Aaron Jacobson
Partner
New Enterprise Associates
Aaron Jacobson is a Partner at NEA focused on AI, cybersecurity, developer tools, and robotics. He joined NEA in 2011 and invests across seed/early and growth stages.
Bio
Professional summary
Alex Sharata is a Partner at NEA focused on growth-stage investments across enterprise, fintech, and consumer sectors. He joined NEA in 2020 after working as an investor at Vista Equity Partners and previously co-founded Fractal, a mobile app security company acquired in 2017. NEA says he partners closely with companies including Brale, Clio, Databricks, ElevenLabs, Horizon3.ai, MoonPay, Perplexity, Snowplow, VAST Data, and Weaviate.
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
BraleClioDatabricksElevenLabsPerplexitySnowplowVAST DataWeaviate
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- New Enterprise AssociatesPartner2020 – Present
- Vista Equity PartnersInvestor
- FractalCo-founder2017
Education
- Johns Hopkins UniversityBS in Computer Science and Economics
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