Where does Matthew Howard work?

Matthew Howard is Managing Partner at Norwest Venture Partners and Board director at Nominal and Board director at Celona and Board director at Exabeam.

What check size does Matthew Howard write?

Matthew Howard typically writes checks of $10M – $30M.

Where did Matthew Howard go to school?

Matthew Howard studied at Chaminade University of Honolulu; Aragon High School.

Matthew Howard

Investor

Managing Partner at Norwest Venture Partners · Board director at Nominal · Board director at Celona · Board director at Exabeam

Palo Alto, California

Writes $10M – $30M checks · typically $12.5M

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Sumit JoharunlockedMatthew: together at Mobile Iron (2016–2019)

Matthew: together at Dremio

Matthew: together at Aisera

Matthew: together at Exabeam

About

Matthew Howard has three decades of experience across marketing, product management, engineering, business development, and sales. Before Norwest, he was an early employee at Cisco, where he held senior roles in the IOS organization and Internet Business Unit and helped shape its security and VPN strategy, and later served as VP of marketing at Vertical Communications, with earlier roles at Digital Equipment Corporation, BDM International, and BBN. His investing focus includes mobile, security, rich media, cloud-based services and applications, and infrastructure.

Invests in

BiotechCloud ComputingConsumerCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtechMedia & EntertainmentMobility & Transportation

Board director at Nominal

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Nominal's investors · 42

AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks AdaverseHong Kong AlephTel Aviv · $2.5M – $100M checks Ascenta CapitalWilmington · since 2023 Axeleo CapitalParis · $108K – $1.6M checks Bluebird VenturesPalo Alto Bright Pixel CapitalLisbon CapitalGSan Francisco · $50M – $100M checks Centerview Capital TechnologyPalo Alto Collab+CurrencyEugene Dell Technologies CapitalPalo Alto · $500K – $50M checks Draft Ventures LlcSan Francisco Elevation CapitalGurugram · $1.5M – $37M checks Firebolt Ventures Management Company, LlcPalo Alto General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checks · since 2024 Geodesic CapitalFoster City Harpoon VenturesSan Diego · $100K – $5M checks Hidden Variable CoreNew York · since 2021 Index VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checks Justin “3LAU” Blau Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks LaunchBay CapitalLondon Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checks · since 2022 Menlo VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checks · since 2017 Mighty CapitalSan Francisco Norwest Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $10M – $30M checks · since 2017 Pantera CapitalSan Francisco · $5M – $100M checks PeakAmsterdam · $275K – $4.4M checks Peterson VenturesSalt Lake City · $250K – $2.5M checks Prima MateriaHelsingborg · since 2025 Qualcomm VenturesSan Diego · $5M checks Ring CapitalParis · $540K – $16.2M checks Sapphire VenturesMenlo Park · $5M – $20M checks Script CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $500K checks Standard Crypto StripesNew York · since 2021 Tenaya CapitalPalo Alto · $5M – $10M checks · since 2017 Third Rock VenturesBoston · $100K – $5M checks · since 2021 Together FundBangalore · $1M – $10M checks Valkyrie Ventures Management, LlcPark City Vesey VenturesWestport Z47Coral Springs · $1.2M – $40M checks

Co-founders at Nominal

Oren HarnevoExecutive Officer, Director

Ronald Bianchini, Jr.Executive Officer, Director

Roneil RumburgCofounder

Ohad FinkelsteinDirector

SAMUEL HARRISONManaging Partner

Board director at Celona

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Celona's investors · 6

In-Q-TelTysons · $100K – $2.5M checks Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checks · since 2024 Norwest Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $10M – $30M checks NTT Venture CapitalMenlo Park Prosperity7 VenturesDhahran Qualcomm VenturesSan Diego · $5M checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Celona

Rajeev ShahCo-founder and CEO

Mehmet YavuzCo-founder and CTO

Board director at Exabeam

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Exabeam's investors · 11

Acrew CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $15M checks · since 2015 Aspect VenturesPalo Alto · since 2015 Icon VenturesPalo Alto · $6M – $12M checks · since 2015 JuniperoMiami · since 2015 Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checks · since 2015 Next Legacy PartnersPortola Valley · since 2015 Norwest Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $10M – $30M checks · since 2015 Owl Capitalsince 2015 Sapphire VenturesMenlo Park · $5M – $20M checks · since 2015 Silver Lake PartnersMenlo Park · since 2015 Sparq Capital (SFO)Palo Alto · since 2015

Co-founders at Exabeam

Domingo MihovilovicExecutive Officer, Promoter

Nir PolakExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

Sylvain GilExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

Experience

SedaiBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
Third Wave AutomationBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
ExabeamBoard Membercurrent2014 — present
oneNav, Inc.Board Membercurrent2019 — present
UplevelBoard Membercurrent2019 — present
CelonaBoard Membercurrent2019 — present
Norwest Venture PartnersVenture Partnercurrent2000 — presentPalo Alto, California
InfluxDataBoard Member2023 — 2026
DremioBoard Member2023 — 2026
AiseraBoard Member2018 — 2025
Qventus, IncBoard Member2021 — 2025
Bitglass, Inc.Board Member2013 — 2021
PertinoBoard Member2012 — 2020
Blue Jeans Network, incBoard Member2009 — 2020
AporetoBoard Member2017 — 2019
6 River Systems, Inc.Board Member2017 — 2019
Mist SystemsBoard Member2014 — 2019
MobileIron, Inc.Board Member2008 — 2019
Avere SystemsBoard Member2008 — 2018
ExabloxBoard Member2011 — 2017

Skills & more

Product Management64Start-upsStrategic Partnerships69Cloud ComputingSaaS24Go-to-market Strategy37Business Alliances17Mergers & Acquisitions14Enterprise SoftwareSecurity21Business Strategy21Cross-functional Team Leadership7

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EntrepreneurshipExecutive ManagementWirelessBusiness DevelopmentTelecommunicationsStrategyNew Business DevelopmentComputer Security

From Matthew's professional profile.

Colleagues at Norwest Venture Partners

Brian Matesic

Principal at Norwest Venture Partners

Casper de Clercq

General Partner at Norwest Venture Partners

Chris Sondej

Vice President at Norwest Venture Partners

Christopher Scullin

Partner at Norwest Venture Partners

Connor Pike

Vice President at Norwest Venture Partners

David Zilberman

General Partner at Norwest Venture Partners

Dror Nahumi

Managing Partner at Norwest Venture Partners

Edward Yip

Partner at Norwest Venture Partners

Frequently asked questions

Who is Matthew Howard?: Matthew Howard has three decades of experience across marketing, product management, engineering, business development, and sales. Before Norwest, he was an early employee at Cisco, where he held senior roles in the IOS organization and Internet Business Unit and helped shape its security and VPN strategy, and later served as VP of marketing at Vertical Communications, with earlier roles at Digital Equipment Corporation, BDM International, and BBN. His investing focus includes mobile, security, rich media, cloud-based services and applications, and infrastructure.
Where does Matthew Howard work?: Matthew Howard is Managing Partner at Norwest Venture Partners and Board director at Nominal and Board director at Celona and Board director at Exabeam.
What does Matthew Howard invest in?: Matthew Howard invests in Biotech, Cloud Computing, Consumer, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, Media & Entertainment, Mobility & Transportation.
What check size does Matthew Howard write?: Matthew Howard typically writes checks of $10M – $30M.
Where did Matthew Howard go to school?: Matthew Howard studied at Chaminade University of Honolulu; Aragon High School.