GenAI and the New Consumer Internet: Collaborative, Curated and Creative | NEA
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Jonathan Golden
Partner at New Enterprise Associates
San Francisco, California
Overview
Jonathan Golden is a Partner at NEA, having previously served as a Product Executive at Airbnb. He has a strong track record of successful investments in companies like Ledgy and Bowery Farming, and his career highlights include leadership roles at top tech companies like Dropbox and HubSpot.
With an MBA from Stanford University and experience at Goldman Sachs, Jonathan Golden brings a wealth of expertise to his current role at NEA, where he focuses on investing in early-stage companies in sectors such as Marketplaces, SaaS, and Consumer Internet in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Work Experience
Partner
2018 - Current
Focus on leading Seed and Series A investments in B2B software, API infrastructure and verticalized AI. Companies I work with: - Courtyard.io - Ledge (board) - Ledgy (board) - Metabase (board) - MoonPay - Narmi - Patreon (board) - Perplexity - Ozone Previous angel investments include BigHat Biosciences, Bridge.xyz, Coinbase, Danswer.AI, Docsend, Funding Circle, Fathom Heath, Hipcamp, Opensea, Pylon, Synch, Wonderschool and several other endeavors.
New Enterprise Associates is a venture capital firm that focuses on investments in technology and healthcare startups.
Director of Product
2011 - 2017
First Product Manger becoming Director of Product (Exec Team) leading Payments, Monetization and Business Travel. Previously led International Products and Host Products. Created Host Guarantee and Host Protection Insurance.
Lake Swan Properties is a holiday home rental company.
Product Manager
2010 - 2010
PM for Dropbox for Business, summer
Dropbox is a smart workspace company that provides secure file sharing, collaboration, and storage solutions.
Raised $1,709,215,000.00 from JP Morgan Chase, RBC Capital, Deutsche Bank, Macquarie Group, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and JPMorgan Partners.
Product Manager
2009 - 2009
PM for Enterprise Customers, summer
HubSpot develops cloud-based, inbound marketing software that allows businesses to transform the way that they market online.
Raised $100,500,000.00 from Google Ventures, Sequoia Capital, CRV, Cross Creek and Altimeter Capital.
Investor
2007 - 2009
Sourced start-up and growth investment opportunities and advised portfolio companies by drop-shipping into operating roles.
Greylock Partners invests in entrepreneurs that focus on consumer and enterprise software companies.
Investment Banking Analyst
2005 - 2007
M&A
Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Education
Investments
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