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Amplify Partners

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Bay Area · Pre-Seed–Seed · 52 people tracked

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Amplify partners with technical founders—elite engineers, researchers, and scientists—who are building the next wave of applications, models, tools, and infrastructure. The firm emphasizes being the first institutional investor and supporter for founders with deep technical expertise, providing both capital and hands-on partnership to help them scale their innovations.

Source: firm website, verified Jul 20, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Seed
HQ
Bay Area, US
Leads rounds
Leads
Founded
2012
Tracked investments
195

Team · 52 people

from the firm's website
Lenny Pruss· General Partner
Mike Dauber· General Partner
Sarah Catanzaro· General Partner
Sunil Dhaliwal· General Partner
Barr Yaron· Partner
David Beyer· Partner
Grace Ge· Partner
Arjun Narayan· Venture Partner
Hani Goodarzi· Venture Partner
Aditya Grover· Founder, Inception AI𝕏
Alejandro Matamala· Founder, Runway𝕏
Alex Beatson· Founder, Axiom
Alex Plugaru· Founder, Gorgias
Artur Bergman· Founder, Fastly𝕏
Barry McCardel· Founder, Hex
Brandon White· Founder, Axiom
Caitlin Colgrove· Founder, Hex
Cheng Han Lee· Founder, Allium𝕏
Connor McArthur· Founder, dbt Labs
Dominic Labanowski· Founder, Sonera𝕏
Drew Banin· Founder, dbt Labs
Glen Takahashi· Founder, Hex
Grant Miller· Founder, Replicated𝕏
Hannah Shen· Founder, Kekulai
Johnny Yu· Founder, Tahoe Therapeutics
Jonathan Kwok· Founder, Infinitopes
Jonathan Widawski· Founder, Maze𝕏
Josh Curl· Founder, Hightouch
Kashish Gupta· Founder, Hightouch
Kevan Shokat· Founder, Tahoe Therapeutics
Lian Ni Lee· Founder, Infinitopes
Luke Riggan· Associate
Mahir Lupinacci· Founder, System Initiative𝕏
Mark Fussell· Founder, Diagrid𝕏
Michael Fischbach· Bio Advisor
Nenad Sestan· Founder, Bexorg
Nick Schrock· Founder, Dagster Labs𝕏
Nima Alidoust· Founder, Tahoe Therapeutics
Noga Leviner· Founder, PicnicHealth𝕏
Olivier Pomel· Founder, Datadog𝕏
Patrick Loerch· Bio Advisor
Peter Morelli· Founder, bitdrift𝕏
Rohan Virani· Associate
Romain Lapeyre· Founder, Gorgias
Savin Goyal· Founder, Outerbounds𝕏
Steve Holtzman· Bio Advisor
Tejas Manohar· Founder, Hightouch
Tristan Handy· Founder, dbt Labs
Tristan Zajonc· Founder, Continual
Tyler Kohn· Founder, Continual
Zvonimir Vrselja· Founder, Bexorg

What they invest in

from 103 of 195 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×68Developer Tools ×40Enterprise Software ×39Data & Infrastructure ×35Cloud Computing ×30SaaS ×28Biotech ×12Cybersecurity ×12

HQs:United States×34United Kingdom×4India×1

Investments · showing 60 of 195

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Antithesisantithesis.comin𝕏✓ verified

Antithesis provides deterministic simulation testing software that automatically finds and reproduces bugs in mission-critical software systems. The platform helps engineering teams in tech companies reduce production defects and accelerate development cycles for distributed systems and complex software.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Will Wilson(CEO & Co-Founder)inDave Scherer(Co-Founder)

arrowinfinitopes.com✓ verified

Infinitopes develops immunotherapy treatments for cancer, focusing on immune-oncology and antigen discovery solutions aimed at improving patient outcomes and affordability in cancer care.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesOxford, GB

Jonathan Kwok(Co-Founder, President & Chief Medical Officer)Lian Ni Lee(VP Preclinical & Co-Founder)

Datafolddatafold.comin𝕏✓ verified

Datafold builds AI-powered agents and tools that automate complex data engineering tasks including migrations, optimization, CI/CD, and data quality validation. The platform serves data and analytics engineers by integrating data diffing and column-level lineage capabilities directly into existing workflows.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US

Gleb Mezhanskiy(Founder)inAlex Morozov(Founder)in

Foxglovefoxglove.dev✓ verified

Foxglove builds observability tooling and open-source software for robotics engineers to accelerate development and deployment. The platform serves robotics teams across industries developing autonomous systems and robots.

