# Norwest Equity Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> Norwest Equity Partners is a private equity based in United States. 6 investments on record, latest Oct 2015. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Norwest Equity Partners

Last cheque observed Oct 2015. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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Private equity Quiet Last fund, Sept 2023

Seed Series A Series B Business Services Consumer Industrials

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 6 on record

Since the last cheque **4027** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$79M** Rounds led **0 of 6** Sole investor **4 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## Norwest Equity Partners highlights

- 01 6 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Growth: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 4 rounds, median $50M
- 04 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> We partner with leaders of business services, consumer, and industrial companies – often as their first institutional investor – to help turn vision into durable growth. From their own website

- **Type:** Private equity (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Business Services Consumer Industrials
- **Based in:** Minneapolis, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **6 appearances**

- **2015** 3 rounds
- **Oct** **[Christy Sports](https://millionrounds.com/company/christy-sports)** US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Welocalize](https://millionrounds.com/company/welocalize)** US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[Eyebobs](https://millionrounds.com/company/eyebobs)** US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2012** 1 round
- **Jun** **[GoHealth](https://millionrounds.com/company/gohealth)** Growth · US · marketwire.com **$50M** Sole investor
- **2002** 1 round
- **Aug** **[NuVox](https://millionrounds.com/company/nuvox)** Growth · US **$79M** With 9 others
- **1999** 1 round
- **Dec** **[Advanced Telecom Group](https://millionrounds.com/company/advanced-telecom-group)** Growth **$175M** With 9 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **9 named**

AM **Anthony M. Armand** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

BM **Brian Michael Allingham** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

CM **Carter M. Balfour** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

CP **Charles Paul Moorse** CCO and General Counsel i Form ADV

JK **John Kenneth Fiyod** CFO i Form ADV

JM **John M. Hogan** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

SM **Sean M. Stevens** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

SM **Sundip M. Murthy** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

TC **Timothy Charles Devries** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

We also hold **56** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$3.8B** assets it manages Oct 2026

**Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC

- **Legal name:** Norwest Capital Advisors, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 323642

Funds on its Form ADV

**12** private funds, **$4.2B** in gross assets · filed May 2024

- Norwest Equity Partners X, L.P. *Private equity* 74 investors $1.3B
- Norwest Equity Partners IX, L.P. *Private equity* 74 investors $661M
- Norwest Equity Partners XI-B, L.P. *Private equity* 2 investors $500M
- Norwest Mezzanine Partners IV - DEBT, L.P. *Private equity* 35 investors $472M
- Norwest Mezzanine Partners IV - Equity, L.P. *Private equity* 35 investors $407M
- Norwest Equity Partners XI, L.P. *Private equity* 23 investors $370M
- Norwest Mezzanine Partners V-B - DEBT, L.P. *Private equity* 2 investors $121M
- Norwest Equity Partners XI-A, L.P. *Private equity* 20 investors $115M
- Norwest Mezzanine Partners V-B - Equity, L.P. *Private equity* 2 investors $109M
- Norwest Mezzanine Partners V, L.P. *Private equity* 16 investors $88M

And 2 more on the filing.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all**

**[NuVox](https://millionrounds.com/company/nuvox)** Bought by Windstream **$643M** Nov 2009

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

Latest fund on file

**Raised**

a fund in Sept 2023

From its SEC filing. Nothing newer is on file yet.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$79M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$50M**

Led 0 of 6 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 4 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2015
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Growth *3*
- Seed said *-*
- Series A said *-*
- Series B said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

1999 2015

Often in the room with

- [Centennial Funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/centennial-funds) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Norwest Equity Partners. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Centennial Funds** Hedge fund **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/centennial-funds)

## Quick answers about Norwest Equity Partners

### What does Norwest Equity Partners invest in?

Norwest Equity Partners invests most often at Growth (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Business Services, Consumer and Industrials.

### How active is Norwest Equity Partners?

6 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2015.

### How big are Norwest Equity Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $79M.

### Does Norwest Equity Partners lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 6 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Norwest Equity Partners invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is Norwest Equity Partners investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2015.

### Who does Norwest Equity Partners invest alongside?

Most often Centennial Funds (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is Norwest Equity Partners?

Norwest Equity Partners is a private equity firm based in Minneapolis, United States.

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