# Norman Sorensen

> Norman Sorensen is a seed investor in Des Moines backing SaaS and FinTech. See 2 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Des Moines, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Feb 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Norman Sorensen is a seed investor in Des Moines focused on SaaS and FinTech. Norman Sorensen who is a Class II director, joined the Board of Directors in March 2015. He is a member of the Company’s Finance, Risk Management and Audit Committee. Mr. Sorensen formerly served as chairman of the International Insurance Society, Inc., a professional organization for the insurance industry, from January 2010 until June 2013. Mr.Sorensen has served as a director of the International Insurance Society, Inc. since January 2005. Previously, from November 2011 until December 2012, he was chairman of the International Advisory Council of Principal Financial Group, Inc., a global financial investment management company. He was chairman of Principal International, Inc., serving from June 2011 to October 2012, and president and CEO of International Asset Management and Accumulation of Principal International, Inc., serving from January 2001 to June 2011. Mr. Sorensen has served as a director of Encore Capital Group, Inc., a consumer banking company, since November 2011. Mr. Sorensen also served as a director of Sara Lee Corporation, an American consumer-goods company, from January 2007 to November 2011. He has served as executive vice president of both Principal Financial Group Inc. and Principal Life Insurance Company, a life insurance company, since January 2007, and held a number of other senior management positions since 1998. Mr. Sorensen also served as chairman of the U.S. Coalition of Service Industries, a leading forum for the services sector, from January 2003 to March 2005. Mr. Sorensen served as a senior executive of American International Group, Inc., an insurance services company, from September 1989 to December 1998. He also formerly served as chairman and director of DE Master Blenders, from December 2011 until September 2013.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Analytics | 1 | 50% |
| Life Science | 1 | 50% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Solidus Labs | Solidus Labs is an information technology company that provides a machine learning-powered trade surveillance and transaction monitoring infrastructure tailored for digital assets. It features a SaaS web-based dashboard, that enables its clients to detect, investigate, and address suspicious activity in blockchain-based asset trading.The companywas founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York, United States. | $3.5M | Seed | Feb 20, 2019 | http://www.soliduslabs.com |
| Thrive Bioscience | Thrive Bioscience is commercializing a family of instruments and software that provide imaging, analytics, and automation to significantly improve cell culture and the analysis of live cells. Thrive’s instruments empower biologists to deliver consistent, reproducible results by leveraging microscopy, robotics, fluidics, and other fields, to captureimages and data and provide analysis, reports, guidance, documentation, and a database on the cells and on cell culture processes. | $4M | Seed | Aug 18, 2015 | https://www1.thrivebio.com |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hanaco Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hanaco-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lauder Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lauder-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Life Science Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/life-science-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sidecar Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sidecar-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Triple Ring Technologies](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/triple-ring-technologies) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Norman Sorensen invest in?

Norman Sorensen invests primarily in SaaS, FinTech and Analytics startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Norman Sorensen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Norman Sorensen closed in Feb 2019. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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