New Enterprise Associates

New Enterprise Associates, Inc. is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1977 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with additional offices in India and China. The firm specializes in investing across various stages of business development, from seed funding to public offerings, with a strong emphasis on the technology and healthcare sectors. Its investment strategy encompasses a wide range of industries, including information technology, consumer internet, financial technology, software, healthcare services, life sciences, biopharmaceuticals, and energy technology. New Enterprise Associates actively engages with entrepreneurs to support the growth of their companies, making investments between $0.05 million and $20 million. The firm has a global investment focus, particularly in regions such as Asia, Brazil, and the United States.

Michael Albert

Associate

Kate Barrett

Partner, Communications

Peter Barris

Chairman

Forest Baskett

General Partner

Ron Bernal

Venture Partner

Zak Burns

Associate

James Buxton MD

Principal

Carmen Chang

Partner, Chair and Head of Asia

Tak Cheung

Partner

Philip Chopin

Managing Director, NEA UK

Pamela Clark

General Partner

Vanessa Deng

Associate

Chris Doppman

Principal, LP Relations

Tony Florence

General Partner

Jay Graf

Venture Partner

Lily Huang

Principal, Healthcare VC

Arjun Jain

Senior Associate

James Kaplan

Associate

Patrick Kerins

General Partner

Nick Kline

Principal, LP Relations

Vanessa Larco

Partner

Danielle Lay

Principal

Tiffany Le

Senior Associate

Michael Li

Principal

Tiffany Luck

Partner

Mohamad Makhzoumi

General Partner

Matthew McAviney

Partner

Amit Mukherjee

Partner

Bibhash Mukhopadhyay

Principal

Mike O'Dell

Venture Partner

Kemi Odusan

Senior Associate

Greg Papadopoulos

Venture Partner

Luke Pappas

Principal

Michele Park

Partner

Eileen Qian

Associate

Scott Sandell

Managing General Partner

Tim Schaller

CFO

Andrew Schoen

Partner

Jordan Shapiro

Senior Associate

Alex Sharata

Associate

Peter Sonsini

General Partner

George Stamas

Venture Partner

Brad Thawley

Partner, Limited Partner Relations

Lila Tretikov

Partner

Paul Walker

General Partner

Blake Wu

Partner

Lulu Xu

Principal

Rick Yang

Partner, Head of Technology

Emily Zhen

Associate

Ann Bordetsky

Partner

Arno Penzias Ph.D

Venture Partner

J.C. Lopez

Principal

Past deals in Messaging

Rocket.Chat

Series A in 2023
Rocket.Chat is an enterprise communication and collaboration platform that serves over 12 million users on more than 500,000 servers globally. It offers an open-source solution designed for team collaboration and omnichannel customer service, enabling users to exchange messages, organize video calls, and share files. The platform supports integration with various external communication tools, allowing companies to customize their communication environment while ensuring data ownership and compliance. Rocket.Chat provides a secure space for both internal and external communications, with features such as individual and group messaging, video conferencing, file uploading, screen sharing, and LiveChat. The company aims to replace traditional email with a real-time federated communications platform and plans to establish a marketplace to facilitate app development and business services built around its core offerings. An active community of over 1,000 developer-contributors continuously enhances the platform, ensuring it meets the evolving needs of its users.

Fizz

Series B in 2023
Fizz is a social platform that serves as a private discussion forum and news feed for schools. Fizz includes a comprehensive set of features including direct messages, polls, and photos. Fizz communities are secure, authentic, and welcoming, thanks to community-based moderation.

Fizz

Series A in 2022
Fizz is a social platform that serves as a private discussion forum and news feed for schools. Fizz includes a comprehensive set of features including direct messages, polls, and photos. Fizz communities are secure, authentic, and welcoming, thanks to community-based moderation.

Wizard

Series A in 2021
Wizard is a New York-based commerce technology startup founded in 2021 that focuses on transforming e-commerce through conversational artificial intelligence (AI). The company develops software solutions that enable brands to sell and market their products directly via text messaging. This innovative approach allows clients to engage customers more effectively, resulting in higher conversion rates compared to traditional e-commerce methods.

