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

David Beyer

Partner

Sarah Catanzaro

Principal

Mike Dauber

General Partner

Sunil Dhaliwal

Founder and General Partner

Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz

Venture Partner

Grace Ge

Partner

Natasha Katoni

Partner

Lenny Pruss

General Partner

Renee Shah

Partner

Ameet Talwalkar

Venture Partner

Natalie Vais

Principal

Rohan Virani

Associate

Barr Yaron

Principal

Past deals in Storage Services

Allium

Series A in 2024
Allium specializes in on-chain data infrastructure solutions. It supports over 40 blockchains, offering managed blockchain databases and enriched data schemas. The platform provides real-time alerting capabilities, enabling efficient complex queries and integration into existing workflows.

WarpStream

Series A in 2024
WarpStream Labs specializes in a data streaming platform that integrates seamlessly with Apache Kafka. Their solution leverages object storage to eliminate the need for local disk management, reducing networking costs and offering infinite scalability within a user's virtual private cloud. WarpStream's unique "Bring Your Own Cloud" model allows customers to manage their streaming infrastructure within their preferred cloud accounts while benefiting from enterprise-grade support and resources provided by Confluent. This enables developers to focus on building applications without the burden of managing cloud infrastructure.

MotherDuck

Series B in 2023
MotherDuck is a company that specializes in data infrastructure and analytics, providing a serverless platform designed for both small and large datasets. By integrating the efficiency of DuckDB with cloud capabilities, MotherDuck delivers a user-friendly analytics solution that supports hybrid execution. Its platform utilizes an embedded database to facilitate the analysis of big data, enabling businesses to prototype with both local and remote data seamlessly. This integrated environment allows organizations to effectively analyze their data, enhancing collaboration and maximizing profitability.

WarpStream

Seed Round in 2023
WarpStream Labs specializes in a data streaming platform that integrates seamlessly with Apache Kafka. Their solution leverages object storage to eliminate the need for local disk management, reducing networking costs and offering infinite scalability within a user's virtual private cloud. WarpStream's unique "Bring Your Own Cloud" model allows customers to manage their streaming infrastructure within their preferred cloud accounts while benefiting from enterprise-grade support and resources provided by Confluent. This enables developers to focus on building applications without the burden of managing cloud infrastructure.

MotherDuck

Seed Round in 2022
MotherDuck is a company that specializes in data infrastructure and analytics, providing a serverless platform designed for both small and large datasets. By integrating the efficiency of DuckDB with cloud capabilities, MotherDuck delivers a user-friendly analytics solution that supports hybrid execution. Its platform utilizes an embedded database to facilitate the analysis of big data, enabling businesses to prototype with both local and remote data seamlessly. This integrated environment allows organizations to effectively analyze their data, enhancing collaboration and maximizing profitability.

MotherDuck

Series A in 2022
MotherDuck is a company that specializes in data infrastructure and analytics, providing a serverless platform designed for both small and large datasets. By integrating the efficiency of DuckDB with cloud capabilities, MotherDuck delivers a user-friendly analytics solution that supports hybrid execution. Its platform utilizes an embedded database to facilitate the analysis of big data, enabling businesses to prototype with both local and remote data seamlessly. This integrated environment allows organizations to effectively analyze their data, enhancing collaboration and maximizing profitability.

Allium

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Allium specializes in on-chain data infrastructure solutions. It supports over 40 blockchains, offering managed blockchain databases and enriched data schemas. The platform provides real-time alerting capabilities, enabling efficient complex queries and integration into existing workflows.

ReadySet Technology

Series A in 2022
ReadySet is a distributed SQL caching layer that precomputes the results of parameterized SQL queries and incrementally updates these results as the underlying data changes. It is wire-compatible with MySQL and Postgres, plugs directly into existing databases and applications without any code changes, and elastically scales read throughput to meet fluctuating demands. ReadySet offers the low latencies of a custom caching system and the high query throughputs of read replicas with the straightforward developer experience of using a single relational database.

ReadySet Technology

Seed Round in 2021
ReadySet is a distributed SQL caching layer that precomputes the results of parameterized SQL queries and incrementally updates these results as the underlying data changes. It is wire-compatible with MySQL and Postgres, plugs directly into existing databases and applications without any code changes, and elastically scales read throughput to meet fluctuating demands. ReadySet offers the low latencies of a custom caching system and the high query throughputs of read replicas with the straightforward developer experience of using a single relational database.
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