Laurie Tennant

Laurie has more than 20 years of experience in various human resources leadership roles in both start-up and large company environments. As a member of the Portfolio Success team, Laurie serves as a strategic business partner to a wide variety of Norwest portfolio companies. Laurie advises portfolio executives on best practices around HR policies and […]
Lisa Wu

Lisa focuses on companies with an emphasis on consumer Internet and B2B application software.  Previously, Lisa worked in Amazon’s Worldwide Corporate Development team. In this role, she identified and evaluated acquisition targets and strategic investments for Amazon and provided strategies for potential expansion. Prior to Amazon, Lisa worked at Bessemer Venture Partners, where she […]
Matthew Howard

Matt has 30 years of experience in marketing, product management, engineering, business development, and sales in a wide range of technologies. Matt has appeared on the Forbes Midas List as a top 100 investor for 3 years and was recently recognized by Business Insider as one of the “19 Best Enterprise Tech Venture Capitalists.” He […]
Niren Shah

As Head of Norwest India, Niren brings more than 20 years of investing, entrepreneurial, finance, operational, and investment banking experience. Niren serves as an advisor on India-based venture and growth equity investments across technology, fintech, internet, and consumer sectors. Prior to joining Norwest India, Niren was the Senior Director of Strategy and Ventures at eBay.com, […]
Ran Ding

Ran co-leads B2B growth equity investments mostly across the software, data, and business services sectors. Ran is a Board Director at Banyan Software, Cority (recapitalized by Thoma Bravo), Datacor, Elite Business Ventures, PSD Citywide, SpryPoint, Supplier.io, and YipitData (recapitalized by Carlyle), and he is a Board Observer at Vector Solutions and Pebl. Ran was previously […]