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Norwest Venture Partners

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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

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  Norwest Venture Partners invested in Manthan Systems. (2/15/12)
  Posted 2/15/12 at 3:25am via vccircle.com
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  Norwest Venture Partners invested in MobileIron. (8/1/09)
  Posted 8/17/09 at 11:45am via venturebeat.com
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  Norwest Venture Partners invested in MobileIron. (3/1/08)
  Posted 8/17/09 at 11:45am via venturebeat.com
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  Norwest Venture Partners invested in Extole. (2/8/12)
  Posted 2/8/12 at 6:07pm via techcrunch.com
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  Norwest Venture Partners invested in RiseSmart. (2/1/12)
  Posted 2/1/12 at 6:24pm via finsmes.com
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  Norwest Venture Partners invested in Extole. (4/11/11)
  Posted 1/12/12 at 10:55am via extole.com
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  Norwest Venture Partners invested in Pepperfry.com. (12/12/11)
  Posted 12/12/11 at 8:14pm via finsmes.com
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  Norwest Venture Partners invested in Fashion & You. (11/14/11)
  Posted 11/14/11 at 7:07pm via finsmes.com
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  Norwest Venture Partners invested in Hadapt. (10/21/11)
  Posted 3/23/11 at 7:11pm via gigaom.com
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  Norwest Venture Partners invested in SolarEdge. (10/24/11)
  Posted 10/24/11 at 4:03am via greentechmedia.com
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  Norwest Venture Partners invested in CareCloud. (9/26/11)
  Posted 9/26/11 at 7:43pm via dowjones.com
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  Norwest Venture Partners invested in Zenverge. (9/26/11)
  Posted 9/26/11 at 7:22pm via finsmes.com
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  Norwest Venture Partners invested in Simpirica Spine. (9/20/11)
  Posted 9/20/11 at 4:48am via finsmes.com
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  Norwest Venture Partners invested in quirky. (8/4/11)
  Posted 8/4/11 at 5:47pm via techcrunch.com
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  Norwest Venture Partners invested in Lending Club. (8/3/11)
  Posted 8/3/11 at 5:59am via wsj.com
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  Norwest Venture Partners invested in Motif Investing. (7/25/11)
  Posted 7/25/11 at 8:40am via techcrunch.com

Investments

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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]