New Enterprise Associates

New Enterprise Associates, Inc. is a global venture capital and private equity firm based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 1977. The firm specializes in investments across various stages of company development, from seed and startup to later-stage growth and public investments. With over $19 billion in cumulative committed capital, NEA focuses on technology and healthcare sectors, particularly in areas such as consumer internet, financial technology, software, healthcare services, life sciences, and energy technology. The firm also invests in semiconductor companies and alternative energy initiatives in India. NEA has a proven track record, with more than 210 portfolio company IPOs and over 360 acquisitions. The firm's investment strategy encompasses a global perspective, targeting opportunities in North America, Asia, and South America, and typically involves investments ranging from $0.05 million to $20 million.

Michael Albert

Associate

Kate Barrett

Partner, Communications

Peter Barris

Chairman

Forest Baskett

General Partner

Ali Behbahani

General Partner

Ron Bernal

Venture Partner

Ann Bordetsky

Partner

Zak Burns

Associate

James Buxton

Principal

Carmen Chang

Partner and Head of Asia

Philip Chopin

Managing Director, NEA UK

Brandon Christie

Principal

Pamela Clark

General Partner

Vanessa Deng

Associate

Chris Doppman

Managing Director, LP Relations

Tony Florence

General Partner

Qiang Fu

Vice President

Robert Garland

Venture Partner

Jonathan Golden

Partner

Jay Graf

Venture Partner

Arjun Jain

Senior Associate

Ronald Kase

General Partner

Patrick Kerins

General Partner

Nick Kline

Partner, LP Relations

David Kramlich

Associate

Liza Landsman

General Partner

Danielle Lay

Principal

Tiffany Le

Senior Associate

Michael Li

Investor

Tiffany Luck

Partner

Mohamad Makhzoumi

General Partner

Ed Mathers

Partner and Board Member

Matthew McAviney

Partner

Robert J. McGovern

Venture Partner

Kemi Odusan

Investor

Jess Ou

Principal

Greg Papadopoulos

Venture Partner

Luke Pappas

Partner

Michele Park

Partner

Arno Penzias

Venture Partner

Justine Potemkin

Investor

Scott Sandell

Managing General Partner

Tim Schaller

CFO

Andrew Schoen

Partner

Brooke Seawell

Venture Partner - Menlo Park

Alex Sharata

Associate

Peter Sonsini

General Partner

Brad Thawley

Partner, Limited Partner Relations

Blake Wu

Partner

Lulu Xu

Principal

Edison Zhang

Associate

J.C. Lopez MD

Principal on NEA's Healthcare Team

Past deals in NFC

Narmi

Series B in 2022
Narmi Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing online and mobile banking applications for regional and community financial institutions in the United States. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York City, Narmi aims to enhance the banking experience by providing a platform that allows these institutions to attract, engage, and retain customers more effectively. Their offerings include features such as online banking, account opening with fraud protection, and multi-factor authentication, all designed to streamline financial transactions and improve customer interaction. By equipping regional and community banks with advanced technology, Narmi helps them compete against larger banks and FinTech companies, fostering a more diverse and engaging financial ecosystem. In addition to its banking applications, Narmi also provides website design, development, and hosting services, as well as content generation and management solutions.

Narmi

Series A in 2021
Narmi Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing online and mobile banking applications for regional and community financial institutions in the United States. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York City, Narmi aims to enhance the banking experience by providing a platform that allows these institutions to attract, engage, and retain customers more effectively. Their offerings include features such as online banking, account opening with fraud protection, and multi-factor authentication, all designed to streamline financial transactions and improve customer interaction. By equipping regional and community banks with advanced technology, Narmi helps them compete against larger banks and FinTech companies, fostering a more diverse and engaging financial ecosystem. In addition to its banking applications, Narmi also provides website design, development, and hosting services, as well as content generation and management solutions.

