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Sean Jacobsohn

Sean Jacobsohn

Partner

Norwest Venture Partners

Sean Jacobsohn is a partner at Norwest Venture Partners and former enterprise cloud executive with broad technology, sales and business development expertise. He focuses on early to late stage investment opportunities in enterprise cloud, including mobile-first business applications, human assisted AI, B2B marketplaces, and industry cloud solutions. He currently serves on the board of Engagio, FloQast, Legion, and Propel, and previously served on the boards of Rallyteam (acquired by Workday) and Satmetrix (acquired by NICE).

Mr. Jacobsohn was previously a venture partner at Emergence Capital Partners where he focused on enterprise cloud investments, after being an executive and advisor at Emergence Capital portfolio companies Hightail and Doximity, respectively. Previously, he was VP of Channel Management at Cornerstone OnDemand (NASDAQ: CSOD), a human capital management software-as-a-service provider. Mr. Jacobsohn helped grow the company from $7 million to $75 million in revenue and 300,000 subscribers to over 7.5 million. Before his tenure at Cornerstone OnDemand, Mr. Jacobsohn was VP Sales and Partner Development at WageWorks (NYSE: WAGE), a leading provider of consumer-directed spending solutions, which grew from $3 million to $82 million in revenue during his tenure. Prior to WageWorks, he was at Upwork (NYSE: UPWK), the world’s largest marketplace of contractors.

Mr. Jacobsohn holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BBA in Marketing, Finance, and International Business from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He’s co-founder of the HBS Alumni Angels, the largest university-affiliated angel group in the world.