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 Wearables

FIRE1

Venture Round in 2025
FIRE1 is an Irish-based company specializing in the development of innovative therapeutic devices. Its flagship product is a remote monitoring system designed to enhance heart failure patients' lives by providing real-time data to healthcare providers, facilitating early detection and proactive interventions.

FIRE1

Venture Round in 2023
FIRE1 is an Irish-based company specializing in the development of innovative therapeutic devices. Its flagship product is a remote monitoring system designed to enhance heart failure patients' lives by providing real-time data to healthcare providers, facilitating early detection and proactive interventions.

Genies

Series C in 2022
Genies empowers individuals to create personalized digital avatars for expression across social media and messaging platforms. It offers tools for users to design avatars, avatar fashion lines, worlds, and interactive experiences, enabling brands to drive engagement through exclusive digital goods.

Genies

Series B in 2021
Genies empowers individuals to create personalized digital avatars for expression across social media and messaging platforms. It offers tools for users to design avatars, avatar fashion lines, worlds, and interactive experiences, enabling brands to drive engagement through exclusive digital goods.

Willow

Series C in 2021
Willow Inc., established in 2014 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, specializes in the manufacture of wearable breast pumps for women. The company offers a range of products including milk bags, accessories such as flanges and tubes, and replacement parts. Willow's flagship product is an in-bra wearable breast pump designed to provide mothers with mobility and hands-free convenience during breastfeeding. The company also provides pumping bras, cases, and other breastfeeding essentials.

Willow

Series C in 2020
Willow Inc., established in 2014 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, specializes in the manufacture of wearable breast pumps for women. The company offers a range of products including milk bags, accessories such as flanges and tubes, and replacement parts. Willow's flagship product is an in-bra wearable breast pump designed to provide mothers with mobility and hands-free convenience during breastfeeding. The company also provides pumping bras, cases, and other breastfeeding essentials.

Willow

Series C in 2019
Willow Inc., established in 2014 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, specializes in the manufacture of wearable breast pumps for women. The company offers a range of products including milk bags, accessories such as flanges and tubes, and replacement parts. Willow's flagship product is an in-bra wearable breast pump designed to provide mothers with mobility and hands-free convenience during breastfeeding. The company also provides pumping bras, cases, and other breastfeeding essentials.

Genies

Venture Round in 2019
Genies empowers individuals to create personalized digital avatars for expression across social media and messaging platforms. It offers tools for users to design avatars, avatar fashion lines, worlds, and interactive experiences, enabling brands to drive engagement through exclusive digital goods.

GOQii

Series B in 2018
GOQii Inc. is a digital health and wellness company that provides innovative solutions aimed at helping individuals adopt healthier lifestyles. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with additional offices in Mumbai and Shenzhen, GOQii offers activity tracker wearables and a comprehensive application that monitors various health metrics, including sleep patterns, physical activity, and calories burned. The platform connects users with a diverse range of professional health and fitness coaches, such as nutritionists and personal trainers, who provide personalized guidance through private chats and video calls based on individual health data. Additionally, the app facilitates medical consultations, diagnostic test bookings, and storage of health records in the cloud. GOQii's mission is to empower millions globally to achieve their health goals through a blend of advanced technology and expert support.

Genies

Venture Round in 2018
Genies empowers individuals to create personalized digital avatars for expression across social media and messaging platforms. It offers tools for users to design avatars, avatar fashion lines, worlds, and interactive experiences, enabling brands to drive engagement through exclusive digital goods.

CareZone

Series D in 2018
CareZone is a healthcare platform focused on simplifying personal healthcare management and enhancing coordination among family members and caregivers. The company offers a solution that automates prescription refill reminders, appointment tracking, and provides controlled access to health information, allowing users to manage their healthcare needs efficiently. By centralizing these services in a single interface, CareZone enables individuals to better organize their health management and facilitate communication with those involved in their care.

FIRE1

Series C in 2018
FIRE1 is an Irish-based company specializing in the development of innovative therapeutic devices. Its flagship product is a remote monitoring system designed to enhance heart failure patients' lives by providing real-time data to healthcare providers, facilitating early detection and proactive interventions.

