Ann Bordetsky

Ann Bordetsky

NEA

About

Role

Partner

Type

Multi-stage VC

Bio

Serial startup operator (two unicorns, two startups exits), active angel investor and now Partner at NEA (global early stage VC with >600 tech exits). Previously Chief Operating Officer of Rival, Business Development exec at Uber, Twitter and in-the-trenches builder of two pioneering climate and mobility startups. Often helping founders with building scaling organizations, expansion and partnerships strategy, hiring 10x functional leaders and coaching on navigating team inflection points and management challenges. Angel investor in future of work, consumer, climate including Fast, Shef, Warmly, Ethena, PandoHR, Pano AI, LiveFlow, Vibe, Carbon Chain, Elpha, BeyondHQ, etc. Big believer in supporting underrepresented founders (60% of my portfolio is female founder led companies).

About Investments

Lead check at Seed to Series B. Investing in 5 themes but always open to new ideas. I'm a generalist not a niche investor. Future of Work, Soloprenuer Economy, Gen Z Consumer, SaaS for Operators (CHROs, COOs, CROs), Climate Tech (SaaS, consumer, Data/AI).

Investments

Stages

Seed, Series A

Check Range

$1M-$5M

Geography

Global

Leads Rounds

Prefers to

Investment Highlights

BeyondHQ, Carbon Chain, Contra, Ethena, Fast, Glacier Technologies, PandoHR, Spokn, Vibe, Warmly

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