NextNav

Series E in 2020
NextNav, LLC specializes in urban and indoor positioning technology solutions in the United States. Founded in 2007 and based in Tyson's Corner, Virginia, the company develops a positioning system that enables mobile devices to accurately determine their location in environments where GPS signals are unavailable, providing location and height information with floor-level precision. This technology is integrated into GPS chipsets, mobile phones, and other wireless devices, serving various applications, including E911, public safety, and emergency response. Additionally, NextNav offers a product called Pinnacle, which provides precise altitude data for enhanced geolocation experiences in 3D applications. The company also has locations in Sunnyvale, California, and Bengaluru, India, and aims to deliver carrier-grade reliability for indoor positioning services in urban areas.

Nkarta Therapeutics

Series B in 2019
Nkarta Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing engineered natural killer (NK) cell therapies for cancer treatment. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in South San Francisco, California, Nkarta aims to enhance the efficacy and tolerability of cell therapies, addressing both hematologic and solid tumor malignancies. The company's approach utilizes chimeric antigen receptors on NK cells, enabling them to recognize and attack tumor cells more effectively. Nkarta's lead product candidates include NKX101, designed to harness innate NK cell biology for cancer detection and destruction, and NKX019, targeting the CD19 antigen to treat various B cell malignancies. By leveraging its NK expansion platform and proprietary cell engineering technologies, Nkarta seeks to provide a more potent and accessible treatment option, capitalizing on the natural ability of NK cells to identify and eliminate abnormal cells while minimizing side effects typically associated with other therapies.

Yubico

Venture Round in 2019
Yubico AB specializes in authentication solutions for enterprises and online services. The company's flagship product, the YubiKey, is a hardware authentication token that allows instant access to networks and services across various platforms and devices without the need for additional software. Yubico also offers YubiEnterprise Delivery, a cloud-based service that facilitates the shipping and fulfillment of YubiKeys for remote workforces. Additionally, the YubiKey Firmware enables secure usage in pre-boot environments, and the YubiKey 4C Nano provides multi-protocol authentication via USB-C. Serving a diverse clientele that includes individual developers, universities, and local governments, Yubico is recognized for its contributions to the FIDO Universal 2nd Factor open authentication standard. Established in 2007, Yubico operates globally with offices in Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States, delivering solutions that protect user accounts and sensitive data across more than 150 countries.

Nginx

Series C in 2018
NGINX now part of F5 is the company behind the popular open-source project. It offers a suite of technologies for developing and delivering modern applications. Together with F5, our combined solution bridges the gap between NetOps and DevOps, with multi-cloud application services that span from code to customer. NGINX was incorporated in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.

UnifyID

Series A in 2017
UnifyID, Inc. develops identity application based on implicit authentication. The product includes establishing a unique user profile by authenticating their sensor data from everyday devices and machine learning. UnifyID, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Yubico

Venture Round in 2017
Yubico AB specializes in authentication solutions for enterprises and online services. The company's flagship product, the YubiKey, is a hardware authentication token that allows instant access to networks and services across various platforms and devices without the need for additional software. Yubico also offers YubiEnterprise Delivery, a cloud-based service that facilitates the shipping and fulfillment of YubiKeys for remote workforces. Additionally, the YubiKey Firmware enables secure usage in pre-boot environments, and the YubiKey 4C Nano provides multi-protocol authentication via USB-C. Serving a diverse clientele that includes individual developers, universities, and local governments, Yubico is recognized for its contributions to the FIDO Universal 2nd Factor open authentication standard. Established in 2007, Yubico operates globally with offices in Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States, delivering solutions that protect user accounts and sensitive data across more than 150 countries.

Nefeli Networks

Venture Round in 2017
Nefeli Networks, founded in 2016 and based in Berkeley, California, develops a cloud networking platform aimed at managing and operating large-scale networks. The company's innovative platform virtualizes various types of network appliances, allowing them to be assembled into flexible and scalable building blocks. This approach facilitates the creation of robust and easily manageable network services, empowering clients to enhance connectivity across multiple cloud environments and enterprise locations.

Nginx

Series B in 2016
NGINX now part of F5 is the company behind the popular open-source project. It offers a suite of technologies for developing and delivering modern applications. Together with F5, our combined solution bridges the gap between NetOps and DevOps, with multi-cloud application services that span from code to customer. NGINX was incorporated in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.

