New Enterprise Associates

New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is a prominent venture capital firm established in 1977, headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with additional offices in the U.S., India, and China. NEA specializes in investing in technology and healthcare sectors, with a focus on enterprise, consumer, fintech, life sciences, and digital health companies. The firm engages with entrepreneurs at various stages of business development, providing support from initial funding to public offerings. NEA invests globally, with a significant presence in Asia, including China and India, as well as the United States. The firm typically invests between $0.05 million and $20 million per deal.

Michael Albert

Associate

Kate Barrett

Partner, Communications

Ron Bernal

Venture Partner

Ann Bordetsky

Partner

Zak Burns

Associate

James Buxton MD

Principal

Carmen Chang

Partner, Chair and Head of Asia

Tak Cheung

Partner

Philip Chopin

Managing Director, NEA UK

Pamela Clark

General Partner

Vanessa Deng

Associate

Chris Doppman

Principal, LP Relations

Tony Florence

General Partner

Scott Gottlieb

Partner

Jay Graf

Venture Partner

Lily Huang

Principal, Healthcare VC

Aaron Jacobson

Partner

Arjun Jain

Senior Associate

James Kaplan

Associate

Nick Kline

Principal, LP Relations

Vanessa Larco

Partner

Danielle Lay

Principal

Tiffany Le

Principal

Michael Li

Principal

Tiffany Luck

Partner

Matthew McAviney

Partner

Amit Mukherjee

Partner

Bibhash Mukhopadhyay

Principal

Kemi Odusan

Senior Associate

Jess Ou

Senior Associate

Greg Papadopoulos

Venture Partner

Luke Pappas

Principal

Eileen Qian

Associate

Tim Schaller

CFO

Alex Sharata

Associate

George Stamas

Venture Partner

Brad Thawley

Partner, Limited Partner Relations

Lila Tretikov

Partner

Paul Walker

General Partner

Blake Wu

Partner

Lulu Xu

Principal

Rick Yang

Partner, Head of Technology

Emily Zhen

Associate

Arno Penzias Ph.D

Venture Partner

J.C. Lopez

Principal

Past deals in Penetration Testing

HackerOne

Series E in 2022
HackerOne, established in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, operates a platform that connects businesses with cybersecurity researchers, known as "hackers". This platform facilitates ethical hacking, where these professionals identify vulnerabilities in companies' software applications. HackerOne mediates between the hackers and the businesses, enabling secure collaboration to improve security and protect consumer data. The company's services include bug bounty solutions, vulnerability disclosure programs, and coordination processes, helping organizations reduce security risks and build trust with their customers.

Illusive Networks

Series B in 2020
Illusive Networks Ltd. specializes in developing cybersecurity solutions focused on deception technology to prevent cyber attacks on enterprise systems. By creating a deceptive environment within existing networks, Illusive effectively identifies attackers, disrupts their activities, and provides actionable forensic insights. The company's offerings include compliance support, insider threat defense, and cloud security services, along with a comprehensive management platform that integrates various modular components for centralized cybersecurity management. Its Active Defense technology enhances security by removing vulnerable connections and replacing them with deceptive alternatives, allowing organizations to detect advanced persistent threats and prevent lateral movement by attackers. Founded in 2014 and based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, with an additional office in New York, Illusive serves clients across several industries, including finance, healthcare, legal, manufacturing, retail, and technology. The company, spun out from the venture group Team8, leverages expertise from veterans of Israel’s military intelligence to support its innovative approach to cybersecurity.

HackerOne

Series D in 2019
HackerOne, established in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, operates a platform that connects businesses with cybersecurity researchers, known as "hackers". This platform facilitates ethical hacking, where these professionals identify vulnerabilities in companies' software applications. HackerOne mediates between the hackers and the businesses, enabling secure collaboration to improve security and protect consumer data. The company's services include bug bounty solutions, vulnerability disclosure programs, and coordination processes, helping organizations reduce security risks and build trust with their customers.

Expel

Series C in 2019
Expel, Inc. is a managed security operations provider based in Herndon, Virginia, specializing in managed detection and response (MDR) services. Founded in 2016, the company offers a comprehensive security operations center (SOC)-as-a-service that monitors and responds to threats across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments. Expel's platform combines advanced technology with human expertise to quickly detect, analyze, and remediate security issues, including phishing, ransomware, and supply chain attacks. The Expel Workbench™ platform enhances collaboration by allowing customers to engage with live investigations and receive continuous updates, ensuring transparency throughout the security process. By filtering out false positives, Expel enables security teams to focus on strategic priorities rather than being overwhelmed by alerts, ultimately improving their overall security posture.

Expel

Series B in 2018
Expel, Inc. is a managed security operations provider based in Herndon, Virginia, specializing in managed detection and response (MDR) services. Founded in 2016, the company offers a comprehensive security operations center (SOC)-as-a-service that monitors and responds to threats across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments. Expel's platform combines advanced technology with human expertise to quickly detect, analyze, and remediate security issues, including phishing, ransomware, and supply chain attacks. The Expel Workbench™ platform enhances collaboration by allowing customers to engage with live investigations and receive continuous updates, ensuring transparency throughout the security process. By filtering out false positives, Expel enables security teams to focus on strategic priorities rather than being overwhelmed by alerts, ultimately improving their overall security posture.

