Sean Jacobsohn — CEO
Sean Jacobsohn is a partner at Norwest and former enterprise cloud executive with broad technology, sales and business development expertise. He focuses on early to late stage investment opportunities in enterprise software. He currently serves on the board of Amberflo, BuildVision, Ediphi, Enable, FloQast, Legion, Oro, Propel, Provus, and SourceDay, led the investment in Workato and Channel99, is a board observer for Connect The Dots, Elevate, Demandbase, Prodly, and previously served on the boards of Engagio (acquired by Demandbase), Rallyteam (acquired by Workday), Satmetrix (acquired by NICE), and Spiff (acquired by Salesforce). Sean 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, a human capital management software-as-a-service provider. Sean helped grow the company from $7 million to $75 million in revenue and from 300,000 subscribers to over 7.5 million. Before his tenure at Cornerstone OnDemand, Sean was VP of Sales and Partner Development at WageWorks, 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, the world’s largest marketplace of contractors. Sean holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BBA in Marketing, Finance, and International Business from University of Wisconsin. He's co-founder of the HBS Alumni Angels, the largest university-affiliated angel group in the world, and is the Founder, Chief Historian, and Collector for the Failure Museum.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Venture Capital expert with extensive experience in business development.
Location: Burlingame, California, United States
Experience: 27 yrs 11 mos
Skills
- Venture Capital
- Business Development
- Entrepreneurship
- Sales Management
- Channel Management
Career Highlights
- Led investments in multiple successful startups.
- Grew Cornerstone OnDemand from $7M to $75M revenue.
- Co-founder of the largest university-affiliated angel group.
Work Experience
Inscope
Board Member (2 mos)
BuildVision
Board Member (1 yr 1 mo)
Ediphi
Board Member (2 yrs)
Connect The Dots
Board Observer (2 yrs)
Amberflo.io
Board Member (2 yrs 3 mos)
Failure Museum
Founder & Chief Historian (3 yrs 4 mos)
Provus Inc
Board Member (3 yrs 9 mos)
Channel99
Board Observer (3 yrs 9 mos)
SourceDay
Board Member (4 yrs 1 mo)
Elevate.inc
Board Observer (4 yrs 8 mos)
Enable
Board Member (4 yrs 9 mos)
ORO
Board Member (5 yrs 5 mos)
Demandbase
Board Observer (5 yrs 9 mos)
Spiff Inc
Board Member (until Salesforce acquisition) (3 yrs 8 mos)
FloQast
Board Member (6 yrs 2 mos)
Workato
Investor & Business Partner (6 yrs 4 mos)
Prodly
Board Observer (6 yrs 11 mos)
Propel
Board Member (7 yrs 4 mos)
Legion Technologies
Board Member (8 yrs 8 mos)
Engagio
Board Member (until Demandbase acquisition) (3 yrs 11 mos)
Rallyteam
Board Member (until Workday acquisition) (3 yrs 2 mos)
Norwest
Partner (11 yrs 5 mos)
Emergence Capital Partners
Venture Partner (2 yrs 3 mos)
Hightail - formerly YouSendIt (acquired by OpenText)
Vice President, Worldwide Alliances (11 mos)
Satmetrix
Board Member (until NICE acquisition) (6 yrs 1 mo)
Cornerstone OnDemand (NASDAQ: CSOD)
Vice President, Channel Management (4 yrs 1 mo)
WageWorks (NYSE: WAGE)
Vice President, Sales and Partner Development (1 yr 9 mos)
Senior Director, Sales (2 yrs 1 mo)
Upwork
Senior Manager, Business Development (3 yrs 3 mos)
Prudential Financial
Real Estate Analyst (2 yrs 1 mo)
Education
MBA at Harvard Business School
BBA at University of Wisconsin-Madison
