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Sunil Dhaliwal

Investor

Founder and General Partner at Amplify Partners

Menlo Park, California

Writes $500K – $5M checks · typically $2.8M

Midas 2020 · #87

About

Sunil Dhaliwal founded an early solo‑GP technical VC, has 25 years backing infrastructure companies like Splunk and Datadog, and uniquely backs domain experts building AI robotics in logistics and agriculture.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Experience

  1. Amplify PartnersFounder and General Partnercurrent2012 — presentMenlo Park, CA
  2. DatadogInvestorcurrent2011 — presentGreater New York City Area
  3. RunwayInvestor and Board Membercurrent2018 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  4. Hex TechnologiesInvestor and Board Membercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  5. Axiom BioInvestor and Board Membercurrent2024 — present
  6. BoltzInvestor and Board Membercurrent2025 — present
  7. The System InitiativeInvestor and Board Membercurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  8. mablInvestorcurrent2017 — presentGreater Boston Area
  9. PicnicHealthInvestor and Board Membercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  10. InterVenn BiosciencesInvestorcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  11. EnliticInvestor2014 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  12. ActionIQInvestor2014 — 2024Greater New York City Area
  13. covariant.aiInvestor and Board Member2017 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  14. FastlyInvestor and Board Member2011 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  15. Backtrace I/OInvestor and Board Member2015 — 2021Greater New York City Area
  16. Chef (formerly Opscode)Investor2010 — 2020Greater Seattle Area
  17. BlueData, Inc.Investor2012 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  18. WibiDataInvestor2012 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  19. Cask DataInvestor2011 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  20. Keen IOInvestor2013 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area

Education

  1. Georgetown UniversityBS, Finance1993 — 1996
  2. University of Rochester1992 — 1993
  3. Pittsford Sutherland High School1988 — 1992

Skills & more

SaaS20Enterprise Software4Software as a Service (SaaS)4Cloud Computing65Virtualization23Storage22Data Center4Security8Big Data14Start-ups85Lean Startup2Venture Capital56
+9 moreSeed CapitalEntrepreneurshipAnalyticsAngel InvestingDeal ExecutionGo-to-market StrategyProduct ManagementStrategic PartnershipsStrategy

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Shared employers

Deals · 6

BitbisonBoard seat

via Amplify Partners · filed Apr 2026 · $6M raise

System Initiative, Inc.Board seat

via Amplify Partners · filed Apr 2025 · $6.2M raise

Runway AI Inc.Board seat

via Amplify Partners · filed Dec 2022 · $50M raise

Fermyon Technologies, Inc.Board seat

via Amplify Partners · filed Oct 2022 · $22M raise

Embodied IntelligenceBoard seat

via Amplify Partners · filed Nov 2021 · $9.5M raise

Fastly, Inc.Board seat

via Amplify Partners · filed Oct 2020 · $556.3M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Amplify Partners

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