New Enterprise Associates

New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is one of the world’s largest venture capital firms, investing across a range of sectors including technology and healthcare. The firm supports companies at every stage of development by providing financial resources and strategic guidance.

CCI Score

-28.50

0.02% April 18

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NEA’s Involvement in Pro Women’s Flag Football League Initiative

NEA, via its partnership in Connect Ventures with Creative Artists Agency, is linked to discussions with the NFL regarding the launch of a professional women’s flag football league. This move is seen as a progressive step towards enhancing women's participation in sports.

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Latest Events

APR

02

2025

NEA’s Involvement in Pro Women’s Flag Football League Initiative
45.00

NEA, via its partnership in Connect Ventures with Creative Artists Agency, is linked to discussions with the NFL regarding the launch of a professional women’s flag football league. This move is seen as a progressive step towards enhancing women's participation in sports.
MAR

24

2025

Venture Capital Human Rights Oversight Shortcomings
-49.65

An investigation by Amnesty International revealed that the vast majority of the world’s largest venture capital firms—including New Enterprise Associates—have failed to implement robust human rights due diligence policies, highlighting significant ethical oversights in their investment practices.
-50

Business Practices and Ethical Responsibility

April 3

The investigation underscores a systemic failure among leading VC firms to meet their human rights due diligence responsibilities. This oversight raises concerns that such practices indirectly support environments that may further undermine worker rights and marginalized communities. As one of the top VC firms, NEA is implicated in this broader trend, resulting in a negative score under business practices and ethical responsibility.

Investigation takes stock of venture capital's human rights oversight, finding vast majority of firms are failing responsibilities & lacking diversity
JUL

30

2021

NEA Criticized in Amnesty Report for Inadequate Human Rights Due Diligence
-48.24

An Amnesty International report has highlighted that many of the world’s largest venture capital firms, including New Enterprise Associates (NEA), lack robust human rights due diligence policies. The report warns that such practices may indirectly fund companies involved in supplying repressive surveillance technologies and contributing to human rights abuses.
-70

Business Practices and Ethical Responsibility

April 3

The report criticizes NEA along with other major venture capital firms for failing to implement adequate human rights due diligence processes. This negligence potentially facilitates investments in companies that supply technology to repressive governments, thereby indirectly supporting authoritarian practices and contributing to human rights abuses. Such an omission in business ethics reflects poorly on the firm’s responsibility.

Amnesty report finds world’s largest venture capital firms fail to demonstrate adequate human rights due diligence processes
JUL

30

2021

NEA Lacking Human Rights Due Diligence in Investments
-34.46

An Amnesty International report released on 30 July 2021 highlighted that leading venture capital firms, including NEA, largely lack proper human rights due diligence protocols. This absence of ethical oversight in investment decisions raises concerns about indirect complicity in human rights abuses linked to surveillance technologies and forced labor practices.
-50

Labor Relations and Human Rights Practices

April 3

The report underscores a significant failure among top venture capital firms, including NEA, to implement adequate due diligence processes that would prevent investments indirectly contributing to human rights abuses. This neglect potentially supports exploitative practices and repressive technologies that harm marginalized communities, reflecting poor labor relations and human rights practices.

Top Venture Capital Firms Complicit In Human Rights Abuses
JUL

30

2021

NEA Lacks Human Rights Due Diligence in Investments
-55.14

An Amnesty International report published on July 30, 2021, identified New Enterprise Associates as one of the leading venture capital firms that has not implemented adequate human rights due diligence measures. The report criticizes the firm’s failure to check whether its investments might be linked to human rights abuses, raising concerns about the ethical implications of its funding practices and the potential for indirectly supporting repressive regimes.
-80

Business Practices and Ethical Responsibility

April 3

The report by Amnesty International highlights that NEA, along with several other top VC firms, has shown no evidence of performing necessary human rights checks in its investment processes. This neglect in due diligence reflects poor business practices and an absence of ethical responsibility, potentially contributing to the funding of companies implicated in human rights abuses.

Risky Business: Top 10 Leading Venture Capital Firms Failing in their Responsibility to Respect Human Rights