New Enterprise Associates

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New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is one of the world's leading venture capital firms focused on information technology and healthcare investments. NEA was founded in 1978 and has over $8.5 billion under management, making it one of the oldest and largest venture firms in the world. NEA has been a consistently top performer, and its latest funds (NEA 10 and NEA 11) are top decile performers. The firm was founded by Dick Kramlich, one of the legends of Silicon Valley (having pioneered the firld of VC investing with Arthur Rock), and has backed transformational companies such as Apple, TiVo, and Juniper. NEA's management team has invested in over 500 companies, of which approximately 200 have gone public and 195 have been acquired. NEA has offices in Reston, Virginia, Menlo Park, California and Baltimore, Maryland.

In 2005 NEA has announced its backing of Northern Light (not the search engine), a venture capital fund co-founded by Chinese entrepreneurs Feng Deng, Yan Ke, and Min Zhu, who co-founded and was president of NEA portfolio company WebEx Communications. The firm has also since opened an office in India.

[edit] Investors

Name	Role	Location	Expertise
Peter Barris	Managing General Partner	Reston, VA	IT
Eugene Trainor	Administrative General Partner & COO	Baltimore, MD	OPS
James Barrett	General Partner	Baltimore, MD	Medical
Forest Baskett	General Partner	Menlo Park, CA	IT
Ryan Drant	General Partner	Baltimore, MD	Medical
Vladimir Jacimovic	Partner	Menlo Park, CA	IT
Patrick Kerins	General Partner	Reston, VA	IT
Suzanne King	Partner	Reston, VA	IT
Krishna 'Kittu' Kolluri	General Partner	Menlo Park, CA	IT
Dick Kramlich	General Partner / Co-Founder	Menlo Park, CA	IT
Chip Linehan	General Partner	Menlo Park, CA	Medical
Peter Morris	General Partner	Menlo Park, CA	IT
John Nehra	Special Partner	Baltimore, MD	Medical
Chuck Newhall	General Partner / Co-Founder	Baltimore, MD	Medical
Mark Perry	General Partner	Menlo Park, CA	IT
Mike Rabb	Partner	Menlo Park, CA	Medical
Scott Sandell	General Partner	Menlo Park, CA	IT
Sigrid Van Bladel	Partner	Menlo Park, CA	Medical
Ravi Viswanathan	Partner	Reston, VA	IT
Harry Weller	Partner	Reston, VA	IT
Peter Behrendt	Venture Partner	Menlo Park, CA	IT
Frank Bonsal	Co-Founder	Baltimore, MD	IT
Patrick Chung	Principal	Menlo Park, CA	IT
Robert Croce	Venture Partner	Baltimore, MD	Medical
Robert Garland	Principal	Menlo Park, CA	Medical
Jay Graf	Venture Partner	Baltimore, MD	Medical
Tom Grossi	Associate	Reston, VA	IT
Paul Hsiao	Principal	Menlo Park, CA	IT
Christina Jenkins	Kauffman Fellow	Baltimore, MD	Medical
Xiaodong Jiang	Associate	Menlo Park, CA
Ron Kase	Venture Partner	Menlo Park, CA	IT
Mohamad Makhzoumi	Associate	Menlo Park, CA	Medical
Josh Makower	Venture Partner	Menlo Park, CA	Medical
Robert McGovern	Venture Partner	Reston, VA	IT
Mike O'Dell	Venture Partner	Reston, VA	IT
Arno Penzias	Venture Partner	Menlo Park, CA	IT
Brooke Seawell	Venture Partner	Menlo Park, CA	IT
Christopher Shen	Principal	Baltimore, MD	Medical
Amita Shukla	Research Associate	Baltimore, MD	Medical
Ralph Snyderman	Venture Partner	Menlo Park, CA	Medical
Peter Sonsini	Principal	Menlo Park, CA	IT
George Stamas	Venture Partner	Reston, VA	IT
Jimmy Treybig	Venture Partner	Menlo Park, CA	IT
Min Zhu	Venture Partner	Menlo Park, CA	IT
Jake Nunn	Partner	Menlo Park, CA	Medical