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New Enterprise Associates

2490 Sand Hill Road 1119 St. Paul Street

Menlo Park, CA 94025 Baltimore, MD 21202

Phone: 650-854-9499 Phone: 410-244-0115

Fax: 650-854-9397 Fax: 410-752-7721

One Freedom Square

11951 Freedom Drive, Suite 1240

Reston, VA 20190

Phone: 703-709-9499

Fax: 703-834-7579

www.nea.com

Overview

Founded in 1978, New Enterprise Associates (NEA) has established itself as a

major player in health care/life sciences and information technology. Some 135

NEA companies have gone public, and 150 have been successfully acquired. The

firm counts among its success stories multimedia software vendor Macromedia,

workstation manufacturer Silicon Graphics, Internet service provider UUNet,

Juniper Networks, Ascend Communications, and TiVo.

In September 2000, NEA closed its tenth fund at $2.32 billion, the largest early￾stage investment fund ever raised. NEA X invests primarily in technology start￾ups. In 2004, it raised a $1.1 billion fund, bucking a trend toward smaller funds.

Portfolio companies include Boingo Wireless, Salesforce.com, and Virtela

Communications.

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