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New Enterprise Associates (NEA) — 2017 Investments

37 investments dated 2017 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

ExploraMed Vexploramed.comJul 2017✓ verified

ExploraMed is a medical device incubator that develops new med tech companies and products from early-stage concept through development.

BiotechHardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesMountain View, US

Joshua Makower(M.D., Founder and Executive Chairman)Earl A. Bright, II(Executive Officer, Director)Earl "Eb" Bright(President & General Counsel)

BoardIvy Ross(Director)Nina Richardson(Director)Robert Anderson(Director)

Akouosakouos.cominOct 2017 · $50M

Akouos is a precision genetic medicine company developing therapies for the inner ear to restore, improve, and preserve hearing.

BiotechHealthtechBrookline, US

Emmanuel Simons(Executive Officer, Director)william sewell(Founder)in

BoardKush Parmar(Director)in

Board seatEd Mathers· per SEC Form D

Co-investors5AM VenturesEcoR1 CapitalPivotal Life SciencesRA CapitalSofinnova VenturesCowen Healthcare Investments+2 more

Built Roboticsbuiltrobotics.comin𝕏Sep 2017 · $64M

Built Robotics develops autonomous robotics systems for solar energy installation, specifically for piling, trenching, and safety applications in solar farm construction.

CleantechConstruction TechEnergyHardwareRoboticsUnited States, US

Noah Ready-Campbell(Founder)inAndrew Liang(Founder)in

Board seatForest Baskett· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsBuilding VenturesCalibrate VenturesGreat Oaks Venture CapitalNext47Pascal CapitalPerot Jain+10 more

Curisiumcurisium.cominOct 2017 · $3.5M

Manhattan Beach, US

Peter Kim(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inFrancis Lam(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

BoardBill Geary(Director)in

Board seatMohamad Makhzoumi· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsFlare Capital PartnersSanofi VenturesGreen Bay VenturesShuttle Fund

Ivantis Incivantisinc.comJan 2017Acquired

Ivantis was a medical device company founded in 2007 in Irvine, California, that developed the Hydrus Microstent, a minimally invasive device for treating glaucoma during cataract surgery.

Irvine, US

David Van Meter(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardTara Butler(Director)Douglas Roeder(Director)Randy Alexander(Director)Thong Yuen Poon(Director)

Board seatAli Behbahani· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAscension VenturesForesite CapitalRA CapitalMemorialCare Innovation Fund

Moviusmovius.aiin𝕏Jun 2017 · $45M

Movius provides MultiLine, a mobile-first platform for secure, compliant business voice calling, SMS, social messaging, and Microsoft Teams communication delivered as Secure Communication as a Service (SCaaS).

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSDuluth, US

Craig Hasek(Executive Officer)inAnanth Siva(Chief Executive Officer)inRick Martig(Chief Operating & Financial Officer)inAmit Modi(Chief Technology Officer, CISO & Evangelist)Chethan Visweswar(Chief Product Officer)inAjay Thakur(Chief Information Officer)in

Board seatRichard Kramlich· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsPointguard VenturesBattery VenturesJP Morgan Chase

Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.oysterpointrx.com𝕏Oct 2017

A healthcare company that develops and supplies medicines, including new and more affordable therapies, aiming for reliable supply of needed treatments.

BiotechHealthtechSan Francisco, US

Jeffrey Nau(Executive Officer, Director)inMark A. Murray(Executive Officer, Director)D. Michael Ackermann(Director)

BoardWilliam J Link(Director)

Board seatAli Behbahani· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsFlying L PartnersVersant Venture AIV HoldingsVersant VenturesVida Ventures

Allakos Incallakos.comNov 2017

Portfolio company that completed a successful 2018 biotech IPO, resulting in a 9x return for RiverVest.

BiotechSan Carlos, US

Nenad Tomasevic(Executive Officer)Christopher Bebbington(Executive Officer, Director)Alejandro Dorenbaum(Executive Officer)

BoardFarah Champsi(Director)inJohn McKearn(Director)inPeter Moldt(Director)

Co-investorsAlta PartnersLifeSci Venture PartnersRiverVest Venture PartnersSamsara BioCapitalRoche Venture Fund

Brandlessbrandless.comJul 2017

US e-commerce company selling own-label food, beauty, personal care and household goods direct to consumers.

