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Norwest Venture Partners XI, 11/09 $1.2B

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Norwest Venture Partners

Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) is a global venture and growth equity investment firm that manages more than $3.7 billion in capital.

It has offices in Palo Alto, California, Mumbai and Bangalore, India and Herzelia, Israel. NVP makes early to late stage venture and growth equity investments in U.S. and global companies across a wide range of sectors including: information technology, business services, financial services, infrastructure, technology enabled services and consumer. NVP has actively partnered with entrepreneurs to build great businesses for more than 50 years and has funded over 450 companies since inception.

Notable investments include Actel Corporation, Airespace (acquired by Cisco Systems), Brocade, Cerent (acquired by Cisco Systems), Corio (acquired by IBM), Cray Research, Documentum (acquired by EMC), Extreme Networks, Forte Software (acquired by Sun Microsystems), NSE (National Stock Exchange of India), OnMobile (NSE: OnMobile), Open-Silicon (acquired by Unicorn Investment Bank), PeopleSoft (acquired by Oracle), Polycom, Qumranet (acquired by Red Hat), Rackspace (NYSE:RAX), Shriram City Union Finance, Siara Systems (acquired by Redback Networks), SideStep (acquired by Kayak), Spinnaker Networks (acquired by Network Appliance), SPSS (acquired by IBM), Tivoli Systems (acquired by IBM), Transaction Systems Architects (Nasdaq: ACIW), Verio (acquired by NTT), Winphoria Networks (acquired by Motorola) and Yipes (acquired by Reliance/Flag Telecom). For more information, please visit www.nvp.com.

Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Manthan Systems 2/12Series C$15M1
Extole 2/12Series C$10M4
RiseSmart 2/12Unattributed$2M1
Pepperfry.com 12/11Series A$5M1
Fashion & You 11/11Unattributed$40M4
SolarEdge 10/11Unattributed$37M6
Hadapt 10/11Series A$9.5M2
CareCloud 9/11Series A$20.1M2
Zenverge 9/11Series D$20.5M6
Simpirica Spine 9/11Series C$22M3
quirky 8/11Series B$16M2
Lending Club 8/11Series D$25M4
Motif Investing 7/11Series B$20M3
Badgeville 7/11Series B$12.2M3
Motif Investing 7/11Series A$6M2
Blue Jeans Network 6/11Series A$23.5M3
ClariPhy Communications 6/11Unattributed$14M6
SST Inc. (Formerly ShotSpotter) 6/11Unattributed$10.5M7
Lumos Labs 6/11Series C$32.5M4
PCH International 6/11Series C$30M6
MobileIron 5/11Series D$20M4
BranchOut 5/11Series B$18M4
Quikr India 5/11Series D$8M3
JiWire 5/11Unattributed$20M5
mBlox 4/11Unattributed6
TreatFeed 4/11Series A$5.4M1
Lashou.com 4/11Series C$110M5
Extole 4/11Series B$6M3
SocialVibe 3/11Series D$20M4
Basis 3/11Series A$9M2
PCH International 2/11Series B$26M5
BookRenter.com 2/11Unattributed$40M6
Komli Media 1/11Unattributed$15M3
RiseSmart 12/10Unattributed$3M2
WhaleShark Media 12/10Series A$90M3
Lashou.com 12/10Series B$50M4
Appnomic Systems 12/10Series B$2.5M1
SundaySky 10/10Series B$9M3
ClairMail 10/10Series D$13.8M5
BranchOut 9/10Series A$6M16
Extole 9/10Series A$5M4
Sojern 8/10Unattributed$9M3
Avere Systems 8/10Series B$17M3
Admeld 8/10Series C$15M4
MobileIron 7/10Series C$16M6
Brand.net 6/10Series C$14M3
BookRenter.com 6/10Series B$10M3
ClariPhy Communications 5/10Series C$24M4
Zenverge 4/10Series C$30M4
Lending Club 4/10Series C$24.5M4
Quikr India 3/10Series C$6M1
1010data 3/10Unattributed$35M1
Kudzu Interactive 3/10Series B$6.76M1
Apigee 2/10Unattributed$14.1M4
ngmoco 2/10Series C$24.2M4
Amcom Software 1/10Unattributed2
Cyan 12/09Series D$22M4
Center'd 12/09Unattributed$1.9M2
Playdom 11/09Series A$43M4
RiseSmart 10/09Series A$4.6M2
Unisfair 9/09Unattributed$3.2M2
Advanced Inquiry Systems Inc. 8/09Series B$11M6
MobileIron 8/09Series B$11M3
Borqs 7/09Series B$17.4M3
TimeBridge 5/09Series B$5M2
NearbyNow 4/09Series C$11.8M3
