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Amplify BI Fund

VC
Chicago, ILWebsite

Amplify BI Fund is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Other, SaaS, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $75K–$300K checks and has 99 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$75K – $300K

Portfolio

99+ companies

Team

37 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Dedicated to advancing early-stage analytics and SaaS startups with transformative technologies.

How Amplify BI Fund invests

Amplify BI Fund is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS, Developer Tools. It does not invest in HealthTech, Consumer Goods.

Amplify BI Fund typically writes checks of $75K–$300K per investment.

Amplify BI Fund has backed 99 companies in our records, including DataPulse, Temporal, Runway.

Meet the Team

MC

Maria Chen

GP

Analytics
SaaS
ML

Mark LaRosa

Operating Partner

SC

Sarah Catanzaro

General Partner

GG

Grace Ge

Partner

TB

Tim Babcock

Venture Partner

LP

Lenny Pruss

General Partner

Mentioned as part of the Amplify team; author of the article “Will agents like Git any more than we do?”

MD

Mike Dauber

General Partner

Mentioned as part of the Amplify team and as a key advisor to Scribe; author of “How to pick the right VC firm to work at.”

NK

Natasha Katoni

Operating Partner

SD

Sunil Dhaliwal

Founder

M

Maxim

General Partner

Temporal

Met Lenny, Mike, and the Amplify team when working on Cadence at Uber.

S

Samar

General Partner

Temporal

Met Lenny, Mike, and the Amplify team when working on Cadence at Uber.

JS

Jennifer Smith

General Partner

Scribe
C

Cris

Partner

Runway
A

Alejandro

Partner

Runway
A

Anastasis

Partner

Runway
E

Erik

Partner

Runway
A

Akshat

Partner

Runway
B

Barry

Partner

Hightouch
C

Caitlin

Partner

Hightouch
G

Glen

Partner

Hightouch
A

Amit

Partner

Luma
A

Aaron

Partner

Scribe
J

Jennifer

Partner

Scribe
K

Kashish

Partner

Hightouch
T

Tejas

Partner

Hightouch
J

Josh

Partner

Hightouch
P

Pieter

Partner

Covariant
P

Peter

Partner

Covariant
R

Rocky

Partner

Covariant
T

Tianhao

Partner

Covariant
O

Olivier

Partner

Datadog
A

Alexis

Partner

Datadog
T

Tristan

Partner

dbt Labs
T

Troy

Partner

dbt Labs
N

Noga

Partner

dbt Labs
KB

Kelsey Bredbenner

Partner

Waypoint Bio
EH

Elliot Hershberg

Partner

Waypoint Bio

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS
Developer Tools

Does Not Invest In

HealthTech
Consumer Goods

Portfolio Companies (99)

Other

DA

DataPulse

Analytics
TE

Temporal

RU

Runway

MO

Modal

HI

Hightouch

CO

Covariant

DA

Datadog

DB

dbt Labs

AC

Achira

AC

ActionIQ

How to pitch Amplify BI Fund
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $75K – $300K check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Maria Chen, GP.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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