AMPLIFY PARTNERS

Thesis

Amplify Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2012, headquartered in Menlo Park and San Francisco, California. The firm focuses exclusively on investing in "technical founders"—engineers, researchers, and scientists—who are building foundational technologies and next-generation applications, models, tools, and infrastructure. Their investment thesis is rooted in the belief that technically adept founders will create the most impactful companies of the future. Amplify Partners actively seeks founders with exceptional engineering prowess and visionary ambition, often those who have personally experienced the problems they aim to solve. The firm's strategy involves leading investments from a company's initial funding round through Series A, and supporting them through to potential IPO. Their primary investment areas include Developer Tools, AI/ML, Data Infrastructure and Data Platforms, Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, and Digital Biology/Biotechnology. They primarily invest at the seed and Series A stages, with a geographic focus on North America, particularly the United States. Amplify Partners often acts as a lead investor, providing not only capital but also structured, goal-oriented support through their "Build Team," which offers expertise in sales, recruiting, growth, and marketing. They explicitly avoid investments in non-technical founders, consumer social apps, lifestyle products, and incremental market improvements. The firm manages over $1 billion in total assets under management, with some sources indicating as high as $2.4 billion. They typically invest between $1 million and $10 million per deal, with a sweet spot around $3 million for seed investments, and a min

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