New Enterprise Associates

New Enterprise Associates is a venture capital firm founded in 1977 and based in Menlo Park, California, with offices in the United States, India and China. It makes investments across technology and healthcare startups at multiple stages, from seed to growth, including software, cloud, data, internet services, fintech, AI, e-commerce, and enterprise technology, as well as healthcare information technology, life sciences, medical devices, and biopharma. It also considers energy technology and infrastructure opportunities, such as solar, batteries and smart grids. The firm pursues a global approach, with activity in the United States, Asia and other regions, and supports companies through rounds of financing ranging from small to sizable investments as they scale. NEA focuses on building portfolios in software, IT services, consumer technology, and healthcare technology, backing ambitious entrepreneurs across sectors and geographies.

Michael Albert

Associate

Kate Barrett

Partner, Communications

James Buxton MD

Principal

Pamela Clark

General Partner

Vanessa Deng

Associate

Chris Doppman

Managing Director, LP Relations

Jay Graf

Venture Partner

Arjun Jain

Senior Associate

Nick Kline

Partner, LP Relations

Mohamad Makhzoumi

General Partner, Global Head of Healthcare Services

Jake Nunn

Partner

Greg Papadopoulos

Venture Partner

Arno Penzias Ph.D

Venture Partner

Tim Schaller

CFO

George Stamas

Venture Partner

Brad Thawley

Partner, Limited Partner Relations

Lulu Xu

Principal

Edison Zhang

Associate

Past deals in Autonomous Vehicles

Outrider

Series D in 2024
Outrider develops autonomous electric trucks and management software for logistics hubs. Its technology automates yard operations, enhancing safety and efficiency for large enterprises.

Granica

Series A in 2023
Granica is a company that specializes in enhancing the efficiency and safety of artificial intelligence applications through its AI Data Readiness Platform. This platform assists data engineers and leaders in creating AI-ready data, which is crucial for optimizing machine learning models and analytics. By improving the efficiency of tabular and natural language processing training data, Granica significantly reduces storage costs and enhances query performance. The company focuses on mitigating risks associated with sensitive data leakage and harmful content, thereby ensuring privacy and safety in AI inputs and outputs. Granica curates and refines training datasets to select impactful samples, ultimately boosting the performance and reliability of AI models. Targeting enterprises in data-intensive sectors such as financial services, retail, geo-spatial intelligence, and autonomous vehicles, Granica enables clients to leverage AI more effectively, enhancing trust and improving business outcomes.

Outrider

Series C in 2023
Outrider develops autonomous electric trucks and management software for logistics hubs. Its technology automates yard operations, enhancing safety and efficiency for large enterprises.

Echodyne

Series D in 2022
Echodyne, established in 2014 and based in Kirkland, Washington, specializes in developing and marketing metamaterials-based radar systems. The company offers a range of radar solutions, including 3D Security radar for all-weather, compact, and solid-state sensor performance; Metamaterial Electronically Scanning Array (MESA) technology for high-performance phased-array radar at breakthrough cost levels; and Echoguard for ground-based airspace management. Additionally, Echodyne provides Acuity Software for customization and data processing, along with various deployment kits and accessories. Their products cater to commercial markets, government, defense, and industry, enabling autonomous applications in drones, vehicles, and heavy machinery, even in complex and challenging environments.

NODAR

Series A in 2022
Founded in 2018, NODAR specializes in developing camera-based 3D vision systems for autonomous vehicles. Its flagship product, Hammerhead, uses off-the-shelf cameras to deliver long-range, depth-sensing capabilities, enhancing safety features like forward collision warning and automatic emergency braking.

Built Robotics

Series C in 2022
Built Robotics develops automation technology for the construction industry by turning heavy equipment into autonomous robots with AI-guided software that integrates sensors such as GPS, cameras, and Lidar. The systems retrofit onto earthmoving equipment to enable autonomous operation on job sites, supporting projects such as wind farms, oil and gas pipelines, mining, and housing developments, and they are used to automate repetitive tasks in solar projects to accelerate the transition to clean energy.

Aigen

Seed Round in 2022
Aigen develops autonomous, solar-powered robotics for agriculture. Their platform manages plants without chemical inputs, promoting soil health regeneration and reducing manual labor needs.

