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Danielle Lay

Partner at New Enterprise Associates

New York, New York

Overview 

Danielle Lay is a Partner at NEA in New York City, having previously founded DesignWorks and worked as an Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs. She has successfully invested in companies like beehiiv and Fizz at Series B funding stages, demonstrating a strong track record in venture capital and entrepreneurship.

Work Experience 

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New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

  • Partner

    2023 - Current

    Lead Investments: beehiiv - newsletter and email software (board director) Patreon - creator community platform (board observer) Stealth - consumer AI app Stealth - another consumer AI app Fizz - gen z social (board observer) Goody - best way to gift (board director) Prime - SMB lending infra software (board observer) Pair - eyewear (board observer) Other Positions: Block - AI powered home renovations (board director) Formlabs - polymers based additive manufacturing (board observer) Workera - agentic skills intelligence for enterprise Exited Positions: Divvy (acquired by NYSE: BILL) Burrow (acquired by Havenly)

  • Principal

    2019 - 2023

  • Investor

    2017 - 2019

New Enterprise Associates is a venture capital firm that focuses on investments in technology and healthcare startups.

nea.com
NU

Northwestern University

  • NUSeeds Alumni Investment Committee

    2019 - 2022

GS

Goldman Sachs

  • Investment Banking Analyst

    2016 - 2017

Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.

goldmansachs.com

DesignWorks

  • Founder & CEO

    2013 - 2016

    Graphic design and web development agency

TE

The Economist

  • Analyst

    2013 - 2013

The Economist Group is the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs.

economist.com

Education 

Investments 

beehiiv

Series B

Total funding: $51M

Fizz

Series B

Total funding: $39M

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