FiscalNote

Series C in 2016
FiscalNote is a privately-held company that provides global policy and market intelligence solutions, utilizing artificial intelligence and big data to deliver actionable insights for businesses, government institutions, and nonprofits. Its flagship platform offers real-time legislative predictive capabilities and tools for enterprise collaboration and data visualization, focusing on campaign finance, demographics, news, and open data. The company’s product suite includes FiscalNote Core, CQ Federal, and EU Issue Tracker, which support effective policy management and risk mitigation. Additionally, with expert analysis from partners such as FrontierView and Oxford Analytica, FiscalNote enhances its offerings with geopolitical and market intelligence services, helping clients make informed decisions in a rapidly changing policy landscape.

Nkarta Therapeutics

Series A in 2015
Nkarta Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing engineered natural killer (NK) cell therapies for cancer treatment. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in South San Francisco, California, Nkarta aims to enhance the efficacy and tolerability of cell therapies, addressing both hematologic and solid tumor malignancies. The company's approach utilizes chimeric antigen receptors on NK cells, enabling them to recognize and attack tumor cells more effectively. Nkarta's lead product candidates include NKX101, designed to harness innate NK cell biology for cancer detection and destruction, and NKX019, targeting the CD19 antigen to treat various B cell malignancies. By leveraging its NK expansion platform and proprietary cell engineering technologies, Nkarta seeks to provide a more potent and accessible treatment option, capitalizing on the natural ability of NK cells to identify and eliminate abnormal cells while minimizing side effects typically associated with other therapies.

Nginx

Series B in 2014
NGINX now part of F5 is the company behind the popular open-source project. It offers a suite of technologies for developing and delivering modern applications. Together with F5, our combined solution bridges the gap between NetOps and DevOps, with multi-cloud application services that span from code to customer. NGINX was incorporated in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.

FiscalNote

Series A in 2014
FiscalNote is a privately-held company that provides global policy and market intelligence solutions, utilizing artificial intelligence and big data to deliver actionable insights for businesses, government institutions, and nonprofits. Its flagship platform offers real-time legislative predictive capabilities and tools for enterprise collaboration and data visualization, focusing on campaign finance, demographics, news, and open data. The company’s product suite includes FiscalNote Core, CQ Federal, and EU Issue Tracker, which support effective policy management and risk mitigation. Additionally, with expert analysis from partners such as FrontierView and Oxford Analytica, FiscalNote enhances its offerings with geopolitical and market intelligence services, helping clients make informed decisions in a rapidly changing policy landscape.

NextNav

Series D in 2014
NextNav, LLC specializes in urban and indoor positioning technology solutions in the United States. Founded in 2007 and based in Tyson's Corner, Virginia, the company develops a positioning system that enables mobile devices to accurately determine their location in environments where GPS signals are unavailable, providing location and height information with floor-level precision. This technology is integrated into GPS chipsets, mobile phones, and other wireless devices, serving various applications, including E911, public safety, and emergency response. Additionally, NextNav offers a product called Pinnacle, which provides precise altitude data for enhanced geolocation experiences in 3D applications. The company also has locations in Sunnyvale, California, and Bengaluru, India, and aims to deliver carrier-grade reliability for indoor positioning services in urban areas.

mNectar

Series A in 2014
mNectar, Inc. is a company that specializes in mobile application streaming and advertising solutions. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, mNectar's platform enables advertisers to effectively reach and convert mobile users into customers through targeted display advertising for iOS and Android applications. The platform includes features such as screenshots, sliders, user reviews, and store ratings, enhancing user engagement. Additionally, mNectar's technology allows consumers to instantly play and sample mobile applications without the need for downloads, streamlining the discovery process for users. This innovative approach not only improves user experience but also helps application developers generate higher revenue through advertising.

Nginx

Series B in 2013
NGINX now part of F5 is the company behind the popular open-source project. It offers a suite of technologies for developing and delivering modern applications. Together with F5, our combined solution bridges the gap between NetOps and DevOps, with multi-cloud application services that span from code to customer. NGINX was incorporated in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.