Outrider

Series B in 2020
Outrider develops autonomous electric trucks and management software for logistics hubs. Its technology automates yard operations, enhancing safety and efficiency for large enterprises.

Outrider

Seed Round in 2020
Outrider develops autonomous electric trucks and management software for logistics hubs. Its technology automates yard operations, enhancing safety and efficiency for large enterprises.

Uhana

Venture Round in 2020
Uhana, Inc. is a technology company based in Palo Alto, California, focused on enhancing mobile network operations through advanced AI solutions. It specializes in developing a cloud-native software platform that processes large volumes of telemetry data from existing network elements and applications. By leveraging real-time data analytics and machine learning, Uhana's platform provides predictive guidance and network layer control, significantly improving the quality of experience for demanding applications such as virtual reality, augmented reality, and connected vehicles. The company's innovative approach allows it to deliver benefits to both over-the-top applications and network providers without requiring integrated telemetry or control from either layer. Uhana operates as a subsidiary of VMware, Inc. and commercializes research from Stanford University, positioning itself at the forefront of network AI technology.

Built Robotics

Series B in 2019
Built Robotics develops automation technology for the construction industry by turning heavy equipment into autonomous robots with AI-guided software that integrates sensors such as GPS, cameras, and Lidar. The systems retrofit onto earthmoving equipment to enable autonomous operation on job sites, supporting projects such as wind farms, oil and gas pipelines, mining, and housing developments, and they are used to automate repetitive tasks in solar projects to accelerate the transition to clean energy.

Echodyne

Series C in 2019
Echodyne, established in 2014 and based in Kirkland, Washington, specializes in developing and marketing metamaterials-based radar systems. The company offers a range of radar solutions, including 3D Security radar for all-weather, compact, and solid-state sensor performance; Metamaterial Electronically Scanning Array (MESA) technology for high-performance phased-array radar at breakthrough cost levels; and Echoguard for ground-based airspace management. Additionally, Echodyne provides Acuity Software for customization and data processing, along with various deployment kits and accessories. Their products cater to commercial markets, government, defense, and industry, enabling autonomous applications in drones, vehicles, and heavy machinery, even in complex and challenging environments.

Outrider

Series A in 2019
Outrider develops autonomous electric trucks and management software for logistics hubs. Its technology automates yard operations, enhancing safety and efficiency for large enterprises.

Built Robotics

Series A in 2017
Built Robotics develops automation technology for the construction industry by turning heavy equipment into autonomous robots with AI-guided software that integrates sensors such as GPS, cameras, and Lidar. The systems retrofit onto earthmoving equipment to enable autonomous operation on job sites, supporting projects such as wind farms, oil and gas pipelines, mining, and housing developments, and they are used to automate repetitive tasks in solar projects to accelerate the transition to clean energy.

Drive.ai

Series B in 2017
Drive.ai, established in 2015 by former Stanford University AI Lab colleagues, specializes in developing artificial intelligence software for autonomous vehicles. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, the company focuses on creating hardware components like sensors and control systems, along with communications infrastructure and an in-car interface. Their deep learning-first approach enables their technology to learn new driving scenarios independently, adapting to diverse environments safely. As of June 2019, Drive.ai operates as a subsidiary of Apple Inc.

Echodyne

Series B in 2017
Echodyne, established in 2014 and based in Kirkland, Washington, specializes in developing and marketing metamaterials-based radar systems. The company offers a range of radar solutions, including 3D Security radar for all-weather, compact, and solid-state sensor performance; Metamaterial Electronically Scanning Array (MESA) technology for high-performance phased-array radar at breakthrough cost levels; and Echoguard for ground-based airspace management. Additionally, Echodyne provides Acuity Software for customization and data processing, along with various deployment kits and accessories. Their products cater to commercial markets, government, defense, and industry, enabling autonomous applications in drones, vehicles, and heavy machinery, even in complex and challenging environments.

