# Mike Dauber

> Mike Dauber is a General Partner at Amplify Partners, a Menlo Park-based venture firm with over $900M under management focused exclusively on deeply technical founders. A former hardware engineer turned enterprise sales executive at Altera and Xilinx, he brings rare operator credibility to early-stage investing across developer tools, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, and AI. He backed companies including Chainguard, Temporal, and Gremlin, and earlier investments include Splunk's rise to NASDAQ. His investing philosophy centers on 'practitioner founders' - operators who have lived the problems they solve.

- **Role:** General Partner at Amplify Partners
- **Organizations:** Amplify Partners, Battery Ventures, Altera, Xilinx, Velio Communications
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** High School Diploma (Computer Science focus), Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, B.S.E., Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MBA, Economics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- **Known for:** Forbes Midas Brink List 2014, General Partner at Amplify Partners with $900M+ AUM across 6 funds, Early investor in Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK) while at Battery Ventures

## Career timeline

- **~2001-2003** — Hardware Engineer at Velio Communications (semiconductor startup)
- **~2003-2006** — Sales, Business Development & Marketing at Altera; managed Cisco account
- **~2006-2008** — Solutions Engineering & Marketing roles at Xilinx
- **2008** — Joined Battery Ventures as investor, focused on early-stage enterprise infrastructure
- **2014** — Named to Forbes Midas Brink List (top up-and-coming VCs)
- **2014** — Left Battery Ventures to co-build Amplify Partners as General Partner
- **2020** — Speaker at Stanford/NVCA Venture Capital Symposium
- **2025** — Amplify Partners closes $900M across three funds including first Bio fund

## Achievements

- Forbes Midas Brink List 2014
- General Partner at Amplify Partners with $900M+ AUM across 6 funds
- Early investor in Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK) while at Battery Ventures
- Led seed investments in Chainguard, Temporal, Gremlin, and numerous other category-defining infrastructure companies
- 13+ unicorns across the Amplify portfolio
- Co-authored the annual Amplify AI Engineering Report surveying hundreds of practicing engineers
- Portfolio exits include acquisitions by Apple (BuddyBuild), Red Hat (StackRox), Elastic (Cmd), HPE (Determined AI), Palo Alto Networks (LightCyber), Salesforce (RelateIQ), Workday (Platfora)

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — Amplify Partners closes $900M across three funds: Fund VI ($400M), Fund VI Select ($300M), and Amplify Bio I ($200M) - firm's first dedicated digital biology fund
- **2025** — Co-authored the 2025 AI Engineering Report, surveying hundreds of practicing engineers on AI adoption and development trends

## Links

- Website: https://amplifypartners.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dauber/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/dauber
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AmplifyPartners
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Amplify-Partners-LLC/169636339887243

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Last updated: 2026-05-18