ngmoco 3/09Series B$10M3
Lending Club 3/09Series B$12M3
Pontis 2/09Series B$19.7M4
Appnomic Systems 1/09Series A$4.2M1
SpectraLinear 1/09Series C$10M6
RiseSmart 12/08Series A$3M1
iStorez 10/08Series A$2.3M1
Apigee 10/08Series C$10M4
Vanu 9/08Unattributed$32M3
PCH International 9/08Series A$21M3
Brand.net 8/08Series B$10M2
Picateers 8/08Series B$6.6M1
Turn 8/08Series C$15M4
myYearbook 7/08Series B$13M3
Sojern 7/08Series A$16M2
Lumos Labs 6/08Series A$3.1M3
StarCite, Part of Active Network 6/08Series B$15M3
SST Inc. (Formerly ShotSpotter) 5/08Series D$7.5M6
FireEye 5/08Series C$14.5M6
deCarta 5/08Series C$10.5M3
Mozes 5/08Series B$11.5M3
Retrevo 3/08Series B$8M2
MobileIron 3/08Series A$8.8M3
Turn 3/08Series B$15M3
Unisfair 1/08Series B$10M2
TuVox 12/07Series D$20M5
KAYAK 12/07Series D$196M9
Center'd 10/07Series A$5.5M2
Peopleclick Authoria 9/07Series E$22.5M7
Lending Club 8/07Series A$10.3M2
41st Parameter 8/07Series C$10.1M3
Adzilla 8/07Series A$10.3M2
Cast Iron Systems 7/07Series F$16.5M4
deCarta 7/07Series C$15M3
3Jam 7/07Series A$4M2
ConteXtream 6/07Series A$9.6M4
Cyan 5/07Series A$8.75M3
Veveo 5/07Unattributed$14M3
AmberPoint 4/07Unattributed$9M5
Open Silicon 3/07Series D$10M5
Mozes 2/07Series A$5.8M2
Veraz Networks 2/07Unattributed$10M9
Summit Microelectronics 2/07Unattributed$10M6
SideStep 2/07Series C$15M4
Kriyari 12/06Unattributed$1M1
Retrevo 12/06Series A$3.2M2
Apigee 11/06Series B$16M4
SpectraLinear 11/06Series B$14M3
Mobile2Win India 11/06Unattributed$15M2
TimeBridge 11/06Unattributed$6M2
Turn 11/06Series A$8.5M3
Wallop 9/06Series B$10M2
LifeSize Communications 9/06Series D$25M6
Stream Processors 6/06Unattributed$26M3
Reliance Globalcom 6/06Unattributed$8.5M4
Kace networks 5/06Series B$8M2
41st Parameter 5/06Series B$11.2M2
Reconnex 4/06Series C$16M4
AmberPoint 3/06Series D$19.3M6
mBlox 2/06Series D$25M5
SpectraLinear 2/06Series A$8M2
OnVantage 1/06Series B$18M4
Yatra online 1/06Unattributed$5M2
Summit Microelectronics 1/06Unattributed$3.2M5
Picateers 1/06Series A$5.5M1
Double Fusion 1/06Series C$26M7
LifeSize Communications 12/05Series C$17.5M5
Advanced Inquiry Systems Inc. 11/05Series A$6.6M3
TestQuest 11/05Unattributed$7.5M3
Open Silicon 9/05Series C$15.1M3
CollabNet 9/05Series B$9.5M5
ClairMail 8/05Series A$8.3M2
Reliance Globalcom 4/05Unattributed$24M4
Apigee 4/05Series A$12M2
Cast Iron Systems 3/05Series D$14M5
deCarta 3/05Unattributed$10.7M4
Mercora 1/05Series A$5M1
Stream Processors 1/05Unattributed$12M1
FireEye 1/05Series A$6.45M2
mBlox 7/04Series B$10M6
CollabNet 10/02Unattributed$11M3

Videos

Sources

  1. AltaAssets (altassets.com) [edit]
  2. Manthan Systems Raises $15M From Norwest Venture Partners (vccircle.com) [edit]
  3. Social Marketing Platform Extole Raises $10 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  4. RiseSmart Raises $2M in funding from NVP (finsmes.com) [edit]
  5. Pepperfry.com Raises $5M in Series A Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  6. Fashionandyou.com Raises $40M in Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  7. SolarEdge Closes a $37M Round for Panel Electronics (greentechmedia.com) [edit]
  8. Hadapt raises $9.5M for Hadoop data warehouse (gigaom.com) [edit]
  9. CareCloud Raises $20.1M After Catching The Eye Of IBM (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
  10. Zenverge Closes $20.5M Series D Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  11. Simpirica Spine Closes $22M Series C Venture Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  12. Quirky Raises $16 Million For Social Product Development Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  13. WSJ (blogs.wsj.com) [edit]
