Jeff Crowe

Managing Partner at Norwest Venture Partners

📍 Palo Alto, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 9 investments📅 24 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2022𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States
9
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4
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Board Member
Apr 2022
tvScientific is the first and only CTV advertising platform purpose-built for performance marketers. The tvScientific platform makes TV advertising accessible and measurable for brands and apps of all sizes. tvScientific offers a self-managed solution that simplifies and automates TV buying and optimization, leveraging massive data to prove the actual value of TV advertising. The platform reaches 95% of AVOD inventory using proprietary, deterministic ID technology to measure ad exposure to outcomes in an approachable, radically transparent, and scalable way. An Idealab company, tvScientific was co-founded by senior executives with deep roots in programmatic advertising, digital media, and ad verification. The company is headquartered in El Segundo, California. For more information, visit https://www.tvscientific.com.
Board Member
Aug 2021
ICON is a construction technology company developing robotic and AI systems to lower the cost and increase the speed and quality of construction to tackle the global housing crisis and prepare to build on other worlds. As a pioneer of large-scale 3D printing, ICON continually sets new standards for delivering resilient, dignified housing and recently unveiled a radical new robotic printer that enables multi-story construction, a new low-carbon building material, a digital catalog for residential architecture, and an AI architect for home design and construction. Using proprietary 3D printing robotics, software and advanced materials, ICON is shifting the paradigm of homebuilding on Earth and beyond. For more information visit www.iconbuild.com or follow on X™, Instagram®, Facebook®, YouTube®, or Threads® (@ICON3DTech).
mid stageConstruction
Board Member
Jul 2021
Praxis Labs is an immersive learning company that empowers organizations to build more inclusive and effective workplaces. Our platform combines cutting-edge technology with research-backed curricula and actionable insights to deliver impactful learning experiences that drive real behavior change at scale. Founded by two women of color, we are committed to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do, including helping our clients and partners embed DEI best practices in their culture, policies, products, and services. Join us in our mission to make workplaces more human, and together we can create a world where every employee feels valued, supported, and empowered to reach their full potential.
Board Member
May 2021
Provider of backyard homes (ADUs) in California. Showrooms in Redwood City, CA and Los Angeles, CA.
mid stageReal Estate
Board Member
May 2021
Homeward is a modern home finance company that helps real estate agents and their clients overcome the limitations of traditional mortgages. Our Homeward Offer is more than an offer. It’s the power to buy a new home on your terms. It’s the convenience that keeps you from moving twice. And it’s the savings that come from having everything you need in one place. Homeward has an office in Austin, TX, but operates with a fully remote workforce.
mid stageReal Estate
Board Member
May 2020
Ethos is the first Human Readiness Platform that combines learning, performance, and outcomes in one unified platform. The platform delivers modernized training, real-time readiness dashboards, and AI-driven personalization - all built for enterprise-scale deployment across both commercial and classified networks. Trusted mission partner to the most demanding customers in the world, Ethos serves over 150 enterprise customers across the U.S. military, life sciences, manufacturing, supply chain, and professional sports industries. Founded in 2019, Ethos is headquartered in Redwood City, California and backed by top investors including Norwest, the Westly Group, and Pear VC.
Board Member
Nov 2017
We’re Grove Collaborative, your one-stop shop for brands you love and that love the planet. 340+ vetted brands We bring together innovative brands across cleaning, wellness, and more everyday essentials. Every brand on our “shelves” has met rigorous standards for efficacy, ingredients, ethics, and more social and environmental criteria, so you can shop with complete peace of mind. Plastic neutral Grove is the world’s first plastic neutral retailer. For every ounce of plastic packaging you purchase from Grove, we collect the same amount of nature-bound plastic pollution in partnership with rePurpose Global. CarbonNeutral® Certified We offset unpreventable emissions by financing external renewable energy and forest conservation projects. People & planet driven As a Certified B Corporation, we prioritize social, environmental, and community well-being over everything else. We’re always on the search for bright minds and go-getters with a passion for the planet. Sound like you? Check out our available positions at www.grove.com/careers.
mid stageRetail
Investor
Feb 2015
Jet (A Walmart Company) Bold vision. Brilliant minds. Nimble environment. Jet.com is changing the way the world shops with innovative technology and a people-centric approach. We move at the speed of a startup with access to unrivaled resources; our team likes to say it’s the best of both worlds. Ready for rapid growth and learning? Join us—the future of shopping is yours to build and explore.
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2022
Board Member
Apr 2022
tvScientific is the first and only CTV advertising platform purpose-built for performance marketers. The tvScientific platform makes TV advertising accessible and measurable for brands and apps of all sizes. tvScientific offers a self-managed solution that simplifies and automates TV buying and optimization, leveraging massive data to prove the actual value of TV advertising. The platform reaches 95% of AVOD inventory using proprietary, deterministic ID technology to measure ad exposure to outcomes in an approachable, radically transparent, and scalable way. An Idealab company, tvScientific was co-founded by senior executives with deep roots in programmatic advertising, digital media, and ad verification. The company is headquartered in El Segundo, California. For more information, visit https://www.tvscientific.com.
2021
Board Member
Aug 2021
ICON is a construction technology company developing robotic and AI systems to lower the cost and increase the speed and quality of construction to tackle the global housing crisis and prepare to build on other worlds. As a pioneer of large-scale 3D printing, ICON continually sets new standards for delivering resilient, dignified housing and recently unveiled a radical new robotic printer that enables multi-story construction, a new low-carbon building material, a digital catalog for residential architecture, and an AI architect for home design and construction. Using proprietary 3D printing robotics, software and advanced materials, ICON is shifting the paradigm of homebuilding on Earth and beyond. For more information visit www.iconbuild.com or follow on X™, Instagram®, Facebook®, YouTube®, or Threads® (@ICON3DTech).
mid stageConstruction
Board Member
Jul 2021
Praxis Labs is an immersive learning company that empowers organizations to build more inclusive and effective workplaces. Our platform combines cutting-edge technology with research-backed curricula and actionable insights to deliver impactful learning experiences that drive real behavior change at scale. Founded by two women of color, we are committed to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do, including helping our clients and partners embed DEI best practices in their culture, policies, products, and services. Join us in our mission to make workplaces more human, and together we can create a world where every employee feels valued, supported, and empowered to reach their full potential.
Board Member
May 2021
Provider of backyard homes (ADUs) in California. Showrooms in Redwood City, CA and Los Angeles, CA.
mid stageReal Estate
Board Member
May 2021
Homeward is a modern home finance company that helps real estate agents and their clients overcome the limitations of traditional mortgages. Our Homeward Offer is more than an offer. It’s the power to buy a new home on your terms. It’s the convenience that keeps you from moving twice. And it’s the savings that come from having everything you need in one place. Homeward has an office in Austin, TX, but operates with a fully remote workforce.
mid stageReal Estate
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