Mighty AI

Series B in 2017
Mighty AI, Inc. is a provider of Training Data as a Service, specializing in delivering high-quality datasets for businesses developing computer vision and natural language processing models. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with an additional office in Detroit, Michigan, the company operates a platform that connects a global community of individuals who perform micro tasks, such as object identification in images and sentiment analysis of text. This community enhances the accuracy and scalability of the data provided, as Mighty AI combines its proprietary machine learning technology with a suite of annotation software and managed services. The company primarily serves clients in sectors like autonomous vehicles, leveraging its expertise and resources to meet the evolving needs of its customers worldwide. In January 2017, the company rebranded from Spare5 Inc. to Mighty AI, and it is currently a subsidiary of Uber Technologies, Inc.

Uhana

Series A in 2016
Uhana, Inc. is a technology company based in Palo Alto, California, focused on enhancing mobile network operations through advanced AI solutions. It specializes in developing a cloud-native software platform that processes large volumes of telemetry data from existing network elements and applications. By leveraging real-time data analytics and machine learning, Uhana's platform provides predictive guidance and network layer control, significantly improving the quality of experience for demanding applications such as virtual reality, augmented reality, and connected vehicles. The company's innovative approach allows it to deliver benefits to both over-the-top applications and network providers without requiring integrated telemetry or control from either layer. Uhana operates as a subsidiary of VMware, Inc. and commercializes research from Stanford University, positioning itself at the forefront of network AI technology.

Mighty AI

Series A in 2015
Mighty AI, Inc. is a provider of Training Data as a Service, specializing in delivering high-quality datasets for businesses developing computer vision and natural language processing models. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with an additional office in Detroit, Michigan, the company operates a platform that connects a global community of individuals who perform micro tasks, such as object identification in images and sentiment analysis of text. This community enhances the accuracy and scalability of the data provided, as Mighty AI combines its proprietary machine learning technology with a suite of annotation software and managed services. The company primarily serves clients in sectors like autonomous vehicles, leveraging its expertise and resources to meet the evolving needs of its customers worldwide. In January 2017, the company rebranded from Spare5 Inc. to Mighty AI, and it is currently a subsidiary of Uber Technologies, Inc.

Mighty AI

Seed Round in 2014
Mighty AI, Inc. is a provider of Training Data as a Service, specializing in delivering high-quality datasets for businesses developing computer vision and natural language processing models. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with an additional office in Detroit, Michigan, the company operates a platform that connects a global community of individuals who perform micro tasks, such as object identification in images and sentiment analysis of text. This community enhances the accuracy and scalability of the data provided, as Mighty AI combines its proprietary machine learning technology with a suite of annotation software and managed services. The company primarily serves clients in sectors like autonomous vehicles, leveraging its expertise and resources to meet the evolving needs of its customers worldwide. In January 2017, the company rebranded from Spare5 Inc. to Mighty AI, and it is currently a subsidiary of Uber Technologies, Inc.

Uber Advanced Technologies Group

Series E in 2014
Founded in 2019, Uber Advanced Technologies Group is a subsidiary of Uber Technologies, Inc. It focuses on commercializing self-driving ridesharing services, aiming to bring safe and reliable autonomous transportation to users worldwide.

Agility Design Solutions

Series B in 2005
Agility Design Solutions, Inc. develops software tools that shorten the time to design, verify, and implement signal processing algorithms. The company offers solutions for algorithm acceleration, prototyping, and implementation in software and hardware. Its products include RMS, which improves the execution speed of MATLAB programs; MCS, which automatically synthesizes MATLAB code to C code; MCS Function Library, which includes functions that are synthesized using MCS to generate ANSI-C source; DK Design Suite, a design environment for C-based algorithmic design entry, simulation, and synthesis; RC Series Platforms, a family of FPGA-based rapid prototyping/development boards; and PixelStreams Imaging Library, which includes IP cores for digital image and video processing. The company also offers training, support, and algorithm implementation consulting services. It serves customers in various fields, including video analysis, image recognition, and wireless and wired communications. The company markets and sells its products through direct sales channels and local distributors in North America, Asia, and Europe. Agility Design Solutions, Inc. was formerly known as Catalytic, Inc. and changed its name to Agility Design Solutions, Inc. in January, 2008. Agility Design Solutions, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California with additional offices in Austin, Texas; Abingdon, England; and Yokohama, Japan.
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