What Entrepreneurs Are Saying

• Norwest’s portfolio services group has added strategic value to our company in the areas where we needed it most at this stage of our growth. The team’s help in human resources—from compensation planning to recruiting—has been invaluable.

  Tom Ingersoll, CEO - Skybox Imaging

• Norwest’s portfolio services team has provided spot-on advice regarding everything from compensation strategy to recruiting.

  Krish Ramakrishnan, co-founder and CEO - Blue Jeans Network

• Norwest’s portfolio services team added tremendous value by helping us with compensation planning, connecting us with its portfolio network through diverse content-oriented events and facilitating business development relationships via Executive Briefings.

  Vincent Villano, Founder - Clarus Commerce

• Norwest partnered with us in the ways that mattered most – offering sound guidance, making several introductions to key strategic customers and providing value in the areas of marketing and recruiting. This partnership continued throughout the later stages of our company, even as we grew to be a profitable business and an online fraud detection leader.

  Ori Eisen, Founder - The 41st Parameter

• The professional level of service and value-add from Norwest was a huge benefit to ScaleIO.

  Boaz Palgi, CEO & Founder - ScaleIO

• Norwest makes the extra effort to support its portfolio companies, and truly understands how to build and grow leading businesses. Norwest’s recruiting assistance, business development efforts, sound guidance on our business initiatives and strategic financial advice at the time of our IPO have all been invaluable and instrumental to Rackspace’s ongoing success.

  Lanham Napier, President and CEO - Rackspace

• Norwest was a great partner through every stage of Omneon’s life cycle. We leveraged the Norwest network within the media industry and were introduced to key bankers, law firms and other professional services firms. Over the years, Norwest acted as an extension of our team and maintained a strong belief in us.

  Suresh Vasudevan, President and CEO - Omneon