Scott Sandell
Managing Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Palm Beach, FL
Writes $50K – $50M checks · typically $25M
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About
Scott Sandell joined NEA in 1996, became managing general partner in 2016, and now serves as the firm's executive chairman and chief investment officer. His investments span Salesforce, Workday, Tableau and Robinhood, with Cloudflare — where he is lead independent director — standing out as his defining deal. A Dartmouth and Stanford GSB graduate, he is also a public advocate for employing people with disabilities, drawing on his own experience with dyslexia.
Invests in
BiotechConsumerEnterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtech
Experience
- New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Chairman, CEO & Chief Investment Officercurrent1996 — present
Education
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMBA1990 — 1992
- Dartmouth CollegeA.B., Engineering1982 — 1986
Skills & more
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MergersFinancial ModelingMergers & AcquisitionsBusiness DevelopmentFrom Scott's professional profile.
Deals · 10
Branch Metrics, Inc.Board seat
via New Enterprise Associates (NEA) · filed Feb 2022 · $300M raise
Retrieve TechnologiesBoard seat
via New Enterprise Associates (NEA) · filed Jan 2022 · $10M raise
Robinhood MarketsBoard seat
via New Enterprise Associates (NEA) · filed Oct 2020 · $688.3M raise
Coursera (Exit)Board seat
via New Enterprise Associates (NEA) · filed Jul 2020 · $130M raise
Automation Anywhere, Inc.Board seat
via New Enterprise Associates (NEA) · filed Dec 2019 · $450M raise
One ConcernBoard seat
via New Enterprise Associates (NEA) · filed Jul 2018 · $33.3M raise
BitglassBoard seat
via New Enterprise Associates (NEA) · filed Jan 2017 · $45M raise
QadiumBoard seat
via New Enterprise Associates (NEA) · filed Jun 2016 · $26.4M raise
EnigmaBoard seat
via New Enterprise Associates (NEA) · filed Jul 2015 · $28.2M raise
Green ChefBoard seat
via New Enterprise Associates (NEA) · filed Apr 2015 · $15.5M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Podcasts & interviews
featuring Scott SandellNEA's Scott Sandell May Have The Most IPOs Of All Time. Here's How He Did It | Ep. 10 I/O Podcast
IO Podcast
Keynote Fireside Chat with Scott Sandell - Chairman, CEO & Chief Investment Officer, NEA
MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy
Scott Sandell | How to last for 100 years in venture capital
Slush
Colleagues at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Network5
Investors connected to Scott in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.