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Sean Jacobsohn

Sean Jacobsohn

Partner atNorwest Venture PartnersCalifornia
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Sean Jacobsohn is a partner at Norwest focusing on enterprise cloud investments. He previously held roles at Emergence Capital, Cornerstone OnDemand, WageWorks, and Upwork, and co-founded HBS Alumni Angels.

What Sean can write

Writes checks of$1M to $10M
Comes in atSeed, Series ACan lead the round
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Norwest Venture Partners writes $1M to $10M checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Upwork
  2. WageWorks · VP of Sales and Partner Development
  3. Cornerstone OnDemand · VP of Channel Management
  4. Hightail · executive
  5. Doximity · advisor
  6. Emergence Capital Partners · venture partner
  7. Norwest · partner
    Now
  8. Upwork

Companies founded

HBS Alumni AngelsFailure Museum

Investments named in public bios

BuildVisionDemandbaseEdiphiElevateEnableFloQastGeneralist AIInscopeLegionOro LabsPropelSourceDayWorkatoEngagioRallyteamSpiff

Focus

enterprise cloudmobile-first business applicationshuman-assisted aib2b marketplacesindustry cloud solutions

Education

Harvard Business School, MBAUniversity of Wisconsin, BBA in Marketing, Finance, and International Business

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Ran Ding
Ran DingGeneral Partner (Growth Equity)
Tiba Aynechi
Tiba AynechiGeneral Partner
Zack Scott
Zack ScottGeneral Partner
Sonya BrownGeneral Partner (Growth Equity)

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Amy Fu
Amy FuPartner, First Round Capital
Brett GibsonManaging Partner, Initialized Capital

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Questions

Who is Sean Jacobsohn?

Sean Jacobsohn is a partner at Norwest focusing on enterprise cloud investments. He previously held roles at Emergence Capital, Cornerstone OnDemand, WageWorks, and Upwork, and co-founded HBS Alumni Angels.

How much does Sean Jacobsohn invest?

Sean Jacobsohn invests through Norwest Venture Partners, which writes checks of $1M to $10M at seed, series a.

How do I pitch Sean Jacobsohn?

A warm intro from a founder Norwest Venture Partners backed works best. A short LinkedIn note with one line on traction is the next best route.

What did Sean Jacobsohn do before Norwest Venture Partners?

Upwork; VP of Sales and Partner Development at WageWorks; VP of Channel Management at Cornerstone OnDemand; executive at Hightail; advisor at Doximity; venture partner at Emergence Capital Partners; Upwork.

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