New Enterprise Associates

New Enterprise Associates is a venture capital firm founded in 1977 and based in Menlo Park, California, with offices in the United States, India and China. It makes investments across technology and healthcare startups at multiple stages, from seed to growth, including software, cloud, data, internet services, fintech, AI, e-commerce, and enterprise technology, as well as healthcare information technology, life sciences, medical devices, and biopharma. It also considers energy technology and infrastructure opportunities, such as solar, batteries and smart grids. The firm pursues a global approach, with activity in the United States, Asia and other regions, and supports companies through rounds of financing ranging from small to sizable investments as they scale. NEA focuses on building portfolios in software, IT services, consumer technology, and healthcare technology, backing ambitious entrepreneurs across sectors and geographies.

Michael Albert

Associate

Kate Barrett

Partner, Communications

James Buxton MD

Principal

Pamela Clark

General Partner

Vanessa Deng

Associate

Chris Doppman

Managing Director, LP Relations

Jay Graf

Venture Partner

Arjun Jain

Senior Associate

Nick Kline

Partner, LP Relations

Mohamad Makhzoumi

General Partner, Global Head of Healthcare Services

Jake Nunn

Partner

Greg Papadopoulos

Venture Partner

Arno Penzias Ph.D

Venture Partner

Tim Schaller

CFO

George Stamas

Venture Partner

Brad Thawley

Partner, Limited Partner Relations

Lulu Xu

Principal

Edison Zhang

Associate

Past deals in Language Processing

Synthesia

Series D in 2025
Founded in London in 2017, Synthesia Ltd. specializes in AI-driven video generation platforms. Its technology transforms text into professional videos with customizable avatars and voiceovers in over 140 languages, enabling efficient creation of personalized advertising, corporate communications, e-learning content, and more.

Fastino

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Fastino specializes in developing high-performance, task-optimized language models for enterprise AI developers. Their large language model (LLM) is designed to efficiently and accurately handle a range of data tasks, including structuring, summarization, planning, and sensitive information management. By offering near-instant inference, Fastino helps businesses enhance operational efficiency and process data at scale.

Perplexity

Venture Round in 2024
Perplexity is an AI-driven search engine platform that combines large language models with traditional search engines. It uses natural language processing (NLP) and generative AI to provide conversational responses, bridging the gap between conventional search engines and interactive AI assistance.

Perplexity

Series B in 2024
Perplexity is an AI-driven search engine platform that combines large language models with traditional search engines. It uses natural language processing (NLP) and generative AI to provide conversational responses, bridging the gap between conventional search engines and interactive AI assistance.

Martian

Seed Round in 2023
Martian delivers an LLM routing platform that automatically routes prompts to the most suitable language model. It employs a model mapping method to convert indecipherable matrices into human readable programs, enabling organizations to improve product performance, reduce costs, and deploy an AI model capable of handling any prompt.

Perplexity

Series A in 2023
Perplexity is an AI-driven search engine platform that combines large language models with traditional search engines. It uses natural language processing (NLP) and generative AI to provide conversational responses, bridging the gap between conventional search engines and interactive AI assistance.

Syllable

Seed Round in 2017
Syllable is a technology company that develops a platform designed to enhance communication between patients and healthcare providers through text and voice interactions. The platform enables patients to access vital healthcare information regarding primary care, specialty referrals, vaccinations, and general practice, facilitating guidance outside of traditional clinical settings. Additionally, Syllable focuses on building AI agents and managing AI operations, integrating tools and services from third-party providers of large language models and AI technologies, which further supports its mission to improve patient-provider communication.

Prattle Analytics

Seed Round in 2017
Prattle Analytics is a developer of an investment analytics platform that focuses on measuring sentiment and predicting the market impact of publicly available content. The company utilizes proprietary technology, including Natural Language Processing and machine learning, to analyze complex communications from various sources, such as corporate announcements and central bank statements. By transforming this information into real-time, quantitative data, Prattle enables asset managers to better understand and anticipate market movements. This innovative approach helps investment professionals strengthen their investment theses and make informed trading decisions, addressing the challenges faced by equity analysts who often lack the time and resources to thoroughly evaluate the language influencing stock prices.

