Norwest Venture Partners is a global technology venture capital firm founded in 1961 and based in California. It invests across venture and growth stages in the United States, India, Israel, and other markets, targeting software, cloud and IT infrastructure, information services, enterprise software and services, financial services, consumer products and healthcare. The firm backs entrepreneurs with capital plus an extensive network and operating experience to help scale their businesses. Since its inception it has backed hundreds of companies and manages a multi-billion-dollar portfolio, deploying capital in seed to growth rounds and across sectors that drive technology-enabled growth. Norwest emphasizes building lasting relationships with founders and mentoring teams through strategic guidance and market access to accelerate expansion and scale globally.
Principal and CRO Operating Executive, Portfolio Services
Zack Scott MD
General Partner
Christopher Scullin
Vice President
Rama Sekhar
Partner
Niren Shah
Managing Director
Suraj Shah
Investor
Chris Sondej
Vice President
Gabe Stauber
Vice President
Laurie Tennant
Principal, People Advisory
Matthew Uthupan
Investor
Sanchana Vasikaran
Associate
Vidushi Verma
Investor, Norwest India
Kathryn Weinmann
Vice President
Lisa Wu
Partner
Jessica Yi
Vice President
Edward Yip
Partner
David Zilberman
General Partner
Dave Zilberman
General Partner
Past deals in Spam Filtering
Lavender
Series A in 2023
Lavender is a software company that provides an AI-powered email assistant for sales teams. Its platform combines AI recommendations and reply optimization with tools to enhance email quality, including sentence suggestions, subject line analysis, spelling and grammar checks, and spam detection. It also supports the use of media such as GIFs and offers prospect and company research to tailor messages, helping sales professionals write more efficient and effective business emails.
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