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Vanessa Larco

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Board director at Cleo Labs · Former Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $2M – $50M checks · typically $25M

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About

Vanessa Larco is a former partner at NEA who specializes in market analysis and product-market fit assessment for early-stage companies. She currently operates as a builder and advisor focused on software companies in the B2C and B2B2C sectors. Larco has been involved in diversity and inclusion initiatives within venture capital.

Board director at Cleo Labs

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Cleo Labs's investors · 5

AccelPalo Alto · $500K – $100M checks · since 2026Financière Saint JamesParis · since 2026Kima VenturesParis · $50K – $5M checks · since 2026New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks · since 2018Premise VenturesSouth San Francisco · since 2021

Co-founders at Cleo Labs

SSShannon Spanhake
Shannon SpanhakeExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

  1. Something_NewBuildercurrent2025 — present
  2. New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Board Partnercurrent2025 — present
  3. New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Partner2016 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  4. BoxDirector of Product Management - Mobile & Web2014 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Twilio Inc.Product Strategy2013 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
  6. FunLoop, Inc.Co-Founder - Product2012 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
  7. PlaydomSenior Product Lead2011 — 2012Palo Alto, CA
  8. MicrosoftProgram Manager, XBOX Kinect2010 — 2011
  9. MicrosoftProgram Manager, Surface Computing2008 — 2010

Skills & more

Startups12Early-Stage Startups12Venture Capital6User Interface25Software Design6Usability4Human Computer Interaction10User Experience67Agile Project Management7Scrum12Software Project Management9Agile Methodologies22
+8 moreMobile ApplicationsSoftware DevelopmentUsability TestingProduct ManagementMobile DevicesManagementTestingUser-centered Design

Languages English · Spanish

From Vanessa's professional profile.

Deals · 3

Cleo LabsBoard seat

via New Enterprise Associates (NEA) · filed Dec 2020 · $32.4M raise

Rocket.Chat Holdings, Ltd.Board seat

via New Enterprise Associates (NEA) · filed Oct 2020 · $2.9M raise

EvidentBoard seat

via New Enterprise Associates (NEA) · filed May 2019 · $20.1M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Other disclosed investments

Board seats

Kindred

Per SEC Form D filings.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Vanessa Larco?
Vanessa Larco is a former partner at NEA who specializes in market analysis and product-market fit assessment for early-stage companies. She currently operates as a builder and advisor focused on software companies in the B2C and B2B2C sectors. Larco has been involved in diversity and inclusion initiatives within venture capital.
Where does Vanessa Larco work?
Vanessa Larco is Board director at Cleo Labs.
What check size does Vanessa Larco write?
Vanessa Larco typically writes checks of $2M – $50M.
What boards does Vanessa Larco sit on?
Vanessa Larco holds tracked board seats at Cleo Labs, Evident, Kindred, Rocket.Chat Holdings, Ltd..
Where did Vanessa Larco go to school?
Vanessa Larco studied at Georgia Institute of Technology (BS, Computer Science).

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