Ravi Viswanathan

Founder and Managing Partner of NewView Capital (NVC)

Ravi Viswanathan is the Founder and Managing Partner of NewView Capital (NVC), a venture growth firm invested in high-potential companies in enterprise software and fintech. With over $3B under management, NewView pairs flexible primary and secondary capital with the operational impact needed to realize scale. The firm’s portfolio features category-defining companies such as Apollo, Duolingo, Plaid, and Sigma.

Prior to founding NewView Capital, Ravi was a General Partner at NEA, where he oversaw investment in enterprise software and fintech companies and co-led the firm’s Technology Venture Growth Equity effort. His investments of note include Braintree (acquired by PayPal), MuleSoft (acquired by Salesforce), GlobalLogic (acquired by Apax Partners), TeleAtlas (Euronext: TA, acquired by TomTom), Cyence (acquired by Guidewire), Acquia (acquired by Vista Equity Partners), Scout (acquired by Workday), Plaid, and Forter. Ravi spent several years at Goldman Sachs in the Private Equity Group before joining NEA. He began his career in consulting at McKinsey & Co and as a scientist at Raychem Corporation.

Ravi holds an MBA from Wharton, a PhD in Chemical Engineering from University of California Santa Barbara, and a BS in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He serves on the Wharton Executive Alumni Board.