Ravi Viswanathan started NewView Capital in 2018 after leading enterprise investing at top Silicon Valley VC firm NEA for nearly 15 years. As a registered investment advisor, NewView Capital is able to take large stakes in late-stage companies via growth equity or traditional capital, unlike traditional VC firms. Visa's $5.3 billion acquisition of Plaid, a NewView portfolio company, is Viswanathan's third massive exit since starting the firm. NewView also invested in Acquia, a cloud services software company acquired by Vista Equity for $1 billion in September, and Scout, a procurement software company acquired by Workday for $540 million in November.