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As a leading venture and growth equity firm, we empower top entrepreneurs on their journey to grow and transform the enterprise, consumer, and healthcare spaces

Menlo Park, CA USA
Joined March 2009
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@NorwestVP
Norwest
26 days
More than 3M Americans live with emphysema, yet less than 1% receive interventional treatment for the debilitating lung condition. Apreo Health is working to change that. Its minimally invasive solution is a safer way to help more people breathe easier and live better. We’re
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@NorwestVP
Norwest
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Five years running on @Inc’s 2025 Founder-Friendly Investors list. 🎉 Our invited guest approach to partnership means that we support founders through trust, integrity, and empowerment – helping them fulfill their vision while scaling sustainably. Grateful to our portfolio
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@NorwestVP
Norwest
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Conversational AI is transforming how healthcare systems communicate and deliver care. The main takeaway? Automation alone isn’t enough. Without patient data and cross-channel logic, AI agents reach their limit. We mapped the landscape and backed @Hyro_AI for leading the next
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Norwest
1 month
We’re proud to back @hyro_ai, an enterprise-grade AI agents platform improving access to healthcare and enhancing patient experience. Read more on how Hyro helps health systems communicate smarter and faster.
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norwest.com
Hyro’s no-code platform is designed to deliver enterprise‑grade conversational AI that productizes and streamlines complex healthcare workflows.
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Norwest
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Excited to partner with @psdcitywide as it helps municipalities modernize infrastructure management across North America. A standout example of a founder-led team scaling purpose-built technology for the public sector. Learn more:
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norwest.com
We’re excited to announce our strategic growth investment in PSD Citywide, a software company transforming how municipalities manage and plan.
@psdcitywide
PSD Citywide
1 month
PSD Citywide Partners with Norwest to Fuel Growth of its Cloud-Based Enterprise Asset Management Solutions for Municipalities Across the U.S. and Canada: https://t.co/PU6wg7BPP7 #PSDCitywide #Norwest #EnterpriseAssetManagement
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Norwest
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The new question for marketing leaders: Not “How do we rank?” But “How do we stay remembered?” Read Renée’s full perspective on the shift from SEO to GEO:
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norwest.com
CMOs who move first to write the strategy for what comes next will shape how their brands are remembered in the age of AI.
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Norwest
1 month
Generative AI is reshaping how buyers discover and decide. The multi-step journey around search often happens in a single prompt-response now. Here’s what that means for CMOs and marketing leaders ⬇️
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Norwest
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For CMOs, the SEO playbook is being upended. As SEO strategist Andrew Lennon notes, the buyer’s journey is collapsing — and Renée Cohen, Norwest Principal and Marketing Operating Executive, explains why it’s time to think in terms of GEO: 🔹Compete for model memory 🔹Earn
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@sbeechuk
Scott Beechuk
3 months
Massive congrats to @youdotcom on its $100M Series C at a $1.5B valuation! The agentic era needs infrastructure that’s secure, scalable, and transformative... exactly what @RichardSocher and team are building. Proud to back them! https://t.co/cM4O2x8N8B
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bloomberg.com
Artificial intelligence startup You.com has reached a valuation of $1.5 billion in a new $100 million funding round — part of the company’s continued pivot away from a consumer search and toward more...
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@jleites13
Jordan Leites
3 months
Today, @raincards announced its $58M Series B, led by @SapphireVC. This raise reflects not only their superb execution but also the accelerating enterprise adoption of stablecoins globally. We’ve been fortunate to back Rain since day one and to lead their Series A just five
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Rain
3 months
The forecast? Heavy Rain. ☔️ We’ve raised $58M in Series B funding—led by @SapphireVC with support from @Dragonfly_xyz, @galaxyhq, @SamsungNext, @lightspeedvp, @NorwestVP & Endeavor Catalyst. Thanks to our team, partners, and investors for helping us rebuild global payments
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@ryan_f_murphy
Ryan Murphy
6 months
I want to share an update that I won’t be competing this summer. Instead I’ll be able to spend more quality time with Bridget and Eevi and dive into career interests beyond swimming. I’ve joined the Growth Equity team @NorwestVP focusing on sports investment opportunities. And
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@nuvigtx
Nuvig Therapeutics
6 months
We’re pleased to share that we’ve dosed the first patient in our Phase 2 CIDP trial evaluating NVG-2089, a recombinant Fc fusion protein designed to replicate key immunomodulatory functions of IVIg with improved consistency and convenience. https://t.co/uorfS5dcZZ
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Norwest
7 months
We’re proud to invest in @ClassiqTech’s $110 million in Series C — the largest round ever for a quantum software company. In the words of CEO and co-founder Nir Minerbi, Classiq is building “the Microsoft of quantum computing” – the software stack that powers real-world quantum
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@sbeechuk
Scott Beechuk
7 months
Revenue recognition is one of the most painful, high-stakes challenges in the back office. It’s only getting harder as AI unlocks new, usage-based business models. Thrilled to support the team at @RightRevInc as they announce their $13M Series A.
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siliconangle.com
RightRev lands $13M to meet growing demand for intelligent revenue recognition - SiliconANGLE
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@NorwestVP
Norwest
7 months
Enterprises are overwhelmed by complex, unmanaged access permissions. @vezainc is tackling this with an identity-first security approach, and we’re proud to support its $108M Series D. More from @zilberman & @thakurtarun about why identity is the front line of cybersecurity:
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@cngarabedian
Chris Garabedian
7 months
Our next guest (Ep.17) on BioVenture VoiCes will be Tiba Aynechi, General Partner at @NorwestVP. She describes her journey from a PhD in Biophysics and early work in computational drug discovery and her ~20 yr career in life sciences venture investing, including 12 years at
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@cngarabedian
Chris Garabedian
7 months
Listen to Episode 17 of @BioVentureVoiCe video podcast w/ Tiba Aynechi of @NorwestVP and hear about how she is applying her biophysics/computational drug discovery training and her ~20 years of deal making/VC investing, including 12 yrs at @novoholdings / Novo Ventures, to
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biotechtv.com
Tiba Aynechi describes her career path, which has been spent entirely in the Bay Area since she earned her PhD from UCSF in the early 2000's. She describes the value of BD experience she earned while...
@BiotechTV
BiotechTV
7 months
𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐂𝐞𝐬: @NorwestVP's Tiba Aynechi on her career path, her more than a decade at Novo Ventures, adding a biotech focus to a diverse firm like Norwest, and her thoughts on investing in people. Full video: https://t.co/vgTJXjeBA1
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