Danielle Lay
Danielle Lay is a Bay Area-based Partner at NEA, focusing on AI and physical AI investments. She joined in 2017 and previously worked as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs.
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New Enterprise Associates (NEA) writes $1M to $30M+ checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.
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- Goldman Sachs · investment banker
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Who is Danielle Lay?
Danielle Lay is a Bay Area-based Partner at NEA, focusing on AI and physical AI investments. She joined in 2017 and previously worked as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs.
How much does Danielle Lay invest?
Danielle Lay invests through New Enterprise Associates (NEA), which writes checks of $1M to $30M+ at pre-seed, seed, series a, series b.
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What did Danielle Lay do before New Enterprise Associates (NEA)?
investment banker at Goldman Sachs.
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