Albert Lee

Venture Partner

2024 - Current

Early-stage climate tech venture fund supporting climate companies globally.

Partner

2014

[Roster currently closed] Work with start-up founders to build generational companies and investors to manage enduring funds.

Partner

2019 - 2023

Connect Ventures is an investment partnership between leading entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and global venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA). With access to CAA’s unmatched resources, relationships, and expertise spanning the global media, entertainment, and sports landscape, combined with the deep investing and company building expertise of NEA’s world-class technology practice, Connect Ventures identifies and accelerates the growth of early-stage consumer-focused businesses.

Operating Partner - Product & Design

2016 - 2023

NEA partners with founders to turn big ideas and bold aspirations into the products, services and solutions that shape the future. With four decades of investing experience and approximately $25 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2022, and invests in technology and healthcare companies at all stages in a company’s lifecycle, from seed stage through IPO. The firm's long track record of investing includes more than 270 portfolio company IPOs and more than 450 mergers and acquisitions, across sectors, stages and geographies. We are investors; but we are also technologists, inventors, operators, physicians, researchers, marketers, and yes, even entrepreneurs. We bring these disciplines together under one global fund, united by a shared passion for innovation and a collaborative culture. We've invested in consumer companies such as Jet.com, Robin Hood, Casper, Goop, Mejuri, Pocket, and Masterclass, as well as enterprise companies such as Tableau, Workday, MuleSoft, Cloudflare, and Plaid, among many others.

Designer-In-Residence

2015 - 2016

Executive Coach

2015 - 2020

Reboot is a collection of top coaches and consultants dedicated to helping Founders and leaders achieve their potential. Reboot was founded by Jerry Colonna, a VC partner with Fred Wilson in the early days of Silicon Alley's start-up movement. As a sought-after coach since, Jerry has helped many top entrepreneurs uncover the strength and soul of their leadership capabilities. Sharing a common philosophy and approach, Reboot coaches serve the start-up community globally.

Special Partner - Product & Design

2015 - 2019

Juxtapose is a multidisciplinary organization whose mission is to build high growth technology companies in partnership with a like-minded group of entrepreneurs, operators, and investors. Juxtapose's philosophy is to work slowly and with discipline, focusing on businesses that leverage our expertise in commercial strategy, human-centered design, technology, and venture capital. Juxtapose and it's associated investment vehicles are funded with permanent capital from a select group of institutional investors, entrepreneurs, and executives from around the world.

Managing Director - IDEO NY

2010 - 2014

Co-Founder

2010 - 2013

Popplet is a collaborative white boarding tool, used in K-6 education for visual thinking. The product has been downloaded over 25M+ times and is being used across 130+ countries. In the education space, Popplet has been featured by Apple as a leading education tool numerous times and is used by teachers and students all over the globe.

Board Member

2009 - 2011

Visiting Assistant Professor

2009 - 2010