Rocket.Chat

Series A in 2021
Rocket.Chat is an enterprise communication and collaboration platform that serves over 12 million users on more than 500,000 servers globally. It offers an open-source solution designed for team collaboration and omnichannel customer service, enabling users to exchange messages, organize video calls, and share files. The platform supports integration with various external communication tools, allowing companies to customize their communication environment while ensuring data ownership and compliance. Rocket.Chat provides a secure space for both internal and external communications, with features such as individual and group messaging, video conferencing, file uploading, screen sharing, and LiveChat. The company aims to replace traditional email with a real-time federated communications platform and plans to establish a marketplace to facilitate app development and business services built around its core offerings. An active community of over 1,000 developer-contributors continuously enhances the platform, ensuring it meets the evolving needs of its users.

Rocket.Chat

Seed Round in 2019
Rocket.Chat is an enterprise communication and collaboration platform that serves over 12 million users on more than 500,000 servers globally. It offers an open-source solution designed for team collaboration and omnichannel customer service, enabling users to exchange messages, organize video calls, and share files. The platform supports integration with various external communication tools, allowing companies to customize their communication environment while ensuring data ownership and compliance. Rocket.Chat provides a secure space for both internal and external communications, with features such as individual and group messaging, video conferencing, file uploading, screen sharing, and LiveChat. The company aims to replace traditional email with a real-time federated communications platform and plans to establish a marketplace to facilitate app development and business services built around its core offerings. An active community of over 1,000 developer-contributors continuously enhances the platform, ensuring it meets the evolving needs of its users.

Vina

Seed Round in 2018
Vina, Inc. is a company dedicated to empowering women through its networking and communication platform, which facilitates connections, encouragement, and celebration among users. Founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California, Vina operates primarily in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. The platform allows users to chat, post content, take quizzes, comment, and share photos, fostering an environment where women can support one another and showcase their achievements. In addition to its core offerings, Vina is also known for LadyBrag.com, a website designed to inspire women to recognize and share their successes, alongside the Hey! VINA app, which serves as a social networking tool for women seeking to make new friends.

Radiance Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Radiance Labs is an AI-driven messaging platform built for e-commerce brands and retailers.

Fam

Convertible Note in 2017
Fam's mission is to build products that revolutionize the way teens and millennials communicate. They believe in a calculated combination of live group video and group chat messaging to execute this. It is the world’s first group video chat app for iMessage, with over 7 million users. Their app instantly connects with the family and friends closest to its user through group video calling, right from their iPhone, and Android text message app.

Rocket.Chat

Seed Round in 2016
Rocket.Chat is an enterprise communication and collaboration platform that serves over 12 million users on more than 500,000 servers globally. It offers an open-source solution designed for team collaboration and omnichannel customer service, enabling users to exchange messages, organize video calls, and share files. The platform supports integration with various external communication tools, allowing companies to customize their communication environment while ensuring data ownership and compliance. Rocket.Chat provides a secure space for both internal and external communications, with features such as individual and group messaging, video conferencing, file uploading, screen sharing, and LiveChat. The company aims to replace traditional email with a real-time federated communications platform and plans to establish a marketplace to facilitate app development and business services built around its core offerings. An active community of over 1,000 developer-contributors continuously enhances the platform, ensuring it meets the evolving needs of its users.

Vina

Seed Round in 2016
Vina, Inc. is a company dedicated to empowering women through its networking and communication platform, which facilitates connections, encouragement, and celebration among users. Founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California, Vina operates primarily in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. The platform allows users to chat, post content, take quizzes, comment, and share photos, fostering an environment where women can support one another and showcase their achievements. In addition to its core offerings, Vina is also known for LadyBrag.com, a website designed to inspire women to recognize and share their successes, alongside the Hey! VINA app, which serves as a social networking tool for women seeking to make new friends.

Sochat

Seed Round in 2015
Sochat is an iOS and Android mobile messaging application and connection platform. It allows its users to publish groups nearby with a PIN to quickly gather up and share GIFs, photos, videos, disappearing messages, and drawings among its users. It also allows sending songs and YouTube videos, play rock paper scissors game, and poll friends and groups. Sochat is a U.S.-based company that was founded in 2014 by Lukens Orthwein.

Snap

Venture Round in 2015
Snap Inc. is a global camera company based in Santa Monica, California, founded in 2010. It is best known for its flagship product, Snapchat, a multimedia messaging application that allows users to send photos and videos that disappear after being viewed. The app has gained popularity, particularly among younger users, for its unique features, including filters, lenses, and Stories, as well as augmented reality experiences and gaming. In addition to Snapchat, Snap Inc. offers several other tools such as Snap Map for location sharing, Memories for saving and organizing Snaps, and the Discover platform for accessing content from publishers and creators. The company also produces Spectacles, sunglasses equipped with a built-in camera that enables users to capture content from a first-person perspective. Through its innovative approach to communication and technology, Snap Inc. continues to evolve and expand its offerings in the realms of social media and digital content creation.

