# Dave Zilberman

> Dave Zilberman is a General Partner at Norwest Venture Partners, where he focuses on early-to-late-stage investments in enterprise software, SaaS, cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, data, and media. With over 20 years building companies as operator, advisor, and investor, he spent 15 years at Comcast Ventures before joining Norwest in 2020. His portfolio includes landmark wins like Slack (acquired by Salesforce) and DocuSign (Nasdaq: DOCU), and his current bets span AI infrastructure plays like LlamaIndex and security companies like Orion Security.

- **Role:** General Partner at Norwest Venture Partners
- **Organizations:** Norwest Venture Partners, BellXcel (board member, audit committee chair)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Management, concentration in Finance, Binghamton University
- **Known for:** Backed Slack (acquired by Salesforce for $27.7B) during his time at Comcast Ventures, Backed DocuSign (Nasdaq: DOCU) before its IPO, Played pivotal role in Flarion Technologies' $805M acquisition by Qualcomm

## Career timeline

- **~early 2000s** — Investment banking analyst and asset management associate at Lehman Brothers, covering communications and media
- **~2004-2006** — Senior business development executive at Flarion Technologies; instrumental in fundraising and the company's $805M acquisition by Qualcomm
- **2006** — Joined Comcast Ventures as investor focused on enterprise software, cybersecurity, and financial services
- **2006-2020** — Rose to Senior Managing Director at Comcast Ventures, running their enterprise and infrastructure practice for 15 years
- **2020** — Joined Norwest Venture Partners as General Partner on the Enterprise Investment Team (announced November 2020)
- **2022** — Led Series A investment in Diagrid ($20M)
- **2024** — Led Seed investment in Heeler ($9M) and Series A in xtype ($21M)
- **2025** — Led Series A in LlamaIndex ($19M) and Series D in Veza ($110M); Veza subsequently acquired by ServiceNow
- **2026** — Led Series A in Orion Security ($32M)

## Achievements

- Backed Slack (acquired by Salesforce for $27.7B) during his time at Comcast Ventures
- Backed DocuSign (Nasdaq: DOCU) before its IPO
- Played pivotal role in Flarion Technologies' $805M acquisition by Qualcomm
- Managed enterprise and infrastructure investments at Comcast Ventures for 15 years
- Veza (portfolio company) acquired by ServiceNow
- Habu (portfolio company) acquired by LiveRamp
- Aporeto (prior investment) acquired by Palo Alto Networks
- EdgeConneX (prior investment) acquired by EQT
- Board member and audit committee chair at BellXcel, a non-profit education organization
- 35+ investments on record across two decades of venture investing

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Led $32M Series A in Orion Security
- **2025-04** — Participated in Veza's $110M Series D; Veza subsequently acquired by ServiceNow
- **2025-03** — Led $19M Series A in LlamaIndex, the AI data framework company

## Links

- Website: https://norwest.com/team/dave-zilberman/
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/davezilberman
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Zilberman

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