FiscalNote

Seed Round in 2013
FiscalNote is a privately-held company that provides global policy and market intelligence solutions, utilizing artificial intelligence and big data to deliver actionable insights for businesses, government institutions, and nonprofits. Its flagship platform offers real-time legislative predictive capabilities and tools for enterprise collaboration and data visualization, focusing on campaign finance, demographics, news, and open data. The company’s product suite includes FiscalNote Core, CQ Federal, and EU Issue Tracker, which support effective policy management and risk mitigation. Additionally, with expert analysis from partners such as FrontierView and Oxford Analytica, FiscalNote enhances its offerings with geopolitical and market intelligence services, helping clients make informed decisions in a rapidly changing policy landscape.

Nektar Therapeutics

Post in 2011
Nektar Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company developing a robust pipeline of novel therapeutics based on its advanced polymer conjugate chemistry technology platform. Nektar also partners with the top biopharmaceutical companies to bring new products to market. To date, Nektar's technology and drug development expertise have enabled nine approved products for partners, which include leading biopharmaceutical companies.

Alien Technology

Venture Round in 2010
Alien Technology Corporation specializes in the manufacture and supply of radio frequency identification (RFID) products and services, particularly focusing on ultra-high frequency (UHF) solutions. Established in 1994 and headquartered in San Jose, California, the company produces a range of UHF passive RFID components, including transceiver chips, tags, antennas, inlays, and readers, utilizing a patented Fluidic Self Assembly (FSA) process for efficient production. Alien Technology's offerings extend to professional services such as item tagging, technical consulting, project management, and system configuration, supporting various industries including retail, logistics, healthcare, and manufacturing. The company operates internationally, with additional offices in regions such as China, Europe, and Australia, and maintains a solutions center in Dayton, Ohio. Alien Technology is recognized for its commitment to reliable and cost-effective RFID solutions that enhance supply chain management, inventory control, and anti-counterfeiting efforts across diverse applications.
Financial Software & Systems (FSS) is a global banking and digital payments company headquartered in India, serving over 150 customers worldwide. With a workforce of more than 2,500 professionals, FSS operates across multiple regions, including Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and North America. The company specializes in providing a comprehensive payments portfolio that includes software products, custom solutions, and hosted services for ATMs and point-of-sale systems. With over 25 years of industry experience, FSS offers expertise in various areas such as issuance, omnichannel acquiring, digital banking, payment processing, and digital security. The company's solutions cater to a diverse clientele, including banks, central regulators, governments, financial intermediaries, merchants, and payment associations, enabling them to process millions of transactions securely and efficiently each day.

Alien Technology

Venture Round in 2008
Alien Technology Corporation specializes in the manufacture and supply of radio frequency identification (RFID) products and services, particularly focusing on ultra-high frequency (UHF) solutions. Established in 1994 and headquartered in San Jose, California, the company produces a range of UHF passive RFID components, including transceiver chips, tags, antennas, inlays, and readers, utilizing a patented Fluidic Self Assembly (FSA) process for efficient production. Alien Technology's offerings extend to professional services such as item tagging, technical consulting, project management, and system configuration, supporting various industries including retail, logistics, healthcare, and manufacturing. The company operates internationally, with additional offices in regions such as China, Europe, and Australia, and maintains a solutions center in Dayton, Ohio. Alien Technology is recognized for its commitment to reliable and cost-effective RFID solutions that enhance supply chain management, inventory control, and anti-counterfeiting efforts across diverse applications.

Nanochip

Series C in 2008
Nanochip, Inc. was a fabless semiconductor company that focused on the development of microelectro-mechanical systems and silicon data storage chips. Its products were designed for use in various consumer electronics, including digital cameras, cell phones, MP3 players, personal digital assistants (PDAs), laptop computers, and servers. Despite its innovative approach to high-capacity removable storage solutions, the company ceased operations in May 2009 and was in the process of seeking buyers for its intellectual property at that time.

Nanochip

Series C in 2006
Nanochip, Inc. was a fabless semiconductor company that focused on the development of microelectro-mechanical systems and silicon data storage chips. Its products were designed for use in various consumer electronics, including digital cameras, cell phones, MP3 players, personal digital assistants (PDAs), laptop computers, and servers. Despite its innovative approach to high-capacity removable storage solutions, the company ceased operations in May 2009 and was in the process of seeking buyers for its intellectual property at that time.