Blink Messenger

Seed Round in 2012
Blink Messenger is a group messaging app that lets users send self-destructing photos and text messages. The app is made by Kismet, which is founded by Ex-Googler Kevin Stephens and Michelle Norgan.

ValueFirst

Venture Round in 2011
ValueFirst, founded in 2003, is a company that specializes in connecting businesses with consumers through various telecom and internet channels. It offers a range of communication solutions, including Apple Business Messaging, chatbots, email, Google Business Messaging, Instagram, RCS Business Messaging, SMS, voice, and WhatsApp, enabling brands to create engaging conversational experiences. With a focus on providing enterprise digital services, ValueFirst assists clients in enhancing customer interactions and streamlining communication. The company employs approximately 500 individuals and has a presence in India, Indonesia, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Through its innovative platforms and smart APIs, ValueFirst aims to support businesses in driving revenue growth and improving customer satisfaction.

HDmessaging

Series C in 2009
HDmessaging is a provider of group messaging applications, offering a robust platform designed for mobile operators and developers. The company specializes in white-label solutions that facilitate group conversations, media sharing, and location sharing. Its fully featured API enables developers to easily integrate group messaging capabilities into their applications, while also ensuring compatibility with SMS and internet protocol-based messaging. HDmessaging's services are utilized by various stakeholders, including mobile device manufacturers and network operators, allowing them to create customized messaging solutions that enhance user experience. By supporting cross-platform access and cloud storage, HDmessaging plays a significant role in the evolution of text messaging.

ValueFirst

Series A in 2008
ValueFirst, founded in 2003, is a company that specializes in connecting businesses with consumers through various telecom and internet channels. It offers a range of communication solutions, including Apple Business Messaging, chatbots, email, Google Business Messaging, Instagram, RCS Business Messaging, SMS, voice, and WhatsApp, enabling brands to create engaging conversational experiences. With a focus on providing enterprise digital services, ValueFirst assists clients in enhancing customer interactions and streamlining communication. The company employs approximately 500 individuals and has a presence in India, Indonesia, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Through its innovative platforms and smart APIs, ValueFirst aims to support businesses in driving revenue growth and improving customer satisfaction.

Teneros

Series D in 2008
Teneros is a Mountain View, California-based company that specializes in ensuring application and data continuity for Microsoft Exchange email servers. By providing solutions to prevent crashes, technology failures, and site-wide outages, Teneros safeguards companies' messaging systems against disruptions. The company offers a range of products, including its Velocity series, which delivers email application and data continuity through both local high availability and remote disaster recovery models. Additionally, Teneros provides Social Sentry, a tool that allows organizations to monitor employee public activities on social media platforms, further enhancing its suite of services aimed at maintaining operational stability and security.

3Jam

Series A in 2007
3Jam is a multi-person sms startup which allows users to text message multiple contacts at once. The product allows all message recipients to see who got the message as well as to "reply to all". Normal text messaging rates still apply, however, the service is available with all mobile networks (except T-mobile USA) and all service plans. 3Jam is set to embed its technology into new Virgin Mobile phones following a September 2007 [deal](http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/20/3jam-lands-virgin-mobile-tie-in/). This deal marks the first time a multi-party texting product will have been launched by a US mobile operator. The 3Jam service works on any phone through text message commands or through any internet enabled phone through a browser. The application also comes in the form of a download which will speed up the texting process. Palm, Nokia, RIM, Samsung and many other phone types are compatible with the download. To see the full list of compatible phones look [here](http://3jam.com/download.php).

HDmessaging

Series B in 2007
HDmessaging is a provider of group messaging applications, offering a robust platform designed for mobile operators and developers. The company specializes in white-label solutions that facilitate group conversations, media sharing, and location sharing. Its fully featured API enables developers to easily integrate group messaging capabilities into their applications, while also ensuring compatibility with SMS and internet protocol-based messaging. HDmessaging's services are utilized by various stakeholders, including mobile device manufacturers and network operators, allowing them to create customized messaging solutions that enhance user experience. By supporting cross-platform access and cloud storage, HDmessaging plays a significant role in the evolution of text messaging.

