Title
Sandell, Scott oral historyCatalog Number
102792219Type
DocumentDescription
Scott Sandell joined New Enterprise Associates in 1996 and became a General Partner in 2000. He leads NEA’s Technology Practice, which represents about two-thirds of the firm’s invested dollars. During Scott’s tenure at NEA, the firm has raised over $12.5B and is one of the largest and most active venture firms in the world. Among the earliest and most successful investors in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and cloud computing, Scott’s portfolio has generated more than $3B in liquidity through public market exits or acquisitions, including market leaders like Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), WebEx (NASDAQ: WEBX, acquired by Cisco); Data Domain (NASDAQ: DDUP, acquired by EMC); Workday (NASDAQ: WDAY); and Tableau Software (NYSE: DATA). Scott also led NEA’s investments in 3ware (acquired by Applied Micro Circuits Corporation); Amplitude Software (acquired by Critical Path); Fineground Networks (acquired by Cisco); Fusion-io (NYSE: FIO); Neoteris (acquired by Juniper Networks); NetIQ(NASDAQ: NTIQ, acquired by AttachMate); Playdom (acquired by Disney); and Spreadtrum Communications (NASDAQ: SPRD, acquired by Tsinghua).
Scott’s private company board memberships include Bitglass, Bloom Energy, DreamFactory, Datrium, Cloudflare, Coursera, and Sentons. He is the incoming Chairman of the NVCA, serving the 2014-15 term.
Prior to joining NEA, Scott was a Product Manager at Microsoft, where he worked on Windows 95. Before attending business school, he joined C-ATS Software as the company’s first salesman and later co-founded and ran the company’s European subsidiary. Scott began his career at the Boston Consulting Group. He holds an MBA from Stanford and an AB in Engineering Sciences from Dartmouth College.
Date
2006-05; 2006-11; 2011-05Contributor
| Kolker, Carole, Interviewer |
| Perry, Mauree Jane, Interviewer |
| Sandell, Scott, Interviewee |
