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Sheel Tyle

Founder & Co-CEO
Investor Bay Area
Background
  • Graduated Stanford at 19 (three-year degree)
  • JD from Harvard Law School — member of the Texas State Bar
  • Co-headed the seed practice at NEA (world's largest VC firm at the time)
  • Previously at Bessemer Venture Partners
  • Launched Amplo at age 25, now evolved into Collective Global
  • Forbes 30 Under 30 (2013), All Star Alumni (2018)
  • 11+ unicorn investments across five continents before age 35
  • Board: Greater Houston Partnership, Baylor College of Medicine Advisory Board, JFK Presidential Library
  • World Economic Forum Global Shaper
Investment Focus
  • Capital-efficient software companies with global scale from day one
  • AI, fintech, enterprise software, mental health
  • Founders with unique insights into $10B+ markets
  • "Global line-of-sight" — first 100 customers prove cross-border replicability
  • Proprietary data moats and lean operational DNA
  • Underserved global markets with software leverage
Notable Investments
  • Robinhood (early investor, former board observer — now public)
  • Andela (talent marketplace, unicorn)
  • Carta (equity management, unicorn)
  • Ironclad (contract management, unicorn)
  • Rappi (Latin American logistics, unicorn)
  • Shopify, Twilio, Casper, Flutterwave (angel investments)
  • Helm.ai (autonomous driving AI)
  • Interos (supply chain intelligence)
  • TravelPerk, Two Chairs, BharatPe, Lightyear.ai
  • 11+ unicorns across portfolio
AI Agent Relevance
  • Amplo has AI as a core investment vertical — portfolio includes Helm.ai and Lightyear.ai
  • Investment thesis around proprietary data moats and software leverage maps well to AI infrastructure
  • Global-first approach means he values platforms that scale across markets — relevant for infrastructure-layer AI products
  • $500K–$2M check sizes fit pre-seed and seed rounds
  • Stanford CS + Harvard Law + NEA + Bessemer pedigree provides deep network across both technical and enterprise communities
  • 11+ unicorn track record means strong signal value on a cap table
  • Less AI-agent-specific than some funds on this list, but strong generalist with AI conviction and a thesis around capital-efficient global software platforms
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