Echopass

Series E in 2006
Echopass Corporation specializes in providing Internet protocol-based call and contact center solutions as a service for mid-to-large enterprises and government agencies. Through its EchoSystem service integration platform, Echopass offers a comprehensive range of services, including voice, email, chat, and fax capabilities, which are designed to be fully integrated with clients' existing customer contact applications and technologies. The company's solutions are characterized by their affordability, quick deployment, ease of use, and flexibility, with no capital investment or ongoing maintenance required. Echopass has received recognition for its innovation, including the Red Herring Top 100 Companies award, and is supported by venture capital firms Canaan Partners and New Enterprise Associates.

Teneros

Series C in 2006
Teneros is a Mountain View, California-based company that specializes in ensuring application and data continuity for Microsoft Exchange email servers. By providing solutions to prevent crashes, technology failures, and site-wide outages, Teneros safeguards companies' messaging systems against disruptions. The company offers a range of products, including its Velocity series, which delivers email application and data continuity through both local high availability and remote disaster recovery models. Additionally, Teneros provides Social Sentry, a tool that allows organizations to monitor employee public activities on social media platforms, further enhancing its suite of services aimed at maintaining operational stability and security.

Scalix

Series B in 2006
Scalix is a provider of email, group calendaring, and messaging solutions specifically designed for the Linux platform. The company offers a robust and scalable messaging system that integrates seamlessly with existing messaging clients and infrastructure. Scalix's solutions include ActiveSync, which allows for server-side synchronization with Microsoft Exchange, and the Univention Edition that facilitates the deployment and management of Linux-based server and client solutions for businesses and public organizations. Founded by a team with extensive experience in the messaging sector, Scalix leverages a proven technology foundation from HP OpenMail. The privately held company is headquartered in San Mateo, California, and has additional offices in New York, Chicago, the United Kingdom, and Germany.

Teneros

Series B in 2005
Teneros is a Mountain View, California-based company that specializes in ensuring application and data continuity for Microsoft Exchange email servers. By providing solutions to prevent crashes, technology failures, and site-wide outages, Teneros safeguards companies' messaging systems against disruptions. The company offers a range of products, including its Velocity series, which delivers email application and data continuity through both local high availability and remote disaster recovery models. Additionally, Teneros provides Social Sentry, a tool that allows organizations to monitor employee public activities on social media platforms, further enhancing its suite of services aimed at maintaining operational stability and security.

Echopass

Series B in 2003
Echopass Corporation specializes in providing Internet protocol-based call and contact center solutions as a service for mid-to-large enterprises and government agencies. Through its EchoSystem service integration platform, Echopass offers a comprehensive range of services, including voice, email, chat, and fax capabilities, which are designed to be fully integrated with clients' existing customer contact applications and technologies. The company's solutions are characterized by their affordability, quick deployment, ease of use, and flexibility, with no capital investment or ongoing maintenance required. Echopass has received recognition for its innovation, including the Red Herring Top 100 Companies award, and is supported by venture capital firms Canaan Partners and New Enterprise Associates.

Scalix

Series A in 2003
Scalix is a provider of email, group calendaring, and messaging solutions specifically designed for the Linux platform. The company offers a robust and scalable messaging system that integrates seamlessly with existing messaging clients and infrastructure. Scalix's solutions include ActiveSync, which allows for server-side synchronization with Microsoft Exchange, and the Univention Edition that facilitates the deployment and management of Linux-based server and client solutions for businesses and public organizations. Founded by a team with extensive experience in the messaging sector, Scalix leverages a proven technology foundation from HP OpenMail. The privately held company is headquartered in San Mateo, California, and has additional offices in New York, Chicago, the United Kingdom, and Germany.

Echopass

Series A in 2000
Echopass Corporation specializes in providing Internet protocol-based call and contact center solutions as a service for mid-to-large enterprises and government agencies. Through its EchoSystem service integration platform, Echopass offers a comprehensive range of services, including voice, email, chat, and fax capabilities, which are designed to be fully integrated with clients' existing customer contact applications and technologies. The company's solutions are characterized by their affordability, quick deployment, ease of use, and flexibility, with no capital investment or ongoing maintenance required. Echopass has received recognition for its innovation, including the Red Herring Top 100 Companies award, and is supported by venture capital firms Canaan Partners and New Enterprise Associates.
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