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Erica Sunkin McLaughlin

@ericasunkin

Communications & Marketing @NEA | Formerly @EdelSmithfield @EdelmanPR (all tweets, retweets and opinions are my own and not of my organization)

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calendar_today15-04-2010 23:14:00

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The internet brought us connectivity. Mobile gave us digital utilities. Now, AI is ushering in the age of Personal Intelligence - where software amplifies creativity, personalizes experiences, and integrates growth tools into daily life. Here's our analysis 🧡 (1/13)

The internet brought us connectivity. Mobile gave us digital utilities. Now, AI is ushering in the age of Personal Intelligence - where software amplifies creativity, personalizes experiences, and integrates growth tools into daily life. 

Here's our analysis 🧡 (1/13)
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πŸš€ Congratulations, Synthesia πŸŽ₯ --$180M Series D to advance AI video for enterprise communications! πŸ‘πŸ½ We're thrilled to partner with Victor Riparbelli, Steffen Tjerrild, & the Synthesia team alongside co-investors WiL (World Innovation Lab), Atlassian Ventures, InvestPSP, GV, MMC, &

πŸš€ Congratulations, <a href="/synthesiaIO/">Synthesia πŸŽ₯</a> --$180M Series D to advance AI video for enterprise communications! πŸ‘πŸ½

We're thrilled to partner with <a href="/vriparbelli/">Victor Riparbelli</a>, <a href="/Stjerrild/">Steffen Tjerrild</a>,   &amp; the Synthesia team alongside co-investors <a href="/wilvc_us/">WiL (World Innovation Lab)</a>, <a href="/Atlassian/">Atlassian</a> Ventures, <a href="/InvestPSP/">InvestPSP</a>, <a href="/GVteam/">GV</a>, <a href="/MMC_Ventures/">MMC</a>, &amp;
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🀩 Congratulations to Mustafa Neemuchwala and Hunter Worland--promoted to Principals on NEA's technology investing team. We are grateful to work with and be inspired by these talented rising stars! πŸš€ πŸ“° More details: nea.com/news/press-rel…

🀩 Congratulations to <a href="/neemustafa/">Mustafa Neemuchwala</a> and Hunter Worland--promoted to Principals on <a href="/NEA/">NEA</a>'s technology investing team.

We are grateful to work with and be inspired by these talented rising stars! πŸš€

πŸ“° More details: nea.com/news/press-rel…
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Remembering Dick Kramlich 🀍 1935-2025 NEA celebrates the extraordinary life of our co-founder, Dick Kramlich, and his enduring impact on our firm and industry. A visionary leader and cherished mentor, Dick’s integrity, humility and true passion for entrepreneurship will

Remembering Dick Kramlich 🀍
1935-2025

NEA celebrates the extraordinary life of our co-founder, Dick Kramlich, and his enduring impact on our firm and industry.

A  visionary leader and cherished mentor, Dick’s integrity, humility and  true passion for entrepreneurship will
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πŸ‘‰πŸ½ Philip Chopin and Luke Pappas discuss NEA's strategy and excitement around the πŸ”₯ hot startup scene and phenomenal AI talent in Europe along with our growing UK portfolio including: Synthesia πŸŽ₯, ElevenLabs, Sana, DJUST, FIRE1, Orbis Medicines & more... πŸ“° Read

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πŸ—£οΈ ElevenLabs co-founder & CEO Mati Staniszewski was featured on Bloomberg TV this week to discuss the company's recent Series C fund raise and plans to bring voice to every AI agent - from customer support and healthcare to new immersive experiences. πŸ“Ί Check it out below πŸ‘‡πŸ½

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πŸ“’ The Current #11 is here: Overlooked Case Studies from Public Markets πŸ“ˆ πŸ’‘ NEA's Hunter Worland explores how Kaspi.kz, Affirm, Chewy, LinkedIn and Recruit Holdings are thriving and what their stories reveal about market opportunities for startups. Check it out πŸ‘‰πŸ½

πŸ“’ The Current #11 is here: Overlooked Case Studies from Public Markets πŸ“ˆ

πŸ’‘ NEA's Hunter Worland explores how <a href="/Kaspi_kz/">Kaspi.kz</a>, <a href="/Affirm/">Affirm</a>, <a href="/Chewy/">Chewy</a>, <a href="/LinkedIn/">LinkedIn</a> and <a href="/Recruit_hd/">Recruit Holdings</a>  are thriving and what their stories reveal about market opportunities for startups.

Check it out πŸ‘‰πŸ½
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πŸš€ Congratulations, ceramic--$12M raised to help enterprises build AI models faster and more efficiently.We're thrilled to partner with Anna Patterson & the Ceramic team! πŸ“° NEA's Lila Tretikov, Madison Faulkner, and James Kaplan detail why we believe Ceramic is poised to

πŸš€ Congratulations, <a href="/ceramic_ai/">ceramic</a>--$12M raised to help enterprises build AI models faster and more efficiently.We're thrilled to partner with <a href="/AnnapPatterson/">Anna Patterson</a>  &amp; the Ceramic team!

