About Neu Venture Capital
Neu Venture Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2008. It is primarily based out of New York City, United States. As of Mar 2020, Neu Venture Capital has invested in 43 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Retail and High Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Sila Overall, Neu Venture Capital portfolio has seen 2 IPOs and 19 acquisitions including key companies like Datadog, The Trade Desk and StrongDM. A lot of funds co-invest with Neu Venture Capital, with names like RRE Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.Key Metrics
Neu Venture Capital's List of Top Investments
Neu Venture Capital has a portfolio of 43 companies. Their most notable investments are in Activecell and Yieldbot.Their portfolio spans across United States and Canada. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Retail, High Tech and 14 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Neu Venture Capital:1. Datadog
Provider of integrated platform for monitoring, security, and observability services. The platform offers end-to-end visibility into infrastructure, applications, and data. It facilitates threat detection, prioritization, and response. The platform also optimizes digital experiences and accelerates software delivery.
Key facts about Datadog
- Founded Year: 2010
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $2.68B as on Dec 31, 2024
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $147M
- Employee Count: 9,899 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: HTIF, Meritech and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, May 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Public
2. Premise
Premise is a global crowd-sourced economic information gathering platform. It provides a way for corporations, financial services firms including hedge funds and governments to collect business and economic data. Individuals get paid to take pictures of items or report prices at grocery stores, food markets and more via a proprietary mobile app for both Android and iOS. The company offers data insights for inflation tracking, food security monitoring, channel checks for brands, and more.
Key facts about Premise
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $152M
- Employee Count: 357 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Harrison Metal, Tao Capital Partners and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Jan 13, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Provider of a platform for data-driven, omnichannel advertising campaign management. The platform offers tools for audience targeting, identity solutions, and measurement and optimization. It provides access to various channels, including audio, CTV/OTT, digital out-of-home, display, mobile, native, and video. The platform also offers APIs and custom solutions, along with programmatic buying options.
Key facts about The Trade Desk
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: Ventura (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $2.44B as on Dec 31, 2024
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $82.5M
- Employee Count: 4,697 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Western Alliance Bank, Scheuermann Investment and 21 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, May 11, 2016, $*****
- Highlight: Public
4. One Drop
One Drop is a provider of workforce healthcare solutions. The product offerings include Diabetes Management solution, with features as automatic card counting, automatic scheduling of meds & reminders, insulin pump data, etc. It provides solutions for employees such as Personal Health Assistant, a customizable checklist solution for tracking blood, weight, and daily care activities, etc. and Collision Avoidance, an AI-based real-time healthcare predictions provider. The product is available in the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store.
Key facts about One Drop
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $108M
- Employee Count: 166 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: Bayer, BoxGroup and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Aug 24, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. StrongDM
Cloud based database security and management solution. It provides database security monitoring and auditing solution to the organization. It provides access to databases based on automated or human approvals. Features include database permissions and access control, integrated SSO, monitoring, and auditing employee activity, and more.
Key facts about StrongDM
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Menlo Park (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $111M
- Employee Count: 166 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global Management and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, May 02, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Neu Venture Capital's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Neu Venture Capital has invested in 43 companies over the last 19 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Sila and most recent follow-on round was in Shortcut.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Neu Venture Capital's Investments by Stage
Neu Venture Capital has made 16 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.76M, 9 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $2.86M and 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $10M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 16 |
Series A | 9 |
Series B | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Neu Venture Capital's Investments by Sector
Neu Venture Capital has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, FinTech, High Tech, Retail and Vertical SaaS. Notably, it has invested in 37 Tech companies, 33 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 29 Software companies and at least 17 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 19 |
FinTech | 5 |
High Tech | 3 |
Retail | 3 |
Vertical SaaS | 3 |
Others | 15 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Neu Venture Capital's Investments by Geography
Neu Venture Capital has made most investments in United States (25), followed by Canada where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 25 |
Canada | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Neu Venture Capital's recent investments
Neu Venture Capital has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Neu Venture Capital:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Mar 19, 2020 | United States | Seed | 8950 | [+5] | |
Jul 16, 2019 | United States | Seed | 6693 | ||
Dec 13, 2017 | United States | Series A | 9047 | [+4] | |
Nov 16, 2017 | United States | Seed | 5762 | ||
Sep 13, 2016 | United States | Series A | 7571 | [+4] |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Neu Venture Capital's Portfolio
2 of Neu Venture Capital's portfolio companies have become public. Datadog got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Sep 2019 at marketcap of $7.83B and The Trade Desk got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) at marketcap of $688M.Here are Neu Venture Capital's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 19, 2019 | - | - | 4841 | |
Sep 21, 2016 | - | - | 4960 |
Acquired companies in Neu Venture Capital's Portfolio
19 companies from Neu Venture Capital's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition were StrongDM in Jan 2026 by DELinea.Here are Neu Venture Capital's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 15, 2026 | Jul 08, 2016 | Seed | 4043 | |
Feb 26, 2025 | Mar 01, 2014 | Seed | 8160 | |
Dec 05, 2023 | Nov 06, 2013 | Seed | 7792 | |
Jan 19, 2022 | Dec 12, 2011 | Series A | 3230 | |
May 27, 2021 | Nov 16, 2017 | Seed | 2065 |
Co-investors of Neu Venture Capital
Over the past 19 years, 188 investors have co-invested in Neu Venture Capital's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Neu Venture Capital: Jerry Neumann, IA Ventures and 25 others have invested in rounds before Neu Venture Capital. There are 2 companies where Jerry Neumann has invested before Neu Venture Capital and 2 companies where IA Ventures has invested before Neu Venture Capital.
- Top Co-investors of Neu Venture Capital: 85 investors entered a company along with Neu Venture Capital. These include investors like RRE Ventures (3 companies).
- Invested after Neu Venture Capital: A total of 76 investors have invested in Neu Venture Capital's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Google Ventures (2 companies), FJ Labs (2 companies) and Sequoia Capital (2 companies).
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