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Siroker: NEA has 15-year fund lifecycles and buys at IPO

Dan Siroker · How To Raise Capital Successfully with Dan Siroker · Nov 29, 2023 · at 3:10

Dan Siroker, founder of Rewind, explains his rationale for selecting venture firm NEA as the lead investor for Rewind's Series A round.

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“NEA is known to have 15 year fund life cycles as opposed to the traditional 10. Very often they're buyers at the IPO. They're not sellers.”

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The claim, plainly

NEA has 15-year fund lifecycles instead of traditional 10-year lifecycles and frequently buys rather than sells shares at IPO.

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Assessment

The claim contains two distinct assertions: 1) NEA uses 15-year fund lifecycles instead of traditional 10-year lifecycles, and 2) NEA frequently buys rather than sells shares at portfolio company IPOs. The first assertion is false: public pension LP reports (e.g., LACERS, SFERS, Nebraska Investment Council) confirm NEA's flagship funds are contractually structured with standard 10-year terms (with standard 1-2 year extension options), as further evidenced by NEA executing secondary sales and continuation vehicles to manage holdings exceeding 10-year lifespans. The second assertion is true: SEC registration statements and ownership filings (e.g., SpyGlass Pharma, Reneo Pharmaceuticals, Trevi Therapeutics, Black Diamond Therapeutics) show a clear pattern of NEA participating as an insider buyer in public offerings or holding under customary lock-ups rather than selling shares at IPO.

Institutional LP disclosures and pension fund reports for NEA 13 through NEA 18 establish standard 10-year legal fund terms rather than 15-year structured terms.
NEA utilized an approximate $1 billion secondary transaction in 2018 and a $540 million continuation fund in 2024 to provide liquidity for mature assets constrained by the standard 10-year fund life limit.
SEC Form S-1, 424B, Form 4, and Schedule 13D filings document NEA entities repeatedly purchasing additional allocations at IPO pricing (e.g., SpyGlass Pharma in 2026, Reneo in 2021) and maintaining lock-ups rather than registering shares for sale at offering.

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[1] morningbrew.com [2] 10leaves.ae [3] crunchbase.com [4] lacers.org [5] nebraska.gov [6] venturecapitaljournal.com [7] industryventures.com [8] venturecapitaljournal.com

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