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Norwest Venture Partners

5 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Feb 26, 2015 by Lisa Wu · said 3 times in 3 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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Feb 26, 2015
Assertion Supported
Lisa Wu: Norwest's $1.2B fund invests from $100k to tens of millions
“Given that we are a 1.2 billion dollar fund, we have a lot of flexibility in our investment size, so we can invest anywhere from a couple 100,000 dollars to as large as tens of millions of dollars”
Lisa Wu Feb 26, 2015 ▶ 5:24 20 VC 015: Marketplaces, IPOs and the NY Startup Scene with Lisa Wu
Feb 26, 2015 bullish
Disclosure
Norwest Venture Partners was the Series A investor in Lending Club
“At Northwest, we've made several bets on marketplaces. We were The Series A investor in this company called Lending Club, which is a marketplace for peer-to-peer lending.”
Lisa Wu Feb 26, 2015 ▶ 4:55 20 VC 015: Marketplaces, IPOs and the NY Startup Scene with Lisa Wu
Feb 26, 2015
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lisa Wu: Norwest rarely converts cold inbound pitches into actual investments
“We get a lot of inbound via LinkedIn and also through our website, and we do review each of those opportunities that come through those, but it's actually pretty rare that an opportunity that comes in through those channels actually converts into an actual inv…”
Lisa Wu Feb 26, 2015 ▶ 7:10 20 VC 015: Marketplaces, IPOs and the NY Startup Scene with Lisa Wu
Feb 26, 2015
Disclosure
Lisa Wu: Market size is the top reason Norwest rejects startups
“I would say, given our fund size, it would be market size.”
Lisa Wu Feb 26, 2015 ▶ 15:12 20 VC 015: Marketplaces, IPOs and the NY Startup Scene with Lisa Wu
Aug 31, 2018
Assertion Supported
Casper Has Raised Over $239M from NEA, IVP, and Leonardo DiCaprio
“And since then, they've raised over two hundred and thirty nine million dollars in funding from the likes of NEA, Lira Hippo, IVP, Norwest Venture Partners, and even include Leonardo DiCaprio on their cap table.”
Harry Stebbings Aug 31, 2018 ▶ 0:26 20VC: Casper Founder Philip Krim on The Right Way To Think About Marketing Channel Diversification, When To Accept Strategic Investors & How To Successfully Build Out Your Exec Team
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