# New Enterprise Associates (slim)

> New Enterprise Associates's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Automation Anywhere, ElevenLabs, Perplexity, Plaid and 2 more, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/new-enterprise-associates/index.md (~1,450 tokens) · this version ~1,330 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/new-enterprise-associates/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/new-enterprise-associates/
- 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
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Venture firm.

Website: https://www.nea.com

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Automation Anywhere**, Series A, July 2018, led a round, through New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
  - [Automation Anywhere](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/automation-anywhere.md), graded D, 51/100
  - Source: https://www.automationanywhere.com/company/press-room/automation-anywhere-raises-250-million-reaching-a-1-8-billion-valuation-in-one-of-the-largest-series-a-financing-rounds
- **ElevenLabs**, Series C, January 2025, through NEA
  - [ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-agents.md), graded BB, 71.4/100
  - [ElevenLabs Music API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-music.md), graded B, 66.9/100
  - [ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-scribe.md), graded B, 69/100
  - [ElevenLabs Text to Speech API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-tts.md), graded BB, 75.3/100
  - [ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-voice-cloning.md), graded BB, 74.8/100
  - Source: https://elevenlabs.io/blog/series-c
- **Perplexity**, Series A, March 2023, Series B, January 2024, led a round
  - [SPACE](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/perplexity-space.md), graded C, 56.4/100
  - [pplx-decider](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pplx-decider.md), graded B, 68.2/100
  - [pplx-decider-flash](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pplx-decider-flash.md), graded B, 68/100
  - Source: https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/announcing-our-series-a-funding-round-and-mobile-app-launch
- **Plaid**, Series A, 2014, Funding and tender offer, April 2025, through NEA
  - [Plaid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/plaid.md), graded B, 69.8/100
  - Source: https://www.fortune.com/2025/04/03/fintech-plaid-funding-round-fidelity-blackrock-franklin-templeton-nea-perret
- **Plaid Inc.**, Series A, 2014, Funding and tender offer, April 2025, through NEA
  - [Plaid Identity Verification](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/plaid-identity-verification.md), graded B, 67.1/100
  - Source: https://www.fortune.com/2025/04/03/fintech-plaid-funding-round-fidelity-blackrock-franklin-templeton-nea-perret
- **Pulumi Corporation**, Series C, October 2023, through NEA
  - [Pulumi ESC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pulumi-esc.md), graded BB, 71.2/100
  - Source: https://www.pulumi.com/blog/series-c/

## Where they invest

- Decision models, 2
- Desktop & mobile app control, 1
- Conversational voice agents, 1
- Music generation, 1
- Speech-to-text, 1
- Text-to-speech, 1
- Voice cloning & custom voices, 1
- Code execution sandboxes, 1
- Bank data & open banking, 1
- Identity & business verification, 1
- Secrets & credential vaults, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Mihir Shukla](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mihir-shukla/), Automation Anywhere
- [Ankur Kothari](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ankur-kothari/), Automation Anywhere
- [Rushabh Parmani](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rushabh-parmani/), Automation Anywhere
- [Neeti Mehta Shukla](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/neeti-mehta-shukla/), Automation Anywhere
- [Mati Staniszewski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mati-staniszewski/), ElevenLabs
- [Piotr Dąbkowski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/piotr-dabkowski/), ElevenLabs
- [Aravind Srinivas](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/aravind-srinivas/), Perplexity
- [Denis Yarats](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/denis-yarats/), Perplexity
- [Johnny Ho](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/johnny-ho/), Perplexity
- [Andy Konwinski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andy-konwinski/), Perplexity
- [Zach Perret](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/zach-perret/), Plaid
- [William Hockey](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/william-hockey/), Plaid
- [Joe Duffy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/joe-duffy/), Pulumi Corporation
- [Eric Rudder](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eric-rudder/), Pulumi Corporation

## Questions

### Which AI tools has New Enterprise Associates invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Automation Anywhere, ElevenLabs, Perplexity, Plaid, Plaid Inc.

### How are New Enterprise Associates's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Automation Anywhere (D, 51), ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP (BB, 71.4), ElevenLabs Music API (B, 66.9), ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API (B, 69), ElevenLabs Text to Speech API + MCP (BB, 75.3), ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API (BB, 74.8), SPACE (C, 56.4), pplx-decider (B, 68.2), pplx-decider-flash (B, 68), Plaid (B, 69.8), Plaid Identity Verification (B, 67.1) and Pulumi ESC (BB, 71.2).

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.