Amplify Bio

About Amplify Bio

Amplify Bio is a venture capital firm based in United States, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StagePre Seed

Industry Focus

Saas

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Deep technical founders building AI, infra, or dev tools

technical founders

AI/ML infra

developer tools

vertical AI

seed/pre-seed

Bullish Signals

15 years backing top technical foundersexternal

Portfolio: Datadog, Runway, Temporal, dbtexternal

First investor for engineers & researchersexternal

Strong AI infra portfolio momentumexternal

New adds: Modal, Luma, Chainguard, Hightouchwebsite

Vertical AI thesis + $125M Avoca roundwebsite

Active content: bio, agent, GPU investingwebsite

Founder testimonials: Temporal, Scribe CEOswebsite

Deep technical writing signals portfolio accesswebsite

Robotics bet: Covariant in portfoliowebsite

New bets: TigerBeetle, CedarDB, Antithesiswebsite

Bio arm active: new advisors announcedwebsite

GPU/audio AI: Gradium, Kyutai investedwebsite

Agent toolchain thesis actively publishedwebsite

Moonbounce: new AI guardrails investmentwebsite

Cancer recurrence bio bet: Infinitopeswebsite

PicnicHealth, Hex in founder rosterwebsite

Contrarian Signals

Narrow mandate: technical founders onlyexternal

GP names mostly opaque publiclyexternal

Bio arm adds scope beyond core thesiswebsite

No fund size or stage data disclosedwebsite

Expanding verticals: DB, bio, audio AIwebsite

Founder Do's

Be an engineer, researcher, or scientist

Building infra, models, or dev tools

Show deep technical depth early

Open to hands-on partner involvement

Reference open source or research background

Founder Don'ts

Non-technical or sales-led founders

No late-stage or growth-only plays

Avoid pure GTM without technical moat

Key GPs & Partners

Mike (Amplify)

Partner

founder-firsthands-ontrusted advisor

Lenny (Amplify)

Partner

technicalearly-stagebuilder-focused

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$200M

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Key People

Elliot Hershberg

Mike (Amplify)Partner

Lenny (Amplify)Partner