In 2019, Norwest entered the home services market by backing Mike Andreacchi and his junk removal franchisor Junk King. In the two years since, Mike and COO Lisa Merry have built a thriving platform with more than 125 franchisees and $100 million in system-wide revenue, growing despite a challenging market for many brands. Today, we […]

Marriage counseling can be good for a relationship, but it can often yield positive effects that extend beyond intimate connections. In the case of Oren and Roni Frank, marriage counseling is what helped to spawn the initial idea for Talkspace. When the dynamic husband-wife duo was in the process of receiving mental health services personally, […]

I first met Opendoor co-founder and CEO Eric Wu in 2016 when he called me for a reference check on an executive he was considering hiring. In the course of our conversation, I asked Eric about his company. Eric proceeded to tell me about his vision for Opendoor, and I was hooked. He had me […]

Norwest Venture Partners, a leading multi-stage investment firm, announced that Dave Zilberman will be joining the investment team as a General Partner. Dave has been working with early stage companies as an operator, advisor and investor for over 20 years. He joins Norwest from Comcast Ventures where he served as the senior managing director running […]

Zach Gonzales, Norwest Venture Partners What drew you to healthcare investing? My mother was an ER nurse. My stepmother is a therapist. My aunt is a pediatrician. I grew up in awe of the medical community, of hospitals and physicians, and of the amazing things they could do. But I was awfully squeamish of blood […]