# Amazon

> Amazon is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence and E-Commerce. See 182 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seattle, United States
- Total investments: 182
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 52%
- Fund size: $1B
- Last fund: Apr 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/amazon
- Website: http://amazon.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Amazon

Amazon is a VC fund in Seattle focused on Artificial Intelligence and E-Commerce. Amazon operates a vast online marketplace where customers can purchase a wide variety of products, including electronics, books, apparel, household goods, and more. The company has a robust logistics and delivery network, allowing efficient shipping and on-time delivery to customers.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Amazon. Shizune tracks 65 team members at Amazon. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/amazon?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Grant | $38k–$1.7M |
| Series B | $8M–$150M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 20 | 11% |
| E-Commerce | 19 | 10% |
| Software | 17 | 9% |
| Information Technology | 17 | 9% |
| Internet | 10 | 5% |

200 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 22 | 12% |
| Funding Round | 22 | 12% |
| Grant | 18 | 10% |
| Seed | 14 | 8% |
| Corporate Round | 13 | 7% |

17 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 65 | 36% |
| India | 21 | 12% |
| Canada | 6 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 3% |
| France | 3 | 2% |

20 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Domenic Merenda | Head of Science and Engineering for Sponsored Display Non-Endemic | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/domenic-merenda |
| Jonathan Rubinstein | Member of the Board of Directors | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-rubinstein |
| Mark Smith | Startups Business | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-smith-21 |
| Mark Smith | Startups Business | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-smith-5bd4 |
| Ned Curic | Vice President of Alexa Automotive | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ned-curic |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Twelve Labs | TwelveLabs develops artificial intelligence models and infrastructure for understanding, searching, and analyzing video content. Its platform enables applications to interpret visual, audio, and spoken information within videos, allowing users to perform semantic search, generate summaries, identify events and objects, and extract insights fromvideo data. The company provides APIs and multimodal AI models that support use cases across media, entertainment, security, enterprise knowledge management, and other video-intensive applications. It also conducts research in video understanding and machine learning to improve how AI processes and reasons over video content. | $100M | Series B | Jul 01, 2026 |  |
| NEURA Robotics | NEURA Robotics is a high-tech robotics company which is poised to usher the way into the cognitive era by building intelligent robotic assistants which can be used in all areas of life. At NEURA Robotics, we bridge the gap of human-robot interaction by advancing robots’ cognitive abilities with groundbreaking leaps in environment perception,mechanical design, and artificial intelligence. We have successfully introduced the first-ever commercially available cognitive robot, MAiRA, together with MAV –the Multi-Sensing Autonomous Vehicle and LARA - the Lightweight Agile Robotic Assistant. By giving the robot what is currently missing: senses and a mind, we aim to not only revolutionize modern production sites but also conquer new markets such as medical technologies, home automation, food and agricultural production. | $1.4B | Series C | Jun 10, 2026 |  |
| Anthropic | Anthropic conducts AI research and develops AI products, including the Claude AI model family. The company focuses on building AI for human well-being, emphasizing safety in its research, policy work, and product design. Anthropic offers various Claude models, such as Opus and Sonnet, for AI-powered applications and custom experiences, supportingcoding and AI agents. | $5B | Corporate Round | Apr 20, 2026 |  |
| OpenAI | OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that conducts research and develops machine learning technologies. OpenAI works on projects that involve autonomous learning and task performance. It serves industries such as technology, healthcare, and education. | $122B | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 27, 2026 |  |
| Blue Current | Blue Current develops solid-state battery technology based on a silicon-first, fully dry “silicon elastic composite” chemistry. The company designs and manufactures battery cells that aim to be thinner, lighter, safe by default, and capable of high energy density and long cycle life. Blue Current sources active materials from leading providers,then builds its own electrolyte, separator, and cell components. It works with battery and automotive manufacturers to license its technology and provide sample cells for testing. Blue Current operates a facility for research, pilot manufacturing, battery testing, and scaling toward commercial production. | $80M | Series D | Dec 08, 2025 |  |
| ASTRO | ASTRO Indonesia is a quick commerce start-up platform that provides groceries and essentials in 15 mins. | $51.9M | Series C | Sep 15, 2025 |  |
| Rappi | Rappi is a consumer tech company that specializes in providing online delivery services. It connects consumers who want to purchase prepared foods, groceries, clothes, and virtually anything with independent contractors who can fulfill those needs. The company was founded in 2015 with its main offices in Bogota, Colombia. | $25M | Convertible Note | Sep 08, 2025 |  |
| Bizzit AI | Free to use, live in U.S., U.K., India, Canada (2024), and known more broadly as your personal company-recommendation engine/auto-prospector... Bizzit AI auto-discovers relevant companies to help you create opportunities for sales, jobs, and more — auto-piloting your research on new markets and industries throughout. Ultimately here to helpaid and achieve your short and long term goals.Growing daily around the world and leveraged most by entrepreneurs, sales/marketing professionals, and job seekers —> sign up/in at bizzit.ai now! |  |  | Aug 07, 2025 |  |
| North Sea Farmers | North Sea Farmers (NSF) is dedicated to fostering success in the European seaweed industry and promoting sustainability, education, research, and innovation. | $2.3M | Grant | Jul 11, 2025 |  |
| Amazon Pay India | Amazon Pay aims to simplify life and fulfill every Indian's dreams by providing a reliable, convenient, and rewarding way to pay anyone, anywhere. We allow a variety of payment methods, including Amazon Pay UPI, Amazon Pay Balance, Amazon Pay Later, and Amazon Pay ICICI Bank Credit Card, to make everyday payments safe, fast, and frictionlessfor both customers and businesses. | $41M | Corporate Round | Apr 25, 2025 |  |

10 of 182 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Amazon Corporate Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amazon-corporate-holdings) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [NVIDIA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nvidia) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Amazon Alexa Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amazon-alexa-fund) — VC Fund, 6 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Amazon invest in?

Amazon invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce and Software startups, most often at Series B and Funding Round stage. Most of the 182 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Amazon's check size?

Amazon typically joins rounds of $38k–$1.7M at Grant and $8M–$150M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Amazon participates in.

### How do I contact Amazon?

Public channels for Amazon include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Amazon?

The team at Amazon includes Domenic Merenda (Head of Science and Engineering for Sponsored Display Non-Endemic), Jonathan Rubinstein (Member of the Board of Directors) and Mark Smith (Startups Business), among 65 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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