Sean Jacobsohn
InvestorPartner at Norwest Venture Partners
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $5M – $30M checks · typically $10M
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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 — present
- Failure MuseumFounder & Chief Historiancurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- InscopeBoard Membercurrent2026 — present
- BuildVisionBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
- EdiphiBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
- Connect The DotsBoard Observercurrent2024 — present
- SourceDayBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
- Elevate.incBoard Observercurrent2021 — present
- EnableBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
- OROBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
- DemandbaseBoard Observercurrent2020 — present
- FloQastBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
- WorkatoInvestor & Business Partnercurrent2019 — present
- PropelBoard Membercurrent2018 — present
- Legion TechnologiesBoard Membercurrent2017 — present
- Spiff IncBoard Member (until Salesforce acquisition)2020 — 2024
- EngagioBoard Member (until Demandbase acquisition)2016 — 2020
- RallyteamBoard Member (until Workday acquisition)2015 — 2018
- SatmetrixBoard Member (until NICE acquisition)2011 — 2017
- Emergence Capital PartnersVenture Partner2012 — 2014
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Skills & more
SaaSSales Management34
From Sean's professional profile.
Colleagues at Norwest Venture Partners
Brian Matesic
Principal at Norwest Venture Partners
Casper de Clercq
General Partner at Norwest Venture Partners
Chris Sondej
Vice President at Norwest Venture Partners
Christopher Scullin
Partner at Norwest Venture Partners
Connor Pike
Vice President at Norwest Venture Partners
David Zilberman
General Partner at Norwest Venture Partners
Dror Nahumi
Managing Partner at Norwest Venture Partners
Edward Yip
Partner at Norwest Venture Partners
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sean Jacobsohn?
- 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.
- 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 – $30M.
- Where did Sean Jacobsohn go to school?
- Sean Jacobsohn studied at Harvard Business School (MBA, Business); University of Wisconsin-Madison (BBA, Business).
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