New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Global multi-stage firm founded in 1977 with a major New York office — investing across technology, healthcare, and life sciences from seed through growth.
Typical check size
$1M-$10M (stage-based estimate)
Founded
1977
Headquarters
900 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10022
AUM
N/A
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Portfolio companies we track
Startups in our directory that list New Enterprise Associates (NEA) as an investor (36 total).
- Backflip AI Generative AI platform that turns text and images into 3D-printable models.
- Boku Carrier billing and mobile payments for digital goods and app stores.
- Box Cloud content management and collaboration for enterprises (NYSE: BOX).
- Branch Mobile deep-linking and attribution infrastructure (Branch.io).
- Cowboy Space Corporation Orbital infrastructure — space-based power transmission and data centers (ex-Aetherflux).
- Databento Market data API platform for modern finance and quant workflows.
- ElevenLabs AI audio company ElevenLabs announced a $180M Series C on Jan. 30, 2025, at a reported $3.3B post-money valuation.
- FiftyThree FiftyThree created the Paper iPad drawing app (Apple App of the Year 2012) before WeTransfer acquired its assets in 2018.
- FiscalNote Washington, DC policy intelligence and government relations SaaS — legislative tracking, advocacy, and market intelligence.
- Flutter Flutter (YC W12) brought Kinect-style webcam gesture control to desktop media apps before Google acquired it in 2013.
- Fusion I/O Pioneer of PCIe flash storage for data centers—NYSE IPO 2011, acquired by SanDisk 2014.
- Groupon, Inc. Daily-deal and local-commerce marketplace; went public on NASDAQ in 2011.
- Hatch Enterprise customer activation platform (formerly Belly SMB loyalty)—Belly assets sold to Mobivity in 2018.
- IFTTT Automation platform connecting 700+ apps and devices through 'if this, then that' applets.
- Instabase Applied AI platform for enterprise unstructured document processing and workflow automation.
- Kaizen Labs AI-native digital government platform for permitting, licensing, and public services.
- Kindred Members-only home-swapping network for affordable travel.
- Kong Cloud API gateway and connectivity platform built on open-source Kong.
- Limitless AI wearable pendant for personal memory — formerly Rewind desktop capture; acquired by Meta 2025.
- Lytro Light-field cameras with post-capture refocus—pivoted to cinema VR, shut down March 2018.
- Metronome Usage-based billing infrastructure for SaaS and AI companies (acquired by Stripe, Jan 2026).
- NeuralMagic Software to run deep learning inference efficiently on commodity CPUs.
- NG.CASH Brazilian neobank and financial app built for Gen Z.
- Nicira Networks Software-defined networking pioneer (OpenFlow/NVP)—acquired by VMware for $1.26B in 2012.
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