New Enterprise Associates; Scott Sandell the lead partner; Dick Kramlich the record's older NEA thread
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New Enterprise Associates is WebShield's lead venture backer, with Scott Sandell as lead partner — the relationship whose origin is the record's best scheduling story: the ninety-minute meeting Jonathan Hare asked for as a birthday gift in 2017, Aaron Jacobson's ten due-diligence calls, and a deal done before the Stanford reunion (S-075). The firm's older thread in this record runs through Dick Kramlich. Paul Arnold met the NEA backers at Marc Singer's instigation before Singer invested personally. The page holds the junctions; the investment's fuller story is Hare's to add.
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Told Hare to camp somewhere else
Open →the older threadLiked the pitches, and was overruled by his own partnership
Open →the ten diligence calls by'Then a minion principle, now a partner,' in Hare's affectionate dictation; the 2017 NEA deal's diligence engine
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