The Wells Fargo-backed firm has hired Sean Jacobsohn from venture firm Emergence Capital Partners to open a new office in San Francisco.

Norwest Venture Partners, the venture capital firm that counts US-based bank Wells Fargo as its sole limited partner, has hired Sean Jacobsohn as a principal to open its San Francisco office.

Jacobsohn was previously a venture partner at  VC firm Emergence Capital Partners for two years, investing in early and late-stage enterprise companies.

Prior to Emergence he was vice-president of worldwide alliances at cloud collaboration company Hightail and VP of channel management at Cornerstone OnDemand, a Nasdaq-listed human capital management…