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Paul Kigawa

MBA Candidate at Harvard Business School

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Overview 

Paul Kigawa is currently an MBA Candidate at Harvard Business School and has previously worked as a Growth Investor at General Atlantic and an Investor at Norwest Venture Partners. He has held leadership roles at Business Today and has experience as a Board Observer at various companies. Highlights of Paul's career include his role as a Growth Investor at General Atlantic and his leadership position as President and Director at Business Today.

Work Experience 

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Harvard Business School

  • MBA Candidate

    2024 - Current

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Norwest Venture Partners

  • Investor

    2021 - 2024

    Norwest Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital and private equity firm that has partnered with entrepreneurs to build great businesses for 60 years. Norwest is investing of a $3B fund (Fund 17), with $16B in assets under management. The firm has funded 700+ portfolio companies since inception. Our investment portfolio spans AI/ML (Gong, Replicant, You.com), consumer (Vuori, Ritual, Pair Eyewear), vertical/horizontal SaaS (GeoComply, tvScientific, FloQast), cybersecurity (Veza, Exabeam), marketplaces (Faire, Opendoor, Udemy), fintech (Plaid, Noyo, HoneyBook), healthcare services and IT (Monogram Health, Crossover Health, Blue Cloud Pediatrics), and big data (VAST Data, Anomalo, YipitData), among others. Investments and portfolio companies include: Abodu (Led Series A) tvScientific (Led Series A) Dave (Series B | NASDAQ: DAVE) Opendoor (Growth | NASDAQ: OPEN) Noyo (Led Series B) Exponential DeFi (Seed) Faire (Growth) Flyhomes (Led Series C) Citcon (Led Series C) Madison Reed (Series B) Pair Eyewear (Seed) Petabyte (Series B), acquired by Chewy (NYSE: CHWY) Precursor (V) Ulu (IV)

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

nvp.com
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tvScientific

  • Board Observer

    2022 - 2024

TvScientific is a CTV platform offering a hands-on solution that combines direct media buying with measurement and attribution.

Raised $30,900,000.00 from S4S Ventures, BDMI, Norwest Venture Partners, AperiamVentures, Hearst Ventures, Progress Ventures and Comcast NBCUniversal.

tvscientific.com
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Noyo

  • Board Observer

    2021 - 2024

Noyo is a software company that provides digital infrastructure to bring health insurance with an API platform.

Raised $57,500,000.00 from Gusto, Spark Capital, Fika Ventures, Workday Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, Operator Collective, Cap Table Coalition, Precursor Ventures, Core Innovation Capital and Garuda Ventures.

noyo.com
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Abodu

  • Board Observer

    2021 - 2024

Abodu builds no-compromise backyard homes that expand a property's livable space.

Raised $23,500,000.00 from Kyle Tibbitts, Michael Tubbs, Glenn Kelman, Initialized Capital, Xffirmers, Norwest Venture Partners and Hans Tung.

abodu.com
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General Atlantic

  • Growth Investor

    2018 - 2020

    General Atlantic is a leading global growth equity firm providing capital and strategic support for growth companies. Established in 1980, General Atlantic combines a collaborative global approach, sector specific expertise, a long-term investment horizon and a deep understanding of growth drivers to partner with great entrepreneurs and management teams to build exceptional businesses worldwide.

General Atlantic is a private equity firm that provides capital and strategic support for growth companies.

generalatlantic.com
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Business Today

  • President

    2017 - 2018

    Led all operations, the $1 million annual operating budget, and $2 million endowment for Business Today.

  • Director

    2015 - 2017

    2016-2017: Director of Corporate Contacts & Finance, CC Manager (West Coast) 2015-2016: International Conference Director, CC Manager (NYC)

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