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Forest Baskett
InvestorGeneral Partner at Connect Ventures · Special Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA) · Board director at Beyond Identity · Board director at Built Robotics · Director; former NEA General Partner at Tiger Data
San Francisco, California
Writes $2M – $50M checks · typically $25M
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About
Forest Baskett, a systems‑level technologist, co‑designed the Sun workstation with Andy Bechtolsheim, built a RISC at DEC that beat the VAX, served as SGI CTO, and retains founder ties.
Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published
- f•••@nea.comreveal100% confident
Invests in
BiotechConsumerEnterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtech
Board director at Beyond Identity
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Beyond Identity's investors · 5
Co-founders at Beyond Identity
Board director at Built Robotics
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Built Robotics's investors · 13
Co-founders at Built Robotics
Director; former NEA General Partner at Tiger Data
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Tiger Data's investors · 6
Co-founders at Tiger Data
Experience
- New Enterprise AssociatesGeneral Partnercurrent1999 — present
- Silicon Graphics (SGI)Sr. VP R&D1986 — 1999
- Digital Equipment CorporationDirector1982 — 1986
Deals · 9
Branch Metrics, Inc.Board seat
via New Enterprise Associates (NEA) · filed Feb 2022 · $300M raise
Tiger DataBoard seat
via New Enterprise Associates (NEA) · filed May 2021 · $40M raise
Beyond IdentityBoard seat
via New Enterprise Associates (NEA) · filed Apr 2020 · $30M raise
Pacific Light & HologramBoard seat
via New Enterprise Associates (NEA) · filed May 2019 · $35.6M raise
Built RoboticsBoard seat
via New Enterprise Associates (NEA) · filed Oct 2017 · $15.1M raise
BitglassBoard seat
via New Enterprise Associates (NEA) · filed Jan 2017 · $45M raise
IllumitexBoard seat
via New Enterprise Associates (NEA) · filed Nov 2016 · $5M raise
GoEuroBoard seat
via New Enterprise Associates (NEA) · filed Oct 2016 · $70M raise
Waltz NetworksBoard seat
via New Enterprise Associates (NEA) · filed Nov 2015 · $6.8M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Other disclosed investments
Investor
Alta DevicesApriusArch RockAtheros CommunicationsAudienceChelsio CommunicationsClockwork SystemsConvivaData DomainDatriumEveractiveFusion-ioGraphite SystemsGridLuxteraMayhemMimosaModeNovaTorquePilot AIPlacemeterPolyserveRapid RoboticsSentonsSerious EnergySmartcarSolar JunctionSuVoltaSvaya NanotechnologiesSwift NavigationTelegent SystemsTiger Data (creators of TimescaleDB)TintriUhanaUnifyID
Sources: SEC Form D filings · curated public sources.
Colleagues at Connect Ventures
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Forest Baskett?
- Forest Baskett, a systems‑level technologist, co‑designed the Sun workstation with Andy Bechtolsheim, built a RISC at DEC that beat the VAX, served as SGI CTO, and retains founder ties.
- Where does Forest Baskett work?
- Forest Baskett is General Partner at Connect Ventures and Board director at Beyond Identity and Board director at Built Robotics and Director; former NEA General Partner at Tiger Data.
- What does Forest Baskett invest in?
- Forest Baskett invests in Biotech, Consumer, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech.
- What check size does Forest Baskett write?
- Forest Baskett typically writes checks of $2M – $50M.
- What boards does Forest Baskett sit on?
- Forest Baskett holds tracked board seats at Beyond Identity, Bitglass, Branch Metrics, Inc., Built Robotics, GoEuro, Illumitex, Pacific Light & Hologram, Tiger Data, Waltz Networks.
- What companies has Forest Baskett invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Alta Devices, Aprius, Arch Rock, Atheros Communications, Audience, Beyond Identity, Bitglass, Chelsio Communications, Clockwork Systems, Conviva, Data Domain, Datrium, and 27 more.
- Where did Forest Baskett go to school?
- Forest Baskett studied at Rice University (BA, Math); Rice University (Bachelor's degree, Mathematics); The University of Texas at Austin (PhD, Computer Science).
Same school
Also attended Rice University262
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Also attended The University of Texas at Austin895
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Shared employers
Also worked at Silicon Graphics (SGI)67
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Also worked at Digital Equipment Corporation640
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