πŸ“° NEA's <a href="/lilatretikov/">Lila Tretikov</a>, <a href="/maddiehfaulkner/">Madison Faulkner</a>, and <a href="/jamesekaplan/">James Kaplan</a> detail why we believe Ceramic is poised to
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πŸ’‘ Victor Riparbelli, Co-Founder & CEO of Synthesia πŸŽ₯, recently shared his vision for how video will replace text as the primary form of communication, with the help of AI, at TEDAI Vienna. πŸ‘€ Check it out below:

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What a great lead up to #internationalwomensdayβ€”this week we welcomed leaders from Midjourney Gone Wild , Character.AI & the Sapienne AI community to our SF office for an energizing evening uniting women building in AI! πŸ’ͺπŸ½πŸ€–πŸšΊ

What a great lead up to #internationalwomensdayβ€”this week we welcomed leaders from <a href="/midjourneyai/">Midjourney Gone Wild</a> , <a href="/character_ai/">Character.AI</a> &amp; the Sapienne AI community to our SF office for an energizing evening uniting women building in AI! πŸ’ͺπŸ½πŸ€–πŸšΊ
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πŸ“’ The Forbes Annual AI 50 list is out! 🀩 We’re proud to have 8 NEA portfolio companies recognized as some of the most promising privately-held AI companies in the world. Congratulations, Databricks, ElevenLabs, Perplexity, Sakana AI, Synthesia, Together AI,

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πŸ“’ We're thrilled to introduce NEA New York Office hoursβ€”open and collaborative conversations with the NY startup community to help founders turn vision into reality. πŸ“† Launching 5.2.25β€”sign-up now to reserve your spot! We can't wait to meet you! nea.com/ny-office-hours

πŸ“’ We're thrilled to introduce NEA New York Office hoursβ€”open and collaborative conversations with the NY startup community to help founders turn vision into reality.

πŸ“† Launching 5.2.25β€”sign-up now to reserve your spot!

We can't wait to meet you! nea.com/ny-office-hours
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Exclusive: Amazon-backed Glacier gets $16M to expand its robot recycling fleet | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/04/28/ama…

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β€œIt’s pretty rare that you get to see a team and a company at the stage they were at facing such a big existential risk, work their way out of it, and just start to thrive.” NEA's rick yang on the perseverance of the Slash team. πŸŽ‰ Congratulations Slash--$41M Series B for

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πŸ“’ This morning at the Databricks #DataAISummit: NEA's Aaron Jacobson is featured on the Startup Forum VC panel alongside founders & early-customers to discuss what they are seeing in the market and how they are scaling their early stage companies on Databricks.

πŸ“’ This morning at the <a href="/databricks/">Databricks</a> <a href="/Data_AI_Summit/">#DataAISummit</a>: <a href="/NEA/">NEA</a>'s <a href="/aaronej/">Aaron Jacobson</a> is featured on the Startup Forum VC panel alongside founders &amp; early-customers to discuss what they are seeing in the market and how they are scaling their early stage companies on Databricks.
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πŸ“’ Scott Sandell, Chairman & CIO, NEA recently sat down with Michael Harris, Vice Chair, NYSE to discuss what it takes for startups to go public in 2025, and when they're better off staying private.

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Full story below, with views from Jenny Fielding, Aaron Jacobson, Krishna K. Gupta, Eric Bahn πŸ’› and Roy E. Bahat πŸ‘‡ Thanks to our sponsor Notion for helping this piece reach the wider Upstarts audience fully free! upstartsmedia.com/p/ai-companies…

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πŸŽ‰ Congratulations to past & present NEA portfolio companies: Plaid, Cloudflare, Coursera, Duolingo, Scopely, & CRISPR Therapeutics-- honored on TIME's list of the 100 Most Influential Companies of 2025 for their impact, innovation ambition, & success. πŸ“° Details & full list here:

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πŸ“’ Calling engineers and cracked technical builders: Are you interested in working as a forward deployed engineer at ElevenLabs, Factory, Aurelian (Max Keenan), or Forge (Markie Wagner)? Join us in SF on Thursday, July 24th from 6:00–8:30 PM to hear from and connect

πŸ“’ Calling engineers and cracked technical builders: Are you interested in working as a forward deployed engineer at <a href="/elevenlabsio/">ElevenLabs</a>, <a href="/FactoryAI/">Factory</a>, Aurelian (<a href="/MaxKeenan3/">Max Keenan</a>), or Forge (<a href="/markiewagner/">Markie Wagner</a>)?

Join  us in SF on Thursday, July 24th from 6:00–8:30 PM to hear from and  connect