Genies

Venture Round in 2017
Genies empowers individuals to create personalized digital avatars for expression across social media and messaging platforms. It offers tools for users to design avatars, avatar fashion lines, worlds, and interactive experiences, enabling brands to drive engagement through exclusive digital goods.

FIRE1

Series B in 2016
FIRE1 is an Irish-based company specializing in the development of innovative therapeutic devices. Its flagship product is a remote monitoring system designed to enhance heart failure patients' lives by providing real-time data to healthcare providers, facilitating early detection and proactive interventions.

GOQii

Series A in 2015
GOQii Inc. is a digital health and wellness company that provides innovative solutions aimed at helping individuals adopt healthier lifestyles. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with additional offices in Mumbai and Shenzhen, GOQii offers activity tracker wearables and a comprehensive application that monitors various health metrics, including sleep patterns, physical activity, and calories burned. The platform connects users with a diverse range of professional health and fitness coaches, such as nutritionists and personal trainers, who provide personalized guidance through private chats and video calls based on individual health data. Additionally, the app facilitates medical consultations, diagnostic test bookings, and storage of health records in the cloud. GOQii's mission is to empower millions globally to achieve their health goals through a blend of advanced technology and expert support.

Olio Devices

Series A in 2015
Olio Devices is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in luxury lifestyle products aimed at modern professionals. Founded in 2013, the company focuses on the development of smart wearable devices, including high-end wristwatches, which combine precision craftsmanship with advanced technology. Their flagship product, the Olio Model One, was introduced in March 2015 and is designed to sync seamlessly with both Apple and Android smartphones. In addition to their timepieces, Olio Devices offers associated software, hardware, and a cloud-based platform that supports third-party services, enhancing the functionality and user experience of their smartwatches.

Little Labs

Seed Round in 2015
Little Labs Inc., founded in 2014 and based in Los Angeles, California, specializes in developing smartwatch applications. The company is known for Facer, a leading platform for watch face customization compatible with Apple Watch, Android Wear, and Tizen. Recognized for its innovative contributions, Little Labs serves as the official publisher for watch faces from major networks such as CBS, Sony, and FOX across all platforms. Additionally, the company gained prominence by creating the official game for the movie The Martian, marking it as the first AAA game available on both Apple Watch and Android Wear. Through its focus on smartwatch technology, Little Labs is actively shaping the future of the post-phone era.

Genies

Series A in 2015
Genies empowers individuals to create personalized digital avatars for expression across social media and messaging platforms. It offers tools for users to design avatars, avatar fashion lines, worlds, and interactive experiences, enabling brands to drive engagement through exclusive digital goods.

Pocket

Series B in 2015
Pocket, the premier Save for Later app, lets you consume and share content whenever you want, wherever you want, even without an internet connection. It's been called "a DVR for the web" by the New York Times, Business Week, Time, TechCrunch and more. When you come across an article, video or a webpage you'd like to read but can't at that time, save it to Pocket. You can then read or watch it whenever you have a moment, whether it's on the couch, during your commute, on the plane, train, or practically anywhere. Millions of users save articles, videos, travel guides, recipes, how-to and reference documents, and more on Pocket, automatically syncing in a stunning and simple interface across devices like iPad, iPhone, Android, desktop and mobile web, Kobo e-reader, Chrome apps, Kindle Fire and now wearable devices like the Samsung Gear.

Willow

Series A in 2015
Willow Inc., established in 2014 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, specializes in the manufacture of wearable breast pumps for women. The company offers a range of products including milk bags, accessories such as flanges and tubes, and replacement parts. Willow's flagship product is an in-bra wearable breast pump designed to provide mothers with mobility and hands-free convenience during breastfeeding. The company also provides pumping bras, cases, and other breastfeeding essentials.

