CHEVY CHASE, MD – New Enterprise Associates Inc. (NEA), a global venture capital firm, says technology industry veteran Ron Bernal has joined the firm as a Venture Partner.
Bernal, a former entrepreneur-in-residence with NEA and proven company builder, will work closely with the firm’s enterprise infrastructure and services, electronics and energy technology teams.
“Ron brings to NEA a wealth of domain expertise and is already deeply engaged with numerous companies in the firm’s portfolio,” said Peter J. Barris, NEA managing general partner.
Bernal has spent nearly eight years in the venture capital industry and, through previous affiliations, is currently a director of four companies in NEA’s portfolio: Boulder Wind Power, Data Robotics, HelioVolt and ProStor.
He was most recently a Partner at Sequel Venture Partners where he focused on cleantech, enterprise infrastructure and enterprise software investments.
Bernal co-founded Growth Networks, a fabless Internet switching fabric semiconductor company, in 1998 while serving as an entrepreneur-in-residence at NEA. NEA funded Growth Networks through two rounds of financing prior to its acquisition by Cisco. Bernal worked for Cisco as VP of operations for the product technology groups and service provider business.
