Laura joined Norwest in 2010 and leverages her 25 years of experience in venture capital as director of portfolio services, where she is focused on post-investment support for Norwest’s portfolio companies.

She contributes to the firm’s community-building efforts through the management of Norwest’s portfolio community groups and works closely with the portfolio services team on strategic initiatives and programs designed to help portfolio companies save time, lower costs, and accelerate growth. Laura manages the portfolio company onboarding process and connects portfolio companies with tools, benefits, and resources to help them scale.

Prior to Norwest, Laura was with Gold Hill Capital, an independent private equity firm providing debt and equity capital to rapid growth, venture-backed technology companies. Previously, she was with Lighthouse Capital Partners and SVB. Laura spent three years writing for Netflix in a freelance capacity.

Laura holds a bachelor of science in journalism from San Jose State University, a certificate in marketing management from De Anza College, and a certificate in human resources management from Cal State East Bay.