Emerging Managers

Amplify Partners wraps up third fund with $200 mln

Menlo Park, California-based Amplify Partners announced it has closed its third fund with $200 million in commitments. A regulatory filing indicated 50 investors contributed to the fund. The firm, founded in 2012 by General Partners Sunil Dhaliwal and Mike Dauber, raised $125 million for its previous effort in 2015. The firm backs early-stage technical founders in such sectors as machine intelligence, infrastructure, developer tools and security.

Monthly recap of VC fundraising activity through Sept. 14

Base10 raises $137 mln for AI applications in automation, sans robots

Three former Social Capital partners form Tribe Capital

Palestinian VC Sadara: building startups in a challenging environment

Defy defies the odds in funding Series A companies

Benhamou Global Ventures raises $40 mln for first opportunity fund

Cybersecurity investor Ten Eleven raises $140 mln for growth fund, adds Temasek as LP

Burlingame, California-based cybersecurity-focused investor Ten Eleven Ventures announced it has raised $140 million for its second growth fund. The firm, managed by Alex Doll, a digital-security entrepreneur and son of DCM Ventures co-founder Dixon Doll, and investor Mark Hatfield, said it added several new investors into the fund, including Singapore LP Temasek. Ten Eleven said it will work with Temasek to expand geographically, including into Southeast Asia, where the firm says its portfolio companies are aiming to reach when they hit the point of scaling.

Fuel Capital aims to fill up with $75 mln third fund

San Francisco-based Fuel Capital, which raised more than $46 million in 2016 for its second fund, is seeking to raise $75 million for its third early-stage fund, according to a regulatory filing. Listed as partners on the filing are Founding Partner Chris Howard, a former seed-stage investor at Ignition Partners, and Leah Busque, the TaskRabbit founder who joined the firm last fall as its second general partner.

French firm Ring Capital banking on PE firms buying tech companies