# Norwest Mezzanine Partners

> Norwest Mezzanine Partners is a VC fund backing Manufacturing. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Minneapolis, United States
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/norwest-equity-partners/
- Website: http://nmp.com/

Norwest Mezzanine Partners is a VC fund in Minneapolis focused on Manufacturing and Transportation. Our firm partners with private equity sponsors to help them create value for their portfolio companies. We invest junior capital to support their investments in growing and profitable middle market companies and enable them to build those companies into industry leaders.Delivering flexible solutions and reliable financial capacity, our firm iscommitted to being thoughtful and creative investment partners.NMP was founded in 2000. We operate as a standalone investment partnership that has an affiliation with Norwest Equity Partners (NEP), a middle market equity investment firm with a long-standing history dating back to 1961.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 9 | 45% |
| Transportation | 3 | 15% |
| Aerospace | 2 | 10% |
| Automotive | 2 | 10% |
| Health Care | 2 | 10% |

35 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 13 | 65% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 20% |
| Debt Financing | 2 | 10% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carter Balfour | Partner | 0 | — |
| Heather Goodwin | Chief Marketing & Communications Officer | 0 | — |
| John Hogan | Partner | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Niteo Products | NITEO™ is a premier formulator, packager and marketer of automotive appearance and maintenance chemical brands. Brands include Car Brite and Pyroil, and Niteo is a licensee of the Valvoline & MaxLife brands for maintenance chemical products. Niteo offers a comprehensive line of waxes, polishes, compounds, dressings, soaps, cleaners, solvents,paints and dyes, as well as fuel additives, parts cleaners, starting fluids, brake fluid, power steering fluid, and other functional fluids. |  | Debt Financing | Dec 04, 2025 |  |
| Niteo Products | NITEO™ is a premier formulator, packager and marketer of automotive appearance and maintenance chemical brands. Brands include Car Brite and Pyroil, and Niteo is a licensee of the Valvoline & MaxLife brands for maintenance chemical products. Niteo offers a comprehensive line of waxes, polishes, compounds, dressings, soaps, cleaners, solvents,paints and dyes, as well as fuel additives, parts cleaners, starting fluids, brake fluid, power steering fluid, and other functional fluids. |  | Private Equity | Dec 04, 2025 |  |
| Growve | Growve is a brand aggregator that specializes in the acquisition and management of wellness and beauty brands. The company headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida, was founded in 2018 and acquires and creates brands in six verticals: dietary supplements, beauty, food, sports nutrition, pet, and household wellness, and beauty products. |  | Private Equity | Jun 02, 2025 |  |
| Growve | Growve is a brand aggregator that specializes in the acquisition and management of wellness and beauty brands. The company headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida, was founded in 2018 and acquires and creates brands in six verticals: dietary supplements, beauty, food, sports nutrition, pet, and household wellness, and beauty products. |  | Debt Financing | Jun 02, 2025 |  |
| recteq | Recteq is a designer, marketer, and direct seller of premium pellet grills, accessories, and other consumable products. |  | Private Equity | Feb 01, 2021 |  |
| Thibaut | Thibaut designs and manufactures wallcoverings, coordinating print fabrics, embroideries, and woven upholstery fabrics for homes and other projects. The company also provides wallpaper and fabric services for special projects. It offers its products through interior designers, trade-only showrooms, and retail stores in the United States andinternationally. |  | Private Equity | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| EFC International | EFC International is an automotive company that manufactures components for various industries. |  | Private Equity | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| Zavation | Zavation is an employee-owned medical device company that designs, develops, manufactures and distributes medical device products that provide comprehensive medical solutions to improve and enhance quality of life for patients around the world. |  | Private Equity | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| ARTERIORS Home | ARTERIORS offers furniture, wall decorations, and accessories, including flush mounts, table lamps, floor lamps, task lighting, outdoor lighting, essential lighting, pipes and chains, mirrors, outlets, dining chairs, upholstered seating, and accent chairs. |  | Private Equity | Jun 18, 2019 |  |
| Ramsey Industries | Ramsey Industries, through the wholly-owned subsidiary brands Auto Crane, Eskridge, and Ramsey Winch, designs and manufactures products that lift, move, and drive today’s industries. Diverse applications including towing and recovery, utility, the oil and gas fields, mining, forestry, military, and mobile fleet service all depend on RamseyIndustries brands. Ramsey Industries continues to lead the way through safety-focused innovation and a dedication to the same entrepreneurial values that led Claude Ramsey in 1945 to forever change the way industrial companies move ahead. |  | Private Equity | Nov 08, 2017 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Norwest Equity Partners (NEP)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/norwest-equity-partners) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Antares Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antares-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BMO Capital Markets](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bmo-capital-markets-corp) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Revelstoke Capital Partners — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Yukon Partners — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Ally Financial — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Norwest Mezzanine Partners invest in?

Norwest Mezzanine Partners invests primarily in Manufacturing, Transportation and Aerospace startups, most often at Private Equity and Funding Round stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Norwest Mezzanine Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Norwest Mezzanine Partners?

The team at Norwest Mezzanine Partners includes Carter Balfour (Partner), Heather Goodwin (Chief Marketing & Communications Officer) and John Hogan (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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