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Norwest Venture Partners

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Norwest is a global venture capital and growth equity investment firm.

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NVP

founded date

01.06.1961

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Private

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The firm has invested in over 650 companies and currently partners with more than 200 across its venture and growth equity portfolio, with a focus on consumer, enterprise, and healthcare sectors. Norwest offers a network of connections, operating experience, and impactful services to help CEOs and founders scale their businesses. It has offices in Palo Alto and San Francisco, as well as subsidiaries in India and Israel, and manages over $12.5 billion in capital.
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Sohil Chand
Sohil Chand

Sohil Chand

Sohil brings to NVP India more than 13 years of financial, investment banking and private equity investment experience from leading global financial institutions. Based in NVP India's Mumbai office, Sohil serves as an advisor on growth equity investments in Indian companies across a wide range of sectors, including telecom, technology, financial services, infrastructure and manufacturing. Sohil advised Norwest Venture Partners' investments in Asian Genco Pte Ltd. (AGPL), NSE (National Stock Exchange of India, Ltd.), Nueclear Healthcare Limited, Sadbhav, Snowman Logistics, and Thyrocare. Sohil is also a board observer for NationWide Primary Healthcare Services. Prior to joining NVP, Sohil was an Executive Director in Goldman Sachs' Asian Special Situations Group, a balance sheet investing group with over $4 billion under management. Sohil was the first executive recruited for the group's India business in 2006 and became part of a five-member team in Mumbai tasked with building and running the India business. In this role with Goldman Sachs, Sohil was involved in making over $300 million of private equity and PIPE investments in India. Prior to this role, Sohil was an Executive Director in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs, where he gained extensive transaction experience in a range of industries, and advised both corporate and private equity funds on major acquisitions. Significant transactions included advising on the creation of TNK-BP, the first and only Western / Russian joint venture in the Russian oil industry, valued at over $18 billion at the time of the transaction, and advising Thames Water, a UK water utility, on the divestiture of its international assets valued at over $2 billion. Earlier in his career, Sohil served as a Consultant in the Tax, Regulatory & Business Advisory Group at Arthur Andersen in India. Sohil obtained his masters in business administration with high honors from the University of Chicago. He also holds a master of science in international accounting & finance from the London School of Economics & Political Science. Sohil is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

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Sohil Chand

Promod Haque
Promod Haque

Promod Haque

Promod has 31 years of experience in the venture capital industry and currently serves as senior managing partner at Norwest Venture Partners. Promod joined Norwest in 1990, and has invested in more than 70 companies since he began his venture career. His investments have been worth more than $40B in aggregate exit value to date, as 25 of his portfolio companies have gone public and 37 have been acquired (or have gone public and been acquired). In 2014 and 2016, Forbes recognized Promod as a “Hall of Fame” investor. 2017 marked Promod’s thirteenth appearance on the annual Forbes Midas List, including 2004, when he was ranked the #1 venture capitalist based on performance over the previous decade. In 2006, Promod was presented with a Global Leadership award from NASSCOM, and he was honored with the 2011 SV Forum Visionary Award based on his outstanding achievements and contributions to the technology industry.

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Zack Scott

Zack Scott

General Partner for the healthcare practice

Teri McFadden

Teri McFadden

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Ankit Prasad

Ankit Prasad

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Nicole Laszlo

Nicole Laszlo

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Chris Sondej

Chris Sondej

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Yoni Braun

Yoni Braun

Vice President

Scott Mitchell

Scott Mitchell

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Cesar Torres

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