Nevis Networks

Series B in 2005
Nevis Networks offers ASIC-based local area network (LAN) security systems to ensure data integrity, network availability, and regulatory compliance in corporate LANs. It provides LANenforcer, which integrates LAN security functions into security policy processing engine that provides inspection of every packet to ensure data integrity, threat containment, and user accountability. The company also offers Personal DMZ that provides a protective perimeter for each and every user, and policy-driven access control to the appropriate network resources and applications for each user; LANenforcer Secure Access Switch for locking down a LAN; LANenforcer appliance that sits in line aggregating traffic from multiple access switches and provides individualized access control and microsecond threat detection and response; and LANsight Security Manager that provides centralized security policy configuration, monitoring, event correlation, and reporting. In addition, it offers support services, consulting services, and training services, as well as onsite and customized training programs. The company serves financial services, high-tech, and healthcare industries, as well as educational institutions. Nevis Networks was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California with research and development centers in Pune, India and Beijing, China.

Nanochip

Series B in 2004
Nanochip, Inc. was a fabless semiconductor company that focused on the development of microelectro-mechanical systems and silicon data storage chips. Its products were designed for use in various consumer electronics, including digital cameras, cell phones, MP3 players, personal digital assistants (PDAs), laptop computers, and servers. Despite its innovative approach to high-capacity removable storage solutions, the company ceased operations in May 2009 and was in the process of seeking buyers for its intellectual property at that time.

Alien Technology

Series E in 2002
Alien Technology Corporation specializes in the manufacture and supply of radio frequency identification (RFID) products and services, particularly focusing on ultra-high frequency (UHF) solutions. Established in 1994 and headquartered in San Jose, California, the company produces a range of UHF passive RFID components, including transceiver chips, tags, antennas, inlays, and readers, utilizing a patented Fluidic Self Assembly (FSA) process for efficient production. Alien Technology's offerings extend to professional services such as item tagging, technical consulting, project management, and system configuration, supporting various industries including retail, logistics, healthcare, and manufacturing. The company operates internationally, with additional offices in regions such as China, Europe, and Australia, and maintains a solutions center in Dayton, Ohio. Alien Technology is recognized for its commitment to reliable and cost-effective RFID solutions that enhance supply chain management, inventory control, and anti-counterfeiting efforts across diverse applications.

Nazomi Communications

Series B in 2000
Nazomi is a fabless semiconductor company focused on providing multimedia application processor solutions to mobile phone and semiconductor makers. Its solutions enhance quality and boost performance for audio, video, camera, 2D/3D graphics, animation, gaming, Java and other multimedia platforms.

Nazomi Communications

Series A in 1999
Nazomi is a fabless semiconductor company focused on providing multimedia application processor solutions to mobile phone and semiconductor makers. Its solutions enhance quality and boost performance for audio, video, camera, 2D/3D graphics, animation, gaming, Java and other multimedia platforms.

YAFO Networks

Series A in 1999
YAFO Networks designs, manufacturers and markets optical-electrical hardware subsystems for fiber optic networks. YAFO’s goal is clear - provide high quality, cutting-edge photonic network sub-system level solutions. By employing the highest caliber of talent in the fiber optics and communications industries, They specialize in Their ability to identify and target key optical transport problems, and incorporate the technologies that best solve these problems. This provides YAFO’s customers with the advantage of having access to the highest quality of optical communication solutions with fastest time to market. YAFO’s innovative solutions drive down the equipment cost of transporting data while greatly enhancing the quality of bit.

Fibex Systems

Venture Round in 1997
Fibex Systems is a pioneer in Integrated Access Digital Loop Carrier (IADLC) products, devices that combine traditional voice services with data services using ATM as the underlying architecture. Sentient Networks has developed the industry's highest density ATM Circuit Emulation Service (CES) Gateway, which is capable of transporting circuit-based private line services across packet-based ATM networks.
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