# Sunil Dhaliwal

> Sunil Dhaliwal is the Founder and General Partner of Amplify Partners, one of the earliest solo-GP, deeply technical, sector-focused VC firms in Silicon Valley. Since launching with a $40M fund in 2012, he has built Amplify into a $900M+ platform backing engineers, researchers, and scientists at the seed and Series A stages. His portfolio includes Datadog, Fastly, Recursion, LangChain, Luma AI, and 170+ active companies across infrastructure, developer tools, AI/ML, and digital biology. Named twice to the Forbes Midas List, Dhaliwal brings over 25 years of experience investing in category-defining technology companies.

- **Role:** Founder and General Partner at Amplify Partners
- **Organizations:** Amplify Partners, Battery Ventures, Alex. Brown & Sons
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Finance and International Business, Georgetown University
- **Known for:** Named twice to Forbes Midas List (top 100 venture capitalists worldwide), Named to Forbes Midas Seed List 2022 (top 25 early-stage investors in the world), Named to AlwaysOn Top 100 VCs list

## Career timeline

- **1996** — Joined Alex. Brown & Sons as an analyst in the technology banking group
- **1998** — Joined Battery Ventures as an investor in IT infrastructure
- **2000s** — Backed Splunk, Opscode/Chef, Netezza (acq. IBM), CipherTrust (acq. Secure Computing), @stake (acq. Symantec) at Battery Ventures
- **2012** — Founded Amplify Partners with a $40M inaugural fund, one of the earliest solo-GP technical VC firms
- **2013** — Amplify Partners publicly announced; early investments in infrastructure and developer tools
- **2019** — Datadog IPO - foundational investment for Amplify Partners
- **2020** — Amplify raised Fund IV at $375M; Fastly IPO
- **2021** — Recursion IPO from Amplify portfolio
- **2022** — Named to Forbes Midas Seed List as one of top 25 early-stage investors worldwide
- **2025** — Closed $900M across three new funds: Fund VI ($400M), Fund VI Select ($300M), Amplify Bio I ($200M)

## Achievements

- Named twice to Forbes Midas List (top 100 venture capitalists worldwide)
- Named to Forbes Midas Seed List 2022 (top 25 early-stage investors in the world)
- Named to AlwaysOn Top 100 VCs list
- Named to Business Insider's 15 Most Powerful Venture Capitalists
- Built Amplify Partners from $40M to $900M+ in AUM over 13 years
- Portfolio includes 13 unicorns, 5 IPOs, and 50+ acquisitions
- Early investor in Datadog (now $30B+ market cap company)
- Backed Fastly, Recursion, LangChain, Luma AI, dbt Labs, Chainguard, and 170+ active companies
- Launched Amplify Bio I - $200M dedicated fund for digital biology (2025)

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — Amplify Partners closed three new funds totaling $900M: Fund VI ($400M for seed/Series A), Fund VI Select ($300M for portfolio follow-ons), and Amplify Bio I ($200M for digital biology)
- **2025-08** — Featured on Origins podcast episode 'Backing Outliers in Venture' discussing the $900M raise and Amplify Bio launch with co-GP Mike Dauber
- **2025-06** — Amplify Bio expanded its advisor team with Elliot Hershberg, PhD from Stanford in computational biology

## Links

- Website: https://amplifypartners.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunil-dhaliwal-76135a2
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/dhaliwas
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Amplify-Partners-LLC/169636339887243

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