San Francisco, US

Tina Sharkey(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardIdo Leffler(Director)in

Co-investorsNext Legacy PartnersACME CapitalCowboy VenturesGV (Google Ventures)JAZZ Venture PartnersRedpoint Ventures+4 more

Canopy Taxcanopytax.cominMar 2017 · $20M

Canopy is a cloud-native, all-in-one practice management platform for U.S. accounting, CPA, tax, and bookkeeping firms, combining client management, documents, billing, workflow, and communication in one login.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSSouth Jordan, US

Kurt Avarell(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inDavis Bell(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardNed May(Director)Josh Harmsen(Director)inAnkit Sud(Director)inChetan Puttagunta(Director)

Co-investorsAnkona CapitalTenaya CapitalBenchmarkDeep Fork CapitalEPIC VENTURESNewView Capital+3 more

Desktop Metaldesktopmetal.cominJul 2017 · $115M

Desktop Metal develops additive manufacturing (3D printing) platforms and materials for production-volume manufacturing, targeting engineers, designers, manufacturers, and medical professionals.

Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareBurlington, US

Ric Fulop(Founder)inA. John Hart(Founder)inChristopher Schuh(Founder)Ely Sachs(Founder)Jonah Myerberg(Founder)Rick Chin(Founder)

Co-investorsBaukunstBMW i VenturesConductive VenturesConstruct CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)Founder Collective+13 more

Framebridgeframebridge.comin𝕏Jul 2017 · $16.7M

Framebridge offers custom framing where customers upload digital photos or mail in physical art, choose frame styles and mats, and receive a handcrafted, ready-to-hang framed piece.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceWashington, US

Susan R Tynan(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inKristyn Reed-Salow(Executive Officer)Jason Parkin

BoardFred Schaufeld(Director)inDayna Grayson(Director)inTimothy O'Shaughnessy(Director)

Co-investorsConstruct CapitalRevolutionSWaN & Legend Venture Partners

Frontier Car Groupfrontiercargroup.comMay 2017 · $22Macquired by OLX

Used-car marketplaces in emerging market economies; acquired by OLX

Spring, US

André Kussmann(Founder)Peter Lindholm(Founder)Sujay Tyle(Founder)Daniel Waterhouse(Director)

Co-investorsAutotech VenturesBalderton CapitalFraser McCombs CapitalFrontier VenturesFuture AfricaHummingbird Ventures+8 more

Matroidmatroid.comin𝕏Sep 2017 · $10M

Matroid offers a no-code computer vision platform that lets non-programmers build and deploy detectors for automated visual inspection from images and live video streams.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software

Reza Zadeh(Founder)in

Co-investorsEnergize CapitalIn-Q-TelIntel Capital

Merlinfoyer.workSeries A · Nov 2017 · $24M

Co-investorsBetter Capital

Metaventionmetavention.cominDec 2017

Metavention is developing a treatment that targets the sympathetic nervous system to disrupt overactive nerves believed to contribute to high blood pressure and other metabolic diseases.

BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesEden Prairie, US

Bobak Azamian(Executive Officer, Director)Tony Vrba(Executive Officer)Kevin Hykes(Executive Officer, Director)Kirk Nielsen(Director)in

Co-investorsSanderling VenturesVensana CapitalVersant Ventures

Mighty AIaurora.techin𝕏Jan 2017 · $14MAcquired

Aurora develops self-driving technology for autonomous vehicles.

AI & Machine LearningHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationPittsburgh, US

Chris Urmson(Founder)inDrew Bagnell(Founder)inSterling Anderson(Founder)inRandy R. Reibel(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)inStephen Crouch(Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer)inTrenton Berg(Senior Hardware Engineer (listed as a founder on Crunchbase))in

Co-investorsGeodesic CapitalGreylock PartnersGV (Google Ventures)Index VenturesK9 VenturesKhosla Ventures+19 more

NeueHealthneuehealth.cominSeries B · Jun 2017 · $160M

Neue Health operates a value-based healthcare platform serving hundreds of thousands of people across the ACA Marketplace, Medicare, and Medicaid through owned clinics and partnerships with independent providers.

Digital HealthHealthtechDoral, US

Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersGreycroftFlare Capital PartnersMeritech Capital Partners

Nodenode.ioJul 2017acquired by SugarCRM

Data intelligence layer providing personalized B2B recommendations.

