Jon Kossow

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Managing Partner at Norwest Venture Partners
Member of Varsity Swim Team at Harvard

Jon Kossow

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Jon is a Managing Partner at Norwest Venture Partners (www.nvp.com), a multi-stage investment firm with $12.5B of assets based in Palo Alto, California. In his current role, he makes minority and majority investments in rapidly growing private companies across a range of industries including information services, software, internet and consumer. Prior to Norwest, Jon held investing roles at Goldman Sachs and TA Associates and began his career in advertising at Leo Burnett USA. He graduated with a degree in biology from Harvard, where he was a member of the varsity swim team.

In the world of swimming, Jon has been an athlete, coach and league president and he is finally able to do the very, very short sprint workouts he’s dreamed of his entire life. He resides in Atherton, CA and enjoys all things active and outdoors with his wife and three kids.