Tiba Aynechi, PhD
Tiba joins Norwest as a biotech investor with 20+ years of research and investment experience. She invests in healthcare with a focus on early to mid-stage companies within the therapeutics sector. Prior to joining Norwest, Tiba spent over ten years at Novo Holdings A/S, one of the top life sciences investment firms, with offices in […]
Glen Kunene
Glen joined Norwest Venture Partners in 2022 as Senior Director of Editorial. In this role, he combines his journalism training with data-driven performance marketing principles to produce strategic, engaging content—in many forms—that speak directly to the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Prior to joining Norwest, Glen was Senior Director, Content Marketing at Vonage, where he led strategic content […]
Shu Dar Yao
Shu Dar brings nearly two decades of expertise in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and impact investing to Norwest. As a Senior Advisor, she works closely with Norwest and its broad portfolio of companies to educate and guide them on climate change, social inequality, and related risks and opportunities. Shu Dar is a recognized financier […]
David Glaser
David focuses on early to late-stage venture investments across a wide range of sectors at Norwest, with an emphasis on the enterprise and infrastructure spaces. Prior to joining Norwest, David worked in the technology investment banking group at Deutsche Bank, where he worked on numerous equity, debt, and M&A transactions across software, internet, and hardware […]
Paul Kigawa
Paul focuses on early and late-stage venture and growth investments in technology, with a particular emphasis on software, fintech, e-commerce, and marketplaces Prior to joining Norwest, Paul was a growth investor on the technology and healthcare teams at General Atlantic in New York. Paul graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University with a bachelor of […]
