# Sunil Dhaliwal at Amplify Partners

> Sunil Dhaliwal, Founder and General Partner at Amplify Partners. 1 investment on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each...

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San Francisco, US · Partner

# Sunil Dhaliwal

Founder and General Partner at [Amplify Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amplify-partners)

Latest rounds

- **Fastly** Seed Jan 2011

Backs *Cloud*

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 1 last Jan 2011
- **Filings:** 19 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 3 +2 mentions

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 1 round name them
- ✓ **On filings** 19 filings with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Amplify Partners
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**Amplify Partners** VC firm · US **31** cheques in 12 months **138** all time **5** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amplify-partners)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 1
- **Led:** 0
- **Active:** 2011

2011

- [Fastly](https://millionrounds.com/company/fastly) *Seed* *US* Jan 2011 Joined · +2 investors · historical

By stage

- Seed **1**

What they backed

Cloud **1**

Alongside

- [Gil Penchina *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gil-penchina)
- [Jesse Robbins *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jesse-robbins)

Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [Fastly](https://millionrounds.com/company/fastly)
- [GreenBytes](https://millionrounds.com/startup/greenbytes)

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **AP Opportunity Fund III, L.P.** Manager of the General Partner of the Issuer since 2026
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **AP Opportunity Fund IV, L.P.** Manager of the General Partner of the Issuer since 2026
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Runway AI Inc.** Director since 2022
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Fermyon Technologies, Inc.** Director since 2022
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Amplify Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amplify-partners)** Manager of the General Partner of the Issuers on 4 filings · since 2022
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Amplify](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amplify-2)** Manager of the General Partner of the Issuers since 2022
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Embodied Intelligence Inc.** Director since 2021
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Amplify Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amplify-partners)** Manager of the General Partner of the Issuer on 3 filings · since 2020
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Amplify](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amplify-2)** Manager of the General Partner of the Issuer since 2020
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Amplify Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amplify-partners)** Manager of the General Partner to the Issuer since 2020
- SEC Form D · Company raising **SyncRTC Inc.** Director since 2018
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Amplify](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amplify-2)** Manager of General Partner of Issuer on 2 filings · since 2015
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Conjur, Inc.** Director since 2014
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Fastly, Inc.** Director on 8 filings · since 2014
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Amplify Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amplify-partners)** MANAGING PARTNER OF GENERAL PARTNER OF ISSUER on 2 filings · since 2013
- SEC Form D · Company raising **OPSCODE, INC.** Director since 2012
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Viridity Software, Inc.** Director since 2010
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Neocleus, Inc.** Director since 2009
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Greenbytes, Inc.** Director since 2009

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at Amplify Partners

- [**David Beyer** Partner *5 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/david-beyer)
- [**Mark LaRosa** Operating Partner, GTM and Compute *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/mark-larosa)
- [**Mike Dauber** General Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/mike-dauber)
- [**Barr Yaron** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/barr-yaron)
- [**Grace Ge** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/grace-ge)
- [**Greg Calejo** Managing Director *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/greg-calejo)
- [**Lenny Pruss** General Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/lenny-pruss)
- [**Melissa Kerbel** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/melissa-kerbel)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [Origins: Inside Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/origins-openlp) · 12 Aug 2025 · 41 min Backing Outliers in Venture with Sunil Dhaliwal & Mike Dauber With [Mike Dauber](https://millionrounds.com/person/mike-dauber)[Sunil Dhaliwal](https://millionrounds.com/person/sunil-dhaliwal) About this episode Sunil Dhaliwal founded Amplify in 2012, and was joined by his longtime friend and colleague Mike Dauber in 2014. Beginning as one of the first solo GP, early-stage, sector-focused funds, Amplify has now grown to a team of 9 partners investing in the next generation of applications tools and… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Venture Unlocked](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/venture-unlocked) · 11 May 2021 · 46 min Sunil Dhaliwal from Amplify Partners on finding overlooked investment opportunities, deal competition, and the future of venture capital With [Sunil Dhaliwal](https://millionrounds.com/person/sunil-dhaliwal) Mentions [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) About this episode Amplify Partners has quickly become one of the true breakouts from the early emerging manager movement. Led by Sunil Dhaliwal, who started Amplify nearly a decade ago after a 14 year tenure at Battery Ventures, the firm has over $750MM in AUM and has invested in companies such as Datadog and… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) · 6 Nov 2020 · 41 min SaaStr 394: How to Hack Venture Capital with Sunil Dhaliwal, GP @ Amplify Partners and and Jason Lemkin, CEO @ SaaStr With [Sunil Dhaliwal](https://millionrounds.com/person/sunil-dhaliwal) About this episode Where is Venture Capital today? And how do you hack it? SaaStr CEO and Founder, Jason Lemkin, sits down with Sunil Dhaliwal, General Partner at Amplify Partners to discuss. Full video: https://youtu.be/8w6K7slhLX4 Podcast transcript:… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Sunil Dhaliwal in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [Origins: Inside Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/origins-openlp) · 21 Jan 2026 · 42 min What Venture's Top Voices Expect Next in AI Mentions [Founder Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-collective)[Micah Rosenbloom](https://millionrounds.com/person/micah-rosenbloom)[Mike Dauber](https://millionrounds.com/person/mike-dauber)[Sarah Tavel](https://millionrounds.com/person/sarah-tavel)[Sunil Dhaliwal](https://millionrounds.com/person/sunil-dhaliwal) About this episode 2025 was, undoubtedly, the year of AI. In the first episode of 2026 Beezer Clarkson, Partner at Sapphire Partners, and Nick Chirls, Partner at Asylum Ventures revisit some of their favorite moments from the year before to see what the top voices in VC saw as emerging AI trendlines and how the… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Origins: Inside Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/origins-openlp) · 26 Aug 2025 · 14 min Minisode: Curiosity, Chemistry, and Keeping Relevance Across the Partnership Mentions [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures)[Mike Dauber](https://millionrounds.com/person/mike-dauber)[Sunil Dhaliwal](https://millionrounds.com/person/sunil-dhaliwal) About this episode Origins host Beezer Clarkson, LP at Sapphire Partners and co-founder of OpenLP is rejoined by Nick Chirls, GP at Asylum Ventures to unpack her recent conversation with Sunil Dhaliwal and Mike Dauber of Amplify Partners. They discuss partner dynamics, the importance of maintaining relevance for the… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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