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsRobotics

Adrian Macneil(CEO and Co-Founder)Roman Shtylman(CTO and Co-Founder)

Modalmodal.comin𝕏✓ verified

Modal provides a serverless cloud platform designed for data, AI, and machine learning applications, enabling developers to scale from zero to thousands of CPUs or GPUs with simple code. The company offers usage-based pricing and handles infrastructure concerns including custom file systems, container runtimes, and schedulers.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsNew York, US

Erik BernhardssonAkshat Bubna

.helpsystems.comhelpsystems.com
Achiraachira.ai

Achira builds molecular world models that blend geometric deep learning, physics, and quantum chemistry to advance drug discovery and materials design. The company combines AI and physical simulation to enable out-of-sample prediction for biomolecular applications.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech

John Chodera(President / CEO)Theofanis KaraletsosZavain Dar(Board)

Achira
ActionIQactioniq.com

ActionIQ is a composable customer data platform that has been acquired by Uniphore to support AI-driven customer experience orchestration across enterprises.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing Tech

ActionIQ
Alliumallium.so

Allium provides a data infrastructure platform that translates blockchain data from 150+ chains and 10,000 protocols into standardized formats for enterprises. The company serves businesses seeking to understand onchain activity, operationalize workflows, and build products through APIs, real-time data streams, and AI-native interfaces.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech

Ethan Chan(CEO)Cheng Han Lee(CTO)

Anchorprimer.aiin𝕏

Primer builds AI-driven intelligence software that transforms large datasets into actionable insights for decision-making. The platform serves leaders, researchers, and analysts in government, defense, intelligence, and commercial sectors including finance, retail, and life sciences.

AI & Machine LearningDefense TechGovTech<UNKNOWN>, US

Sean Moriarty(Chief Executive Officer)

Anchorage
Anchorageanchorage.com

Anchorage Digital is a global cryptocurrency platform providing institutions with custody, staking, trading, governance, and settlement services, along with security infrastructure. The company operates through federally chartered and internationally licensed entities serving institutional clients managing digital assets.

Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechNew York, US

Diogo Mónica(Co-founder)Nathan McCauley(Co-founder)

Antithesis
Anyscaleanyscale.com

Anyscale provides a platform for building and deploying machine learning and AI applications at scale, enabling developers to run applications from laptops to data centers without managing underlying infrastructure.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US

<UNKNOWN>

Anyscale
Appnetaappneta.com
Archeraarchera.ai

Archera provides a management platform and insurance/financing products that help organizations purchase public cloud resources with reduced financial risk and optimized costs through automated cost transparency and discount optimization.

Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Aran Khanna(CEO)Nikhil Khanna(CTO)

arrowdatadoghq.comin𝕏

Datadog is a cloud-based monitoring and security platform that provides observability, analytics, and protection for infrastructure, applications, and data across enterprises. The platform serves development, security, and operations teams managing cloud-native and hybrid environments.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & Infrastructure

authzedauthzed.comin𝕏

AuthZed provides authorization infrastructure that automatically evaluates access permissions based on team and organizational hierarchies, eliminating the need for manual permission syncing and background jobs. The platform serves enterprise software builders who need dynamic access control that updates in real-time as team memberships change.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US

Jake Moshenko(Founder)inJimmy Zelinskie(Founder)inJoseph Schorr(Founder)in

Authzed
Avoca
Avocaavoca.aiin𝕏

Avoca provides AI-powered customer service agents for service-based businesses that handle incoming calls, text messages, and chats to book appointments and re-engage customers. The platform targets HVAC, plumbing, electrical, auto repair, construction, and other service industries with features for call answering, lead capture, customer nurture campaigns, and call coaching.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US

Apurva Shrivastava(Founder)inTyson Chen(Founder)in

Axiaxi.omin

Axi.om uses agentic intelligence and AI to predict, explain, and fix drug toxicity early in development by leveraging the largest experimental-to-clinical dataset of profiled molecules linked to human clinical outcomes.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechMedical Devices

Backtrace
Bayes
Beamerybeamery.com

Beamery provides an AI platform for workforce transformation that helps enterprises hire, redeploy, and reskill talent by connecting skills and task intelligence to real-time workforce data. The platform serves global enterprises seeking to optimize their future of work and adapt to organizational change.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSUnited States, US

Abakar Saidov(Co-founder)Sultan Saidov(Co-founder)Michael Paterson(Co-founder)

