
Peter Sonsini
General Partner
Pete joined NEA in 2005, focusing on early-stage enterprise software, services, and systems investments. He is the co-head of NEA's Enterprise Software Practice Group and serves on several boards. Previously, Pete was Senior Director of Strategic Alliances at VMware, where he helped establish OEM deals and grew annual OEM sales from $0 to $40 million in four years. Pete holds an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management and a BA in Political Economy from UC Berkeley.
Investor scope
Investment criteria breakdown.
Investment stages
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Target regions
USA
Investment ranges
$500K - $1M
$1M - $3M
$3M - $10M
$10M - $50M
Focus areas
Biotech
Cybersecurity
Health
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