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Sean Jacobsohn

Partner at Norwest Venture Partners

Burlingame, California

Overview 

Sean Jacobsohn is a Partner at Norwest Venture Partners, specializing in investing in Series A and Series B companies in various sectors including SaaS, Enterprise Applications, and AI. With an MBA from Harvard Business School, Sean has successfully invested in companies like Legion Technologies and Workato, demonstrating a strong track record in identifying and supporting successful startups. As a Partner at Norwest Venture Partners, Sean Jacobsohn has leveraged his expertise in SaaS and Enterprise Applications to invest in high-growth companies like Legion Technologies and Workato, showcasing a talent for identifying and nurturing successful startups. His educational background from Harvard Business School and experience in founding Failure Museum further highlight his strategic acumen and entrepreneurial spirit.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2014 - Current

    Multi-stage venture capital and growth equity investment firm with $15.5B under management who has partnered with entrepreneurs to build great businesses since 1961.

Norwest Venture Partners is a venture capital and growth equity investment firm that specializes in venture and growth equity companies.

  • Founder & Chief Historian

    2022

    Combining my passion for entrepreneurship, risk taking, and collectibles, I built a collection of artifacts from failed companies, products, toys, and sports. I blog about how we can learn from each of these failures.

  • Board Member

    2024

Ediphi provides advanced cloud-based estimating solutions on the market.

Raised $18,500,000.00 from Norwest Venture Partners.

  • Board Observer

    2024

Connect The Dots is a network intelligence platform that uses AI to map and manage career-long professional relationships.

Raised $20,000,000.00 from Norwest Venture Partners, Cloud Apps Capital Partners, Velvet Sea Ventures and TS Ventures Fond.

  • Board Member

    2023

  • Board Member

    2022

Provus is a platform that provides revolutionary CPQ services solutions.

Raised $13,160,000.00 from Storm Ventures, Firebolt Ventures, Accel and Norwest Venture Partners.

  • Board Observer

    2022

Channel99 provides a platform for B2B performance marketing.

Raised $12,749,999.00 from Marin Sonoma Impact Ventures, GTMfund, Bloomberg Beta, Jackson Square Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners.

  • Board Member

    2022

SourceDay is a technology marketplace.

Raised $57,650,000.00 from Baird Capital, Alumni Ventures, Draper Associates, Norwest Venture Partners, Ring Ventures, ATX Venture Partners and Silverton Partners.

  • Board Member

    2021

Mobile App, Employee Benefits

  • Board Member

    2021

Enable is a startup developing a cloud-based software tool for business-to-business rebate management.

Raised $276,000,000.00 from Gaingels.

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