Aaron Jacobson joined NEA in 2011 and is a Partner focused on investing in entrepreneurs seeking to build, scale and secure the next-generation of SaaS applications, big data platforms, and cloud infrastructure. He serves on the board of Tigera and illusive networks, and is an observer at NGINX, Streamsets, Move Guides, Mimosa Networks, Juvo, and Built Robotics. He has also worked closely with many other NEA portfolio companies including Box (NYSE:Box), Databricks, MapR, UnifyID, Bloom Energy, and Coursera. In 2016 he was named to Forbes Magazine’s “30 under 30” in Venture Capital and the Silicon Valley Business Journal’s "40 Under 40”.
Prior to joining NEA, Aaron spent two years at Qatalyst Partners in San Francisco. At Qatalyst, Aaron worked as an Analyst engaged in various M&A transactions, which included the sale of PopCap Games to Electronic Arts, the sale of Riot Games to Tencent, the strategic investment in Go Daddy from KKR / Silver Lake / TCV, the sale of Palm to HP, and Conexant's sale to Golden Gate Capital, among others.
Aaron graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Economics and Electrical Engineering, and carried a minor in Math.
- Deciphering the Current Wave of Cybersecurity Venture Capital NEA Blog
- illusive networks: Why Honeypots are Stuck in the Past NEA Blog
- The Last Mile of Enterprise Applications NEA Blog
- IIX: Network Interconnectivity for the Enterprise Masses NEA Blog
- Cloud Service Architecture Will Power New Era Of Intelligent, Automated Applications (Expanded) NEA Blog
- Aaron Jacobson featured at Isreal Dealmakers Summit
- Aaron Jacobson and Julia Schottenstein featured at SXSW
- Aaron Jacobson featured at HSBC Tech Connections
- Aaron Jacobson features at SINET Innovation Conference
- Aaron Jacobson featured at CISO Connect
- Aaron Jacobson featured at CiConnect
- Aaron Jacobson featured at Container World
- Aaron Jacobson featured at TCS Innovation Forum - Silicon Valley
- Aaron Jacobson featured at Venture Summit West
- Aaron Jacobson featured at JOURNEY 2014
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- November 30, 2016
- January 3, 2016
- December 30, 2015
- December 28, 2015
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Interests
Experience
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FHS
2001–2005 Fairview High School
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Penn
2005–2009 University of Pennsylvania
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Qatalyst
2009–2011 Qatalyst Partners
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NEA
2011–present NEA