# NEA (slim)

> NEA's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Factory, Merge, Merge API, Inc., Metronome (Stripe) and 4 more, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nea/index.md (~1,350 tokens) · this version ~1,230 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nea/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nea/
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-10-28
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)

Venture firm.

Website: https://www.nea.com

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Factory**, Series B, September 2025, Series C, April 2026, $200M round, September 2026, led a round
  - [Droid CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/droid-cli.md), graded C, 59.1/100
  - Source: https://factory.com/news/series-b
- **Merge**, Seed, May 2021, Series B, October 2022, led a round
  - [Merge Accounting API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/merge-accounting.md), graded BB, 70.2/100
  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/17/merge-raises-4-5m-to-help-b2b-companies-build-customer-facing-integrations/
- **Merge API, Inc.**, Seed, May 2021, Series B, October 2022, led a round
  - [Merge Agent Handler](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/merge-agent-handler.md), graded B, 69.6/100
  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/17/merge-raises-4-5m-to-help-b2b-companies-build-customer-facing-integrations/
- **Metronome (Stripe)**, Series C, February 2025, led a round
  - [Metronome](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/metronome.md), graded B, 69.8/100
  - Source: https://fortune.com/2025/02/25/exclusive-metronome-usage-based-billing-startup-raises-50-million-series-c
- **Sentry**
  - [Sentry MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sentry-mcp.md), graded BB, 70.2/100
  - Source: https://sentry.io/about/
- **Together AI**, Series A extension, March 2024
  - [Together Code Sandbox](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-code-sandbox.md), graded D, 53.7/100
  - [Together AI Fine-tuning](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-fine-tuning.md), graded C, 54.8/100
  - Source: https://www.together.ai/blog/series-a2
- **Together Computer, Inc.**, Series A extension, March 2024
  - [Together AI Inference](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-inference.md), graded B, 67.8/100
  - Source: https://www.together.ai/blog/series-a2
- **Weaviate**, Series B, April 2023, through New Enterprise Associates
  - [Weaviate API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/weaviate.md), graded B, 68.1/100
  - 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

## Where they invest

- Agent harnesses, 1
- Accounting & invoicing, 1
- Agent tool access, 1
- Payment & monetisation platforms, 1
- Observability & incidents, 1
- Code execution sandboxes, 1
- Fine-tuning, 1
- Model APIs & inference, 1
- Retrieval & vector search, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Matan Grinberg](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/matan-grinberg/), Factory
- [Eno Reyes](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eno-reyes/), Factory
- [Shensi Ding](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/shensi-ding/), Merge, Merge API, Inc.
- [Gil Feig](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/gil-feig/), Merge, Merge API, Inc.
- [Scott Woody](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/scott-woody/), Metronome (Stripe)
- [Kevin Liu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kevin-liu/), Metronome (Stripe)
- [David Cramer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/david-cramer/), Sentry
- [Chris Jennings](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chris-jennings/), Sentry
- [Vipul Ved Prakash](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/vipul-ved-prakash/), Together Computer, Inc.
- [Ce Zhang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ce-zhang/), Together Computer, Inc.
- [Tri Dao](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tri-dao/), Together Computer, Inc.
- [Chris Ré](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chris-re/), Together Computer, Inc.
- [Percy Liang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/percy-liang/), Together Computer, Inc.
- [Bob van Luijt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/bob-van-luijt/), Weaviate
- [Etienne Dilocker](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/etienne-dilocker/), Weaviate

## Questions

### Which AI tools has NEA invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Factory, Merge, Merge API, Inc., Metronome (Stripe), Sentry, Together AI, Together Computer, Inc.

### How are NEA's companies graded?

On 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).

Investors 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.