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Ann Bordetsky
Partner at NEA
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Ann Bordetsky is a Partner at NEA with a background in strategic partnerships, leadership, and business development. She has held key roles at companies like Uber and Twitter, overseeing initiatives in business development and product management.
Ann Bordetsky has made significant investments in companies like Glacier, Tract, and Contra, showcasing her expertise in ClimateTech/CleanTech, Marketplaces, and SaaS sectors. Her current role as Partner at NEA highlights her leadership in seed and series A/B investments in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Work Experience
Partner
2021 - Current
Early stage investor in Generative AI, Application Software and High-Growth Consumer. NEA Profile: https://www.nea.com/team/ann-bordetsky Linktree: linktr.ee/annbordetsky
New Enterprise Associates is a venture capital firm that focuses on investments in technology and healthcare startups.
Investor
2024
ElevenLabs is a research company developing AI voice synthesis software for creators and publishers.
Raised $101,000,000.00 from Disney Accelerator.
Board Observer
2023
Perplexity is an AI-chat-based conversational search engine that delivers answers to questions using language models.
Raised $165,000,000.00 from IVP, Wayra and SoftBank Vision Fund.
Investor
2024
Twelve Labs makes video foundation models accessible via APIs to empower businesses and developers to build intelligent video products.
Raised $77,120,000.00 from Korea Investment Partners, New Enterprise Associates, WndrCo, NVentures, Radical Ventures and Index Ventures.
Board Director
2022
Board Director
2022
Glacier is an innovation leader in AI-powered robotic waste technology.
Raised $4,500,000.00 from Elemental Impact.
Advisor
2020
Pano uses deep learning AI and computer vision to automatically detect, verify and classify wildfire events in real time.
Raised $45,000,000.00 from January Ventures, 5G Open Innovation Lab, Convective Capital, T-Mobile Ventures, Jade Van Doren, Congruent Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, Initialized Capital, Salesforce Ventures and Kevin Mahaffey.
Advisor
2018
January Ventures is an early stage VC fund. We are replacing the friends & family round and re-writing the networks in venture.
Angel Investor & Advisor
2018 - 2021
Angel investing in future of work, consumer, marketplaces and climate (pre-seed / seed), excited to work with visionary founders and builders. I coach founders on product strategy, GTM, partnerships and CEO leadership skills. More than 50% of my angel investments are female founder / CEO led companies. Companies: - Motif (SaaS), AI co-pilot for developer docs, https://motif.land/ - Liveflow (SaaS), auto-pilot for financial reporting, https://www.liveflow.io/ - Ethena (SaaS), corporate training that doesn't suck, https://www.goethena.com/ - CarbonChain (Climate Tech), carbon accounting for industrials, https://carbonchain.com/ - Pano AI (Climate Tech), AI-powered wildfire detection and response, https://www.pano.ai/ - Milo (Consumer), AI-powered family assistant, https://www.hellomilo.io/ - UpSmith (SaaS), UpSkilling platform to the trades, https://upsmith.com/ - Shef (Consumer / Marketplace), authentic home cooked meals delivered, https://shef.com/ - Warmly (SaaS), modern lead gen for Sales teams, https://www.getwarmly.com/ - Pando (SaaS), career pathing for Gen Z professionals, https://www.pando.com/ - TRM Labs (SaaS), digital compliance for web3 / blockchain, https://www.trmlabs.com/ - ConfirmHR (SaaS), reimagining the resume, https://www.confirmhr.com/ - Mural (SaaS), enterprise collaboration platform for creative teams, https://www.mural.co/ - Elpha (Consumer), #1 community for women in tech, https://elpha.com/
Chief Operating Officer
2018 - 2020
Acquired by Live Nation / Ticketmaster, backed by a16z, Upfront Ventures.
Rival is a technology company building a platform for live events.
Raised $33,000,000.00 from Upfront Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz.
Education
Investments
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