Published inAmplify.LA Blog·PinnedWhy We’re Backing AltitudeThe intelligence revolution, initially marked by the automation of rote tasks, and more recently indicated by the maturation of large language models, is starting to show what’s possible in the disruption of new industry categories. Robots are already sorting our drugs at pharmaceutical plants, painting our cars inside factories, and…Robotics5 min readRobotics5 min read
Feb 11Amplify releases their Seed Deal Report, Warp raises $7.5M, and More!Our latest Seed Report is live! Read on for a snippet of our coverage, and huge thank you to dot.LA for covering the report! On a global scale, venture funding tumbled to $445 billion in 2022, a 35% decline YoY from the $681 billion deployed in 2021. Flaunting its relative…Venture Capital4 min readVenture Capital4 min read
Published inAmplify.LA Blog·Jan 202H 2022 Los Angeles Seed Deal ReportWe’re excited to share the most recent update of our LA Seed Report, encompassing all seed funding to LA companies in the second half of 2022. On a global scale, venture funding tumbled to $445 billion in 2022, a 35% decline YoY from the $681 billion deployed in 2021. Flaunting…Seed Investment4 min readSeed Investment4 min read
Published inAmplify.LA Blog·Oct 18, 2022The Future of E-commerce is Interactive — Why We’re Backing ReactiveRecall, for a moment, the catalogs of the early 2000’s. Maybe it’s just the season, but I vividly remember hunting party city’s Halloween catalog line by line in search of the perfect costume. When it got chillier, I’d flip through L.L. Bean’s winter offering, cutting out my top picks for…Ecommerce7 min readEcommerce7 min read
Published inAmplify.LA Blog·Sep 26, 2022Amplify Invests in Nectarine Credit & WARP, RentSpree Closes $17M Series B, and More!We’re excited to share the most recent update of our LA Seed Report, encompassing all seed funding to the LA companies in the first half of 2022. Our friends over at dot.LA picked up the report and added some insight “It’s widely known that venture capitalists are investing less money…Community4 min readCommunity4 min read
Published inAmplify.LA Blog·Sep 22, 2022Betting on B2B: Why We’re Backing Nectarine CreditIt is not actually money, but credit that makes the world go round. When we think of credit, we often focus on our own — consumer credit. Nearly all of us have had the experience of purchasing something on credit, or examining our own credit scores: the three-digit numbers that…Credit4 min readCredit4 min read
Published inAmplify.LA Blog·Aug 23, 2022Allthenticate Raises $3M Seed Round, Amplify’s Managing Partner Paul Bricault Lands on LA500 List, and more!Allthenticate, on a mission to free the world from passwords, keys, and cumbersome authentication mechanisms, announced a $3M funding round led by Silverton Partners. We’re excited to be backing Chad and Rita, Allthenticate’s co-founders, alongside the Silverton team and Denver-based Ping Identity. …Venture Capital4 min readVenture Capital4 min read
Published inAmplify.LA Blog·Jul 22, 2022Democratizing Digital Health — Why We’re Backing Phase ZeroFor many of us, the pandemic brought about our first experiences with digital and virtual healthcare. From seeing availability and booking appointments online, to telehealth consultations, to catered follow-up flows and receiving lab results in-app — the ways in which we interact with providers changed markedly. The rapid adoption of…Venture Capital5 min readVenture Capital5 min read
Published inAmplify.LA Blog·May 2, 2022Trace raises $47M series C, Gem acquired by Blockdaemon, and more in our latest Community UpdateTrace, a sports video tech company, recently announced their $47M series C led by Pelion Venture Partners. Trace’s AI-powered software automatically edits and personalizes videos for each player. As reported in Forbes, Trace is being used by 1,000+ soccer clubs and is available to more than 1.4M athletes across the…Venture Capital3 min readVenture Capital3 min read
Published inAmplify.LA Blog·Mar 4, 2022Amplify Welcomes a New Venture Partner, Alto raises $40M series B, and more in our latest Community UpdateWe are excited to introduce you to our newest Venture Partner, Josh Payne! Josh Payne is an entrepreneur, angel investor, and startup advisor. Most recently, he was the Founder & CEO of StackCommerce (acquired by TPG) where he was a three-time finalist for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award…Venture Capital3 min readVenture Capital3 min read