Data & InfrastructureSan Francisco, US

Falon Fatemi(Executive Officer, Director)in

Co-investors500 GlobalBase Venture Management, Inc.Dreamers VCGFR FundJetBlue VenturesMS&AD Ventures+14 more

Noonlightnoonlight.cominAug 2017 · $3.2M

Noonlight provides a monitoring and emergency-response platform whose trained agents verify AI-powered security alerts, perform talk-down, and dispatch authorities to reduce false police dispatches.

ConsumerIoTSaaS

Brittany LeComte(Founder)in

Co-investorsService Provider Capital

Nuvolonuvolo.cominJun 2017 · $10M

Nuvolo provides cloud-based Integrated Workplace Management Solutions built on the ServiceNow platform that unify facilities management and asset lifecycle data for organizations.

Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwarePropTechSaaSParamus, US

Tom Stanford(Founder)inAsim Rizvi(Executive Officer)inJonathan Dilley(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsKaiser Permanente VenturesGE VenturesInsight PartnersServiceNow Ventures

SafeRide Healthsaferidehealth.cominSeed · Aug 2017 · $3M

SafeRide Health provides non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) through a technology platform and a nationwide network of transport and rideshare providers, connecting patients — largely Medicare Advantage and Medicaid members — to healthcare appointments.

Digital HealthHealthtechMobility & Transportation

Robbins Schrader(Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder)Ben Salter(Chief Product Officer, Co-Founder)inWhit Schrader(VP of Ops Transformation, Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsAmplify.LABonfire VenturesFCA Venture PartnersFresenius Medical Care VenturesHatteras Venture PartnersHDS Capital+5 more

Scout RFPscoutrfp.com𝕏May 2017 · $2.8M

Workday Strategic Sourcing (formerly Scout RFP) is strategic sourcing software that streamlines the source-to-contract process, including sourcing intake, RFx analysis, supplier onboarding, risk management, and AI-powered contract lifecycle management.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Alex Yakubovich(Executive Officer, Director)inStan Garber(Executive Officer, Director)inChris Crane(Executive Officer)inAndrew Durlak(Executive Officer)in

BoardChetan Puttagunta(Director)

Co-investorsGV (Google Ventures)Menlo VenturesNewView CapitalScale Venture PartnersBenchmarkSalesforce Ventures+1 more

Segmentsegment.com𝕏Seed · Jul 2017 · $64Macquired by Twilio

Segment is a customer data platform that collects, unifies, and activates first-party customer data from multiple touchpoints, enabling businesses to create unified customer profiles and orchestrate personalized experiences across 750+ integrations and destinations.

Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Ilya Volodarsky(Founder)inCalvin French-Owen(CTO)Peter Reinhardt(CEO)inIan Taylor(Cofounder)inJenn Garrett(Executive Officer)Andrew Beaird(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsAccelConvergeFounders Circle CapitalGreycroftGV (Google Ventures)Headline+13 more

Slopeslopeclinical.cominJan 2017

Slope provides software to manage the biospecimen lifecycle in clinical trials, giving research sites, sponsors, CROs, and labs oversight of clinical sample inventory and real-time data.

Digital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechMedical DevicesSaaSMobile, US

Rust Felix(Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder)inJonathan Rust Felix(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Felix(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesArtis VenturesBasis Set VenturesBreyer CapitalDynamo VenturesEniac Ventures+4 more

Tigeratigera.ioin𝕏Jul 2017 · $13M

Tigera provides security and networking management for Kubernetes environments and AI agents through the Calico Platform, offering unified control, visibility, and policy enforcement across distributed workloads and infrastructure.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper Tools

Alex Pollitt(Founder)Andrew Randall(Founder)Christopher Liljenstolpe(Founder)

Co-investorsInsight PartnersMadrona Venture GroupWing

Wheelstakewheels.comOct 2017

Takewheels is an affiliate review site rating online sportsbooks and casinos for California and wider US bettors.

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBullpen CapitalDreamers VCGaingelsSprint VcTenaya Capital+4 more

Wheels Upwheelsup.comOct 2017

On-demand private aviation membership operator.

Co-investorsA-Rod CorpAlpaca VCAlumni VenturesCorigin VenturesKapital PartnersKrillion Ventures+5 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

ComplexaCydan IIOne ConcernSiteTrakerExploraMedMapD TechnologiesOrphoMedReachifySafeTrek

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.