Emily is a venture capital investor at NEA focused on digital health and life sciences investing. Emily is a Board Observer for Spiras Health, Slope, and Senti Bio, and is also involved in NEA’s investments in Vori Health, Strive Health, Waymark, Curana Health, ChromaCode, Vistagen Therapeutics, and Geron. Prior to joining NEA, Emily worked in healthcare investment banking at Goldman Sachs in New York City. She has also worked at the U.S. Department of Treasury, PwC, and early-stage digital health startups Healthie and NeuroFlow. Emily graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’s Vagelos Program in Life Sciences & Management, where she earned a B.S. in Finance from Wharton, a B.A. in Biology, and a certificate in healthcare policy as a Public Policy Research Scholar.
Emily Zhen
Investor, NEA