# Dayna Grayson at New Enterprise Associates

> Dayna Grayson, Co-Founder & General Partner at New Enterprise Associates. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/dayna-grayson (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Baltimore, US · Partner

# Dayna Grayson

Co-Founder & General Partner at [Construct Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/construct-capital)

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** - none observed
- **Filings:** 15 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 3 +4 mentions

What this record rests on

- **Named in rounds** No round names them yet
- ✓ **On filings** 15 filings with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Construct Capital
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**Construct Capital** VC firm · US **18** cheques in 12 months **48** all time **4** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/construct-capital)

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [Curalate](https://millionrounds.com/company/curalate)
- [Desktop Metal](https://millionrounds.com/company/desktop-metal)
- [Fam](https://millionrounds.com/startup/fam-5)
- [FiftyThree](https://millionrounds.com/startup/fiftythree)
- [Framebridge](https://millionrounds.com/company/framebridge)
- [GLAMSQUAD](https://millionrounds.com/startup/glamsquad)
- [Onshape](https://millionrounds.com/startup/onshape)
- [Pocket](https://millionrounds.com/company/pocket)
- [SocialRadar](https://millionrounds.com/startup/socialradar-inc)
- [Tapjoy](https://millionrounds.com/startup/tapjoy-inc)
- [Tulip Interfaces](https://millionrounds.com/startup/tulip-interfaces)
- [Verve Motion](https://millionrounds.com/startup/verve-motion)
- [WireWheel.io](https://millionrounds.com/company/wirewheel-io)
- Mosss
- Upskill (formerly APX Labs)

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **Hadrian Automation, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2024
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Construct Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/construct-capital)** Managing Director of the Manager since 2022
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Construct Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/construct-capital)** Managing Director of the General Partner on 6 filings · since 2021
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Buffalo Market, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2021
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Construct Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/construct-capital)** MANAGING MEMBER OF THE GENERAL PARTNER since 2020
- SEC Form D · Company raising **WireWheel, Inc.** Director since 2020
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Upskill, Inc.** Director since 2019
- SEC Form D · Company raising **TULIP INTERFACES, INC.** Director since 2019
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Curalate, Inc.** Director since 2016
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Desktop Metal, Inc.** Director on 3 filings · since 2015
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Onshape Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2015
- SEC Form D · Company raising **APX Labs, Inc.** Director since 2014
- SEC Form D · Company raising **newBrandAnalytics, Inc.** Director since 2014
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Philo Media Corp** Director since 2010
- SEC Form D · Company raising **VIXIMO INC** Executive Officer since 2009

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at Construct Capital

- [**Caroline Duffy** Early Stage Investor *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/caroline-duffy)
- [**Eugene Wan** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/eugene-wan)
- [**Rachel Holt** Manager *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/rachel-holt)
- [**Shruti Rao** Strategy and New Ventures *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/shruti-rao)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) · 10 Feb 2026 · 3h 42m Elon Musk's Banker, Beijing Pours $26B into Robot Boom, How Apollo Dodged SaaSsassination | Ashlee Vance, Vincenzo Landino, Ethan Thornton, Kris Marszalek, Cristóbal Valenzuela, Brad Svrluga, Dayna Grayson With [Brad Svrluga](https://millionrounds.com/person/brad-svrluga)[Dayna Grayson](https://millionrounds.com/person/dayna-grayson)[Kris Marszalek](https://millionrounds.com/person/kris-marszalek) Mentions [Apollo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/apollo-global-management)[Elon Musk](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elon-musk) About this episode Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com (02:56) - Elon Musk's Banker (13:55) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (20:46) - How Apollo Dodged SaaSsassination (25:22) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (44:35) - Beijing Pours $26B into Robot Boom (01:03:54) - WSJ: The "Frozen" U.S. Job Market… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 19 Jul 2021 · 42 min 291. Competing with Amazon, Combatting 60% Talent Attrition, and Driving Transformation of Foundational Industries (Dayna Grayson & Rachel Holt) With [Dayna Grayson](https://millionrounds.com/person/dayna-grayson)[Rachel Holt](https://millionrounds.com/person/rachel-holt) Mentions [Construct Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/construct-capital) About this episode Dayna Grayson & Rachel Holt of Construct Capital joins Nick to discuss Competing with Amazon, Combatting 60% Talent Attrition, and Driving Transformation of Foundational Industries. In this episode we cover: Can you each give us the two-minute background and path to VC? What is the thesis at… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 8 Apr 2019 · 42 min 20VC: NEA Partner, Dayna Grayson on Sourcing, Picking, Winning, Gut vs Data in Investment Decision-Making & The Evolution of Entrepreneurial Expectations of Venture With [Dayna Grayson](https://millionrounds.com/person/dayna-grayson) About this episode Dayna Grayson is a Partner @ NEA, one of the leading venture firms over the last 4 decades with a portfolio including the likes of Opendoor, Jet.com, Uber, WorkDay, Plaid, Box and many more incredible companies. As for Dayna, she has led the firm's investments in the likes of Desktop Metal,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Dayna Grayson in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 31 Mar 2022 · 7 min Investor Stories 237: Post Mortems (Grayson & Holt, Kashyap, Barille) Mentions [Dayna Grayson](https://millionrounds.com/person/dayna-grayson)[Nagraj Kashyap](https://millionrounds.com/person/nagraj-kashyap)[Rachel Holt](https://millionrounds.com/person/rachel-holt) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Dayna Grayson & Rachel Holt, Nagraj Kashyap, and Parker Barille. Each investor discusses a portfolio company that did not survive and why it was that they failed. Did you miss our guests full length episodes?… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 10 Feb 2022 · 7 min Investor Stories 230: What's Next (Grayson & Holt, Go, Lehr) Mentions [Dayna Grayson](https://millionrounds.com/person/dayna-grayson)[Jonathan Lehr](https://millionrounds.com/person/jonathan-lehr)[Rachel Holt](https://millionrounds.com/person/rachel-holt) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Dayna Grayson & Rachel Holt Rob Go Jonathan Lehr Each investor discusses sectors, drivers and/or trends that may have significant impact in the future and are potentially positioned for outsized-returns. Did you… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 2 Sept 2021 · 10 min Investor Stories 208: Strange & Unusual (Grayson & Holt, Tamaseb, Hung, Larco) Mentions [Ali Tamaseb](https://millionrounds.com/person/ali-tamaseb)[Dayna Grayson](https://millionrounds.com/person/dayna-grayson)[Jonathan Hung](https://millionrounds.com/person/jonathan-hung)[Rachel Holt](https://millionrounds.com/person/rachel-holt)[Vanessa Larco](https://millionrounds.com/person/vanessa-larco) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Dayna Grayson & Rachel Holt Ali Tamaseb Jonathan Hung Vanessa Larco Each investor describes the most unusual situation or pitch that they've encountered as an investor. Did you miss our guest's full-length… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 12 Aug 2021 · 9 min Investor Stories 205: Why I Passed (Warner, Torenberg, Garg, Grayson & Holt) Mentions [Avichal Garg](https://millionrounds.com/person/avichal-garg)[Dayna Grayson](https://millionrounds.com/person/dayna-grayson)[Erik Torenberg](https://millionrounds.com/person/erik-torenberg)[Rachel Holt](https://millionrounds.com/person/rachel-holt) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Check Warner Dayna Grayson & Rachel Holt Erik Torenberg Avichal Garg Each investor highlights a situation where they decided not to invest, why they passed, and how it played out. Did you miss our guests full… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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