Niren Shah blends venture capital and private equity in one platform at Norwest, maintaining a dual focus across late-stage venture and mid-market private equity in India with a sweet spot of $30-75 million checks in growth equity, while India competes for deals against the US and Israel within the same fund rather than operating from a siloed country allocation. He stands out for an exit-first mindset, openly discussing engineering partial and full exits from over 20 Indian portfolio companies during strong markets and emphasizing that good exits rather than deal count are the key metric, combined with an operator-finance background as former CFO and Director of Operations at Baazee.com and eBay India that informs his hands-on focus on unit economics and execution. Niren Shah blends venture capital and private equity in one platform at Norwest, maintaining a dual focus across late-stage venture and mid-market private equity in India with a sweet spot of $30-75 million checks in growth equity, while India competes for deals against the US and Israel within the same fund rather than operating from a siloed country allocation. He stands out for an exit-first mindset, openly discussing engineering partial and full exits from over 20 Indian portfolio companies during strong markets and emphasizing that good exits rather than deal count are the key metric, combined with an operator-finance background as former CFO and Director of Operations at Baazee.com and eBay India that inform