Forest has been with NEA since 1999 and is currently a Special Partner focused on technology investing. He holds board positions at several private companies. During his time at NEA, he has seen many of his investments become public companies. Prior to NEA, Forest was Senior Vice President of R&D and Chief Technology Officer of Silicon Graphics, Inc. Before joining SGI, he founded and directed the Western Research Laboratory of Digital Equipment Corporation. He began his career as a professor of computer science and electrical engineering at Stanford.
First invested
2001
Current Status
Acquired
Acquired by NetLogic
Integrated circuits for broadband communications
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2019
Current Status
Private
Arris Composites is the pioneer of next-gen composites for mass market applications, including consumer products, aerospace, and automotive. Arris develops continuous fiber composite parts using a high-speed process that combines 3D printing and traditional high-volume manufacturing.
Read MoreFirst invested
2000
Current Status
IPO/Acquired
NASDAG: ATHR
Acquired by Qualcomm
Semiconductor system solutions for wireless communications products
Read MoreFirst invested
2006
Current Status
IPO/Acquired
NASDAQ: ADNC
Acquired by Knowles
Voice processor company that enables clear communications anywhere, with noise suppression technology based on the intelligence of the human hearing system
Read MoreFirst invested
2020
Current Status
Private
Beyond Identity's mission is to empower the next generation of secure digital business. By eliminating passwords and creating a fundamentally secure Chain of Trust™, our customers are able to increase business velocity, implement new business models, and reduce operating costs.
Read MoreFirst invested
2013
Current Status
Acquired
Acquired by Forcepoint
Stealth-mode startup that aims to target the cloud security market
Read MoreFirst invested
2014
Current Status
Acquired
Acquired by Microsoft
Bonsai's platform offers every developer an easy-to-use programming experience, as well as great control over their AI solutions that will significantly accelerate the adoption of AI globally.
Read MoreFirst invested
2014
Current Status
Private
Branch helps mobile apps grow with deep links that power referral systems, sharing links, invites and marketing links with full attribution and analytics.
Read MoreFirst invested
2017
Current Status
Private
Built Robotics’ mission is to build the robots that build the world. By automating repetitive tasks in the $300 billion solar industry, Built is bridging the workforce gap to accelerate our transition to clean energy.
Read MoreFirst invested
2021
Current Status
Private
Clockwork's mission is to enable time-sensitive applications everywhere by using accurate clock synchronization to transform the way distributed systems and networks are built.
Read MoreFirst invested
2001
Current Status
IPO/Acquired
NASDAQ: DDUP
Acquired by EMC
Data restoration solutions
Read MoreFirst invested
2012
Current Status
Acquired
Acquired by VMware
Building network attached storage solutions for high-end virtualized environments.
Read MoreFirst invested
2017
Current Status
Private
Radar vision platform for the autonomous era that applies the physics of metamaterials to create a new category of sensor that provides high-resolution, ground-truth data needed to ensure safe operation at any time in any weather.
Read MoreFirst invested
2015
Current Status
Private
Enigma is an operational data management and intelligence company. We place data into the context of the real world and make it connected, open, and actionable.
Read MoreFirst invested
2014
Current Status
Private
Everactive (fka Psikick) brings self-powered intelligence to the physical world. Operating without batteries, the company’s always-on wireless sensors deliver continuous cloud-based analytics at a scale not possible with battery-powered devices.
Read MoreFirst invested
2022
Current Status
Private
Fabric8Labs is revolutionizing metal additive manufacturing with advanced 3D printing technologies.
Read MoreFirst invested
2018
Current Status
Private
ForAllSecure was founded with the mission to make the world’s critical software safe. The company has been applying its patented technology from over a decade of CMU research to solving the difficult challenge of making software safer.
Read MoreFirst invested
2001
Current Status
Acquired
Acquired by Intel
Latency-leading switch devices for enterprise computing, storage and communications applications
Read MoreFirst invested
2007
Current Status
IPO/Acquired
NASDAQ: FIO
Acquired by SanDisk
Developer of innovative high-performance NAND Flash-based storage
Read MoreFirst invested
2020
Current Status
Private
GRID is the new face of spreadsheets. A Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) startup, GRID empowers anyone to turn their spreadsheets into beautiful, interactive web content - without learning any new skills - and then securely share with their colleagues.
Read MoreFirst invested
2012
Current Status
Acquired
Acquired by EMC
Graphite is building the next wave of enterprise infrastructure at the intersection of big data and in-memory computing.
Read MoreFirst invested
2013
Current Status
Acquired
Acquired by Airspan Networks
Quenching the world's thirst for wireless. Gigabit Wi-Fi solutions helping network operators overcome massive spectrum and infrastructure challenges
Read MoreFirst invested
2014
Current Status
Private
Europe's first online service to aggregate all major travel modes, with connections all the way down to small towns and villages
Read MoreFirst invested
2016
Current Status
Acquired
Acquired by Syntiant
Pilot AI Labs has built a computationally efficient deep-learning computer vision framework that runs directly on embedded platforms and the commodity silicon that is prevalent in these platforms.
Read MoreFirst invested
2014
Current Status
Acquired
Acquired by NETGEAR
Provides an advanced computer vision technology platform that ingests video feeds from commodity hardware sources and translates these feeds into a structured data set to provide detailed feedback on the physical world.
Read MoreFirst invested
2018
Current Status
Private
Plato's perception solution tracks the activity patterns of people, equipment and assets in industrial environments, with applications in operational efficiency/automation, safety, and physical security. The Spatial Intelligence (TM) product is based on Plato’s proprietary Deep Fusion technology that combines complementary sensors to provide reliable and scalable 3D tracking in any environment and without physical tagging of objects.
Read MoreFirst invested
2021
Current Status
Private
Rapid Robotics is the creator of the world's first ready-to-work robotic machine operator.
Read MoreFirst invested
2011
Current Status
Private
A fabless system-on-chip company that develops and markets high-performance, low-cost human-machine interface solutions based on dynamic acoustic techniques
Read MoreFirst invested
2017
Current Status
Private
Smartcar makes it easy for developers to build web and mobile apps that communicate with vehicles.
Read MoreFirst invested
2015
Current Status
Private
Swift Navigation makes GPS positioning technology more accurate and affordable; the company has gained a reputation for defining a new category of GNSS systems as the industry’s first low-cost, high accuracy real-time kinematics (RTK) receiver
Read MoreFirst invested
2004
Current Status
IPO/Acquired
NYSE: DATA
Acquired by Salesforce
Tableau Software helps people see and understand data by allowing users to quickly analyze, visualize and share information
Read MoreFirst invested
2004
Current Status
Acquired
Acquired by Spreadtrum
Chip products for the mobile video and consumer electronics markets
Read MoreFirst invested
2016
Current Status
Private
Tigera provides Zero Trust network security and continuous compliance for Kubernetes platforms. Tigera Secure extends firewalls to Kubernetes by enabling enterprise security and compliance controls, with support for on-premises, multi-cloud, and legacy environments.
Read MoreFirst invested
2015
Current Status
Private
TimescaleDB is the first and only open-source time-series database to offer full, native SQL at scale. It combines the power, reliability, and ease-of-use of a relational database with the scalability typically seen in NoSQL databases.
Read MoreFirst invested
2017
Current Status
Acquired
Acquired by Prove
UnifyID is the first implicit authentication platform; its proprietary approach uses behavioral and environmental factors to identify users.
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