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Sunil Dhaliwal

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Venture Unlocked: The playbook for venture capital managers

Ed Sim

Edith Harbaugh

Dave King

Ryan Hoover

Satya Patel

Scott Belsky

Paul Martino

Jonah Goodhart

Tomasz Tunguz

Ryan Carson

Mark Suster

Leo Polovets

Auren Hoffman

Semil Shah

Ben Uretsky

OwlTail

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 Fastly.  This was a fun wide ranging discussion about the current state of VC and where we think the industry is headed now that there are so many new emerging managers and potential LPS.Prior to Amplify, Sunil invested in early-stage IT infrastructure companies at Battery and was named to the Forbes Midas List for 2011, which ranks the top 100 venture capitalists around the world. He was also named to the AlwaysOn Top 100 list of VCs and Business Insider’s 15 Most Powerful Venture Capitalists on the East Coast.In this episode we discuss:1:37    What he learned at Battery and why start a new firm06:54    Decisions around Amplify’s fund one raise10:59    How fund stages and sizes changes competition for deals16:29    Moving between weight classes and the challenges around that19:08    Competing at seed stage against large firms 21:26    How both Samir and Sunil underestimated the size of the venture market22:19    Market forces disrupting early stage venture in 202124:24    Why certain things may never go back to the way they were 30:01    How fear will change the VC market35:45    The luck of timing; downturns are difficult yet provide opportunities37:19    How LPs look at emerging managers and how to differentiate40:22    Institutions and retail players bringing new money into early stage fundingMentioned In This Episode:* Amplify Partners* Battery VenturesWe’d love to know what you took away from this conversation with Sunil! Follow @SamirKaji and give your insight and questions using the hashtag #ventureunlocked. If you’d like to be considered as a guest or have someone you’d like to hear from (GP or LP), drop a direct message on Twitter.Podcast Production support provided by Agent Bee Agency This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ventureunlocked.substack.com

<a href="https://twitter.com/amplifypartners" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amplify Partners</a> has quickly become one of the true breakouts from the early emerging manager movement. Led by <a href="https://twitter.com/dhaliwas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sunil Dhaliwal</a>, 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 Fastly. This was a fun wide ranging discussion about the current state of VC and where we think the industry is headed now that there are so many new emerging managers and potential LPS.Prior to Amplify, Sunil invested in early-stage IT infrastructure companies at Battery and was named to the Forbes Midas List for 2011, which ranks the top 100 venture capitalists around the world. He was also named to the AlwaysOn Top 100 list of VCs and Business Insider’s 15 Most Powerful Venture Capitalists on the East Coast.In this episode we discuss:1:37    What he learned at Battery and why start a new firm06:54    Decisions around Amplify’s fund one raise10:59    How fund stages and sizes changes competition for deals16:29    Moving between weight classes and the challenges around that19:08    Competing at seed stage against large firms 21:26    How both Samir and Sunil underestimated the size of the venture market22:19    Market forces disrupting early stage venture in 202124:24    Why certain things may never go back to the way they were 30:01    How fear will change the VC market35:45    The luck of timing; downturns are difficult yet provide opportunities37:19    How LPs look at emerging managers and how to differentiate40:22    Institutions and retail players bringing new money into early stage fundingMentioned In This Episode:* <a href="https://amplifypartners.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amplify Partners</a>* <a href="https://www.battery.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Battery Ventures</a>We’d love to know what you took away from this conversation with Sunil! Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/Samirkaji" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@SamirKaji</a> and give your insight and questions using the hashtag #ventureunlocked. If you’d like to be considered as a guest or have someone you’d like to hear from (GP or LP), drop a <a href="https://twitter.com/Samirkaji" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">direct message on Twitter</a>.Podcast Production support provided by Agent Bee Agency This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://ventureunlocked.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ventureunlocked.substack.com</a>

Sunil Dhaliwal from Amplify Partners on finding overlooked investment opportunities, deal competition, and the future of venture capital

Jason Lemkin

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: https://www.saastr.com/saastr-podcast-394-with-sunil-dhaliwal-and-jason-lemkin/

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: <a href="https://youtu.be/8w6K7slhLX4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/8w6K7slhLX4</a> Podcast transcript: <a href="https://www.saastr.com/saastr-podcast-394-with-sunil-dhaliwal-and-jason-lemkin/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.saastr.com/saastr-podcast-394-with-sunil-dhaliwal-and-jason-lemkin/</a>

SaaStr 394: How to Hack Venture Capital with Sunil Dhaliwal, GP @ Amplify Partners and and Jason Lemkin, CEO @ SaaStr

Robotics, genomics, and backend infrastructure: as an investor, it can be difficult to assess the viability of a startup that is on the cutting edge in any of these areas. A robotics startup requires a team with an integrated understanding of hardware and software. A genomics company will not only have to develop a successful healthcare product, but will have to bring it to market through regulation. And in the world of backend infrastructure, building a business that will be differentiated from giant cloud providers gets harder every day. Amplify Partners is a venture capital fund with an emphasis on technical investments. Their portfolio includes infrastructure companies like Datadog and Gremlin, as well as pharmaceutical and hardware companies. Sunil Dhaliwal is the founder of Amplify Partners, and joins the show to discuss the thesis of Amplify. The investments that Amplify makes are in technical companies–which makes these financing decisions complex enough to require detailed, individualized research. But there are commonalities among the founding teams. Sunil lays out a useful rubric for anyone who is looking to learn about venture capital investing. The post Technical Investing with Sunil Dhaliwal appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Robotics, genomics, and backend infrastructure: as an investor, it can be difficult to assess the viability of a startup that is on the cutting edge in any of these areas. A robotics startup requires a team with an integrated understanding of hardware and software. A genomics company will not only have to develop a successful healthcare product, but will have to bring it to market through regulation. And in the world of backend infrastructure, building a business that will be differentiated from giant cloud providers gets harder every day. Amplify Partners is a venture capital fund with an emphasis on technical investments. Their portfolio includes infrastructure companies like Datadog and Gremlin, as well as pharmaceutical and hardware companies. Sunil Dhaliwal is the founder of Amplify Partners, and joins the show to discuss the thesis of Amplify. The investments that Amplify makes are in technical companies–which makes these financing decisions complex enough to require detailed, individualized research. But there are commonalities among the founding teams. Sunil lays out a useful rubric for anyone who is looking to learn about venture capital investing. The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2018/12/07/technical-investing-with-sunil-dhaliwal/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Technical Investing with Sunil Dhaliwal</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

Technical Investing with Sunil Dhaliwal