Sarah Catanzaro
InvestorGeneral Partner at Amplify Partners
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $500K – $10M checks · typically $5M
About
Sarah Catanzaro, a former intelligence researcher who modeled insurgent and pirate behavior with incomplete data, predicts startup success and only backs practitioner-founders who spin internal tools into production ML infrastructure.
Sarah Catanzaro @sarahcat21
(Put simply, it’s actually fine to just like pretty things)
Aug 2, 2026
Sarah Catanzaro @sarahcat21
One of the things I’ve learned from perusing galleries for years is to identify what I find lovely or interesting first and then dig into the artist’s practice and theory. I’m interested in aesthetics for a simple reason: I find things beautiful and want to explore why. https://t.co/Tv3ZhrAxIo
Aug 2, 2026 · ♥ 3
Sarah Catanzaro @sarahcat21
Not an investor but their approach to data collection is quite cool; I suspect the best robotics companies won’t just buy data but also find ways to collect and use high quality proprietary data that’s not available to others. https://t.co/hfd4wfwobO
Jul 30, 2026 · ♥ 17 · ⇄ 3
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Experience
- CedarDBBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
- DatologyAIBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
- ModalBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
- Amplify PartnersGeneral Partnercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Amplify PartnersPartner2020 — 2022
- Amplify PartnersPrincipal2017 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Canvas VenturesAssociate2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- MattermarkHead of Data2014 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- Palantir TechnologiesEmbedded Analyst2013 — 2014Greater New York City Area
- CyveillanceCyber Intelligence Analyst2011 — 2013
- C4ADSProgram Director, Computational Approaches to National Security2009 — 2011
Education
- Stanford UniversityBachelor of Science (BS)2005 — 2009
- Institut d'études politiques de ParisIndependent research study2007 — 2008
Skills & more
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International RelationsSocial Network AnalysisCounterterrorismPublic PolicyDoDTrainingIntelligence AnalysisInformation SecurityDefenseHuman RightsAnalyticsSemantic AnalysisLanguages English · French
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Same school
Also attended Stanford University1,578
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Shared employers
Also worked at CedarDB1
Also worked at Amplify Partners28
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Also worked at Canvas Ventures14
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Deals · 2
Modal Labs, Inc.Board seat
via Amplify Partners · filed Oct 2025 · $94.4M raise
Fulcrum Technologies Inc./NYBoard seat
via Amplify Partners · filed Jun 2024 · $18M raise
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Colleagues at Amplify Partners
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