Bexorgbexorg.com

Bexorg is a biotech platform for CNS drug discovery built on a whole-brain perfusion model that allows manipulation and recording of cellular activity in intact human brains. The company serves pharmaceutical researchers developing treatments for brain diseases.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthMedical DevicesNew Haven, US

Zvonimir VrseljaNenad Sestan

bitdriftbitdrift.io

bitdrift provides real-time observability and data collection controls for distributed systems spanning mobile and server infrastructure. The platform targets engineers building internet infrastructure and aims to reduce wasteful data collection while improving debugging capabilities.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US

Peter Morelli(Co-founder & CEO)

Blockchainblockchain.comin𝕏

Blockchain.com is a global infrastructure platform for digital assets that provides cryptocurrency trading, DeFi wallet services, and blockchain exploration tools to millions of users worldwide.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Bluedata
Boltz
Boltzboltz.bio

Boltz develops generative AI models for biomolecular design and drug discovery, used by researchers across pharmaceutical, biotech, agricultural, and academic sectors. The company offers frontier foundation models for protein and small-molecule design through an API with enterprise deployment options.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech

Buddybuild
Cambridge Cancer Genomics
Cancerresearchukcancerresearchuk.org

Cancer Research UK funds research across discovery, detection, prevention and treatment of cancer to improve patient outcomes and extend survival. It operates as a research funder and scientific organization serving academic and clinical researchers.

BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechImpact & Social Good

Cask
Centivaxcentivax.com

Centivax appears to be a biotech company focused on vaccine development, with expertise in virology, bioengineering, and clinical research based on the specialized scientific and medical personnel listed.

BiotechHealthtech

Chai Discovery
Chai Discoverychaidiscovery.com

Chai Discovery builds a computer-aided design suite using artificial intelligence to design new molecules and drugs. The platform enables pharmaceutical companies to discover and develop medicines more efficiently by learning the principles of biological structure and interaction.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech

Chainguard
Chainguardchainguard.dev
Chefchef.io

Chef provides a platform for automating infrastructure operations and DevOps workflows across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. The platform combines configuration management, compliance automation, and workflow orchestration for enterprise teams.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

cmd
Command E
Conjurconjur.org

Conjur provides centralized storage and management of secrets such as API keys, tokens, passwords, certificates, and database credentials for enterprise applications across hybrid and multicloud environments.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Continualcontinual.ai
Covariant
Covariantaicovariant.ai
Cubistcubist.dev

Cubist develops cryptographic proof systems and tools for verifying software correctness and security, serving developers and organizations building secure systems. The company combines expertise in zero-knowledge proofs, formal verification, and programming language security.

Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Riad(CEO)Ann(COO)FraserDeian

Dagsterdagster.io

Dagster Labs develops Dagster, an open-source data orchestration platform with a commercial cloud offering. The product serves data engineers and teams building data platforms.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US

Dantelabsdantelabs.com

Dante Labs provides clinical-grade whole genome sequencing services for individuals seeking genetic insights into hereditary disease risk, diagnostic clarity for unexplained symptoms, treatment optimization, and proactive health planning. The company delivers comprehensive genomic analysis as an alternative to limited consumer DNA tests, with results presented in 200+ physician-ready clinical reports.

Digital HealthMedical DevicesUK, GB

Databricksdatabricks.comin𝕏

Databricks provides a unified platform for data engineering, analytics, and artificial intelligence, enabling organizations to build and deploy data and AI applications on cloud infrastructure.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Original creators of Apache Spark, Delta Lake, MLflow and Unity Catalog<UNKNOWN>

Datadog
Datafold
Datology AIdatologyai.comin𝕏

DatologyAI provides automated data curation for AI model training, helping companies identify and remove low-quality data to improve model performance and reduce computational costs. The platform serves AI development teams and companies training custom machine learning models.

AI & Machine LearningData & Infrastructure

DatologyAI
David AI

Board seats · per SEC filings

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Exai Bio Inc.SEC filing

$71.5M raise · filed Oct 2022 · via Hani A. Goodarzi

Inferred from directors named on each company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.

Frequently asked questions

What stage does Amplify Partners invest at?
Amplify Partners invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
What sectors does Amplify Partners focus on?
Amplify Partners focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools.
Where is Amplify Partners located?
Amplify Partners is headquartered in Bay Area, US.
Does Amplify Partners lead rounds?
Yes, Amplify Partners leads investment rounds.

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