New Enterprise Associates
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New Enterprise Associates (NEA) based in Baltimore, Maryland is one of the world's leading venture capital firms focused on information technology and healthcare investments. NEA was founded in 1978 by Chuck Newhall, Frank Bonsal and Dick Kramlich 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. NEA 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 Chevy Chase, Maryland.
NEA was one of the original venture capital investor in HealthSouth Corporation. NEA co-founder Chuck Newhall also served on the HealthSouth board of directors from 1984 until 2003.
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 Raab | 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 | Partner | 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 | Partner | 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 | Partner | Menlo Park, CA | IT |
| George Stamas | Venture Partner | Reston, VA | IT |
| James 'Jimmy' Treybig | Venture Partner | Austin, TX | IT |
| Min Zhu | Venture Partner | Menlo Park, CA | IT |
| Jake Nunn | Partner | Menlo Park, CA | Medical |
