Norwest Venture Partners
Menlo Park, CA · Invests in San Francisco Bay Area; New York; United States; India; Israel · Website
Check size
🔒 $•• – $••Thesis
Norwest Venture Partners is a venture and growth equity firm offering long-term stability backed by a single institutional investor (Wells Fargo) for over 60 years. The firm operates as both venture capital and growth equity platform with deep expertise in India investments and formal People Advisory support for portfolio companies on culture and operations. They invest across venture and growth equity, offering hands-on operational support.
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Leads or follows
- Typical decision
- ~2 weeks
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Assets under mgmt
- $15.5B
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
14 contacts on file
LinkedIn profile
Sign up free to unlock contact →LinkedIn profile
Sign up free to unlock contact →LinkedIn profile
Sign up free to unlock contact →LinkedIn profile
Sign up free to unlock contact →LinkedIn profile
Sign up free to unlock contact →Portfolio
Spotify is a leading global audio streaming service with millions of users and subscribers. It offers access to millions of songs and podcasts.
Udemy is an online learning platform that offers a wide range of courses across various subjects, enabling individuals to learn new skills at their own pace. It serves both individual learners and businesses looking to upskill their workforce through a diverse catalog of content created by expert instructors.
Opendoor is a technology-driven real estate company that simplifies the process of buying and selling homes by providing cash offers and a streamlined online experience.
Gong is a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Revenue Action Orchestration, providing an AI operating system designed to help revenue teams maximize their performance and achieve their goals.
Automation Anywhere is a leader in robotic process automation (RPA) that empowers organizations to automate their business processes through intelligent automation solutions.
Adaptive Insights provides enterprise performance management software that helps organizations streamline their financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes.
Ritual is a company offering health supplements, emphasizing traceable ingredients and clinical studies. It provides discounts for new subscribers and advocates for supplement industry regulation.
Vuori makes premium performance apparel inspired by the active Coastal California lifestyle; an integration of fitness, surf, sport, and art. We’re evolving the definition of traditional activewear.
Health Catalyst provides healthcare analytics and technology solutions aimed at improving patient outcomes and operational efficiency in healthcare organizations.
Talkspace is a leading provider of virtual mental health care, offering convenient and affordable access to therapy, psychiatry, and self-guided support. It pioneered message-based therapy, allowing users to communicate with therapists via text, video, or audio sessions.
Kendra Scott is a jewelry brand known for its personalized jewelry offerings, including necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and rings. The company emphasizes innovation, quality, and community support, contributing significantly to women's and youth causes.
BillionToOne is a molecular diagnostics company focused on creating accessible prenatal screening and liquid biopsy tests.
Recent activity
- Jun 2026
Coval
Series A · Lead
- Jun 2026
REMEDY
Series A · Participated
- Jun 2026
Jedify
Series A · Lead
- Feb 2026
JJG Aero
Series B · Lead
- Jan 2026
Crossover Health (exit)
Exit · Portfolio
- Apr 2025
Pascal AI Labs
Seed · Lead
Norwest Venture Partners in the news
The Next Web
Why video is the first frontier as AI learns to read the physical world
3 days ago
Stock Titan
Avalyn Pharma (AVLN): Norwest Venture Partners discloses 5.1% ownership stake
26 days ago
VCCircle
Norwest ropes in DC Advisory executive to lead corporate development, M&A
1 month ago
citybiz
AI Security Firm Zenity Raises $125M Series C Led by Norwest
1 month ago
calcalistech.com
Zenity raises $125 million Series C as AI agent security startup accelerates global expansion
1 month ago
Axios
The week in fintech: Revolut's raise, Francisco Partners' fund
1 month ago
Siliconindia
Veriqus Raises Rs 387 Crore Led by Norwest Venture Partners
1 month ago
Indian Startup News
Mumbai-based Veriqus Group raises Rs 387 crore in funding led by Norwest Venture Partners
1 month ago
DealStreetAsia
India: Norwest leads $40m funding in wealthtech platform Veriqus Group
1 month ago
Entrackr
Wealthtech platform Veriqus raises Rs 387 Cr in funding round led by Norwest
1 month ago
Rediff MoneyWiz
Wealthtech Veriqus Raises Rs 387 Cr Funding from Norwest
1 month ago
VCCircle
Former Julius Baer India CEO-founded Veriqus raises funding in Norwest-led round
1 month ago
Moneycontrol.com
Norwest confirmed as lead investor in Rs 387 crore round for Ashish Gumashta, Roshi Jain’s Veriqus
1 month ago
Kellogg School of Management
Kellogg Distinguished Lecture Series: Promod Haque ’83
3 months ago
VCCircle
EQT, Norwest Venture Partners in fray for multispecialty hospital firm
3 months ago
Fierce Healthcare
Oak HC/FT backs Courier Health's $50M series B to build out AI for the biopharma patient experience
4 months ago
Pulse 2.0
Route 92 Medical: $50 Million Raised To Accelerate Neurovascular Stroke Treatment Growth
4 months ago
Novo Holdings
Novo Holdings leads $50 million growth financing in Route 92 Medical
5 months ago
GlobeNewswire
Route 92 Medical Announces $50 Million Growth Financing
5 months ago
calcalistech.com
Eight-month-old Israeli cyber startup Above Security raises $43 million Series A with just 10 employees
5 months ago
calcalistech.com
After Symantec exit, Javelin founders raise $20 million for new cyber bet Raven
5 months ago
Axios
Axiom's $1.6b valuation and Dave's Hot Chicken's sale
5 months ago
Newcomer | Substack
Venture Investors See Big Promise in AI-Native Cybersecurity Startups
6 months ago
The SaaS News
Inscope Raises $14.5 Million in Series A
6 months ago
SecondaryLink
Revelation Partners co-founder Zack Scott leaves to join Norwest Venture Partners
7 months ago
William Blair
SpryPoint and Insight Partners Transaction
7 months ago
DeXpose
Sinobi Targets Norwest Venture Partners in Ransomware Attack
Aug 2025
PR Newswire
Norwest Announces $3 Billion Global Fund to Partner with the Next Generation of Enduring Companies
Apr 2024
TechCrunch
Norwest Venture Partners raises $3B for 17th vehicle, maintaining fund size despite market downturn
Apr 2024
Similar firms
Alpha Edison is a knowledge-driven venture firm that uses AI, data, and behavioral science to identify "silent suffering" where customers tolerate bad solutions. The firm backs companies that can unlock entirely new addressable markets rather than competing in existing ones. Alpha Edison systematically logs every investment decision and quarterly reviews missed opportunities to learn from their mistakes, while their cognitively diverse team of PhDs and people from different backgrounds formally tears apart ideas from multiple angles before deploying capital.
Amplifyher Ventures is led by Tricia Black, Facebook's first VP of Sales and 7th employee, and invests specifically in commerce, care, and connectivity themes that deliberately blur the lines between consumer brands, women's health infrastructure, and information platforms. The fund operates a formal Investor Fellows program across elite graduate schools to source deals and frames women not as underfunded but as an untapped asset class, explicitly targeting leadership teams that can create flywheel effects of growth in new markets.
Early-stage venture firm and venture studio that builds groundbreaking companies.
Applies a 12-dimension investment rubric to invest in Black, Latino, and underrepresented-focused founders, wraps portfolio companies with curated senior-operator networks, and directs 50% of profits to community foundations.
Research briefRead more
Add Norwest Venture Partners to your investor list
Sign up free to save investors, see partner contacts, and track your raise.
Sign up