  14. Former Microsoft Exec Raises $20 Million For Motif, An Investment Vehicle For Ideas (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  15. Badgeville Raises $12 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  16. Motif Investing Closes $6M Series A Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  17. Blue Jeans Nabs $23.5M For The Video Conferencing Platform To Rule Them All (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  18. ClariPhy Communications Secures $14M in Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  19. ShotSpotter Receives $10.5M in Equity and Debt Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  20. Lumos Labs raises $32.5m: Largest Cognitive/ Brain Fitness Investment so far (sharpbrains.com) [edit]
  21. Electronics Manufacturing Company PCH International Raises $30 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  22. MobileIron Closes $20M Series D Financing Round (finsmes.com) [edit]
  23. Exclusive: BranchOut Raises $18M For Facebook-Focused Professional Network (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  24. Quikr Raises $8M In Series D, Led By Nokia Growth Partners (techcircle.vccircle.com) [edit]
  25. Location-Based Mobile Advertising Company JiWire Raises $20 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  26. mBlox closes new fund raising round with Singapore’s EDBI to accelerate growth and geographic coverage (mblox.com) [edit]
  27. TreatFeed Secures $5.4 Million in Venture Funding, Closes Series A (eon.businesswire.com) [edit]
  28. Lashou.com Closes Giant $110M VC Financing (pehub.com) [edit]
  29. Extole Raises $6 Million in Series B Funding, Led by Norwest (extole.com) [edit]
  30. SocialVibe Closes $20 Million Funding Round (adage.com) [edit]
  31. Heart Rate Watch Device Company Basis Raises $9 Million (pulse2.com) [edit]
  32. techcrunch.com [edit]
  33. BookRenter Raises $40 Million To Take On Chegg In Textbook Rentals (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  34. Komli Media Raises $15M in Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  35. RiseSmart Announces $3 Million in Equity Financing; Talent Management Startup Has Raised $11.85 Million to Date (prnewswire.com) [edit]
  36. WhaleShark Media Closes A Whale Of A Financing, Buys RetailMeNot (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  37. Group Shopping Website Lashou Gets $50m VC (thechinaperspective.com) [edit]
  38. Appnomic Systems Closes $2.5M Series B Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  39. SundaySky Automatically Turns Web Content Into Videos, Raises $9 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  40. ClairMail Secures $13.8 Million in Financing to Grow Technology Infrastructure and Services in Mobile Banking and Payments Market (clairmail.com) [edit]
  41. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  42. Extole Raises $5 Million For Social Media Marketing Tools (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  43. Sojern Secures $9M in Venture Capital Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  44. Avere Systems raises $17M to beef up enterprise storage (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  45. AdMeld Raises $15 Million Round; Time Warner Among New Backers (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  46. MobileIron raises $16 million to manage employee smartphones (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  47. Brand-Only Ad Network Brand.net Raises $14 Million (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  48. BookRenter Raises $10 Million To Be The Netflix For Textbook Rentals (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  49. ClariPhy raises $24M for chips to speed internet (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  50. ZENVERGE CLOSES $30 MILLION SERIES C FINANCING LED BY BATTERY VENTURES (freshnews.com) [edit]
  51. Peer Lending Site Lending Club Raises $24.5 Million Series C Round (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  52. Classifieds Biz Quikr Raises $6 Million Series C Funding Led by Norwest Venture Partners (medianama.com) [edit]
