Biography
Brooke Seawell joined New Enterprise Associates (NEA) in 2005 as a venture partner, focusing on software, systems and internet investments. Brooke currently serves on the Board of Directors and as Audit Chair of NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), Tenable (NASDAQ: TENB) and GoodLeap. Brooke brings 40-plus years’ experience in technology finance and operations.
From 2000 to 2004, Brooke was a partner with Technology Crossover Ventures. Prior to that, he was executive vice president of NetDynamics, an application server software company, which was acquired by Sun Microsystems in 1998. From 1991 to 1997, Brooke was senior vice president, finance and operations and CFO of Synopsys, an electronic design automation software company, which he took public in 1992. From 1983 to 1991, Brooke served as vice president, finance and production and CFO of Weitek, a fabless semiconductor company, which he took public in 1988. Previously, he co-founded and was CFO of Southwall Technologies, a complex thin-film coatings company.
As a founder, officer, investor or director, Brooke has been directly involved in 12 IPO’s – Accrue Software, ArcSight, Eargo, Glu Mobile, Informatica, Mediaplex, NVIDIA, Southwall Technologies, Synopsys, Tableau Software, Tenable and Weitek, and 14 strategic acquisitions. Brooke has been Audit Chair for 8 public companies. In 2024, the National Association of Corporate Directors named Brooke as one of the Top 100 corporate directors in the U.S.
Brooke received his BA from Stanford University and his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He served on the Management Board of the Stanford Graduate School of Business from 2008 to 2012 and served on the Stanford Athletic Board from 2013 to 2017. Brooke also served on the Board of Trustees of Landon School in Bethesda, MD from 2019-2025.
