Sean Jacobsohn
InvestorPartner at Norwest Venture Partners
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $5M β $30M checks Β· typically $10M
About
Sean Jacobsohn is a partner at Norwest and a former enterprise cloud executive. He invests across early to late-stage enterprise cloud opportunities, including mobile-first business applications, human-assisted AI, B2B marketplaces, and industry cloud. He was previously a venture partner at Emergence Capital Partners and held sales and business development leadership roles at Cornerstone OnDemand, WageWorks, and Upwork. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BBA from the University of Wisconsin.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Experience
- NorwestPartnercurrent2014 β present
- Failure MuseumFounder & Chief Historiancurrent2022 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- InscopeBoard Membercurrent2026 β present
- BuildVisionBoard Membercurrent2025 β present
- EdiphiBoard Membercurrent2024 β present
- Connect The DotsBoard Observercurrent2024 β present
- Amberflo.ioBoard Membercurrent2023 β present
- Provus IncBoard Membercurrent2022 β present
- Channel99Board Observercurrent2022 β present
- SourceDayBoard Membercurrent2022 β present
- Elevate.incBoard Observercurrent2021 β present
- EnableBoard Membercurrent2021 β present
- OROBoard Membercurrent2020 β present
- DemandbaseBoard Observercurrent2020 β present
- FloQastBoard Membercurrent2020 β present
- WorkatoInvestor & Business Partnercurrent2019 β present
- ProdlyBoard Observercurrent2019 β present
- PropelBoard Membercurrent2018 β present
- Legion TechnologiesBoard Membercurrent2017 β present
- Spiff IncBoard Member (until Salesforce acquisition)2020 β 2024
Education
- Harvard Business SchoolMBA, Business1996 β 1998
- University of Wisconsin-MadisonBBA, Business1989 β 1994
Skills & more
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Business CloudGo-to-market StrategyTriathlonMarathonEntrepreneurshipStrategyE-commerceProduct ManagementMergers & AcquisitionsBusiness AlliancesStrategic PartnershipsCorporate DevelopmentFrom Sean's professional profile.
Colleagues at Norwest Venture Partners
Network2
Investors connected to Sean in public investor directories β a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Sean Jacobsohn work?
- Sean Jacobsohn is Partner at Norwest Venture Partners.
- What does Sean Jacobsohn invest in?
- Sean Jacobsohn invests in AI & Machine Learning, B2B Marketplaces, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- What check size does Sean Jacobsohn write?
- Sean Jacobsohn typically writes checks of $5M β $30M.
Same school
Also attended Harvard Business School1,971
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Also attended University of Wisconsin-Madison241
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Shared employers
Also worked at Propel6
Also worked at Spiff Inc4
Also worked at Satmetrix3
Also worked at Cornerstone OnDemand (NASDAQ: CSOD)16
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