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Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) is a global venture and growth equity investment firm. ==History== Norwest Venture Partners traces its roots back to 1961 with the formation of the Northwest Venture Fund, a private equity and venture capital affiliate of Norwest Corporation, a midwestern bank based in Minneapolis that merged with Wells Fargo in 1998.〔Richard Florida (Carnegie Mellon University) and Martin Kenney (Ohio State University). ''(Venture Capital and High Technology Entrepreneurship )''. Elsevier Science Publishing Co, 1988〕 In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Minneapolis was an early site for both venture capital and high technology business: -The VC industry was active with the formation of the first Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) and First Midwest Capital Corporation. -In 1957, Control Data Corporation, a pioneering supercomputer company, was founded by William Norris. Two years later Norris was instrumental in the formation of the Northwest Growth Fund and the firm was active in the Minneapolis high tech industry. The Northwest Growth Fund grew under the leadership of CEO Robert Zicarelli including the opening of an office in Silicon Valley. Zicarelli retired in 1988 and was succeeded by Daniel Haggerty who retired in the 1990s.〔(EXECUTIVE CHANGES: Norwest Venture Capital Management ). New York Times, November 28, 1988〕 George J, Still, Jr. and Promod Haque took over as Managing Partners in 1994. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Norwest Venture Partners」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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