Matthew Howard

Investing Profile

Sweet spot: $12.5M Range: $1M–$30M Fund: $2B

Norwest Venture Partners thesis

After Norwest purchased a minority interest in Vuori in late 2019, Kossow joined the board as the first outsider and pursued Norwest’s signature “invited guest” approach to supporting portfolio companies: “We want to be both a proactive and a reactive partner to help with any challenges the management team may have. When you have an issue, reach out to us. Otherwise, concentrate on running your business.” Norwest has helped Vuori with pressing issues such as recruitment and compensation and was actively involved in determining a strategy to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, which included early

Sector and stage focus

  • Series B: TransportationTech, Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise, Media/Content, Security
  • Series A: TransportationTech, Cloud Infrastructure, Media/Content, Security, Enterprise
  • Seed: Security, TransportationTech, Media/Content, Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise
  • general: San Francisco Bay Area

Recent investments by Matthew Howard

Matthew Howard has 2 named past investments in the public record. The most recent:

Company Stage Date Round size
Airespace Series D Jul 2004 $20M
Aporeto Series B Jan 2019 $20M

Frequent co-investors

Matthew Howard has co-invested with: Andy Cao.

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