New Atlantic Ventures

We make seed and early-stage investments in businesses targeting high-growth emerging mass markets. We are active investors, generally write a company's first term sheet as the lead investor, and partner with entrepreneurs who have the energy, vision, experience and passion to build great companies and help them succeed through hands-on team building, partnerships, advice and support.
Our firm began 12 years ago as Draper Atlantic and DFJ New England, two affiliates of the Draper Fisher Jurvetson network that worked closely together since inception. From 1999 to 2006, Draper Atlantic and DFJ New England invested $180 million in 59 companies with investment returns in the top ten percent of all venture funds. The firms joined forces in 2006 to create New Atlantic Ventures, a venture capital firm with a past and present portfolio of companies that generated over $600 million of revenue in 2008 and employed thousands of people worldwide with our funds achieving top decile financial performance as a result.
A start-up venture capitalist is called upon to wear many hats: financial strategist, headhunter, investment banker and corporate therapist, providing guidance, support and confidence to a team. As board members, we bring our energy, experience and contacts to help turn ideas and early traction into scalable, high-growth businesses.
Our Entrepreneurs are extraordinary individuals possessing the intelligence, passion, vision and drive needed to succeed. We believe they should have large stakes in their companies which can generate great wealth for those who make the early sacrifices. We believe investors must be helpful but never meddlesome. We expect the founding team to develop their business, execute relentlessly, adapt to inevitable changes, and to grow with their companies. While we will often help founders recruit additional executives, we invest in the founding team anticipating they will scale with their business.
Our Friends, Partners and Industry Contacts are our most valuable resources. Our development of a "value-added" network is a powerful resource we can utilize in our efforts to help our portfolio companies succeed and is instrumental in maintaining our excellent deal flow.