Danielle Lay

Danielle Lay

Danielle Lay is a Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA), a venture capital firm. She joined NEA in 2017 and is based in New York, focusing on consumer, social, and commerce infrastructure companies.124

Experience

• Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA) (2023 - Present)
• Principal at New Enterprise Associates (NEA) (2019 - 2023)
• Investor at New Enterprise Associates (NEA) (2017 - 2019)
• Investment Banker at Goldman Sachs (2016 - 2017), covering fintech and payments
• Founder & CEO of DesignWorks, a graphic design and web development agency (2013 - 2016)
• Analyst at The Economist (2013)1

Education

• Northwestern University: BA in Economics, Business Institutions and Chinese12

Investments

Danielle is an active investor and board director or board observer of companies such as234:

• Fizz - campus social platform
• Patreon - enabling creators to build memberships
• Burrow - omnichannel furniture business
• Goody - gifting platform
• Prime - stealth fintech company
• Pair - eyewear
• Formlabs
• Block Renovation
• THE WELL

She is also a member of NEA's Asia investing team and was involved with investments in Gravel, Super and Zuoyebang.2

In 2021, Danielle was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in Venture Capital.2