The wave of digital transformation has been active for almost two decades with elevated acceleration over the past two years. This increased velocity in cloud software adoption has exacerbated cybersecurity risk for companies as well. Managing the risk of cyber-attacks has become top of mind for not just security and compliance teams, but also executives and board members. Understandably, identifying risks is becoming a key part of software purchasing and technical integration decisions.…

Scott Sandell, Managing General Partner, and Rick Yang, General Partner and Head of Consumer Investing was featured on The Twenty Minute VC for a conversation around our original investment in Robinhood. In this episode with Scott Sandell and Rick Yang you will learn: 1.) How Rick came to meet Vlad, Robinhood Founder, for the first time? What impressed Rick most in that first meeting? How did the internal discussions proceed at NEA? Was it a unanimous decision to make the investment? 2.)…

I recently had the chance to travel to Lisbon, Portugal for Web Summit 2021. Web Summit is Europe’s biggest tech conference, bringing together many of the world’s technology leaders for a four-day event. I was lucky enough to be able to attend this year; especially since this was my first in-person conference in one and a half years. Here are a few of my observations from the trip. The excitement was real Web Summit welcomed 42,751 attendees at the kick-off, with many more people likely…

Password incorrect.Additional verification required.Enter code to sign in.Account will be locked after one more failed attempt. We’ve all experienced the speed bumps and roadblocks that result from attempts to keep online accounts secure. Average users have a total of 90 online accounts—which means 90 passwords to keep track of, plus the added friction associated with 2FA (two-factor authentication) and MFA (multi factor authentication). It is a lot to manage, and when accounts are difficult…

*Interview of Sara Nayeem by Maya De La Rosa-Cohen; originally published as part of the Capsule 'Dear Doctor' Series, which highlights women physicians working throughout the field of healthcare. Dr. Sara Nayeem was selected three times as one of GrowthCap’s Top 40 Under 40 Growth Investors. Having earned her MD and MBA simultaneously from Yale University and worked within Merrill Lynch’s Global Healthcare Group, today she uses her knowledge and experience in both medicine and business…