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Norwest Venture Partners (NVP)

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Norwest Venture Partners (NVP)

One of the oldest active U.S. venture firms — a multi-stage, multi-sector global VC + growth equity investor with $15.5B in capital under management, operating from a single large fund and backed solely by Wells Fargo.

Profile

  • Stage: Early- to late-stage (true multi-stage) — venture plus a growth equity practice (launched 2009).
  • Focus: Enterprise (SaaS, cloud, fintech, business/financial services), consumer, and healthcare (digital health, healthcare IT, medical devices/diagnostics, and biotech added 2022).
  • AUM: $15.5B in capital under management.
  • Current fund: NVP XVII (NVP 17), a 3B, Dec 2021). Wells Fargo is the firm’s sole/primary fund investor.
  • Check size: Venture investments roughly 30M; growth equity checks substantially larger (reported up to the 200M / $100M+ range). ^[single-source]
  • Portfolio scope: 700+ companies funded since inception; ~200–250 currently active.
  • Location: HQ Menlo Park, California; additional offices in San Francisco; subsidiaries/offices in Mumbai, India and Tel Aviv, Israel. Primary geographic focus: North America, India, Israel.
  • Founded: 1961 (originated as Northwest Venture Fund, a venture/PE affiliate of Norwest Corporation in Minneapolis; affiliate joined Wells Fargo via the 1998 merger).
  • Leadership: Jeff Crowe (Senior Managing Partner) and Jon Kossow (Managing Partner, Co-head of Growth Equity) lead the firm as managing general partners. Promod Haque transitioned from managing partner to general partner under succession planning (announced 2024). Growth equity also led by GPs Sonya Brown and Ran Ding; healthcare practice led by GPs incl. Casper de Clercq, Ryan Harris, and Tiba Aynechi (biotech).
  • Notable investments: Plaid, Opendoor, Calm, Kendra Scott, Vuori, Avetta, Udemy, Bill.com (among 700+). ^[single-source]

Fundraise Relationship (init.inc)

init.inc’s contact at Norwest is Nikhil Goel (Venture Investor; ngoel@nvp.com), whose stated focus includes horizontal/vertical AI apps, agent infrastructure, and data. The relationship originated as a LinkedIn inbound on 2026-05-28. See Nikhil Goel’s page for the connection details, conversation log, and current status.

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