Tony Florence

Tony is a General Partner and co-leads NEA's Venture Growth Equity and Consumer Internet investment practices. Tony focuses on investments in the software and Internet sectors with emphasis on SaaS and marketplace ecommerce companies. In addition, he is actively involved in NEA’s investing activities in China. Tony has led investments in Care.com (NYSE: CRCM), Cvent (NYSE: CVT), Moda Operandi, Edmodo, EverFi, Casper, Raise.com, Jet.com, Goop.com and Wallapop. He led the firm's investment in Quidsi (Diapers.com), which was acquired by Amazon in 2011. Prior to joining NEA, he was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and was Head of Technology Banking in New York, and was a member of the North American Management Committee for investment banking. Tony spent over a decade at Morgan Stanley focused on the software and Internet sectors, and also worked with a number of NEA's companies in both IPOs and M&A transactions. Tony received an MBA and an A.B. in Economics from Dartmouth College.