Northwestern Mutual is a financial services company in Milwaukee that offers a variety of insurance and investment solutions. Founded 1857 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, this investment bank invests in late stage ventures. Its portfolio companies include Lumanu, Alinea Engage, Socialeads, Betterment, Brash Entertainment, Financeware, and NETdelivery. As of February 2020, Northwestern Mutual Life has made 8 investments. Their most recent investment was on Nov 20, 2019, when Lumanu raised $2M. Northwestern Mutual Life has raised 3 funds, their latest being Northwestern Mutual venture fund II. This fund was announced on May 29, 2019 and raised a total of $150M.
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Hamilton Faris
Vice President and Executive Officer
Edward Zore
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Ronald P. Joelson
Executive Vice President & Chief Investment Officer
Timothy G. Schaefer
Executive Vice President – Client and Digital Experience
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Northwestern Mutual
June 3, 2021
www.prnewswire.com:443
/PRNewswire/ -- Northwestern Mutual, a leading financial security company, announced today the appointment of Jennifer Brase to serve as managing partner of...
Northwestern Mutual
June 1, 2021
www.prnewswire.com:443
/PRNewswire/ -- Northwestern Mutual, a financial security company focused on comprehensive financial planning through both insurance and investments, is...
Northwestern Mutual
May 20, 2021
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/PRNewswire/ -- Northwestern Mutual, a financial security company focused on comprehensive financial planning through both insurance and investments, is...
Sarah Perez
April 22, 2021
TechCrunch
Alexa von Tobel, co-founder and managing partner of Inspired Capital, will be joining TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 taking place September 21-23 to help judge the startups competing in Startup Battlefield. NOTE: Applications are now open to don't hesitate to throw your hat in the ring here! Prior to Inspired Capital, Alexa founded LearnVest in 2008 with [...]
Clint Boulton
April 21, 2021
CIO
The insurance and investment company is building an analytics platform and other solutions on an innovation continuum where learning from failure is a means to a better end.
Joe Van Brussel
April 20, 2021
CNET
Everything you need to know about the best type of policies and the insurance companies that sell them.
Northwestern Mutual
February 17, 2021
www.prnewswire.com:443
/PRNewswire/ -- Northwestern Mutual, a financial security company focused on comprehensive financial planning through both insurance and investments, is...
Northwestern Mutual
February 17, 2021
www.prnewswire.com:443
/PRNewswire/ -- Sparks Financial, a Denver-based wealth management firm associated with the Northwestern Mutual Private Client Group, announced today Founder...
Jordan Crook
February 10, 2021
TechCrunch
Alexa von Tobel has a unique vantage point on the world of startups. She debuted in the tech space with the launch of LearnVest in 2009. The company raised nearly $70 million and sold to Northwestern Mutual in 2015 for an estimated $250 million, according to reports. Since, von Tobel has founded her own venture [...]
Northwestern Mutual
February 1, 2021
www.prnewswire.com:443
/PRNewswire/ -- Northwestern Mutual, a leading financial security company, announced today it has been named one of the World's Most Admired Companies in its...
Northwestern Mutual
December 21, 2020
www.prnewswire.com:443
/PRNewswire/ -- The costly treatment associated with childhood cancer can lead to long-term financial challenges, including questions of how to afford higher...
Northwestern Mutual
December 21, 2020
www.prnewswire.com:443
/PRNewswire/ -- The costly treatment associated with childhood cancer can lead to long-term financial challenges, including questions of how to afford higher...
Northwestern Mutual
December 7, 2020
www.prnewswire.com:443
/PRNewswire/ -- The costly treatment associated with childhood cancer can lead to long-term financial challenges, including questions of how to afford higher...
Northwestern Mutual
December 7, 2020
www.prnewswire.com:443
/PRNewswire/ -- The costly treatment associated with childhood cancer can lead to long-term financial challenges, including questions of how to afford higher...
Socialeads, Inc.
November 23, 2020
www.prnewswire.com:443
/PRNewswire/ -- Socialeads, Inc. has announced $1,750,000 in new funding from existing investors Northwestern Mutual and Winnebago Seed Fund along with new...
Connie Loizos
November 12, 2019
TechCrunch
Exactly 10 years ago, on stage at a TechCrunch event, Alexa von Tobel launched her startup, LearnVest, an online financial planning company that aimed to give people access to more affordable financial planning services. Much has happened in subsequent years. LearnVest went on to raise roughly $70 million from investors, then to sell for a [...]
Northwestern Mutual
September 17, 2019
www.prnewswire.com:443
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Moody's Investors Service affirmed Northwestern Mutual's Aaa insurance financial strength rating, with a stable...
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