Lorrie Norrington
About Lorrie Norrington
Lorrie Norrington is an Operating Partner at Lead Edge Capital, a growth equity firm. She has held that role since 2012 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Before Lead Edge she spent about 20 years at General Electric, where her last role was CEO of GE Fanuc Automation. She was then an officer at Intuit from 2001 to 2005, where she led the Quicken and QuickBooks brands and became an executive vice president.
She was CEO of Shopping.com, which eBay acquired in 2005. At eBay she served as President of eBay International and later President of eBay Marketplaces, which ran eBay's businesses in 39 countries. She left eBay in 2011.
She holds a B.S. in business administration from the University of Maryland and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She chairs the board at HubSpot, a role she took in May 2025 after serving as lead independent director. She also sits on the boards of Colgate-Palmolive, Asana and Ancestry. Crunchbase lists her as an Autodesk director from 2011 to June 2025, including as chair of the governance committee and of audit.
Crunchbase lists two personal investments and two portfolio companies. It shows no lead investments and no companies founded. It records one exit but does not say which company. The two investments are a 2011 seed round in Simplee and a 2014 Series A in Vida Health. Her own check sizes are not public. Round totals shown on aggregator sites are the size of the whole round, not her contribution.
Most of her visible activity is board and operating work through Lead Edge. She served as a director of Duo Security from October 2017 to October 2019, and of Signal Sciences from December 2018 to October 2020.
No AI-specific angel investments by Lorrie Norrington appear in the sources reviewed. A Startupfest speaker bio lists AI among her areas of interest, along with e-commerce, software as a service and transformative business models. Crunchbase also notes a Wharton generative AI and business transformation certification linked to her Harvard Business School entry. She sits on the boards of several software companies that have added AI products, such as HubSpot and Asana.
Lead Edge Capital invests in private and public software, internet, consumer and tech-enabled services businesses. Founders should read that as the firm's stage and focus, not her personal angel criteria. Her own stated interests are e-commerce, SaaS and enterprise software, AI and new business models. Foundersuite lists her as an angel with an interest in seed rounds. She has not published a check size or a list of investment criteria.
- Simplee: financial engagement software for healthcare costs. She invested in its seed round in April 2011.
- Vida Health: digital health company. She invested in its Series A, announced October 2014.
- Duo Security: security company. Lead Edge invested in its Series C (2015) and Series D (2017). She was a director from 2017 to 2019.
- Signal Sciences: web application security company. She was a director from December 2018 to October 2020.
- crunchbase.com/person/lorrie-norrington
- leadedge.com/team/lorrie-norrington
- ir.hubspot.com/board-member/lorrie-norrington
- asana.com/leadership/lorrie-norrington
- startupfest.com/speaker/lorrie-norrington
- businesswire.com/news/home/20210324005244/en/Ancestry-Appoints-Lorrie-
- eventbrite.com/blog/press/press-releases/eventbrite-names-lorrie-norri
- holmz.io/profile/person/lorrie-norrington
Investing activity
Lorrie Norrington has made 2 investments according to Crunchbase across 2 portfolio companies, and has seen 1 exit.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Lorrie Norrington
Is Lorrie Norrington an angel investor?
Crunchbase lists two personal investments, a 2011 seed round in Simplee and a 2014 Series A in Vida Health. Her main investing role is as Operating Partner at Lead Edge Capital, which she joined in 2012.
What is Lorrie Norrington's check size?
No check size is public. Round totals shown on data sites cover the whole round, not her contribution.
Does Lorrie Norrington invest in AI startups?
No AI-specific personal investments appear in public sources. A conference bio lists AI among her interests, along with e-commerce and SaaS.
What stage does Lorrie Norrington invest in?
Her two listed personal deals were a seed round and a Series A. Lead Edge, her firm, is a growth equity investor. She has not published a stage preference of her own.
What companies has Lorrie Norrington run?
She was CEO of Shopping.com and of GE Fanuc Automation. She was also President of eBay Marketplaces and led the Quicken and QuickBooks brands at Intuit.
Where is Lorrie Norrington based?
Crunchbase and the Lead Edge team page both list her as based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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