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
Mohamad Makhzoumi first joined NEA in 2000 and now serves as Co-CEO. He previously served as NEA’s Co-President and, before that, Managing General Partner, Healthcare, leading the firm’s global healthcare investing practice across digital health and life sciences. His official profile says his investment practice focuses on healthcare services and technology from early venture to late-stage growth. He is also a board member of the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health at Stanford.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
GrowthSeed/EarlyEarly venture to late-stage growth
Sector
HealthcareDigital healthLife sciencesHealthcare servicesHealthcare technology
Thesis
Healthcare servicesHealthcare technologyDigital healthLife sciencesCompany formation through post-IPO support
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
AetionBelong HealthCollective HealthCurana Health
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Lead with a healthcare company-building thesis that shows deep domain understanding, measurable impact on healthcare delivery or economics, and a path to scale across multiple stages of growth.
Personalization hooks
- 1Reference his leadership of NEA’s global healthcare investing practice across digital health and life sciences.
- 2Emphasize a stage-agnostic healthcare capital partner angle, from ideation to exit.
- 3For payer, provider, or healthcare services pitches, connect to Aetion, Belong Health, Collective Health, or Curana Health.
- 4Frame the founder-investor relationship around his advice to pick the best partner, not just the best term sheet.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Official profile describes NEA’s healthcare practice as stage-agnostic, supporting founders from company formation to post-IPO.
Official portfolio list shows a 2024 first investment in an AI company built by clinicians to address administrative burden for healthcare payers.
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