Norwest Venture Partners — 2023 Investments
20 investments dated 2023 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all
Avalyn Pharma develops inhaled therapies for pulmonary fibrosis, using a nebulization approach that delivers treatment directly to the lungs to reduce the tolerability problems of existing oral therapies.
BiotechHealthtech
Lyn Baranowski(CEO)in
Co-investorsAndera PartnersCatalio Capital Management, LPF-Prime CapitalInVivium CapitalPivotal Life SciencesRiverVest Venture Partners+9 more
Simpplr provides an employee experience platform that consolidates internal communications, information sharing, and collaboration tools into a single workspace, helping organizations improve employee engagement and productivity across distributed teams.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR Tech
Dhiraj Sharma(Founder)
Co-investorsSapphire VenturesTola CapitalSalesforce VenturesGray Line PartnersCRV (Charles River Ventures)
Abundance Labs incubates and builds marketplaces based on alternative currencies, including cryptocurrency-based marketplace products.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3MarketplacesSan Francisco, US
Kjerstin Erickson(Founder/CEO)inKerstin Erickson(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Page(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsY CombinatorAbstract VenturesAgrolimen VenturesBEENEXTFoundation CapitalFriale+9 more
Aesthetic Partners is a network and management company that partners with aesthetic and clinical practices, providing operational support, capital investments, and shared resources across marketing, HR, technology, and legal functions.
Enterprise SoftwareHealthtech
Courtney Ellenbogen(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)inFaraz Karbasi(Co-Founder & Executive Advisor)in
Co-investorsMaven Equity Partners
Altimus is a product design and development firm that serves technology companies with strategy, manufacturing, and entrepreneurship mentoring.
Advanced ManufacturingDeveloper ToolsHardware
Co-investorsForesight CanadaLighthouse
Butter builds bVisor, a lightweight sandbox runtime for AI agents that runs locally within application processes, providing a secure bash environment without virtual machines or remote infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Erik Dunteman(CEO)inAdam Wan(Founder)Christopher Holm-Hansen(Founder)Jakob Knutzen(Founder)Vijay Menon(Founder)
Co-investorsY CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzAntlerAtomicDraft Ventures LlcEssence Venture Capital+7 more
Calm is a mental health app offering guided meditations, sleep stories, soundscapes, and stress-relief tools designed to help users manage anxiety, improve sleep, and build healthy habits for overall wellness.
HealthtechMental HealthWellness & FitnessMiami, US
Alex Tew(Founder)inMichael Acton Smith(Founder)inDavid Ko(CEO)
Co-investorsAcumen AmericaBrighter CapitalCherubic VenturesConnect VenturesElefundEmpede Capital+25 more
Chingona Ventures is a venture capital firm.
Sector Agnostic
Samara Mejia Hernandez(Founding Partner)in
Co-investorsFocal VenturesFoundry50 South CapitalInsight PartnersPayPal VenturesPivotal Ventures+1 more
IDComply is an identity verification and anti-fraud solution that combines KYC/AML compliance, phone/email verification, document and selfie checks, and knowledge-based authentication through a single API with waterfall logic across multiple data sources.
AdTechCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechGaming
Anna Sainsbury(Founder)David Briggs(Founder)
Guidde builds an AI-powered video documentation platform that lets anyone create, edit, publish, and share how-to guides for software and processes without design or video skills.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Yoav Einav(Founder)inDan Sahar(Founder)
Co-investorsCrescendo Venture PartnersEntrée CapitalHoneystone VenturesQualcomm VenturesViola Ventures
Hyperbound provides an AI sales coaching platform that analyzes sales calls and creates AI-powered roleplays to help sales representatives practice and improve their skills.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Sriharsha Guduguntla(Founder)inAtul Raghunathan(Founder)inSriharsha Guduguntla Atul Raghunathan(Founder)Eugene Reuka(Founding Designer)Luca Rondanini(Head of Engineering)Josh Norris(Director of Marketing)
Co-investorsY CombinatorMaiora Rebel VenturesPeak XV PartnersRebel FundRoble VenturesTeam Ignite+8 more
LlamaIndex provides document parsing and AI agent workflows that automate document-based administrative operations such as invoice matching, contract data extraction, form processing, and compliance reporting.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Jerry Liu(Founder)inSimon Suo(Founder)inShun Da Suo(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsAlt CapitalGreylock PartnersDatabricks VenturesDropbox Ventures
Mintifi is a supply chain financing platform that offers inventory financing, smart term loans, and short-term working capital loans to enterprises and their distribution networks.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechLogistics & Supply Chain
Ankit Mehta(Founder)inAnup Agarwal(Founder)Sanjoy Shome(Founder)
Co-investorsElevation CapitalLok CapitalPremji InvestInternational Finance CorporationProsus VenturesTeachers' Venture Growth
An AI-powered answer engine providing accurate, trusted, and real-time answers to questions.
San Francisco, US
Andrew D. Konwinski(Executive Officer, Director)Dzianis Yarats(Director)Aravind Srinivas Lakshminarayanan(Director, Executive Officer)Aravind Srinivas(Founder)inDenis Yarats(Founder)Andrew Konwinski(Founder)
Co-investors1435 Capital359 Capital7BC Venture CapitalAccelAdvaita CapitalAIX Ventures+68 more
Teambit analyzes code, meeting time, and interactions to measure and improve the performance of software development teams, delivering objective metrics.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Paula Enei(Founder)in
Co-investorsGG Capital4BIO CapitalDeerfield Management CompanyGeneral CatalystMRL Ventures FundNovo Holdings
RightRev provides an AI-powered revenue recognition platform that automates rev rec calculations, contract modifications, SSP allocation, and journal entries with traceable, auditable rules.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSAustin, US
Jagan Reddy(Founder)inMarc J. Diouane(Director)Helen Chua Te(Director)
BoardJohn Cambier(Director)in
Co-investorsCheyenne VenturesCorrelation VenturesIDEA Fund PartnersInnovius CapitalTop Corner Capital
Vertos Medical (part of Stryker's Interventional Spine business) develops minimally invasive interventional treatments for chronic pain and reduced mobility, including vertebral augmentation, bone tumor ablation, and basivertebral nerve ablation.
HealthtechMedical DevicesAliso Viejo, US
Eric Wichems(Executive Officer, Director)inRebecca Colbert(Executive Officer)in
BoardMyles Greenberg(Director)Daniel Pelak(Director)Ittai Harel(Director)inJohn Ryan(Director)
Co-investorsPitangoMVM Life Science Partners
Zenoti provides cloud-based software for managing operations at salons, spas, medspas, and fitness businesses in the beauty and wellness industry.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingSaaSWellness & FitnessBellevue, US
Sudheer Koneru(Founder)inDheeraj Koneru(Founder)inAnand Arvind(Co-founder & Chief Product Officer)inNeal Singh(Chief Operating Officer)inAmita Tomkoria(Head of Global Finance)inSunil Koneru(Head of Professional Services & Customer Experience)in
Co-investorsAccelAdvent InternationalAvataar Venture PartnersTiger Global ManagementTPG
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Ray TherapeuticsHighFive Healthcare
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.



































































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