Cuff

Series A in 2015
Cuff, Inc. was a company specializing in fashion wearable products that incorporated smart connectivity technology. It offered a range of jewelry and accessories featuring the CuffLinc, a device designed to send alerts to designated contacts when the wearer needed assistance. Through the accompanying mobile application, users could share their location and vital information such as live audio, enhancing personal safety. The CuffLinc was compatible with various iOS and Android devices, allowing seamless integration for users. The company operated primarily through online sales and was based in Burlingame, California. However, Cuff ceased operations and announced that it would no longer fulfill orders or provide customer support, leaving many customers without recourse. Legal challenges arose from vendors who alleged non-payment for services rendered, leading to significant financial disputes.

Olio Devices

Seed Round in 2014
Olio Devices is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in luxury lifestyle products aimed at modern professionals. Founded in 2013, the company focuses on the development of smart wearable devices, including high-end wristwatches, which combine precision craftsmanship with advanced technology. Their flagship product, the Olio Model One, was introduced in March 2015 and is designed to sync seamlessly with both Apple and Android smartphones. In addition to their timepieces, Olio Devices offers associated software, hardware, and a cloud-based platform that supports third-party services, enhancing the functionality and user experience of their smartwatches.

Willow

Seed Round in 2014
Willow Inc., established in 2014 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, specializes in the manufacture of wearable breast pumps for women. The company offers a range of products including milk bags, accessories such as flanges and tubes, and replacement parts. Willow's flagship product is an in-bra wearable breast pump designed to provide mothers with mobility and hands-free convenience during breastfeeding. The company also provides pumping bras, cases, and other breastfeeding essentials.

Genies

Seed Round in 2014
Genies empowers individuals to create personalized digital avatars for expression across social media and messaging platforms. It offers tools for users to design avatars, avatar fashion lines, worlds, and interactive experiences, enabling brands to drive engagement through exclusive digital goods.

FIRE1

Series A in 2014
FIRE1 is an Irish-based company specializing in the development of innovative therapeutic devices. Its flagship product is a remote monitoring system designed to enhance heart failure patients' lives by providing real-time data to healthcare providers, facilitating early detection and proactive interventions.

CareZone

Series A in 2012
CareZone is a healthcare platform focused on simplifying personal healthcare management and enhancing coordination among family members and caregivers. The company offers a solution that automates prescription refill reminders, appointment tracking, and provides controlled access to health information, allowing users to manage their healthcare needs efficiently. By centralizing these services in a single interface, CareZone enables individuals to better organize their health management and facilitate communication with those involved in their care.

Sentons

Seed Round in 2012
Sentons is a fabless semiconductor company based in Silicon Valley. It develops ultrasonic sensing technology for multi-touch interfaces, branded SonaTouch, using active ultrasound to enable edge-to-edge designs, flush bezels, and compatibility with fingers, pens, and other pointing objects, with near-zero actuation pressure. The technology expands usability across mobile, wearable, PC, and automotive devices by providing virtualized buttons and edge-gesture capture, enabling integration of multi-touch on a wide range of consumer and industrial electronics.

Alta Devices

Private Equity Round in 2011
Alta Devices, Inc. is a manufacturer of innovative solar technology specializing in single junction solar cells. Founded in 2007 and based in Sunnyvale, California, the company develops thin and flexible mobile power solutions designed for a variety of applications, including unmanned systems, consumer electronics, sensors, automotive, remote exploration, wearables, and Internet of Things devices. Alta Devices aims to enhance the production economics of high-efficiency solar photovoltaic applications, positioning itself at the forefront of solar energy advancements. As of 2015, the company operates as a subsidiary of Hanergy Hi-Tech Power (HK) Limited.

QuickLogic

Venture Round in 1995
QuickLogic Corporation is a semiconductor company that specializes in developing customizable semiconductor platforms and intellectual property solutions for various applications, including smartphones, wearables, tablets, and Internet-of-Things devices. The company offers a range of products such as ultra-low power field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), embedded FPGA intellectual property, System on Chip (SoC) solutions, and an analytics toolkit designed for machine learning and sensor algorithm development. QuickLogic's solutions are tailored for always-on voice and sensor processing, enhancing user experiences in mobile and portable electronics. Additionally, the company provides licensing for its FPGA technology to other semiconductor firms. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in San Jose, California, QuickLogic markets its products to original equipment manufacturers and original design manufacturers through a network of sales managers and distributors across North America, Europe, and Asia.
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