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Lisa Wu

Partner at Norwest Venture Partners

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Lisa Wu is a Partner at Norwest Venture Partners in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a background in venture capital, corporate development, and strategic partnerships. She has invested in notable companies like Flyhomes and Ritual, demonstrating a strong track record in identifying and supporting successful startups in various sectors. With an MBA from The Wharton School and experience at Amazon.com and Bessemer Venture Partners, Lisa Wu brings a wealth of expertise in investment banking, private equity, and business development to her role at Norwest Venture Partners, where she continues to make impactful investments in emerging markets and diverse industries.

Work Experience 

  • Venture Capital

    2012 - Current

Norwest Venture Partners is a venture capital and growth equity investment firm that specializes in venture and growth equity companies.

  • Board Member

    2021

Flyhomes provides a real estate brokerage platform that helps clients through the entire home buying process.

Raised $310,000,000.00 from Canvas Ventures, Parker89, Vesta Ventures, Fifth Wall, BAM Elevate, Spencer Rascoff, Battery Ventures, Camber Creek, Balyasny Asset Management and Andreessen Horowitz.

  • Investor

    2020

Calm offers a global health and wellness brand application designed to help its users meditate and relax.

Raised $218,043,000.00 from BluePointe Ventures.

  • Investor

    2018

    https://medium.com/@lwu828/plaid-powering-the-modernization-of-fintech-67cd6919a05b

Plaid provides companies with the tools and access needed for the development of a digitally-enabled financial system.

Raised $734,300,000.00 from Bedrock, American Express Ventures, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Silver Lake, Kleiner Perkins, Thrive Capital, Raed Malek, Index Ventures and Spark Capital.

  • Board Member

    2016

    https://medium.com/norwest-venture-partners/from-seed-to-series-a-taking-a-look-at-ritual-9569969e07e5

  • Board Observer

    2015

    Acquired by Walmart for $3.3B https://medium.com/@lwu828/the-jet-journey-why-norwest-got-on-board-a96f416d9723

Jet operates an e-commerce platform that allows its member to shop online from various retailers.

Raised $570,000,000.00 from Alibaba Capital Partners, Google Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Fidelity, Palm Drive Capital, Forerunner and Bain Capital Ventures.

  • Board Observer

    2016 - 2018

    IPO in 2020

Opendoor is a real estate technology company that simplifies the process of buying and selling homes.

Raised $1,887,930,000.00 from BlackRock and Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP).

  • Worldwide Corporate Development

    2011 - 2011

Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

Raised $8,108,000,000.00 from DBS Bank and Mizuho Bank.

  • Venture Capital

    2007 - 2010

BVP Forge operates as a private equity firm that focuses on software-enabled businesses.

  • Investment Banking

    2005 - 2006

The Rand Group is a San Francisco-based wealth management team led by Managing Director Daniella Rand.

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