Nikhil Goel

Bio

Professional summary

Nikhil Goel is an investor at Norwest focused on early- to late-stage venture investments, with emphasis on horizontal and vertical AI applications, agent infrastructure, and data. Before joining Norwest, he worked on Deutsche Bank's technology investment banking team across equity, debt, and M&A transactions in enterprise software, primarily infrastructure and cybersecurity software. Earlier, he held operations and strategy roles at Cisco for Duo Security and Meraki.

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Kustomer

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

NorwestInvestor
Deutsche BankAssociate, Technology Investment Banking
CiscoOperations and Strategy

Education

University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor's in Business Administration; minor in Real Estate Finance

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