliumUndisclosedJun 2026tracxn.com
• ReactorUndisclosedMay 2026tracxn.com
• Arito AISeedMay 2026tracxn.com
• HightouchSeries DApr 2026tracxn.com
• Temporal TechnologiesSeries DFeb 2026startupintros.com
• Waypoint BioUndisclosed ($20M)May 2026tracxn.com
• Arito AISeed ($6M)May 2026tracxn.com
• HightouchSeries D ($150M)Apr 2026tracxn.com
• MoonbounceUndisclosed ($12M)Apr 2026tracxn.com
• InfinitopesSeed extension ($35M)Jan 2026tracxn.com
• InfinitopesSeedJan 2026cbinsights.com

Key people

Named individuals at the firm. We don't expose direct email or phone — use their LinkedIn for outreach.

• Sunil Dhaliwal · General Partner
• Sarah Catanzaro · Partner
• Mike Dauber · Partner

Sources

• Amplify Partners – Official Website
• Amplify Partners – CB Insights Investor Profile
• Amplify Partners – Tracxn Investor Profile
• Amplify Partners – Crunchbase
• Amplify Partners – X (Twitter)
• Amplify Partners – LinkedIn
• Everything Startups – Amplify Partners Fund Profile
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunildhaliwal/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-catanzaro-9770b98/
• https://tracxn.com/d/venture-capital/amplify-partners/__TGlyq25_XHj6gtcc_kgWYlWZjBrUvV7_FSnW3jl-u_4
• https://amplify.la/amplify-community-update-6-02-26/
• https://www.amplifypartners.com/blog-posts/amplify-partners-fund-v
• https://tracxn.com/d/companies/amplify/__J6rssRZvmZnMdCTHrLyNsUEomNlt14jnb5AqN0d6FqI
• https://startupintros.com/orgs/amplify-partners

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