Pete is a Venture Advisor at NEA, focused on early-stage software investing. He was GP and head of the firm’s Enterprise investing practice for more than a decade. Pete led NEA’s early investment in several companies that became unicorns, including Databricks, Upstart, Anyscale and Instabase. Before his venture career, he held sales and product management jobs at HP, and also was an early employee at VMware, where he built the OEM channel from the ground up. He has BA from UC Berkeley, MBA from Kellogg and was Varsity Letterman and National Collegiate Champion in rugby while at Cal. He currently sits on the board of Cal Rugby.
Granica: Catalyzing AI Efficiency in the Concurrent Eras of AI and Efficient Growth
Our Investment in Perplexity AI: Answer Engines and the End of Traditional Search
Antimatter: Pioneering Data Control as an Infrastructure Service
Our Investment in Datafold—the Data Observability Platform
Anyscale: How a shared history led us to the future of scaled applications
Enterprise Software in a Remote World: COVID-19's Continued Impact on Business
COVID-19’s initial impact on the enterprise
What the World Needs Now: Why Instabase Will Lead the Biggest Enterprise Transformation Yet
The Next Chapter in Data Analytics
The Investor’s Dilemma: What Matters Most?
Matroid: Bringing the Future Into Focus with Computer Vision
Biz Dev Can Make (or Break) Your Startup: 10 Rules for Getting It Right
Veriflow: The Next Great Startup with Cal Connections
When too much private capital throws off the adoption curve
Data Performance Management: Unlocking the Enterprise’s Greatest Asset
Open for Business: Company Building in the Age of Open Source
Databricks makes venture seem easy
How Cloud Startups Are Changing The Face Of Innovation
Why NGINX is the New Foundation for Modern Web Applications
Cloud Service Architecture Will Power New Era Of Intelligent, Automated Applications (Expanded)
The new opportunity for PaaS vendors: cloud services curation