About New Era Ventures
New Era Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. It is primarily based out of Washington, DC, United States. As of Jul 2024, New Era Ventures has invested in 4 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 High Tech and FinTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Kindo Overall, New Era Ventures portfolio has seen 2 unicorns, namely Papaya Global and Vi. A lot of funds co-invest with New Era Ventures, with names like Ronald Cohen sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. New Era Ventures has team of 3 people including 3 partners.Key Metrics
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Portfolio Unicorns
New Era Ventures' List of All Investments
New Era Ventures has a portfolio of 4 companies, including 2 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in Vi and Papaya Global.Their portfolio spans across and United States. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, FinTech and 2 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of all investments by New Era Ventures:
Provider of platform for managing and paying global workforce and contractors. The platform offers tools for payments, contractor management, and compliance. It integrates with various systems, providing streamlined compensation and data validation. The platform supports global hiring, risk management, and worker experience solutions.
Key facts about Papaya Global
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $440M
- Employee Count: 812 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Access Industries, Toba Capital and 22 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Sep 11, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Mine
Modern personal finance app and credit-building platform. It is designed to help users especially young adults and those new to credit build credit, manage money, and earn rewards with simplicity and safety.
Key facts about Mine
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $32.5M
- Employee Count: 64 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Kleiner Perkins, 359 Capital and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jan 26, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Vi
Provider of AI SaaS platform for health outcome and financial returns. The platform facilitates acquisition, engagement, and retention models throughout the member lifecycle. It offers tools to lower acquisition costs by leveraging data to target media spend. The platform also optimizes enrollment, engagement, utilization, and retention to enhance member lifetime value.
Key facts about Vi
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $36M
- Employee Count: 202 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: General Atlantic, Cerca Partners and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Kindo
Provider of an AI-native control plane for technical operations platform. The platform offers security, DevOps, and IT engineers a shared terminal. It facilitates planning, execution, and validation of operations. The platform integrates tools, data, and environments, enabling automation. It supports incident response, identity and access management, and vulnerability management. It also covers network security, red teaming, governance, risk, compliance, and threat intelligence.
Key facts about Kindo
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: Los Angeles (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $27.6M
- Employee Count: 56 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: RRE Ventures, Eniac Ventures and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jul 15, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
New Era Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
New Era Ventures has invested in 4 companies over the last 8 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Mine and most recent follow-on round was in Kindo.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
New Era Ventures' Investments by Stage
New Era Ventures has made 3 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $8.13M and 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $20M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 3 |
Series A | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
New Era Ventures' Investments by Sector
New Era Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, FinTech, Vertical SaaS, Financial Services and HealthTech. Notably, it has invested in 4 Tech companies, 3 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 3 Saas companies and at least 3 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 3 |
FinTech | 2 |
Vertical SaaS | 2 |
Financial Services | 1 |
HealthTech | 1 |
Others | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
New Era Ventures' Investments by Geography
New Era Ventures has made most investments in United States (4).New Era Ventures' recent investments
New Era Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by New Era Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jul 15, 2024 | United States | Series A | 7720 | [+5] | |
Jun 06, 2024 | United States | Seed | 9985 | [+2] | |
Sep 05, 2023 | United States | Seed | 6609 | [+7] | |
Mar 04, 2021 | United States | Series C | 6948 | [+9] | |
Oct 03, 2018 | United States | Seed | 4648 |
Unicorns in New Era Ventures' Portfolio
New Era Ventures has 2 unicorns in its portfolio - Vi and Papaya Global. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Vi. It became a unicorn in 2026, 7 years after New Era Ventures first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in New Era Ventures' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
61 | Provider of AI SaaS platform for health outcome and financial returns | 2016 | New York City | Series A | xpzpmlr | ||
71 | Provider of platform for managing and paying global workforce and contractors | 2016 | New York City | Series D | shqekgy |
Team profile of New Era Ventures
New Era Ventures has a team of 3 members including 3 Partners located in United States and Denmark. New Era Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in New Era Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Washington, DC | - | ||
Partner | Temple | - | - | |
Partner | Copenhagen | - | - |
Co-investors of New Era Ventures
Over the past 8 years, 40 investors have co-invested in New Era Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before New Era Ventures: Y Combinator, SV Angel and 6 others have invested in rounds before New Era Ventures. There is 1 company where Y Combinator has invested before New Era Ventures and 1 company where SV Angel has invested before New Era Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of New Era Ventures: 11 investors entered a company along with New Era Ventures. These include investors like Ronald Cohen (1 company).
- Invested after New Era Ventures: A total of 21 investors have invested in New Era Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Scale Venture Partners (1 company), Access Industries (1 company) and Insight Partners (1 company).
Recent News related to New Era Ventures
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Kleiner Perkins leads $14.4M seed round into Fizz, a credit-building debit card aimed at Gen Z college studentsTechCrunch+•Jun 06, 2024•Kleiner Perkins, SV Angel, Y Combinator, New Era Ventures and 5 others
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Papaya Global lands $40m Series BVCJ•Sep 30, 2020•Papaya Global, Scale Venture Partners, Workday, Access Industries and 8 others
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Vi raises $20 million to expand its AI fitness businessVentureBeat•Jun 19, 2018•Vi Trainer, Joy Ventures, Square Peg Capital, New Era Ventures and 4 others
