A firm scorecard from the VC Agent-Readiness Census — 25 firms, five doors each, checked 2026-11-01. Official site: www.nea.com
open_api)Verdict: Exemplary structured portfolio detail pages; outreach runs through named partner emails.
Each intent is scored with one door-state, assessed from public official sources on 2026-11-01. Scoring: open_api 4 · partner_gated 2 · aggregator_only 1 · human_only 0 · unverified 0 (flagged).
| Intent | State | Route | Note | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research | open_api | Official portfolio detail pages | Portfolio pages carry structured fields, e.g. Opendoor: Sectors Technology/Consumer, First Invested 2016, Growth, Status IPO/Acquired, Associated Team Rick Yang; firm boilerplate states technology and healthcare, seed through IPO, global geographies. | www.nea.com/portfolio/opendoor checked 2026-11-01 |
| Pitch | human_only | Named partner emails published in official thesis posts | Official post closes with 'please reach out to' three named partner email addresses; no self-serve pitch form or application portal was found on official pages checked. | www.nea.com/blog/tomorrows-titans-vertical-ai checked 2026-11-01 |
| Diligence | human_only | — | Thesis posts describe what NEA looks for narratively, but no actionable diligence checklist, template, required metrics or data-room guidance was found on official pages checked. | www.nea.com/blog/tomorrows-titans-vertical-ai checked 2026-11-01 |
| Schedule | human_only | Named partner emails | No public self-serve booking, office-hours or event route found; contact is by emailing individual partners. | www.nea.com/blog/tomorrows-titans-vertical-ai checked 2026-11-01 |
| Track | unverified NOT A VERIFIED ZERO | — | No application portal exists on evidence checked and no status, dashboard or response SLA is publicly documented; a dashboard cannot be inferred. | www.nea.com/portfolio/intermune checked 2026-11-01 |
Unverified means the state could not be established from public documentation — for most firms that is the track door, where firms rarely publish post-submission mechanics. It is reported as a documentation gap, not as proof that no door exists, and it is never presented as a verified closed door.
| Signal | What the census recorded |
|---|---|
| llms.txt | No — none found (checked 2026-11-01) |
| MCP server | None documented (checked 2026-11-01) |
| Public API | None documented (checked 2026-11-01) |
| Structured data | Official portfolio detail pages with structured fields: sectors, first invested, stage, company status, associated team and website |
| RSS / sitemap | Not recorded |
| Robots posture | Not recorded |
Access gaps. No firm-owned pitch portal, diligence checklist, booking route or applicant-status mechanism found on official pages; founder outreach is via named partner emails and, per third-party summaries, warm introduction.
Agent Outposts research, published 2026-11-01. Agent Outposts is not affiliated with New Enterprise Associates (NEA). This is a published census scorecard, not an Outpost: Agent Outposts operates no demand registry for venture firms and collects no intents on this page. Door-states are assessed from public sources; every state above links its evidence and carries its check date. Methodology, rubric and scoring formula: the VC Agent-Readiness Census. Companion research: the Agent Readiness Census of 43 consumer brands.
Agent Outposts — the agent-readiness registry. Agent Outposts is not affiliated with the firms listed in this census. Door-states are assessed from public sources; every state links its source and carries its assessment date.