Tony Florence
Co-CEO of NEA
Tony Florence is co-CEO of NEA (New Enterprise Associates), the venture capital firm, a role he has shared with Mohamad Makhzoumi since April 2024. He joined NEA in 2008 from Morgan Stanley, where he ran technology investment banking in New York. At NEA he led the technology investing practice, then served as co-president. His investments include Jet.com, Snap, Duolingo, Casper and DataRobot.
- Venture capital
NEA
- Software and internet
- Growth equity
Morgan Stanley
- Now
- Co-CEO, NEA2
- Joined NEA
- 20081
- Studied
- A.B. in Economics and MBA, Dartmouth College4
- Office
- NEA, New York3
Experience
- Co-CEO2024 – now
Named co-CEO with Mohamad Makhzoumi in April 2024, as Scott Sandell became executive chairman and chief investment officer.2
- Co-PresidentUntil 2024
Served as co-president after more than a decade leading NEA's technology investing practice.2
- Managing General Partner, Technology2021
Oversaw NEA's technology investing across enterprise and consumer companies, at early and growth stages.1
- General Partner2012 – 2021
Invested in software and internet companies, especially SaaS, marketplace and e-commerce businesses. His boards as of 2021 included Burrow, Casper, DataRobot, Goop, Maisonette, Moda Operandi, Wallapop and Wonder.3
- Managing Director, Head of Technology Banking, New YorkBefore 2008
Spent more than a decade at the firm, working on IPOs and acquisitions for software and internet companies, and sat on the North American management committee for investment banking.4
Education
Recognition
Milestones
- Joins NEA from Morgan Stanley1
- Becomes a general partner at NEA3
- Walmart acquires Jet.com, one of his NEA investments5
- Snap, one of his NEA investments, goes public5
- First of three straight years on the Forbes Midas List4
- Elastic, another of his investments, goes public5
- Casper, one of his investments, lists on the New York Stock Exchange5
- Named NEA's Managing General Partner for technology3
- Named co-CEO of NEA with Mohamad Makhzoumi2