Amplify Partners

Amplify Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, that backs technical founders solving enterprise-grade challenges. It makes seed and Series A investments in U.S.-based technology companies, with a focus on information technology, machine learning and artificial intelligence, data and analytics, cybersecurity, and biotechnology. The firm targets infrastructure 2.0 opportunities and supports portfolio companies through multiple rounds of funding as they scale, with initial investments typically in the range of $50,000 to $1.5 million. It avoids investments in consumer internet and cleantech sectors and emphasizes backing founders developing long-term, enterprise-ready solutions.

Steve Agelopoulos

CFO

Tim Babcock

Venture Partner

Sarah Catanzaro

General Partner

Sunil Dhaliwal

Founder and General Partner

Natasha Katoni

Partner

Past deals in Computer Vision

Luma AI

Series B in 2024
Luma AI is a generative AI startup that enables the transformation of text descriptions into 3D models and photorealistic representations from casually captured smartphone photos. The company aims to enhance how people capture, share, and experience scenes by bringing photos and videos into mixed reality, facilitating immersive demonstrations of products, memories, and online spaces. Its platform employs neural capture and rendering technology to convert ordinary images into photorealistic 3D assets suitable for e-commerce, real estate, and three-dimensional games, advancing access to a three-dimensional, mixed-reality future.

SiMa.ai

Series C in 2024
SiMa.ai is a software-centric, embedded edge machine learning system-on-chip company that develops a complete MLSoC platform combining hardware and software to enable high-performance, low-power machine learning inference on embedded edge devices. The platform supports traditional computing with ML inference, delivers push-button deployment and scaling at the edge, and adapts to various frameworks, networks, models, sensors, and modalities. It targets applications from computer vision to generative AI, offering improvements in performance and energy efficiency while enabling easy integration and secure operation for edge deployments.

Luma AI

Series B in 2024
Luma AI is a generative AI startup that enables the transformation of text descriptions into 3D models and photorealistic representations from casually captured smartphone photos. The company aims to enhance how people capture, share, and experience scenes by bringing photos and videos into mixed reality, facilitating immersive demonstrations of products, memories, and online spaces. Its platform employs neural capture and rendering technology to convert ordinary images into photorealistic 3D assets suitable for e-commerce, real estate, and three-dimensional games, advancing access to a three-dimensional, mixed-reality future.

Luma AI

Series A in 2023
Luma AI is a generative AI startup that enables the transformation of text descriptions into 3D models and photorealistic representations from casually captured smartphone photos. The company aims to enhance how people capture, share, and experience scenes by bringing photos and videos into mixed reality, facilitating immersive demonstrations of products, memories, and online spaces. Its platform employs neural capture and rendering technology to convert ordinary images into photorealistic 3D assets suitable for e-commerce, real estate, and three-dimensional games, advancing access to a three-dimensional, mixed-reality future.

SiMa.ai

Series B in 2022
SiMa.ai is a software-centric, embedded edge machine learning system-on-chip company that develops a complete MLSoC platform combining hardware and software to enable high-performance, low-power machine learning inference on embedded edge devices. The platform supports traditional computing with ML inference, delivers push-button deployment and scaling at the edge, and adapts to various frameworks, networks, models, sensors, and modalities. It targets applications from computer vision to generative AI, offering improvements in performance and energy efficiency while enabling easy integration and secure operation for edge deployments.

Foxglove

Series A in 2022
Foxglove is a specialized platform designed to facilitate the development of robotics by providing tools for visual debugging and building reliable autonomous systems. The platform features interactive visualizations that enhance the understanding of data through overlays of bounding boxes and classification labels. It supports various data sources, connecting directly to a running Robot Operating System (ROS) environment for real-time inspection and analysis of pre-recorded data. Additionally, Foxglove enables teams to collaborate efficiently by allowing users to share layouts and inspect sensor inputs, including images, point clouds, and time-series data. This comprehensive approach aims to accelerate the robotics development process and improve the reliability of autonomous technologies.

Foxglove

Seed Round in 2022
Foxglove is a specialized platform designed to facilitate the development of robotics by providing tools for visual debugging and building reliable autonomous systems. The platform features interactive visualizations that enhance the understanding of data through overlays of bounding boxes and classification labels. It supports various data sources, connecting directly to a running Robot Operating System (ROS) environment for real-time inspection and analysis of pre-recorded data. Additionally, Foxglove enables teams to collaborate efficiently by allowing users to share layouts and inspect sensor inputs, including images, point clouds, and time-series data. This comprehensive approach aims to accelerate the robotics development process and improve the reliability of autonomous technologies.

Luma AI

Seed Round in 2021
Luma AI is a generative AI startup that enables the transformation of text descriptions into 3D models and photorealistic representations from casually captured smartphone photos. The company aims to enhance how people capture, share, and experience scenes by bringing photos and videos into mixed reality, facilitating immersive demonstrations of products, memories, and online spaces. Its platform employs neural capture and rendering technology to convert ordinary images into photorealistic 3D assets suitable for e-commerce, real estate, and three-dimensional games, advancing access to a three-dimensional, mixed-reality future.

SiMa.ai

Series B in 2021
SiMa.ai is a software-centric, embedded edge machine learning system-on-chip company that develops a complete MLSoC platform combining hardware and software to enable high-performance, low-power machine learning inference on embedded edge devices. The platform supports traditional computing with ML inference, delivers push-button deployment and scaling at the edge, and adapts to various frameworks, networks, models, sensors, and modalities. It targets applications from computer vision to generative AI, offering improvements in performance and energy efficiency while enabling easy integration and secure operation for edge deployments.

Runway

Series A in 2020
Runway, established in 2018, specializes in applied AI research and development. It offers an innovative video editing platform for professionals, utilizing AI-powered tools that enable intuitive manipulation and creation of visual content through text-based commands.

SiMa.ai

Series A in 2020
SiMa.ai is a software-centric, embedded edge machine learning system-on-chip company that develops a complete MLSoC platform combining hardware and software to enable high-performance, low-power machine learning inference on embedded edge devices. The platform supports traditional computing with ML inference, delivers push-button deployment and scaling at the edge, and adapts to various frameworks, networks, models, sensors, and modalities. It targets applications from computer vision to generative AI, offering improvements in performance and energy efficiency while enabling easy integration and secure operation for edge deployments.

Rosebud AI

Seed Round in 2020
Rosebud AI develops software that enables users to create digital avatars for various purposes. The platform allows filtering by demographic, age, and style. Based in San Francisco, the company aims to make visual content creation accessible through AI-generated game assets.

Diffbot Corp.

Series A in 2016
Diffbot Corp., founded in 2006, specializes in Web data extraction using computer vision and natural language processing. Its solutions include Automatic APIs for content extraction, Crawlbot for site-wide data retrieval, Bulk Processing for URL-based jobs, and Custom APIs for tailored data extraction. Diffbot serves businesses seeking structured Web data for enterprise applications or consumer services.
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