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Bio

Professional summary

Alexa Grabelle joined NEA in 2025 as an Associate on the Technology team, focusing on early-stage investments in AI applications, consumer technology and fintech. She previously worked as an investor at Bessemer Venture Partners and on the growth team at ICONIQ. She also founded Bags of Books, a service organization that collects and donates gently used children's books.

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

  • New Enterprise AssociatesAssociate2025 – Present
  • Bessemer Venture PartnersInvestor
  • ICONIQGrowth Team
  • Bags of BooksFounder

Education

  • The Wharton School, University of PennsylvaniaBS in Economics; minor in Creative Writing

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Aaron Jacobson

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Aaron Jacobson is a Partner at NEA focused on AI, cybersecurity, developer tools, and robotics. He joined NEA in 2011 and invests across seed/early and growth stages.

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Alex Sharata

Alex Sharata

Partner

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NEA growth Partner investing across enterprise, fintech, consumer, and AI.

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Andrew Schoen

Andrew Schoen

Partner

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Andrew Schoen is a Partner at NEA investing in AI/ML, cybersecurity, fintech, frontier and deep tech, and technically differentiated software. His official NEA profile tags him for Technology, Growth, and Seed/Early.

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Arjun Jain

Arjun Jain

Partner

New Enterprise Associates

NEA technology Partner focused on consumer and enterprise investments.

Consumer technologyEnterprise technologyEntertainmentGrowth equityMediaTechnology
Ashley Jepson

Ashley Jepson

Senior Analyst

New Enterprise Associates

NEA Senior Analyst investing in data and AI infrastructure.

AI infrastructureData infrastructureEarly-stage technologyEngineeringInternal tooling
Aya Somai

Aya Somai

Associate

New Enterprise Associates

NEA Associate investing in early-stage technology companies.

Consumer technologyEarly-stage technologyEnterprise technologyFintechM&A
Ayush Goradia

Ayush Goradia

Senior Associate

New Enterprise Associates

NEA Senior Associate focused on enterprise and consumer technology.

Consumer technologyEnterprise technologyFintechGrowth-stage technologyInfrastructureSoftware
Blake Wu

Blake Wu

Partner

New Enterprise Associates

Blake Wu is a Partner at NEA focused on digital health, healthcare services, healthcare IT, and biopharmaceuticals. His official NEA profile tags him under Healthcare, Life Sciences, Digital Health, Seed/Early, and Growth.

AI infrastructureenterprise software
Carmen Chang

Carmen Chang

Partner, Head of Asia

New Enterprise Associates

Partner and Head of Asia at NEA focused on technology investing across China, emerging Asia, the US, and Europe.

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Danielle Ezratty

Danielle Ezratty

Senior Associate

New Enterprise Associates

NEA Senior Associate focused on digital health investing.

Digital healthGrowthHealthcareHealthcare servicesSeed/Early
Danielle Lay

Danielle Lay

Partner

New Enterprise Associates

NEA Partner investing in AI companies across consumer and enterprise.

AIConsumerCustomer obsessionEnterpriseFintech
Ed Mathers

Ed Mathers

Partner

New Enterprise Associates

NEA Partner on the healthcare team focused on biotechnology and specialty pharmaceuticals across seed, early, and growth stages.

BiotechnologyGene therapyGrowthHealthcareImmunology and inflammationRNA editingSeed/EarlySpecialty pharmaceuticals