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  "markdown": "Venture firm.\n\nWebsite: https://www.nea.com\n\n## Companies on Anchor Terminal\n\n- **Factory**, Series B, September 2025, Series C, April 2026, $200M round, September 2026, led a round\n  - [Droid CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/droid-cli.md), graded C, 59.1/100\n  - Source: https://factory.com/news/series-b\n- **Merge**, Seed, May 2021, Series B, October 2022, led a round\n  - [Merge Accounting API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/merge-accounting.md), graded BB, 70.2/100\n  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/17/merge-raises-4-5m-to-help-b2b-companies-build-customer-facing-integrations/\n- **Merge API, Inc.**, Seed, May 2021, Series B, October 2022, led a round\n  - [Merge Agent Handler](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/merge-agent-handler.md), graded B, 69.6/100\n  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/17/merge-raises-4-5m-to-help-b2b-companies-build-customer-facing-integrations/\n- **Metronome (Stripe)**, Series C, February 2025, led a round\n  - [Metronome](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/metronome.md), graded B, 69.8/100\n  - Source: https://fortune.com/2025/02/25/exclusive-metronome-usage-based-billing-startup-raises-50-million-series-c\n- **Sentry**\n  - [Sentry MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sentry-mcp.md), graded BB, 70.2/100\n  - Source: https://sentry.io/about/\n- **Together AI**, Series A extension, March 2024\n  - [Together Code Sandbox](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-code-sandbox.md), graded D, 53.7/100\n  - [Together AI Fine-tuning](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-fine-tuning.md), graded C, 54.8/100\n  - Source: https://www.together.ai/blog/series-a2\n- **Together Computer, Inc.**, Series A extension, March 2024\n  - [Together AI Inference](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-inference.md), graded B, 67.8/100\n  - Source: https://www.together.ai/blog/series-a2\n- **Weaviate**, Series B, April 2023, through New Enterprise Associates\n  - [Weaviate API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/weaviate.md), graded B, 68.1/100\n  - Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/weaviate-raises-50-million-series-b-funding-to-meet-soaring-demand-for-ai-native-vector-database-technology-301803296.html\n\n## Where they invest\n\n- Agent harnesses, 1\n- Accounting \u0026 invoicing, 1\n- Agent tool access, 1\n- Payment \u0026 monetisation platforms, 1\n- Observability \u0026 incidents, 1\n- Code execution sandboxes, 1\n- Fine-tuning, 1\n- Model APIs \u0026 inference, 1\n- Retrieval \u0026 vector search, 1\n\n## Founders they backed\n\n- [Matan Grinberg](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/matan-grinberg/), Factory\n- [Eno Reyes](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eno-reyes/), Factory\n- [Shensi Ding](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/shensi-ding/), Merge, Merge API, Inc.\n- [Gil Feig](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/gil-feig/), Merge, Merge API, Inc.\n- [Scott Woody](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/scott-woody/), Metronome (Stripe)\n- [Kevin Liu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kevin-liu/), Metronome (Stripe)\n- [David Cramer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/david-cramer/), Sentry\n- [Chris Jennings](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chris-jennings/), Sentry\n- [Vipul Ved Prakash](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/vipul-ved-prakash/), Together Computer, Inc.\n- [Ce Zhang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ce-zhang/), Together Computer, Inc.\n- [Tri Dao](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tri-dao/), Together Computer, Inc.\n- [Chris Ré](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chris-re/), Together Computer, Inc.\n- [Percy Liang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/percy-liang/), Together Computer, Inc.\n- [Bob van Luijt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/bob-van-luijt/), Weaviate\n- [Etienne Dilocker](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/etienne-dilocker/), Weaviate\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which AI tools has NEA invested in?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Factory, Merge, Merge API, Inc., Metronome (Stripe), Sentry, Together AI, Together Computer, Inc. and Weaviate backed by NEA.\n\n### How are NEA's companies graded?\n\nOn Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Droid CLI (C, 59.1), Merge Accounting API (BB, 70.2), Merge Agent Handler (B, 69.6), Metronome (B, 69.8), Sentry MCP (BB, 70.2), Together Code Sandbox (D, 53.7), Together AI Fine-tuning (C, 54.8), Together AI Inference (B, 67.8) and Weaviate API + MCP (B, 68.1).\n\nInvestors are named from the companies' own announcements, the investors' own pages, Y Combinator's company pages, public filings and news reports of a round, each with its source. An investor isn't a sign of quality, and nobody can pay to be listed or to change a grade. To correct something or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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