HackerOne

Series C in 2017
HackerOne, established in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, operates a platform that connects businesses with cybersecurity researchers, known as "hackers". This platform facilitates ethical hacking, where these professionals identify vulnerabilities in companies' software applications. HackerOne mediates between the hackers and the businesses, enabling secure collaboration to improve security and protect consumer data. The company's services include bug bounty solutions, vulnerability disclosure programs, and coordination processes, helping organizations reduce security risks and build trust with their customers.

Expel

Series A in 2016
Expel, Inc. is a managed security operations provider based in Herndon, Virginia, specializing in managed detection and response (MDR) services. Founded in 2016, the company offers a comprehensive security operations center (SOC)-as-a-service that monitors and responds to threats across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments. Expel's platform combines advanced technology with human expertise to quickly detect, analyze, and remediate security issues, including phishing, ransomware, and supply chain attacks. The Expel Workbench™ platform enhances collaboration by allowing customers to engage with live investigations and receive continuous updates, ensuring transparency throughout the security process. By filtering out false positives, Expel enables security teams to focus on strategic priorities rather than being overwhelmed by alerts, ultimately improving their overall security posture.

Illusive Networks

Series B in 2016
Illusive Networks Ltd. specializes in developing cybersecurity solutions focused on deception technology to prevent cyber attacks on enterprise systems. By creating a deceptive environment within existing networks, Illusive effectively identifies attackers, disrupts their activities, and provides actionable forensic insights. The company's offerings include compliance support, insider threat defense, and cloud security services, along with a comprehensive management platform that integrates various modular components for centralized cybersecurity management. Its Active Defense technology enhances security by removing vulnerable connections and replacing them with deceptive alternatives, allowing organizations to detect advanced persistent threats and prevent lateral movement by attackers. Founded in 2014 and based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, with an additional office in New York, Illusive serves clients across several industries, including finance, healthcare, legal, manufacturing, retail, and technology. The company, spun out from the venture group Team8, leverages expertise from veterans of Israel’s military intelligence to support its innovative approach to cybersecurity.

Illusive Networks

Series B in 2015
Illusive Networks Ltd. specializes in developing cybersecurity solutions focused on deception technology to prevent cyber attacks on enterprise systems. By creating a deceptive environment within existing networks, Illusive effectively identifies attackers, disrupts their activities, and provides actionable forensic insights. The company's offerings include compliance support, insider threat defense, and cloud security services, along with a comprehensive management platform that integrates various modular components for centralized cybersecurity management. Its Active Defense technology enhances security by removing vulnerable connections and replacing them with deceptive alternatives, allowing organizations to detect advanced persistent threats and prevent lateral movement by attackers. Founded in 2014 and based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, with an additional office in New York, Illusive serves clients across several industries, including finance, healthcare, legal, manufacturing, retail, and technology. The company, spun out from the venture group Team8, leverages expertise from veterans of Israel’s military intelligence to support its innovative approach to cybersecurity.

HackerOne

Series B in 2015
HackerOne, established in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, operates a platform that connects businesses with cybersecurity researchers, known as "hackers". This platform facilitates ethical hacking, where these professionals identify vulnerabilities in companies' software applications. HackerOne mediates between the hackers and the businesses, enabling secure collaboration to improve security and protect consumer data. The company's services include bug bounty solutions, vulnerability disclosure programs, and coordination processes, helping organizations reduce security risks and build trust with their customers.

Nevis Networks

Series B in 2005
Nevis Networks specializes in providing advanced security solutions for local area networks (LANs) to ensure data integrity, network availability, and regulatory compliance. The company's flagship product, LANenforcer, integrates various LAN security functions into a cohesive framework that inspects every data packet, ensuring user accountability and threat containment. Nevis Networks also offers the Personal DMZ, which creates a protective perimeter for individual users, and the LANenforcer Secure Access Switch that secures the LAN environment. Additionally, the LANenforcer appliance aggregates traffic from multiple access switches, enabling individualized access control and rapid threat detection. The LANsight Security Manager supports centralized security policy configuration and monitoring. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including financial services, healthcare, high-tech, and educational institutions. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Nevis Networks also has research and development facilities in Pune, India, and Beijing, China. In addition to its products, the company provides support, consulting, and customized training services to its clients.

WholeSecurity

Series B in 2004
WholeSecurity was a software company specializing in behavior-based security and anti-phishing technologies. Founded in 2000 and based in Austin, Texas, the company developed solutions to protect personal computers from various forms of crimeware, including worms, Trojan horses, malicious spyware, and phishing attacks. WholeSecurity offered on-demand endpoint security for organizations, enabling protection through SSL VPN, Citrix, or web mail technologies. Additionally, it provided always-on endpoint security to safeguard against threats on local area networks and IPSEC VPNs. The company's offerings aimed to prevent, mitigate, and detect malicious threats, addressing issues such as eavesdropping and electronic theft.

Horizon3.ai

Horizon3.ai specializes in security automation through its flagship product, NodeZero, an autonomous penetration testing solution. NodeZero enables organizations to continuously assess their security posture across various attack surfaces, including external networks, identity systems, on-premises infrastructures, Internet of Things devices, and cloud environments. By simulating advanced persistent threats and ransomware attacks, it effectively identifies vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and insecure default settings. The platform operates as a self-service software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution, designed for safe production use without the need for persistent or credentialed agents. This approach allows enterprises to gain a comprehensive view of their security landscape and proactively address potential threats before they can be exploited. Horizon3.ai combines the expertise of military cyber operators with artificial intelligence and engineering to provide continuous automated red teaming services that help organizations defend their data and prioritize security vulnerabilities.
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