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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