Tim Connor

Tim Connor is a Partner at NewView Capital, where he works with portfolio-company leaders on strategy, financial and operating metrics, capital raising, acquisitions, and readiness for liquidity events such as IPOs and M&A. NewView describes him as both an operating executive and investor in high-growth technology companies.

Before NewView, Connor held senior finance and operating roles across public and private technology companies. He was CFO of DataLogix, which was acquired by Oracle; CFO of Code42; and CFO of Access Health, a public company listed as NASDAQ: ACCS before its acquisition by McKesson. He also served as an Executive in Residence at New Enterprise Associates.

Earlier in his career, Connor was a Partner at Sequel Venture Partners, where he led investments in technology companies including LeftHand Networks, DataLogix, Wall Street On Demand, Indicative Software, and The Dante Group. He began in technology investment banking at Lehman Brothers, where NewView says he led IPO, public financing, and M&A transactions for more than 50 companies.

Connor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics from Washington College. He currently serves on the boards of Aera Technology, Aerospike, ClearMotion, D2L, Learneo, and ScienceLogic, and is a board observer for Netradyne and Housecall Pro.

• NewView’s stated focus is “high-potential, growth-stage companies in enterprise software and fintech.”
• The firm uses flexible primary, secondary, and hybrid capital. Its approach page states: “How we invest matters less to us than who we invest in.”
• NewView says it can lead or follow and does not have strict requirements around check size, ownership, or board participation.
• Connor’s work is particularly relevant for companies that need help with finance, fundraising, M&A, operating metrics, board-level planning, and exit preparation.
• In secondaries, Connor has publicly amplified NewView’s view that the north star is “intrinsic value” rather than “discount to last round.”
• NewView’s secondary-investing framework emphasizes business quality, CEO/team quality, market opportunity, product, competitive landscape, growth-adjusted entry multiples, burn profile, capitalization, and long-term exit prospects.
• Recent NewView work connected to Connor includes tender offers and liquidity strategies for growth-stage companies such as Netradyne, Housecall Pro, and Huntress.