Transifex

Seed Round in 2015
Transifex is a cloud-based localization automation platform that enables organizations to launch digital content in multiple languages. The SaaS platform supports continuous localization through an API and a Git-like command-line client, ensuring new content is translated and delivered with each release. It provides content hosting, team collaboration, and analytics, and supports localization for software, web and mobile apps, websites, games, subtitles, and help centers. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with operations in Greece, Transifex serves customers globally from startups to large enterprises and localizes content into more than 100 languages.

Duolingo

Series D in 2015
Duolingo is a leading language learning platform offering courses in nearly 40 languages. With over 30 million active users, it provides free language education through its app and website, along with premium features for a fee. Duolingo also offers 'Duolingo for Schools' to help educators track students' progress.

GumGum

Series C in 2015
GumGum, Inc. is a technology company based in Santa Monica, California, that specializes in artificial intelligence, particularly in computer vision and natural language processing. Founded in 2006, the company focuses on unlocking the value of visual content generated across various platforms, including the web and broadcast television. GumGum provides a range of services, such as in-image advertising, influencer marketing, targeted media buying, and site monetization. Its flagship products include GumGum Visual Intelligence, a platform for real-time visual listening that assists brands in identifying and activating online imagery, and AdBuilder, which allows brands to create and manage in-image and in-screen advertisements. By using advanced machine learning and deep learning technologies, GumGum enhances contextual advertising and aids marketers in maximizing the media value of their investments. The company maintains a presence with additional offices in major cities across the United States, as well as locations in London and Sydney.

Wit.AI

Seed Round in 2014
Wit.AI, Inc. is a natural language solutions provider based in Palo Alto, California, incorporated in 2013. The company offers an application programming interface that enables developers to integrate natural language interfaces into their applications and devices. Wit.AI's platform facilitates the creation of voice interfaces that allow users to interact through speech or messages, transforming this input into actionable data. It employs machine learning to enhance its understanding of human language from each interaction, benefiting from contributions made by its community. In 2015, Wit.AI became a subsidiary of Facebook, Inc., further expanding its reach and capabilities in the field of natural language processing.

Transifex

Seed Round in 2014
Transifex is a cloud-based localization automation platform that enables organizations to launch digital content in multiple languages. The SaaS platform supports continuous localization through an API and a Git-like command-line client, ensuring new content is translated and delivered with each release. It provides content hosting, team collaboration, and analytics, and supports localization for software, web and mobile apps, websites, games, subtitles, and help centers. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with operations in Greece, Transifex serves customers globally from startups to large enterprises and localizes content into more than 100 languages.

Duolingo

Series C in 2014
Duolingo is a leading language learning platform offering courses in nearly 40 languages. With over 30 million active users, it provides free language education through its app and website, along with premium features for a fee. Duolingo also offers 'Duolingo for Schools' to help educators track students' progress.

Duolingo

Series B in 2012
Duolingo is a leading language learning platform offering courses in nearly 40 languages. With over 30 million active users, it provides free language education through its app and website, along with premium features for a fee. Duolingo also offers 'Duolingo for Schools' to help educators track students' progress.

GumGum

Series B in 2011
GumGum, Inc. is a technology company based in Santa Monica, California, that specializes in artificial intelligence, particularly in computer vision and natural language processing. Founded in 2006, the company focuses on unlocking the value of visual content generated across various platforms, including the web and broadcast television. GumGum provides a range of services, such as in-image advertising, influencer marketing, targeted media buying, and site monetization. Its flagship products include GumGum Visual Intelligence, a platform for real-time visual listening that assists brands in identifying and activating online imagery, and AdBuilder, which allows brands to create and manage in-image and in-screen advertisements. By using advanced machine learning and deep learning technologies, GumGum enhances contextual advertising and aids marketers in maximizing the media value of their investments. The company maintains a presence with additional offices in major cities across the United States, as well as locations in London and Sydney.
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