American venture and growth equity investment firm
Norwest Venture Partners (Norwest ) is an American venture and growth equity investment firm.[2] The firm targets early to late-stage venture and growth equity investments across several sectors, including cloud computing and information technology , Internet , SaaS , business and financial services, and healthcare . Headquartered in Menlo Park, California , Norwest has offices in San Francisco and subsidiaries in Mumbai , India and Tel Aviv, Israel .[3] The firm has funded more than 700 companies since inception.[4]
History
Northwest Venture Fund, a private equity and venture capital affiliate of Norwest Corporation , was founded in Minneapolis in 1961. It later merged with Wells Fargo in 1998.[5]
The Northwest Growth Fund grew under the leadership of CEO Robert Zicarelli, including the opening of an office in Silicon Valley . Zicarelli retired in 1988 and was succeeded by Daniel Haggerty who retired in the 1990s.[6] George J, Still, Jr. (now partner emeritus) and Promod Haque took over as managing partners in 1994.[7]
Norwest's main LP is Wells Fargo (and Norwest Corporation before Wells Fargo merged with Norwest).[8]
In January 2016, the firm announced Norwest Venture Partners XIII, a $1.2B fund, and Wells Fargo was the sole investor in this fund.[9] In February 2018, the firm announced Norwest Venture Partners XIV, a $1.5B fund, in which Wells Fargo is a major investor.[10] In November 2019, the firm announced Norwest Venture Partners XV, a $2B fund, bringing its total capital under management to $9.5B.[11]
In December 2021,[12] the firm announced Norwest Venture Partners XVI, a $3B fund, bringing its total capital under management to $12.5B.[2] [13]
In April 2024, the firm announced NVP XVII, LP, a $3B fund, bringing Norwest's total capital under management to $15.5B.[14]
Investments
Notable investments for Norwest include: Adaptive Insights ,[15] Avetta,[16] Casper ,[17] Dairy Queen ,[18] Cray [18] Dave ,[19] Kendra Scott ,[20] Opendoor ,[21] Plaid ,[22] Spotify ,[23] Uber ,[23] Talkspace ,[24] Udemy ,[25] Vuori ,[26] and Wiliot .[27]
Recognition
Inc. Founder Friendly Investors[28]
VCJ 50: The Top Venture Fundraisers of 2021[29]
Top 25 Private Equity Firms for Growth Companies[30]
Private Equity International 300[31]
See also
References
^ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/norwest-raises-3-billion-global-fund/articleshow/109607537.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
^ a b "Norwest Launches $3 Billion Fund NVP XVI to Empower Visionary Leaders Creating Businesses for the Future" . Norwest Venture Partners . Retrieved 2022-02-09 .
^ "Contact" . Norwest Venture Partners . Retrieved 2022-02-09 .
^ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/norwest-raises-3-billion-global-fund/articleshow/109607537.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
^ Richard Florida (Carnegie Mellon University) and Martin Kenney (Ohio State University). Venture Capital and High Technology Entrepreneurship . Elsevier Science Publishing Co, 1988
^ EXECUTIVE CHANGES: Norwest Venture Capital Management . The New York Times, November 28, 1988
^ Bloomberg - George J. Still Jr
^ Bolista, Phil (2010-07-01). "John Lindahl" . Twin Cities Business . Retrieved 2019-11-29 .
^ Norwest Raises Third Consecutive $1.2 Billion Fund in Five Years [1] , TechCrunch, January 20, 2016
^ Venture firm Norwest raises $1.5 billion fund, its largest ever [2] , Reuters, February 14, 2018
^ "NVP XV Our $2B Fund" . Norwest Venture Partners . Retrieved 2022-02-11 .
^ "Our Newest Fund is Sweet XVI" . Norwest Venture Partners . Retrieved 2022-02-10 .
^ "Jeff Crowe" . Norwest Venture Partners . Retrieved 2022-02-09 .
^ https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/25/norwest-venture-partners-raises-3b-for-17th-vehicle-maintaining-fund-size-despite-market-downturn/?guccounter=1
^ Cromwell Schubarth (June 11, 2018). "Here are the big winners in Workday's $1.6B purchase of Adaptive Insights" . Silicon Valley Business Journal . Retrieved October 7, 2022 .
^ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-norwest-venture-partners-closed-113345932.html
^ Lung, Tiffany. "How Luxury DTC Brand Senreve Found Growth In Asia Amid Pandemic" . Forbes . Retrieved 2021-11-29 .
^ a b Peter DeLevett (January 20, 2014). "Elevator Pitch: Norwest's Promod Haque is the $35 billion man" . Mercury News . Retrieved October 7, 2022 .
^ Jonathan Shieber (September 30, 2019). "Upstart banking company Dave is now worth $1 billion, as Norwest puts in $50 million" . TechCrunch . Retrieved October 7, 2022 .
^ Will Anderson (December 22, 2016). "Kendra Scott's $1 billion empire: PE firm buys into jewelry business at big valuation" . Austin Business Journal . Retrieved October 7, 2022 .
^ Kyle Tibbitts (November 30, 2016). "Online real estate company Opendoor raises $210M" . Opendoor . Retrieved October 7, 2022 .
^ Connie Loizos (December 14, 2021). "Norwest unveils a $3 billion fund, which is nearly one-fourth the capital it has ever raised" . TechCrunch . Retrieved October 7, 2022 .
^ a b Connie Loizos (November 14, 2019). "Norwest closes its 15th fund with $2 billion - its biggest vehicle to date" . TechCrunch . Retrieved October 7, 2022 .
^ Jordan Crook (June 14, 2016). "Talksapce online therapy platform raises $15 million Series B" . TechCrunch . Retrieved October 7, 2022 .
^ Lora Kolodny (May 8, 2014). "Udemy Raises $32M to Teach 'Lifelong Learners' Online, Around the World" . Wall Street Journal . Retrieved October 7, 2022 .
^ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-norwest-venture-partners-closed-113345932.html
^ Mike Freeman (2021-07-27). "Internet of Things sensor startup Wiliot pulls in $200 million from SoftBank Vision Fund" . San Diego Union Tribune . Retrieved 2022-07-08 .
^ "The Top 146 Founder-Friendly PE and VC Firms" . Inc.com . Retrieved 2022-02-17 .
^ Goldfisher, Alastair (2021-11-01). "VCJ 50: The top venture fundraisers of 2021 are making waves" . Venture Capital Journal . Retrieved 2022-02-17 .
^ "The Top 25 Private Equity Firms for Growth Companies of 2021 | GrowthCap" . Retrieved 2022-02-17 .
^ "PEI 300 | Top private equity firms" . Private Equity International . Retrieved 2022-02-17 .
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