  53. SEC D (sec.gov) [edit]
  54. Kudzu Interactive Raises $7M To Bolster Growth Of Digital Ordering Service Snapfinger (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  55. Sonoa Systems raises $14.1M for cloud security and compliance (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  56. TechCrunch, SEC (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  57. Amcom Software Receives Equity Investment (finsmes.com) [edit]
  58. Cyan Optics spies $22M for optical communication systems (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  59. Center’d lands $1.9M to help you find local events, activities (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  60. Exclusive: Playdom Raises A Huge Round At A Huge Valuation (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  61. High-End Job Site RiseSmart Adds $4.6 Million More In Funding (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  62. Unisfair captures $3.2M to host virtual events (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  63. AISI Raises $11M in Series B (xconomy.com) [edit]
  64. Employee smartphone manager MobileIron raises $11M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  65. As Android Rollouts Ramp Up, China’s Borqs Gets $17.4M (gigaom.com) [edit]
  66. TimeBridge Secures $5 Million in Series B Financing (finance.yahoo.com) [edit]
  67. NearbyNow gets $11.75M in 3rd round (sanjose.bizjournals.com) [edit]
  68. iPhone Game Publisher Raises $10 Million (pehub.com) [edit]
  69. Lending Club Gets A $12 Million Credibility Boost (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  70. Marketing platform start-up Pontis raises nearly $20m (ivc-online.com) [edit]
  71. Appnomic snags $4.2M for application management (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  72. SpectraLinear Closes $10M Series C Financing (businesswire.com) [edit]
  73. High End Job Search Site RiseSmart Raises $3M (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  74. iStorez raises $2.3 million in Series A (startupmeme.com) [edit]
  75. Sonoa Systems Raises $10 Million Series C Financing (sonoasystems.com) [edit]
  76. MarketWatch (marketwatch.com) [edit]
  77. techcrunch.com [edit]
  78. Ex-Yahoo execs take on brand ad network, raise funds (news.cnet.com) [edit]
  79. Picateers Gets $6.6 Million For Online Photo Based School Fundraising (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  80. alarm:clock article (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  81. Teen Social Network myYearbook Gets $13 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  82. The Alarm Clock (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  83. TechCrunch [edit]
  84. Citation Needed [add]
  85. SHOTSPOTTER, INC. RAISES $7.5M IN SERIES D EQUITY FUNDING (shotspotter.com) [edit]
  86. FireEye raises $14.5M for botnet protection (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  87. Location-based software provider deCarta raises $10.5M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  88. Mozes Raises $11.5 Million for SMS-Based Communities (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  89. Retrevo Gets $8 Million Second Round For Electronics Product Search (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  90. Employee smartphone manager MobileIron raises $11M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  91. Paidcontent article (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  92. Unisfair Gets $10M in Series B Financing (virtualworldsnews.com) [edit]
  93. TuVox raises $20M for speech recognition and phone menu software (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  94. techcrunch.com [edit]
  95. Citation Needed [add]
  96. Authoria Secures $22.5 Million in Funding; Grows Bookings by 40 Percent (authoria.com) [edit]
