Norwest Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital and growth equity investment firm founded in 1961 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with additional presence in San Francisco and subsidiaries in Mumbai, India and Tel Aviv, Israel. As of its 2024 NVP XVII fund ($3B), the firm manages more than $15.5 billion in capital and has backed over 700 companies across its history. Norwest invests across the full lifecycle — from early-stage venture through late-stage growth equity — with sector focus spanning enterprise and B2B SaaS, cloud and infrastructure, AI, fintech, healthcare and life sciences (including biotech and digital health), and consumer and lifestyle brands. The firm is known for a hands-on but non-intrusive partnership model, backing its founders with Portfolio Success programs across talent, operations, leadership, and go-to-market. Notable investments include Plaid, Uber, Spotify, Opendoor, Gong, Vuori, Kendra Scott, Casper, Udemy, Avetta, Adaptive Insights, YipitData, Babylist, Workato, and Veza.
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name: Norwest Venture Partners
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Norwest Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital and growth equity
investment firm founded in 1961 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California,
with additional presence in San Francisco and subsidiaries in Mumbai, India
and Tel Aviv, Israel. As of its 2024 NVP XVII fund ($3B), the firm manages
more than $15.5 billion in capital and has backed over 700 companies across
its history. Norwest invests across the full lifecycle — from early-stage
venture through late-stage growth equity — with sector focus spanning
enterprise and B2B SaaS, cloud and infrastructure, AI, fintech, healthcare
and life sciences (including biotech and digital health), and consumer and
lifestyle brands. The firm is known for a hands-on but non-intrusive partnership
model, backing its founders with Portfolio Success programs across talent,
operations, leadership, and go-to-market. Notable investments include Plaid,
Uber, Spotify, Opendoor, Gong, Vuori, Kendra Scott, Casper, Udemy, Avetta,
Adaptive Insights, YipitData, Babylist, Workato, and Veza.
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created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
image: https://www.norwest.com/wp-content/themes/norwest/assets/images/logo.svg
tags:
- Venture Capital
- Growth Equity
- Early Stage
- Late Stage
- Enterprise SaaS
- Fintech
- Healthcare
- Life Sciences
- Consumer
- Artificial Intelligence
- North America
- India
- Israel
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url: https://www.norwest.com/portfolio-jobs/
- type: Contact
url: https://www.norwest.com/contact/
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url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/norwest-venture-partners
- type: LinkedIn
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url: https://twitter.com/norwestvp
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data:
- 'Stage: Early-stage venture through late-stage growth equity'
- 'Sectors: enterprise/B2B SaaS, cloud & infrastructure, AI, fintech, healthcare & life sciences, consumer'
- 'Geography: North America, India, Israel'
- 'AUM: $15.5B total capital under management (as of NVP XVII, 2024)'
- 'Latest fund: NVP XVII, LP — $3B (2024)'
- 'Companies backed: 700+ since inception'
- 'Founded: 1961'
- 'HQ: Menlo Park, California'
sources:
- https://www.norwest.com/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwest_Venture_Partners
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/norwest-venture-partners
updated: '2026-07-17'
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