Jon Kossow
Managing Partner at Norwest
Jon Kossow is a managing partner at Norwest, a multi-stage investment firm in Menlo Park, California, and co-heads its growth equity team. He joined in 2009 and was promoted to managing partner in 2018. He invests in consumer, data, information services and software companies. Before Norwest he worked at Goldman Sachs, TA Associates and the advertising agency Leo Burnett USA.
- Growth equity
- Venture capital
Norwest
- Software
- Consumer
- Now
- Managing Partner and Co-head of Growth Equity, Norwest1
- Focus
- Consumer, data and analytics, information services, software1
- Based
- Menlo Park, California2
- Education
- Harvard College, BA in biology1
In their words
Jon joined Norwest in 2009 and brings 28 years of investment experience to his role as one of two Managing Partners responsible for running the $15.5B AUM firm. Based in Menlo Park, Jon is focused on investing across a wide range of sectors, with particular interest in data, software, internet and consumer companies. Prior to joining NVP, Jon was a Director at Goldman Sachs, where he headed the San Francisco office for the firm’s Special Situations Group.
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Experience
- Board Member22026 – now
- Board Member22025 – now
- Investor22024 – now
- Investor22023 – now
- Investor22022 – now
- Investor22022 – now
- Investor22021 – now
- Board Member22021 – 2022
- Board Member22019 – now
- Board Member22019 – now
- Board Member22019 – now
- Investor22018 – 2026
- Board Member22016 – 2022
- Board Member22016 – 2019
- Board Member22015 – 2024
- Board Member22012 – 2024
- Board Member22012 – 2019
- Board Member22012 – 2022
- DirectorBefore 2009
Led the San Francisco office of the Americas Special Situations Group.1
- Investing roleTen years
Spent ten years at the private equity firm in Menlo Park before joining Goldman Sachs.2
- Strategy and campaign managementTwo years
Headed strategy development and campaign management for several Fortune 500 companies.2
Education
BA in biology; varsity swim team1
Milestones
- Graduated from Harvard with a degree in biology2
- Joined Norwest as a general partner2
- Joined the board of Avetta2
- Promoted to managing partner as Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) closed its $1.5 billion NVP XIV fund4
- Joined the board of Vuori2
- Joined the board of the USA Swimming Foundation2
- Became an investor in GoFundMe2
- Became a trustee of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Foundation2
- Joined the board of East Range Group2