  97. Lending Club, Newly Launched P2P Lending Success Story, Secures $10.26 Million in Series A Financing Posted by Lending Club (blog.lendingclub.com) [edit]
  98. 41st Parameter raises $10.07M more for anti-fraud software (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  99. Adzilla Inc. Secures $10.25 Million in Series A Funding (findarticles.com) [edit]
  100. Cap Funding Report [edit]
  101. DeCarta, location-based software provider, raises $15M more. (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  102. techcrunch.com [edit]
  103. Cap Funding Report [edit]
  104. Cyan Optics, secretive telecom equipment start-up, raises $8.75M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  105. Vtap, easy mobile search (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  106. Amberpoint raises $9M for SOA runtime governance software (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  107. Open-Silicon, chip design company, gets $10M. (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  108. Mozes SMS Service Raises $5m (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  109. Veraz, a VoIP equipment provider, raises $10M more before IPO (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  110. Cap Funding Report [edit]
  111. news.com.com [edit]
  112. Cap Funding Report [edit]
  113. Citation Needed [add]
  114. Sonoa Systems Gets Series B (silicontap.com) [edit]
  115. SpectraLinear Closes $14M Series B Financing (spectralinear.com) [edit]
  116. Mobile2win gets $15m from Norwest, Nexus (economictimes.indiatimes.com) [edit]
  117. Cap Funding Report [edit]
  118. Paidcontent article (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  119. Wallop Shows Up to the Party (gigaom.com) [edit]
  120. LifeSize® Secures $25 Million in Funding - Investment Led by Lehman Brothers Venture Partners (lifesize.com) [edit]
  121. Stream Processors, Inc. Receives $26 Million In Equity Funding (streamprocessors.com) [edit]
  122. Cap Funding Report [edit]
  123. Early Tivoli Backer Norwest Venture Partners Invests in KACE (kace.com) [edit]
  124. The 41st Parameter Secures $11.2 Million in Series B Funding (the41st.com) [edit]
  125. Reconnex Gets $16 Million (redherring.com) [edit]
  126. Cap Funding Report [edit]
  127. mblox.com [edit]
  128. Cap Funding Report [edit]
  129. OnVantage Secures $18M in Series B Financing to Accelerate Growth; Norwest Venture Partners, Texas Pacific Group Ventures Lead Round; Validate Company's Vision, Dominance in Global Meetings and Events Market.(Industry Overview) (encyclopedia.com) [edit]
  130. TV18 Group, Reliance Capital & Norwest Venture Partners join hands to form Yatra online (indiantelevision.com) [edit]
  131. Cap Funding Report [edit]
  132. Picateers Gets $6.6 Million For Online Photo Based School Fundraising (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  133. Venture Beat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  134. LifeSize Grows $17.5M (redherring.com) [edit]
  135. Octavian Scientific Inc. obtains $6.6M funding (portland.bizjournals.com) [edit]
  136. TestQuest Secures $7.5 Million in Funding; Investments to Further Firm's Momentum (allbusiness.com) [edit]
  137. Cap Funding Report [edit]
  138. CollabNet receives $9.5 million in private financing (open.collab.net) [edit]
  139. ClairMail Receives $8.3 M from Norwest Venture Partners and Outlook Ventures (clairmail.com) [edit]
  140. Cap Funding Report [edit]
  141. Deal Radar 2009: Sonoa Systems (sramanamitra.com) [edit]
  142. Cap Funding Report [edit]
  143. Cap Funding Report [edit]
  144. Citation Needed [add]
  145. Cap Funding Report [edit]
  146. Corporate Backgrounder (fireeye.com) [edit]
  147. mblox.com [edit]
  148. SEC D (sec.gov) [edit]
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